Facing an aging fleet, the Rowlett (TX) Fire Department is looking to purchase a $1.12 million, 75-foot ladder truck, reports starlocalmedia.com.

The apparatus, available for immediate delivery, would cost $1,127,726 total, and city officials expressed support for the purchase, according to the report.

In 2015, the city refurbished two apparatus and purchased two others, but the former has exceeded its viable use, the report says. An increase in calls and community growth over the years have only exacerbated the problem.

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The department currently has two reserve apparatus, which have seen recent regular use due to breakdowns. The report notes that over the past year the department has been left with one reserve 82% of the time and no reserves 39% of the time.

The department currently has two new apparatus on order, but they won’t be ready until fall 2022, officials say.

Council says it will revisit the issue in two weeks and attempt to figure out payment issues.

The Sartell (MN) Fire Department is set to take delivery of Tower 21, a $1.2 million E-One Platform truck, this month before placing it in service prior to year’s end.

The apparatus, which will replace the department’s current 1999 ladder truck, is a 100-foot aerial capable of holding several firefighters working from the platform at once, capacity its predecessor did not possess, officials say.

The truck is still being outfitted, and when it arrives it will join two engines, two grass trucks, an air van, two water tenders, and a rescue truck on the department’s fleet.

A facility to house fire apparatus and equipment at the Dickson County (TN) Municipal Airport was approved on first vote by the Dickson County Commission, reports tennesseean.com. If the commission approves in a second vote later this month, bids will likely go out in January.

Construction, which is expected cost upwards of $300,000, was made possible via ARP funds, the report says. State officials say that Dickson County received more than $10.47 million through the Tennessee Resiliency Plan.

Currently, a pumper can be left on airport property and used when first responders arrive.

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