By Lindsay Dye

Pierce Job # 33177-02

Engine 3 began service with the Lewisville (TX) Fire Department on Sept. 6, 2019. An engine in the same specification was placed into service as Engine 1 on Aug. 30, 2019. The cab/chassis is a Pierce Impel model with seating for six and two forward-facing EMS cabinets–one installed on the left wall of the cab and one on the right cab wall. A Coleman Mach 8 Roughneck auxiliary climate control unit (15K BTU-cooling and 6K heat) mounted over the center of the cab area provides auxiliary temperature control when the apparatus is not in use. The apparatus is constructed of standard aluminum with side roll and frontal protection. Full-depth compartments and Gortite roll-up doors are part of the body package. Additional SCBA storage is located adjacent to the rear wheel wells.

The power is provided by a Cummins L9 450 HP engine an

The city of Midland (TX) is set to open two new stations—5 and 11—at the beginning of July, reports cbs7.com.

Station 5 will be located on Golf Course Road and North Garfield Street, and Station 11 will be located on Briarwood.

Town officials say Station 5 was rebuilt on the same site as its demolished predecessor, whereas Station 11 is brand new.

Once both stations are up and running, Midland will have a total of 11 operational stations.

At yesterday’s Chilmark (MA) town meeting, voters unanimously approved $11.1 million to build a new station and separate headquarters for Tri-Town Ambulance, reports mvtimes.com.

Officials say the Menemsha Crossroad station has for years needed an upgrade. And, for the first time in its history, Tri-Town Ambulance will have a standalone place to call home. Tri-Town Ambulance serves Aquinnah, Chilmark, and West Tisbury.

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Jasper County (SC) will soon have a new, $1.8 million Marsh Cove station, reports blufftontoday.com. The new digs will be 5,604 square feet, with about half of that living quarters for emergency personnel on duty.

The new station aims to improve services between the Roseland and Mead Road stations and is scheduled to open later this year.

Groundbreaking for the station, located at 4820 Lowcountry Dr., is scheduled for Thursday. The Phipps family donated the property to the county.

The general contractor is C. Merrill Construction of Statesboro, Ga. Grady Woods of Jasper County is the architect and Thomas & Hutton of Savannah will provide engineering services. The contract calls for the project to be completed in six months.

A web camera will provide real-time and time-lapse views of the project’s progress here.

The Vischer Ferry (NY) Volunteer Fire Department’s nearly $4 million plan to expand by roughly 7,000 square feet its Moe Road Station 3 will go before the Planning Board tomorrow, reports dailygazette.com.

Voters approved the plan in December, and, if the board approves, the project would be bid in late 2021 and construction would begin in early 2022.

The project, with a budget of $3.9 million, aims to put the building in compliance with regulations that have changed since its construction in 1982.

The district’s other two stations have been built or renovated to modern standards over the last two decades:

• Station 1 on Riverview Road in Rexford, the department’s main station, was built in 1964, expanded in 1974, and expanded in 1997.
• Station 2 on Grooms Road was constructed in 2007.