Old Orchard Beach Fire Department is purchasing more than a dozen new vests, worth about $24,000.

The vests are being paid for through a grant provided by national restaurant chain, "Firehouse Subs."

In Valdosta, Georgia, officials have approved purchasing 128 TIMM units and association equipment for $402,129 to replace its current traffic system, which is about 10 years old. The new system is expected to make it easier for fire apparatus to respond within city limits. The rigs will carry devices that will communicate wtih traffic lights to help ensure the fire trucks don't encounter red lights in heavility congested areas. With the new system, everything is done through the cloud.

A 10 a.m. Tuesday news conference has been scheduled for Fire Station 1 in Lawrenceburg to discuss the tragedy.

One of the injured firefighters works for the Lawrenceburg Fire Department. The other is from the New Prospect Fire Department. They were being Tuesday morning at Southern Tennessee Regional Hospital.

The fire started around 4:30 p.m. Monday at a two-story home.

Around 8 p.m., crews transmitted a “Mayday Emergency” and reported the three firefighters were trapped as the result of a collapse.