A report from the New Canaan Advertiser looked at local officials efforts to get rid of a used rig.

First Selectman Rob Mallozzi III explained that funds were approved to replace the 1996 fire truck, and that such apparatus are sometimes sold to other departments as back-up units. The area doesn't need the truck because it has two front-line units.

The city of Mount Pleasant, Tennessee, has acquired a new fire apparatus: a 2004 Rosenbauer Spartan complete with a 60-foot extension ladder and remote controlled nozzle.

“The citizens of Mt. Pleasant should be glad we got this truck,” Fire Chief Tim Smith told The Daily Herald. “This is something we thought we would never see, but now that it has happened, we guarantee the City of Mt. Pleasant will make good use of it.”

Smith said the new truck and its 60-foot extendable ladder will give firefighters much needed access during emergency situations at the city’s public schools and other structures.

With the new nozzle, which can be used to direct water remotely using a small wireless controller, the new truck allows firefighters to work in a more secure environment for safer rescues and water drops, the report said.

The truck, which is usually priced at more than $500,000, was used by a fire department in Ohio until it was damaged in a collision. The refurbished truck was purchased from Lawrenceburg’s M3 Fire Apparatus for $139,000, according to the report.

Residents of Wellesley Island in New York state voted to approve a $1.3M bond to build a new firehouse after the local station was destroyed by fire.

"We need a new station to be able to hold the engine's tankers and pumpers and the ambulance," Wellesley Island resident Frank Beadel said.

The fire department has raised the rest of the funds to build the $1.6 million facility on Cross Island Road. Right now the fire department's equipment is scattered throughout various locations, according to a report, but the new building would put fire trucks and the island's ambulance all under one roof.