Takoma Park (MD) Volunteer Fire Department has taken delivery of a new engine and is awaiting new tools and hose to put it in service, according to a report published by WDVM Washington.

According to the television station, the all-volunteer firefighters are soliciting donations to help fund the department. The department is supported by Montgomery County, but relies on the community to continue their work, the station reported.  

A fire truck and a car collided at an intersection in Central Elgin, Ontario, Canada, sending two people to the hospital, according to a report published by CTV News.

The television network said the two people suffered non-life threatening injuries after the collision at the intersection of Belmont Road and Ron McNeil Lane.

Photos of the wreck show the aerial crashed into the passenger side of the car which sustained significant damage.

The roads in the area were closed for investigation of the wreck, the network reported.

Voters in the Chateaugay-Brainardsville (NY) Fire District have voted to approve the purchase of a $527,000 custom pumper, according to a report published by The Malone Telegram.

The apparatus, a Sutphen pumper, will be paid for with fire department truck replacement reserve funds and installment payments over five years.

The truck is being purchased primarily because of the current apparatus is approaching 30 years old and at the end of its lifespan, according to the report.

More space will be afforded the firefighters when the new apparatus is delivered according to the newspaper, and money will be saved in the long run because of fewer repair and maintenance costs associated with the current engine.

By Alan M. Petrillo

Purchase (NY) Fire Department was operating out of a fire house built in 1937 when the area was mostly rural, populated by farms and large estates. That station had a two-bay addition put on in 1968 with 10-foot-high door openings, and in 1998 the station’s flat roof was removed and a second floor was added. But as fire apparatus got larger, space was at a premium in the two apparatus bays, and the department knew it needed an addition to the station to solve the problems of space.

“In the apparatus bays, we couldn’t get into one of our apparatus on the officer’s side because it was so close to the wall,” says Bob Makowski, Purchase fire district secretary and past chief. “And there was only two inches of clearance between the top of the aerial ladder’s light bar and the door opening. Also, at the time, we found it was necessary to have five firefighters bunking in the station, and we had them sleeping in storage rooms and half of the day room.”

Purchase Fire Department covers 10 square miles with 50 volunteer firefighters from a single fire station, Makowski points out. “The area has grown significantly,” he says. “In our district we have PepsiCo’s world headquarters, Maste