Sandy City Fire Station 31, built in 1984, is on the verge of getting a much-needed upgrade, benefiting both firefighters and residents, kutv.com reported.

The station was damage from the 2020 earthquake, including a cracked foundation and has no elevator access for individuals using wheelchairs, the report said.

Exterior water drains into the garage, which a fire official described as basically your downspout to your house piped inside the building, according to the report.

The roof leaks and there’s mold in the showers, the report said. The fire official acknowledged that the building doesn’t meet fire code in some areas.

While Station 31 has issues, the fire official shared his vision for a new fire station focused on the future.

A new first station is in the development stages right now that could accommodate up to 15 firefighters to factor in potential growth of the department, the report said.

The city is currently looking to hire an architect and already owns land in a high-growth area of the city where the future station might go, according to the report.

A new station could be up and running by 2025, the report said.

The Durant Fire Department is donating unused equipment that will continue to serve the people of Bryan County, kxii.com reported.

Colbert Fire will receive Durant’s old air fill station, which fills self-contained breathing apparatus, or SCBA, air tanks, the report said. The new fill station has a safety feature Colbert’s current one does not.

Calera Fire is getting a decommissioned hazmat trailer that was donated to Durant in 2017, according to the report. Calera plans to use this trailer to hold its scuba diving equipment.

During the city council session Tuesday the fire department also requested that three more items be auctioned off including out of service fire engines built in 1999, the report said.

Dozens of residents at a Palatine apartment complex were displaced by a massive fire that tore through multiple buildings Sunday, authorities said. The fire was reported at around 5:17 p.m. at a building located on East Dundee Quarter Drive in the Windhaven Condominium Complex. Video from an NBC 5 photographer showed flames and smoke pouring from the roof of one building as firefighters worked from a ladder truck above, spraying water on the structure.
- PUB DATE: 3/20/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WMAQ-TV NBC 5 Chicago

VIDEO: Two firefighters are in the hospital after their ambulance was T-boned in a hit-and-run crash Monday morning, according to Houston police. It happened just after 3 a.m. in north Houston along Airline Drive and Parker Road. According to police, the ambulance was returning to the station when the driver of a Chevy Avalanche slammed into the ambulance and drove off.
- PUB DATE: 3/20/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KHOU-TV CBS 11 Houston

Mayor Eric Adams will sign five bills into law on Monday, aimed at preventing fires caused by lithium-ion batteries. Over the weekend, a man died in an apartment fire in the Bronx that investigators say was caused by a lithium-ion battery. The FDNY says the batteries have caused 33 fires across New York City this year.
- PUB DATE: 3/20/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WABC-TV ABC 7 New York