Washington County-Johnson City EMS Director Dan Wheeley said they're hoping to move forward and  build a new EMS station in Limestone on 11-E across from the industrial park.  

"The county has owned the land for quite a while, EMS has been looking to relocate that station for a couple of years, the county fire service and EMS have been talking about a training facility for about 10 years and it's all kind of come together and hopefully we can make all that happen here on this piece of property," Wheeley said.

The proposed facility would not only include room for EMS but also for a fire truck from the Limestone Volunteer Fire Department.

Some of the firefighters said the moment is similar to saying farewell to an old friend.  

"All of us have learned to drive it and have used it in many fires. It's done it's service so it's bittersweet," Nicole Wright, a firefighter with the Horseheads Fire Department, said. "It's also kind of exciting because we have something that's much safer that's brand new and something we can use."  

The new truck cost $420,000. The purchase was made possible by the Village of Horseheads.