Eleven-year-old Lucas Vetter has raised $112,000 to purchase life-saving CPR machines for local fire departments, reports Livingston Daily.

His planning started two years ago after creating a business plan with marker and construction paper. Lucas said his whole family has helped raise money by planning fundraisers and asking for donations from local businesses and residents.

LUCAS, the Lund University Cardiac Assist System, helps prevent strain on first responders and keep their hands free to help more people. Each device costs roughly $16,000, which is a barrier for smaller fire departments.

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.