Fort Wayne (IN) City Council members appropriated $279,000 to purchase land to replace Fire Station 14, according to a report published by WANE 15.

According to the television station, the new location is at 4820 E. State Boulevard and the purchase had been approved prior to Tuesday vote by the Fort Wayne Board of Public Works.

Fire officials in Lincoln (NE) claim the fire stations in the city outdated and need repair or replacement and have committed $11 million to make upgrades, according to a report published by KLKNTV8.

Station 8, which was built in the 1950s on top of a cistern is in need of replacement, the television station reported, adding that the parking lot above the cistern is unusable and in danger of collapsing. Additionally, walls are cracking cabinets are coming apart and narrow staircases make it challenging for personnel to respond quickly, KLKN reported.

Station 8 will be demolished and a new one constructed while the other stations in the city will be renovated and modernized, the station reported, adding that although the project is still in the planning stage, the fire department is hoping a new station is built within three years.

Bozeman (MT) firefighters will ask voters to approve a $6.7 million bond to build a new fire station on the Montana State University campus in November, according to a report published by the Bozeman Daily Chronicle.

The newspaper reported the fire department has out grown Station 2, built in 1974, and apparatus has to be stored outside or in rented facilities in the winter. Additionally, because of growth in the community, it is now further away from most of its response area and it has to negotiate heavy traffic to respond to calls, the paper reported.

Voters will decide by ballots which will be sent out on Oct. 13, the paper reported, adding that the station bond would cost the owner of a home with an assessed value of $364,000 $18.83 a year.

If voters approve the measure, the city will sign a lease with the university for the land and start designing the new station with a plan to select a contractor by spring, the paper reported.

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Firefighters and community members from the Argyle (NY) and Fort Edward fire departments gathered this weekend for a grand opening of the new, $200,000, three-story training facility that will cut down on travel for training events, reports news10.com.

The new facility ixnays both departments having to take staff, equipment, and apparatus to Sarat