Sullivan City Council recently conducted a public hearing to obtain funding to invest in a new fire station for the Sullivan City (IN) Fire Department, reports sullivan-times.com.

City officials say there’s a $500,000 grant opportunity through the Office of Rural and Community Affairs, with an additional $1.5 million in USDA funds also available. Officials say the overall cost range could be anywhere from $500,000 to $4 million.

The public hearing saw no objections, the report says. Sullivan is working with Kenna Consulting on the grant request.

The station’s current location was built in 1984, and personnel say it’s too small and in a bad location. No location for a new fire station has been determined at this time, according to the report.

Seagrave Fire Apparatus is hoping to expand its operations in Wausau, WI, and are seeking approval to open a new in town by December, according to a report published by WSAW TV7.

According to the television station, the Clintonville-based manufacturer will go before the Wausau Plan Commission seeking a conditional use permit to operate a factory to make fire truck cabs at 410 South Bellis Street.

If approved, Seagrave will be looking to add 50 employees in Wausau, according to the report, that added completed cabs will be shipped to the main plant in Clintonville, about an hour away, for further assembly.

Seagrave officials told the television station the company has an all-time record high backlog and have at least two-year’s of apparatus waiting to be built. If approved, Seagrave plans on hiring people starting in January, the station reported.

The proposal says Seagrave will not have any paint at the Wausau facility, nor will it produce any sounds, vibration or odor noticeable outside the building which already exists, according to the television station.

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The Seaford Fire Department has received a $600,000 grant from the state of New York for the purchase of new generators and breathing apparatus, reports liherald.com.

A total of about $2.3 million was distributed to fire districts throughout Senate District 8 via the state budget.

The department requested funding for an emergency generator to power the firehouse in the event of a power outage, as officials say the current generator is more than 50 years old and ill-equipped for use.

Approximately $350,000 has been appropriated for the generator, and the remaining funds will go to the SCBA apparatus.