Loudoun County, VA, is seeking to build a new fire station for the Round Hill Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department and annexing three properties to achieve the goal is being considered, according to a report published by Loudoun Now.

The proposal would allow the Round Hill volunteers to move from a cramped station on Main Street to a more spacious location near the county border, the web site reported.

Round Hill city officials say the proposed sites, an old elementary school property, a former sheriff’s office location and a 15-acre property nearby, would make for easier site planning and development because they are larger than the main street lot, according to the web site.

Councilors in Round Hill have until November to make a decision on the station location, according to the news report.

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To help raise $700,000 to replace a fire engine damaged in a rollover crash last month, Mangohick, VA, firefighters are planning a community auction, according to a report published by the Daily Press.

The newspaper reported that an engine belonging to the Mangohick Volunteer Fire Department flipped on a narrow road during inclement weather, injuring two firefighters and damaging the truck.

The auction will be on April 17 with all proceeds going to the cost of the new engine, the paper reported.

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By September, the Broken Arrow, OK, Fire Department is expecting to have most of the construction on a new fire station completed, according to a report from 102.3 KRMG.

The radio station said the city is replacing Fire Station #7, 40-year-old facility, with a new one with a price of $3.6 million.

The new station is being built a mile from the old location, according to the radio station.  The new facility will have four apparatus bays, accommodations for a battalion chief and other upgrades.

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VIDEO: Half a dozen firefighters were hurt battling an overnight Queens fire that ripped through a strip of shops, burning for over four hours overnight, the FDNY said. According to fire officials, they got a call just before 11 p.m. Thursday for a fire at 37-54 74th Street, a long strip of single-floor businesses in Jackson Heights.
- PUB DATE: 3/5/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WPIX-TV CW 11 New York

VIDEO: During Women's History Month, a firefighter in Pittsburgh is making her own type of history by becoming the highest-ranking female in the Pittsburgh Bureau of Fire. Kari Burnham said, "This is something I love to do. It's like a dream come true." Burnham's passion is being a firefighter. Now she takes the title of lieutenant, which is an accomplishment that puts her in the history books as the highest-ranking woman in the Pittsburgh Bureau of Fire.
- PUB DATE: 3/5/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTAE-TV ABC 4 Pittsburgh