Harare (Zimbabwe) city council’s fire department has received nine engines from Peter Lobel, reports herald.co.zw.

Lobel says he always wanted to give back to his home country, and he took action after he noticed slow response times from the department—including when a good friend of his tragically died in 2011 in a domestic fire.

Via his Mudzimi We Moto organization, Lobel hopes to ameliorate the lack of fire equipment.

EMILY is the newest member of the Memphis (TN) Fire Department, reports wmcactionnews5.com. There are actually two EMILYs, neither are human, and both excel at rescuing people from bodies of water.

Equipped with life vests and a 2,000-foot rescue line, the Emergency Integrated Lifesaving Lanyard (EMILY) robots are radio-controlled and can support up to eight people struggling in the water. Officials say EMILY is easier and faster to deploy than traditional apparatus.

The robots are made of kevlar and can be tossed from a bridge, helicopter, or riverbank. Since 2015, Memphis Fire has responded to 46 water rescues where these robots could have made a significant impact.

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Lynbrook (NY) Fire Department’s (LFD) Tally-Ho Engine Company 3 recently held a dedication and wet-down ceremony at the Horton Avenue station for its new 2021 Spartan truck, reports liherald.com.

The apparatus is dedicated to the memory of Tally-Ho Lieutenant Fred Shnoor, who was killed in the line of duty during a fire on May 31, 1932, and former Tally-Ho Captain Jeffrey Wiener, who as a Navy Corpsman was killed in action in Iraq on May 7, 2005.

Mayor Alan Beach and members of the village board were present along with county and town officials. Also in attendance were the chiefs of the LFD and other local fire companies.

During the ceremony, former Chief and Honorary Commissioner Thomas Ryan broke the ceremonial bottle of champagne on the front pumper. Our Lady of Peace deacon Kevin McCormick also blessed it.