City officials celebrated the groundbreaking for a new fire station, reports Cleveland Jewish News.

The chief’s office contains not one but three desks as well as one bed. A former dorm room has been converted into a kitchen, which firefighters outfitted with cabinetry.

The new two-story station of 12,800 square feet is expected to be completed in May 2020 at a cost of $4,413,976. To stay within the budget, the city is using a construction manager at risk contracting model, which puts the construction manager at risk financially.

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.