The new truck, manufactured by E-One in Florida, and purchased through Greenwood Emergency Vehicles in North Attleboro, came with a price tag of $1,016,000.

Voters approved the additional funds at the Jan. 9 special Town Meeting, authorizing the transfer of $266,567 from the town’s Capital Stabilization fund.

October is Fire Prevention Month and this year's theme is, "Every Second Counts: Plan 2 Ways Out" Clackamas Fire District will host community fire station open houses every Saturday during the month. At 10:19 a.m. Oct. 19, Clackamas Fire is asking for community participation in the "Great Shake Out."

Fire Chief John-Paul Schilling said at the village board meeting Tuesday that funding had been received. A total of $262,300, which included the village's required 10 percent match, was used to purchase 36 new air packs as well as masks that contain a built-in thermal imaging camera.

That feature, said Schilling, "will speed up rescue efforts."

"Instead of just one person holding (a device) and directing people, everybody has a view of everything in the room, so the chance of us finding somebody in a rescue situation is greatly enhanced," he said.

According to police, Zaharick drove the stolen ambulance through Geisinger's campus, hitting a truck and damaging its front end. That's when things got even worse.

Zaharick drove to nearby CVS in Danville and crashed the ambulance into a pole.

"I don't know what all kind of damage he's done but the ambulance is pretty banged up," Hare said.