The Pueblo (CO) Fire Department wants to build four new fire stations, three of which would replace old stations, reports koaa.com.

Under the plan, the downtown station would be moved to a location near Runyon Lake; the Belmont station would move further up Jerry Murphy Road; and the east side station would be moved closer to Highway 50.

In addition, a new station would be built in the Wildhorse area, near Highway 50 and Pueblo Boulevard.

Work could potentially start in late 2022.

The two new Highland Township (MI) Fire Department stations are coming to fruition, reports SpinalColumnOnline.com. The groundbreaking for Station 2 took place on May 26, and it has a completion date of June 2022. Station 1, located at 1600 West Highland Rd., is nearing completion, with plans to move in in August.

Voters approved the replacement of two of the three stations in August 2018. The original stations were built in the 1960s when the department had a fraction of the calls it receives today.

The original cost was $8.5 million for the stations, but that was pushed to $9.2 million by COVID complications, officials say.

The 9,600-square-foot Station 2 will face Wardlow Road. Its living area will include four dorm rooms, offices, a small storage area, and a lobby. The apparatus side will contain three bays and a room to clean equipment after a fire. Station 2 also boasts a 3,500-square-foot basement.

Station 1—15,811 square feet—began construction in April 2020. The living area will contain six dorm rooms with showers, offices, kitchen, dining and television areas, and a conference room that can be scheduled for public use.

The apparatus side of the building will include four drive-through bays, a training area, weight room, and an area for decontaminating fire uniforms and equipment after each fire.

The Doolittle Lions Club has donated approximately six acres of land to the Doolittle (MO) Rural Fire Protection District.

The project, which has been in the works since last year, not only saves the department thousands of dollars, but it aims to allow the construction of a larger station in the near future.

“As you know, land is very hard to come by in the Doolittle area and we couldn’t be more appreciative of this donation,” the district wrote on Facebook.

Franklin County (ME) commissioners recently voted to give the town of Eustis $35,437.50 from tax-increment financing (TIF) funds toward a 2006 Rosenbauer America 4-by-4 rescue pumper, reports SunJournal.com.

They also voted to hire five new employees, deputies, and dispatchers, and approved using $175,000 from undesignated funds to offset the tax assessment for 2021-22. Commissioners voted in August 2020 to pay 30% from TIF funds for Eustis apparatus.

The department covers unorganized territory from Wyman Township to Coburn Gore and some in Somerset County. It also handles calls to the wind energy project on Kibby Ridge in Kibby and Skinner townships.

The truck has a custom chassis and compressed air foam system, and it cost $118,125. A full-time position is being offered to Othniel Kroger of Peru, and a part-time position is being offered to Stephen Kusson of Farmington. An official also presented three candidates to work at the Regional Communications Center: Everett Spaulding of Wilton; Ashley Mcdowell of Rumford; and Alan Burke of Farmington. They’re expected to start on July 1.