The City of Odessa (TX) will host a public groundbreaking at 1:30 p.m. today for its new Station 6 at the southwest corner of Pembroke and Grandview, reports oaoa.com.

The new digs is one of several projects being paid for by $93 million certificates of obligation approved by city council in 2019, the reports says. In addition, the funds are being used to build a new animal shelter.

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The Wyandotte (MI) Fire Department is set to receive a $504,636 AFG Grant that will pay for new self-contained breathing apparatus, reports thenewsherald.com.

Officials say a collaboration with many regional fire department partners across southeast Michigan enabled the department to secure the funding.

White Oak (TX) firefighters could have a new fire truck within a year after city councilors approved a budget with money in it for a new engine, according to a report published by KLTV 7 ABC.

According to the television station, the new engine will likely cost around $600,000 and will replace one that was built in 1998.

With the approval, firefighters have begun the process of designing the new engine and looking for a builder to make it, the newspaper reported. It’s likely to take a year before the new engine arrives, according to the report which also indicated that the current engine 1 will be moved down to the second responding unit and the oldest will be put up for sale or auction.

The Madison Valley (MT) Rural Fire District is looking to raise funds to purchase an apparatus to help combat wildfires, reports kpax.com.

The district is lacking proper equipment, officials say. It needs something that can access remote areas. The aim is to raise enough for a new side-by-side with a slide-in firefighting foam/water unit to make it easier to access the fires, the report says.

Officials say the goal is $50,000. Donations can be sent to PO Box 68, Ennis, MT, 59729.

Spokane (WA) firefighters think the person who stole a yellow box full of pediatric emergency medical equipment from an engine while it was an emergency were looking for drugs, according to a report published by The Spokesman-Review.

According to the newspaper, a Spokane fire engine was on the scene of a cardiac arrest when the yellow box was taken from an open compartment on the truck. It was the only thing in the open compartment and the box was filled with items needed to treat a child patient including specialized air masks, the paper reported.

The thief was undoubtedly disappointed because there wasn’t much of value in the box and no drugs because the department doesn’t carry them unsecured in a truck compartment, the newspaper reported.

It is not typical for the department to have things stolen from trucks and officials are hoping surveillance cameras in the area will reveal who may have committed the crime, the newspaper reported.