The City of Durango (CO) Fire Protection District is getting acquainted with its new $1.2 million 100-foot ladder truck which it just placed in service, according to The Durango Herald.

According to the newspaper, the city purchased the aerial to help provide protection for several new and proposed hotels being built in the area. It also reported that a city the size of Durango should have four aerial, but before the newest purchase, it had only two and the tallest was 75 feet.

Named Tower 1, the new apparatus weighs 75,000 pounds and is 9 feet 6 inches wide with out riggers that spread to a full width of about 17 feet, according to the newspaper.

The truck, which was discounted because it was a demonstrator apparatus, was paid for with the help of impact fees, paid by the developers, meaning the entire cost of the apparatus was not borne by the existing taxpayers, according to the newspaper.

Plant City, FL, commissioners voted unanimously to authorize the purchase of a 2022 Pierce Saber rescue-pumper at a recent meeting, according to a report published by the Plant City Observer.

The paper reported the truck will cost $534,226 with a 5.5 percent discount applied. Funds for the new apparatus were already included in the fiscal year 2021-2022 and was not expected to be processed until after October 1, according to the report.

Once completed in about 14 months, the new truck will replace a similar unit built in 1998 with about 128,000 miles on it, the paper reported.

Rescue 1—Union Fire District, South Kingstown, RI, walk-in heavy rescue. Spartan Metro Star LTD 2-door cab and chassis; Cummins L9 450-hp engine; 20-foot walk-in rescue body; Command Light CL602A-W4x4 light tower; Harrison 20-kW generator; SlideMaster heavy-duty, slide-out and tilt-down trays; interior cabinets; desk area with LED lights; four 6,000-psi DOT/ASME bottle cascade system. Dealer: Jim Feehan, New England Fire Equipment & Apparatus, North Haven, CT.

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The city council approved designs for a fire station after the cost was reduced, reports The Dispatch.

Last spring, officials voted to replace the aging and dilapidated Station 3 firehouse. The firehouse was built in 1969 and expanded in 1987. In the decades since, it has fallen into disrepair and no longer meets the needs of the department.

The overall cost estimate was around $5.5 million. The estimated value of the old fire station land is around $1.5 million.

With the revised design, the new estimate for the Station 3 firehouse at 65^th Street dropped to just over $9 million, which, after the sale of the old station, could be reduced further to around $7.6 million.