Shoreview (MN) City Council recently approved a joint powers agreement between the cities of Shoreview, Arden Hills, and North Oaks for construction of a new fire station for the Lake Johanna Fire Department in Arden Hills, reports presspubs.com.

In September of 2020, council approved an agreement between the three cities for the purchase of the property and the construction of a fire headquarters for the Lake Johanna Fire Department, the report says. On the heels of approval, the department purchased for $1.3 million four acres of land on Pine Tree Drive in Arden Hills.

According to the report, the joint powers agreement includes:

• A four-person board with two elected officials from Shoreview and one each from Arden Hills and North Oaks.

• It would take at least a three-fourths vote to approve any action.

• The Lake Johanna Fire Department would need to transfer the property to the board. The cost share for funding of the new headquarters fire station would be based on the current cost share formula between the cities (25% population, 25% households, 40% number of fire calls, and 10% assessed value), which is updated annually.

• Station construction would begin following the unanimous vote of the board, but no later than June 30, 2026.

The agreement has also been approved by Arden Hills, with North Oaks expected to vote soon.

Long Lake Township (MI) is moving along with a $3.5 million project to expand its fire department and add an ambulance service, reports record-eagle.com.

Township and fire officials recently visited the future site of the department, just east of the current facility near where Brayton Lane meets North Long Lake Road, the report says.

Its completion will take until the end of June, officials say, but the building’s frame and much of the exterior was in place. However, the inside was wall-less.

Construction delays have pushed the project back about five or six months, but there’s a chance the ambulance service could be ready by the time everything is ready.

Voters in August 2020 agreed to tax themselves at a rate of up to 1.99 mills, on top of an existing 1-mill fire department millage, according to the report. That additional millage, which runs through 2034, not only funds construction but also operational costs for the ambulance service.

The White House Community (TN) Volunteer Fire Department says its station was vandalized on Thanksgiving night while firefighters were responding to a call.

With crews out on a CPR and structure fire call, surveillance footage shows an SUV doing doughnuts in the station parking lot.

Officials note the suspect was in a maroon Suburban, and, thanks to a tip, the driver was identified.

The Pinecroft-Sedgefield (NC) Fire Department will hold a ceremony for its new truck at the Jamestown station today, reports yesweekly.com.

The dedication and push-in ceremony are set for 6 p.m., and the public is invited to attend, the report says.

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