Greenwood County (SC) officials approved the contract to build the sixth and final fire station of the Capital Project Sales Tax, reports indexjournal.com.

The station will be on Morgan Road in Hodges, across from Walt’s Shoals Junction Station. Officials say the station will add 103 new structures to the county fire service area, and 99.6% of the homes in Greenwood County will be within five miles of a fire station.

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The Gordon Group was the winning bidder for construction at $403,266. The two-bay station will include a bathroom, office, and storage and training rooms.

In addition, Council officials secured a $25,000 donation for the county fire and EMS services.

See the entire council meeting here:

The Jackson (NH) Fire Department recently held an open house for its 58 Main St. station, as well as a plea to voters to replace the 1947-built 4,000-square-foot facility, reports conwaydailysun.com.

An eight-page handout was given to anyone who stopped by the open house. The report notes it paired numbered deficiencies with corresponding pictures on laminated photo boards highlighting such things as no floor drainage, no maintenance shop, training room not ADA accessible, among others.

To rectify these issues, voters were persuaded to apppropriate $25,000 for designs from Samyn-D’Elia Architects of Holderness, which also designed the $6.7 million North Conway Fire Station, the report says.

The proposed Jackson station would be one story, 8,100 square feet, and incorporate all the wants and needs of the department, including a mezzanine in the apparatus bay, translucent skylights, a large training area, room for four apparatus plus other vehicles, a decontamination room, and separate men’s and women’s toilets, according to the report.

The potential new facility would sit on the same site as the current station but farther back from the street, which would allow for more parking.

Officials say the estimated cost would be between $4.5 million and $5.7 million.

The current station has been renovated several times; additional highway bays were added in the 1960s, a second story was added in 1983, and, in 2004, a fourth bay was added, the report notes.

Warren County (GA) Fire Rescue recently took delivery of a $391,660 E-One side-mount rescue pumper on an FC94 cab and chassis. In addition to $62,980 worth of equipment, the total price came to $454,640, reports mcduffieprogress.com.

Officials say the apparatus has a 1,000-gallon tank and can pump 1,500gpm.

A $100,000 grant covered part of the purchase price, while the remainder will be paid via low-interest loan to be repaid with SPLOST funds, the report says.

The apparatus is the first of three new engines the county will put into service before 2025—when new state standards will require an engine in every station. The six county stations all have trucks, but only three boast apparatus that qualify per standards, according to the report.

Milton (GA) Fire-Rescue’s Station 41 on Arnold Mill Road has a black mold problem and has been closed after it made several members sick. Its crews are operating out of a nearby station until the issue is resolved.

After several firefighters became sick, tests were done and high levels of black mold spores were found in the sleeping quarters. None of the ill had any serious symptoms.

The department removed crews from Station 41 late last week, and officials say there shouldn’t be any negative effects on coverage.

It could take a couple of weeks to rid the station of mold, though.