Westfield is planning to build the city’s first new fire station in a decade, reports indystar.com–a 36,000-square-foot facility for the Westfield (IN) Fire Department at the southeast corner of 171st Street and Ditch Road.

A final cost analysis is still pending, but the city’s estimate was about $13 million, officials say.

The new facility will relocate the department’s Station 81 from the Westfield Public Safety Building, which houses the entire Westfield Police Department, the fire department’s headquarters, and the personnel and equipment for Station 81, according to the report.

Plans for the new station call for eight drive-through bays, administrative offices, a kitchen, dining room, bunk rooms, fitness rooms, and locker rooms, the report says.

The city has three fire stations—the most recent is Station 83 on Grassy Branch Road, finished in 2011.

Osceola County (FL) Fire Rescue and EMS recently put a new Sutphen engine in service, according to the Osceola News-Gazette.

The newspaper reported the engine, which cost more than $500,000, was ushered in with a traditional “push back” ceremony into Station 63 on Cross Prairie Parkway and will replace a 2007 model with 220,000 miles on it.

The placement of the new engine in service marks a significant investment into fire department expansion, according to the newspaper which also reported officials have approve the construction of three new fire station and a new aerial was delivered to Kissimmee in September.

Pitt Meadows Fire & Rescue Services in British Columbia, Canada has added a new engine to its fleet, according to a report published by the Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows News.

The newspaper reported the new apparatus is expected to last 30 years and will serve as Engine 1, responding to all fire incidents, crashes and medical emergencies.

It  has seating for seven firefighters and is equipped with LED emergency lights, as well as HAAS Alert Response to Vehicle system, the newspaper reported, adding that it joins a fleet that includes two engines, a quint ladder truck, a rescue truck and a number of utility vehicles and trailers.

Currently, the Pitt Meadows Fire & Rescue Services’ fleet includes two Engines i.e. pumper trucks, a Quint i.e. a ladder truck, a rescue truck, and a number of utility vehicles and trailers. The old truck will still be retained for training purposes thereby saving on the wear and tear of the in-service fleet.

Officials in Mexico (MO) are planning to purchase a $1.2 million aerial in future and have decided to put the expense in the 2021-2022 general fund as one of 26 capital projects, according to a report published by The Mexico Ledger.

The newspaper reported that the expense will be covered by money from the American Rescue Plan Grant program.

Other expenses for the fire department include a thermal imaging camera and mobile data terminals for $43,000 the paper reported.