A new fire truck will be ordered for the Sioux Center Fire Department, but it may not arrive until July 2025, nwestiowa.com reported.

The Sioux Center City Council approved the estimated $1.162 million purchase of a quint fire truck at its Feb. 20 meeting, the report said.

With a two-year lead time and learning the price would go up 5 percent in March, a fire official requested the council consider the purchase now, according to the report.

The fire department is interested in a quint because it combines the equipment capabilities of a ladder truck and the water-pumping ability of a fire engine, the report said.

The new truck would replace Engine 6, which is a 2001 Sparta located at Fire Station No. 2. The fire department also has a 1996 Rescue it would look to sell as well, the report said.

A city official said the city will use a combination of general fund and local options sales tax dollars to help cover and offset some of the capital costs as well as some internal borrowing, if necessary, for the new truck, the report said.

The Reno County Public Works Department is getting some new trucks. The county commissioners unanimously approved one new red fire truck headed for Arlington or Abbyville, and several fire-related vehicles, hutchnews.com reported.

On Tuesday, the Reno County Commission approved one new fire truck for Fire District No. 4. The truck will cost between $279,000 and $300,000. Fire District No. 4, which operates out of Arlington, Abbyville, Partridge and Plevna, was approved to purchase a new truck. This is the largest fire district in Reno County. Currently, they operate two large fire trucks. One is stationed at the Arlington station and the other at Abbyville, the report said.

In Buhler, the Reno/Harvey Joint Fire District #2 will be getting a new utility task vehicle-fire unit for about $32,000, the report said.

Approximately 40 firefighters responded to a fire at a commercial building in south Everett on Friday night, according to the Everett Fire Department. Just before 7:30 p.m., dispatchers received several reports of a fire in the 2100 block of West Seattle Road. Heavy smoke and fire were coming from the building, a former machine shop that had been closed, when the first engine arrived at the scene.
- PUB DATE: 3/4/2023 8:52:00 PM - SOURCE: KIRO-TV CBS 7 Seattle

Firefighters from the Spokane Fire Department rescued a woman who went into cardiac arrest from a burning home on the South Hill Friday night. The fire was reported just before midnight, and arriving firefighters noted heavy smoke coming from the home. Firefighters went inside the home and located a woman who was found to be in cardiac arrest.
- PUB DATE: 3/4/2023 4:45:00 PM - SOURCE: KXLY-AM 920 Spokane

VIDEO: Early Friday morning a fire at a homeless encampment tore through tents and make-shift shelters, but those who work and live nearby said the fire is just a symbol of years of problems. Vancouver firefighters responded to the encampment built on property near Northeast 53rd Street and 107th Avenue around 2 a.
- PUB DATE: 3/4/2023 11:30:00 AM - SOURCE: KPTV FOX 12 Portland