The Colorado Springs Fire Department has donated a 1997 HME Becker Type I fire engine to Nuevo Casas Grandes, Mexico, reports The Gazette.

The fire departments have worked together since 1996. The fire truck is the second engine Colorado Springs Fire Department has donated to Nuevo Casas Grandes. The fire truck was loaded with donations (clothing, shoes, books and toys) from the Rotary Club of Colorado Springs for a local orphanage in Nuevo Casas Grandes.

Colorado Springs typically maintains fire trucks for an average of 17 years then tries to sell the engines.

The two fire departments coordinated to have a team from Nuevo Casas Grandes pick up the vehicle but Donna Nelson, who helps with Colorado Springs sister city coordination said they ran into trouble at the southern border.

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An architecture firm has been approved to work on two projects for the fire department, reports Sapulpa Times.

The projects include construction of the new fire station and a new Administrative and Training Center. The contracts with the architecture firm include design and architectural services, construction management services, procurement and bidding services, and other usual and customary structural, mechanical and electrical engineering services.

Fire officials are very pleased with preliminary designs. 

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Orland is may build a new fire station to replace the aging facility, reports The Ellsworth American.

The current fire station’s issues include leaks, drainage problems and noncompliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. A committee examined the current fire station and also states that the current building is too narrow and not deep enough for modern engines and too short. The entrance doors are not high enough to accommodate modern fire trucks. 

The town does have land elsewhere that could be used for a new station. Any plans to build a new building or renovate the current building would need to be approved by voters.

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DeGraff Village Council has created a special committee to oversee the construction of a new fire station, reports PeakOfOhio.com.

The 100-year-old fire station can no longer support larger vehicles. The committee is planning a study to evaluate the fire station and plan to buy a new fire truck in 2027.

The council hopes that all necessary funds, grants and other sources of revenue have been figured out when the fire station is built and the fire truck is purchased.

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By Lindsay Dye

Pierce Job #31987

On December 1, 2018, the Kaufman (TX) Fire Department placed Engine 3 into service.

The cab is an International 4400 four-door model with seating for five. The body is Pierce Manufacturing’s second-generation Saber/Commercial model and is constructed of aluminum. Full-depth compartments and Gortite roll-up doors are featured. Self-contained breathing apparatus and extinguisher storage compartments are adjacent to the rear wheel wells on each side.

The power is provided by a Navistar N9 330-hp engine paired with an Allison EVS 3000 five-speed transmission with push-button controls. The apparatus has a Waterous CSU single-stage, top-mount 1,250-gpm pump along with a Pro Poly 1,000-gallon tank. Foam is provided by a Husky 3 System with a 30-gallon cell paired with a Hercules CAFS. Foam is plumbed to the front bumper discharge and the two upper speedlays.

The hose bed accommodates 1,200 feet of five-inch LDH and 400 feet of preconnected three-inch hose. The front bumper contains 100 feet of 1¾-inch hose. Two 1¾-inch preconnected speedlays (200 feet each) are located on the lower front of the pump panel along with a 200-foot 2½-inch dead lay.

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