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Two new fire engines costing the city $2 million are set to be added to Round Rock Fire Department's growing fleet of emergency vehicles. The Velocity PUC Pumper and Aerial Platform vehicles - at a cost of $725,454 and $1.3 million, respectively -are part of the Fire Department's semiregular purchases to either add or replace vehicles serving the greater Round Rock area.

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CHATHAM - For a while, the fire truck was parked in front of the Pittsylvania County courthouse in protest over funding. Now, exactly three months after it was taken out of service, the future of the county's Special Operations Team's rescue truck has been decided.

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Heartland Fire & Rescue firefighters/paramedics in El Cajon are singing the praises of "Squad 6," a bright-red, fully equipped, custom-built 2017 Ford F-250 truck that could change the way communities handle emergency calls. It was named Squad 6 because "squad" is the term used by fire departments to describe a two-person unit and the number corresponds to the El Cajon station it is run out of.