The Nassau County Legislature approved a suite of Community Revitalization Projects. Among them was a grant for firefighting equipment for Lido and Point Lookout, reports Patch.

The county approved $80,000 to purchase self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) units for the Lido and Point Lookout Fire District.

Nearly 50 years after going missing, the hubcap from Temple Fire & Rescue’s 1939 Diamond T fire truck has been replaced, reports KWTX 10.

The rear passenger side hubcap disappeared sometime in the 1960s and as the years passed, with the manufacturer no longer in business, a replacement wasn’t readily available.

Temple Fire & Rescue driver Justin Jackson and Battalion Chief Matt Perrine recently found one for sale on Ebay for $250.

A proposed eight-year bond will be on a November ballot that would fund a new fire truck for the Long Beach Volunteer Fire Department, reports Chinook Observer.

Purchasing a new fire truck with equipment would cost about $560,000. The bond is necessary for funding because the department’s annual budget is about $130,000.

The department would be replacing its oldest fire truck, a 1978 Seagraves that requires a stick-shift and requires part replacements. In 2012, the department got its newest fire truck. 

The department tries to buy a new fire truck every 10 years, but has been buying new trucks about every 20 years.

A Chicago fire apparatus needed a crane to be removed after nearly falling through a hole in a parking garage, reports CBS Chicago 2.

The truck was reporting to an emergency as a senior center. No one was hurt as the truck hung on the edge. Only the front bumper was keeping the entire truck from crashing to the lower level. A large slab of concrete underneath the truck had given way.

JERSEY CITY (NJTV News) - The city’s new rig is specially designed to battle the toughest blazes, those that occur in the far-reaching floors of tall buildings, officials said. Its powerful pumps will allow firefighters to get more water on a high-rise fire faster and much more simply.

Its power is matched by a high level of intelligent engineering. “This is the brains of it,” said Jersey City Fire Chief Steven McGill, as he showed off a complex panel of dials and gauges.

The new truck doubles the water pressure of standard engines to 1,000 pounds, allowing it to surpass the standpipes system firefighters currently rely on to reach upper floors. MORE