Council recently approved the purchase of a $1.2 million apparatus for the Keowee (SC) Fire Department, reports wgog.com.

The truck will replace a 30-year-old piece of equipment, and a general obligation bond was issue to cover the purchase, according to the report.

Officials say the truck will be assembled at Ocala (FL) with a completion time of between 16 and 18 months, the report says.

The Vallejo (CA) Fire Department Saturday morning celebrated the reopening of its Glen Cove Fire Station 26.

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City and fire officials were on hand to ceremoniously cut the ribbon and restore emergency services to Glen Cove.

Emerald Park (Saskatchewan, Canada) Fire Department officials recently broke ground for the new fire hall in Emerald Park, reports regina.ctvnews.ca. They expect the facility to open next spring.

The area was previously supported by volunteer departments such as White City and Pilot Butte, the report says. However, officials feel the new facility will make the department more self-reliant.

Pilot Butte officials will run the Emerald Park Fire Department, which has eight new members in training. They hope to have 12 by year’s end and upwards of 22 by next summer, the report says. Officials stress that they want to attract new members, as opposed to poaching firefighters from nearby volunteer departments.

Most of the funding will come from development fees, the report says, and council says it believes residents won’t feel much of an impact from this project.

Coral Springs (FL) has hired Burke Construction Group of Doral as builder for the $4.9 million Station 64 reconstruction project, reports tapinto.net.

Earlier: Coral Springs (FL) Starts To Rebuild Fire Station

To serve the city’s southeast side, Station 64 will be built just up the road from the existing station on Ramblewood Dr.

The project is part of the $28 million in bond issues the city approved last year for public improvement, according to the report.

The existing station was built in the 1970s and can’t house emergency personnel or even modern apparatus, officials say. The new facility will look similar to Stations 43 and 95.

Plans call for the existing Station 64 to be turned into a local senior center.

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