The Shelby Fire Department is adding a $775,000 fire truck to its fleet, reports The Star.

The new truck will have a capacity to hold 2,000 gallons of water, 500 more than other pumper trucks in the fleet. The increased water capacity keeps in mind Shelby’s growth of industries.

A 2004 engine will move into reserve and the 1987 truck will be sold as surplus.

The Hutchinson City Council approved the lease of a new fire truck, reports Hutch Post.

The truck will be located in a new fire station. The new truck costs $1.5 million and will be a lease to purchase over ten years.

The city will avoid a lump sum payment of around $300,000 at the end of ten years and will own the truck outright.

Reading (PA) city council recently voted to award construction contracts for the city’s fire station, which will be located at 1201 N. Ninth St., across the street from its predecessor, reports wfmz.com.

The two-story station is planned to house five apparatus and will include areas for sleeping, laundry, maintenance, storage, offices, living space, restrooms, and a gym, the report says.

A $5.94 million general contractor contract was awarded to Perrotto Builders Ltd., of Reading, while deals were also struck with:

• Hirneisen Electric Inc., of Cumru Township, $1.04 million, electrical work,
• Vision Mechanical Inc., of West Reading, $646,940, plumbing work,
• Triangle Fire Protection Inc., of Carlisle, $127,900, fire protection.

A ground-breaking ceremony is expected next month. More info on the project can be found on Agency Construction Manager Boyle Construction’s website.

The Orwell (OH) Fire Department recently held a push-in ceremony for its new Rosenbauer Tanker/Pumper.

In the works for a few years, the new apparatus has “exceeded expectations” at the department. It’s set to be put into service “within a month.”

It’s the first new truck the department has put into service since 1997, and it will serve the Orwell Village, Orwell Township, Colebrook Township, and surrounding areas.

The apparatus cost $658,000; in addition, the village also rehabbed a ladder truck for $145,000 sold its 1991 tanker for $16,000, reports starbeacon.com. An income tax which passed three years ago made the purchases possibly, according to the report, with the village anticipating it taking four years for everything to be paid off.