The Monroe County (GA) Fire Department is set to purchase 12 new fire trucks at a cost of $6 million, as County officials recently approved borrowing the money for the purchase.

The deal includes 10-year financing at a 2.15% interest rate and a 6-year comprehensive bumper-to-bumper warranty.

The money will also go toward the purchase of hoses, nozzles, and other equipment, valued at about $30,000 per engine.

Officials say the first six trucks are expected to arrive within two months, and the next six within six months.

A tire blow out on a Harrington (DE) fire truck caused it to wreck on Route 1 on Saturday afternoon (Oct. 23) as it returned from a big parade in Wilmington, according to a report published by WDEL.com, adding there were no injuries

According to the report, the truck was returning from the Wilmington Fire Department Centennial parade, traveling southbound on zRoute 1 in the center lane when the tire failure occurred, causing the rig to fishtail and sending it into the wire safety median. The truck ending up partially in the northbound left lane.

A pickup truck in the northbound lanes, didn’t hit the fire truck, but was hit by debris, the station reported, adding that no injuries were reported.

The Collins (MS) Fire Department is using a $100,000 federal grant to purchase a large transport truck, reports wdam.com.

The apparatus will be used to haul an industrial fire response unit and other equipment on calls, the report says. Officials say they hope to have it in service next spring.

Some money will go toward individual equipment for firefighters.

Austen Erblat

South Florida Sun-Sentinel

(MCT)

A Palm Beach County Fire Rescue truck heading to an emergency flipped on to its side Saturday afternoon after it was struck by a pickup truck.

The crash happened just after 2:30 p.m. at Palmetto Park Road and Powerline Road in West Boca.

Four people were taken to a hospital but it was not immediately clear who the victims were or the extent of their injuries.

The cause of the crash was under investigation, said Palm Beach County Fire Rescue Captain Pat Wehrle.

Michael Vivarttas, a health advisor at USHEALTH Advisors, was in his office when he heard the collision.

“I heard a loud bang and look out the window to see a firetruck flipped on its side,” he said. “The firetruck was going south on Powerline when a silver truck going west on Palmetto hit the back end of the firetruck.”

Video shot by Vivarttas shows a firefighter emerge from the driver’s seat of the firetruck on his own. As the video pans over, it shows the silver pickup truck with its front end damaged and stopped in the intersection.

He says within minutes, a number of other firetrucks and ambulances were at the scene of the crash.

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Austen Erblat can be reached at aerblat@sunsentinel.com, 954-599-8709 or on Twitter @AustenErblat.

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