The Onset (MA) Fire Department officially opened it’s new fire station on September 29, according to a report published by the Wareham Week.

The newspaper reported the new fire station is on Sand Pond Road, behind the old Salvation Army building, leaving the old one empty on East Central Avenue.

According to the newspaper, the new fire station has a few features to make the environment safer for firefighters, including air scrubbers to clean the air where the apparatus are parked and a designated storage area for protective gear to contain contaminants.

Additionally, the new fire station is primarily on one-floor, making the building more accessible, according to the newspaper, which also reported that an open house will be held in the future for the public to view the new building.

The town of Payson (AZ) announced its plans to sell the Main Street fire station ended with the bid process and negotiations concluding sans agreement and Station 11 remaining a town asset, reports paysonroundup.com.

Council recently met in executive session to discuss bids, of which there were many. An October meeting was planned to discuss the sale. However, those plans were scrapped, and the town decided to keep the facility.

The Main Street station is the oldest of Payson’s three—operational since the 1970s, the report says.

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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.