Clyattville (GA), Bemiss, and North Lowndes will all be receiving new station locations across 2021-2022, reports valdostadailytimes.com.

Clyattville’s Station 2 is set to be built this September, with its first recruit class beginning June 16; it will house Engine 20. That will be followed by Bemiss’ Station 5’s construction in April 2022, which will house Engine 50 alongside an EMS bay with an ambulance. Then, North Lowndes’ Station 4’s construction will commence in July 2022 and will house Engine 40. Each station will have four personnel per its three shifts.

The work is all part of a 2021 expansion led by Lowndes County fire officials. The aim is to hire 36 firefighters that include sergeants, lieutenants, and three battalion chiefs.

Cory M. Fisher was arrested on multiple charges—including theft over $500,000 and reckless driving—Sunday morning after being accused of stealing a Jacksonville (IL) fire truck and damaging it when the apparatus hit a street sign, reports myjournalcourier.com.

Fisher, 30, allegedly stole the truck from the Jacksonville Fire Department station at 200 W. Douglas Ave. and drove it down West Douglas Avenue. The truck hit a street sign when it turned north onto North Church Street, damaging both the sign and the truck, according to the report.

Damage to the truck was minor, police officials say, and there were no injuries.

A man was arrested Sunday afternoon after he struck the front windshield of a Miami-Dade (FL) Fire Rescue truck with a baseball bat, reports local10.com.

The attack, which cracked the apparatus’ glass and was caught on cellphone camera, occurred at the intersection of Southwest Eighth Street and 42nd Avenue. Officials say nobody inside the fire truck was injured.

A Coral Gables police official arrived at the scene first and took the man into custody, but the Miami-Dade Police Department is investigating the incident.

The suspect’s identity hasn’t been released, and there’s no motive for the attack.

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