The Catoosa County Fire Department will soon receive new breathing gear after commissioners awarded a nearly $375,000 bid for the needed equipment on Feb. 19. During the Feb. 19 Board of Commissioner's meeting, Fire Chief Randy Camp presented the recent bid results to the board.

Town officials have secured 12 John Wise Ave. to extend the size of an adjacent town-owned lot for a new public safety building. Now, their focus has shifted to building a combined police and fire station on the site

Major maintenance will force a fire station in north Everett to temporarily close starting this Friday, March 1. Station 2, which is approximately 50 years old, is located at 2201 16th Street. Its temporary closure is expected to impact response times during some emergencies.

Purchased new and put into service in 1977, 1976 Ford C-900 E-One truckserved as Company 4’s primary engine for 25 years and then remained at the station as a promotional piece from 2002 until 2012. It went back to work briefly until 2013, when a former member of the department bought it. The crew figured they’d seen the last of the truck.