Within the next few weeks, some Bullhead City Fire Department employees will have a new workspace, a place that will be their home away from home, MohaveDailyNews.com reported.

Construction is nearing completion at Bullhead City Fire Station 2 with the fire department hoping to move in mid-December, the report said.

The $5.5 million, 11,000-square-foot station on Highway 95 across from Bullhead Community Park is being funded in large part by the $16.7 million bond issue approved by district voters in 2017.

The Metropolitan Topeka Airport Authority has received a new firefighting truck, WIBW.com reported.

The Metropolitan Topeka Airport Authority said Tuesday it received a 2022 Rosenbauer Panther 6×6 aircraft rescue and firefighting truck.

MTAA noted that the new truck holds 3,170 gallons of water with 1,250 GPM high flow roof and bumper turrets and a full suite of safety features. It said the addition expands its ability to keep the Topeka Regional Airport, as well as the public, safe.

The Rock Hall Volunteer Fire Company has received a federal grant to help buy its first ever firefighting boat, ChesapeakeBayMagainze.com reported.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued a $112,500 Rural Development investment grant to Rock Hall Volunteer Fire Company, the report said. It will go towards the purchase of a 36-foot aluminum fire and safety rescue vessel.

Rock Hall has a rescue boat but it possesses no firefighting capabilities. That means volunteer crews must rely on equipment from nearby counties, like the Kent Island fire boat, which has to travel nearly 15 miles (a 30-minute ride) to help with fires, according to the report.

The fully-equipped fire boat would cost more like $400,000, a fire official said.

The fire company is actively pursuing grants to get it closer to its goal, and once leaders see how much of the cost can be covered through grants they will launch a fundraising effort, the report said.

San Antonio firefighters responded to a massive fire at a Flying J and Denny’s along Interstate 10 on the East Side on Thursday morning. SAFD Chief Charles Hood said they initially got a call about a fire in the restaurant’s kitchen at 5:15 a.m. The restaurant is attached to the Flying J in the 1800 block of Foster Road, near I-10.
- PUB DATE: 12/1/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KSAT-TV ABC 12 San Antonio

VIDEO: A snowy day turned into a day of fun for some kids at a Brooklyn Center hospice home. Crescent Cove is a place where families find help near the end of life and for respite care. On Tuesday, they received a surprise visit from two Brooklyn Center firefighters with a box full of sleds. "When we saw Brandon [Gautsch] and Royce [Wetterhahn] walk up with a box of sleds, we're going - what do they have up their sleeve today?" said Katie Lindenfelser, the founder and executive director of Crescent Cove.
- PUB DATE: 12/1/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WCCO-TV CBS 4 Minneapolis