"People don't realize it but there are school children that go home each weekend with little or no food to eat," said Firefighter John Mellace who is helping coordinate this year's event. "The Children's Hunger Project provides food for these hungry children and whatever we can do to support them is good for the kids and good for our community as a whole."

The proposed lot is located next to the Richlands Town Hall and currently owned by the county.

The fire department is willing to pay $133,000 for it.

Plans and permits are already in place for the proposed 11,000 square foot facility.

Deputy chief Michael Jarman said one of the main issues is the facility is too small for updated fire trucks.

If approved, the department would continue to operate out of the building until the new facility is built.

With this new truck comes knowledge for the current falls township fire department members. The members are meeting with a manufacture trainer to teach them how to properly use the new aerial ladder truck.

"We're doing about six [to] seven hours worth of training," said Johnson. "It'll be continuous training new guys, re-certifications, driving that we'll be doing with this truck."

Another aspect of training the crew will need to learn about is the new safety features that the ladder truck has, that their old ladder truck didn't.

Emergency services dashed to Birmingham Street in Stourbridge, West Midlands, and traffic was halted while rescue teams struggled to wrench the vehicle out.

No-one was seriously injured in the horror smash that left the fire engine teetering off the edge of a busy carriageway.

Riverside County firefighters say a fire truck was struck while providing patient care, and one motorist sustained moderate injuries, and taken to the hospital.

No firefighters were hurt.

The crash caused authorities to issue a SigAlert, shutting the southbound lanes of the thoroughfare at Diamond Drive.