The country of India has giften 17 fire trucks to its neighbor, Nepal, according to a report.

A FEMA SAFER grant is enabling Lake County (FL) Fire Rescue to hire new firefighers and open a new station, according to the Orlando Sentinel.

"The FEMA SAFER grant will allow us to hire enough firefighters to properly staff four existing stations, open a new fire station, and add a third firefighter to some outlying stations," said Lake County Public Safety Director John Jolliff in a news release.

These staffing changes are expected to improve response times, increase the safety of citizens, and help prevent injury to fire personnel, according to Jolliff.

A recent report from WLWT looked at a problem facing Lebanon (OH) firefighters: their new fire truck won't fit inside the local fire stations.

Lebanon city manager Pat Clements said the problems starts with Ladder 41, the 1992 Seagrave ladder truck the department had been using but had to be taken out of service.

Clements issued an emergency order to buy the new apparatus from Pierce Manufacturing. "We knew it was not going to fit into the station houses," Clements said. "It would've been possible for the city to purchase a ladder truck that is of lower height that can fit in to the existing bays. However, those trucks are not configured in the manner that the fire department would like."

The mayor of the city of New Haven (CT) and the firefighters union are at odds over plans to replace a fire engine with medical units, according to WTNH.

"Take into consideration that everything they do it medical calls. We'll have the appropriate vehicles and they'll be in quadrants of the city so they'll be closer to people who are making that call," said Mayor Toni Harp.

Harp says the city has purchased two new medical vehicles and is in the process of hiring more people to staff them. The fire truck at Engine Company 9 will move out to make room for the new units.

“Instead of using our $800,000 mammoth vehicles that are supposed to last us 20 years but are now only lasting us 10, that we’ll use a more appropriate vehicle to do medical calls,” said Harp.

Firefighters in Madison County (KY) are hoping a photo opp can help raise funds for a new truck bed.

The squad is reportedly offering free photos to people who donate to their cause. Donors can get a free photo of themselves with a partner, family member, spouse, or pet, from a professional photographer.