The Noroton Heights (CT) Fire Department is one step closer to updating its fleet, as the Board of Selectmen recently voted to approve a $1.3 million transfer from the Board of Finance reserve account for the purchase of a new apparatus, reports thehour.com.

The next step is going to Board of Finance for approval, officials say.

Fire officials add that the department, when all is said and done, will purchase a new truck to replace Truck 20—a 1988 Mack CF ladder, which is the first to respond to structural calls and rescue calls. It was refurbished in the early 2000s.

If the plans are approved, the new apparatus will be a 2022 model, have a 75-foot aerial device, and a 500-gallon water tank, and it’ll carry an assortment of hose, hand tools, ground ladders, rope rescue equipment, and water rescue equipment.

Brice Andrew DiGiorgio, the man who on Feb. 7 ate Bayshore (FL) Fire Rescue’s food, chatted with the firefighters, and then stole their brush truck, pleaded no-contest to charges of grand theft of a motor vehicle, driving with a suspended license, and fleeing or attempting to elude police, reports news-press.com.

DiGiorgio, of Lee County, took the apparatus on a several-hour, multi-county joyride and was arrested by Manatee County deputies after he was stopped on U.S. 41.

The 32-year-old received fines and a 9-month jail sentence credited with about six months of time served.

Officials say the pursuit lasted two minutes or less and there were no injuries or crashes.

A 64-year-old man was killed when the pickup he was driving collided with a fire truck in South Cariboo, British Columbia, Canada, according to a report published by myprincegeorgenow.com.

The accident, which occurred Monday afternoon, happened on 83 Mile Road, south of Prince George, the web site reported.

When police arrived on the scene of the crash, they found the man, who has not been identified fatally injured, according to the report. The investigation thus far indicates the driver of the pickup truck veered into the opposing lane and hit the fire truck behind the cab, according to the report. The driver of the fire truck, who was not injured, could not avoid the crash.

The cause of the crash remains under investigation, according to the report.

Two ambulances and the building in which they were in were destroyed by fire in Sequim, Clallam County, WA, in an early morning on Tuesday, according to an article published by the Sequim Gazette.

Firefighters from Sequim, Blyn and Carlsborg were summoned to the scene after witnesses saw an explosion and an ambulance engulfed in flames at about 2 am Tuesday morning, according to the newspaper report. Fire quickly spread to the structure and another ambulance.

The cause of the fire, which likely caused more than $500,000 in damage, is under investigation, the newspaper reported.

The Judson (TX) Fire Department is getting its own station, reports newsjournal.com, and Gregg County officials recently gathered at the corner of Hudson Lane and Tryon Road as crew members posted a banner to mark the site of the future station.

Gregg County Emergency Services District 3 purchased four acres of land for about $300,000 to build this first permanent station; the current station at 436 Skinner Ln. is leased.

The next step in bringing the station to fruition is to start the engineering process, officials say. They add that the estimated cost for the station will be about $1.5 million.

The Judson Fire Department was founded as a volunteer department in 2004 and was donation-funded until May 2019, when voters approved a new tax to support fire protection in their neighborhoods—creating Gregg County’s third emergency services district.