The Caledonia Fire Department has received a $20,000 grant from the Geiger Family Foundation, in addition to other donations, to purchase a utility terrain vehicle, reports journaltimes.com.

The apparatus, which will also be used by the police department, will be the third purchased in the past five years by a public safety department in southeastern WI via the foundation’s help, the report says.

The department expects to purchase the UTV in the coming days and have it in service by the summer.

“A huge THANK YOU to the Geiger Family Foundation!!!” the department writes on Facebook.

Lead Instructor: Battalion Chief (Ret.) Leigh Hollins, Cedar Hammock (FL) Fire Department

Instructors present challenging, difficult extrication scenarios requiring advanced skills to stabilize the vehicles, gain entry, and remove patients entrapped and entangled in the wreckage. There will be plenty of “tool time” for all students. This class is an advanced class that may include cars, SUVs, vans, and school buses. Students rotate among four stations.

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The brotherhood knows no geographical boundaries—especially not in times of war.

Indeed. A report from bbc.com says former firefighter Gary Bennett is leading a Scottish convoy of four fire trucks and equipment on a donation journey for his counterparts in Ukraine who have, of course, come under fire from Russian forces.

The convoy was organized by the Scottish Emergency Rescue Association (SERA), a charity that began a relationship with the Ukrainian fire service in 2019, according to the report. And the fire trucks were donated by the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS).

Read more about SERA’s mission here

The apparatus will be accompanied by equipment such as 80 surplus flak jackets, which SFRS bought following the Manchester bombings. Officials note that the plan usually takes about three months to plan only took 10 days for SERA to put together.

The plan is for 13 drivers—some retired firefighters, some active—to drive non-stop from Edinburgh to the Polish-Ukrainian border to dole out the equipment, the report says. The aim is to arrive Sunday evening.

A Spanish Fork Fire Department fire truck Thursday morning crashed into several vehicles en route to an accident on 1-15, with the carnage all caught on tape, reports ksl.com.

The video shows two vehicles, each with a woman and four children inside who were all eventually transported to the hospital, as were three firefighters on the fire truck.

The accident happened around 11:45 a.m. when the fire truck was traveling north near Spanish Fork, highway patrol officials say. A total of nine cars were involved in the aftermath, the report notes.

Related: Spanish Fork (UT) Fire Station Coming Next Year

Police officials are investigating.

Serious crash with injuries near Spanish Fork. I-15 northbound near milepost 256. Right lanes are closed so prepare to merge to the left. pic.twitter.com/3la9Jw6ubs

— Utah Highway Patrol (@UTHighwayPatrol) March 17, 2022