Bayshore Fire Rescue has recovered a fire truck that was taken while firefighters were on a call, reports CBS Miami.

The fire department posted to Facebook, “Well, she is a little dirty and a couple dings here and there, but she is back, safe and sound. Crews are going through the truck right now to determine if anything is damaged or missing….and giving her a much needed bath.”

The department took to Facebook to try to get help tracking the vehicle. Several people posted sightings of the truck, which was eventually found about 80 miles away in Manatee County.

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The Smith County Emergency Services District 2 and Bullard Volunteer Fire Department received a new fire engine and celebrated a “push-in” ceremony, reports Tyler Morning Telegraph.

The Bullard Fire Department has not received a new fire engine since 2008. The new arrival is quite a tech upgrade. The Piece PUC features a Compressed Air Foam System, 1,000 gallons of water, which is an upgrade above the 500 gallons that was carried on the previous engine.

The community has continued to grow and has already received 600 calls this year.

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Check out the Waterford (MI) Regional Fire Department’s (WRFD’s) new Sutphen custom pumper with WRFD Batallion Chief Blake Nelson.

The department, which serves three different communities and 131,000 residents, has received two Sutphen pumpers in the past six months.

Thank you, Waterford Regional Fire Department, for your continued trust in Sutphen and Apollo Fire Equipment & Apparatus Repair. #BuiltToDoWork

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According to a report from The Hawk Eye, seven weeks after transferring $37,000 of Local Option Sales Tax revenue into a capital improvements fund, the Wapello, Iowa, City Council agreed Thursday to hire Coralville engineering firm VSP Engineering to develop plans and other specifications for a new fire station.

The scope of services agreement will in two phases. Phase 1 will cost $2,500 and cover preliminary engineering, including 50 percent of the building plans (floor plan and building elevations), 25 percent of the site planning (site layout plan), and an estimate of probable costs (preliminary building and site).

Phase 2 will cost $15,000 and cover final engineering design and specifications, which will include bid documents, final construction plans, and project administration. Work not included in the scope of services is materials testing and/or construction inspection layout.

Wapello Mayor Shawn Maine indicated the agreement was developed following a meeting of city officials and Wapello Fire and Rescue (WFR) personnel, who have been lobbying for a new station for the past several years.

Maine said officials hope it will be easier to fund portions of development through LOST revenue and by breaking the project into phases. The city has earmarked half of the one-cent sales tax the city collects to the repayment of bonds used in the construction of the new Louisa County jail; Louisa County retired those bonds late last year, allowing the city to apply the half-cent to projects such as the fire station.

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KME® Fire Apparatus, a subsidiary of REV Group®, and a leading manufacturer of fire apparatus, is pleased to announce that Santa Clara County (CA) Fire Department has taken delivery of a KME Tractor-Drawn AerialCat™ (TDA) to serve the city of Cupertino.

The new 101’ TDA will join 33 other KME units currently in service within Santa Clara County. The county chose KME’s new drop frame TDA body featuring large compartment capacity, redesigned transverse storage, and lower ground ladder storage. The new body design also allows for lower tiller cab travel heights without sacrificing ground ladder storage.

Other features include:

• KME Severe Service™ X-MFD cab with 10” raised roof
• Hendrickson STEERTEK™ NXT front axle
• Cummins X15 600 HP engine
• Allison 4000 EVS™ transmission
• Hale DSD 1,500 GPM single stage pump
• 300-gallon water tank
• 500 lb unrestricted wet or dry tip load rating
• 14’ jack stance
• -7 degree low to 80-degree elevation rating
• 90-degree jack knife capability

“Santa Clara County Fire Department has long standing relationship with KME built on trust, communication and a quality product,” said Brian Glass, Assistant Fire Chief of the Santa Clara County Fire Department. “We look forward to placing into service the agency’s first Tractor Drawn Aerial. The maneuverability and operational capabilities that the TDA brings to the agency allows us to respond to areas that were previously inaccessible to our current trucks.”

For more information on KME TDA’s, visit the KME website at: http://www.kmefire.com/TDA

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