White Oak (TX) firefighters could have a new fire truck within a year after city councilors approved a budget with money in it for a new engine, according to a report published by KLTV 7 ABC.

According to the television station, the new engine will likely cost around $600,000 and will replace one that was built in 1998.

With the approval, firefighters have begun the process of designing the new engine and looking for a builder to make it, the newspaper reported. It’s likely to take a year before the new engine arrives, according to the report which also indicated that the current engine 1 will be moved down to the second responding unit and the oldest will be put up for sale or auction.

The Madison Valley (MT) Rural Fire District is looking to raise funds to purchase an apparatus to help combat wildfires, reports kpax.com.

The district is lacking proper equipment, officials say. It needs something that can access remote areas. The aim is to raise enough for a new side-by-side with a slide-in firefighting foam/water unit to make it easier to access the fires, the report says.

Officials say the goal is $50,000. Donations can be sent to PO Box 68, Ennis, MT, 59729.

Spokane (WA) firefighters think the person who stole a yellow box full of pediatric emergency medical equipment from an engine while it was an emergency were looking for drugs, according to a report published by The Spokesman-Review.

According to the newspaper, a Spokane fire engine was on the scene of a cardiac arrest when the yellow box was taken from an open compartment on the truck. It was the only thing in the open compartment and the box was filled with items needed to treat a child patient including specialized air masks, the paper reported.

The thief was undoubtedly disappointed because there wasn’t much of value in the box and no drugs because the department doesn’t carry them unsecured in a truck compartment, the newspaper reported.

It is not typical for the department to have things stolen from trucks and officials are hoping surveillance cameras in the area will reveal who may have committed the crime, the newspaper reported.

Englewood (FL) firefighters welcomed one of three new Sutphen engines it order into the fire station with a traditional push-in ceremony, according to a report published by the Venice Gondolier.

According to the newspaper, the chief of the department believe the community needed a new aerial when he became chief two years ago, but the Englewood Area Fire Control District convinced him the purchase of three new pumpers was a better choice for the growing community, the newspaper reported.

The three trucks cost about $1.3 million in a lease purchase agreement, about the cost of a new aerial, the paper reported. The city is planning to outfit each of the new engines with about $30,000 in advanced life support medical equipment, according to the newspaper to better serve the public.

The fire trucks are often closer to the scenes of medical emergencies than an ambulance and can get paramedics and equipment to care for patients quicker than an ambulance, the paper said.