The Fate (TX) Department of Public Safety is auctioning off a 2007 Freightliner M2106 pumper.

The rig has 19,342 miles, a 1,000-gallon water tank, a 1,250-gallon-per-minute (gpm) pump and a ground ladder.

Bidding is open through municibid.com at https://tinyurl.com/muy6zb5a and runs through May 27. There was an opening – and lone – bid of $15,000.

All the money raised will go back into the Fate Department of Public Safety.

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UF Health Jacksonville and the Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department (JFRD) rolled out a new ambulance dedicated solely to stroke response in Northeast Florida.

Designed to deliver life-saving treatment faster, the specialized stroke ambulance is equipped with a mobile CT scanner and clot-busting medications, allowing paramedics and medical staff to begin diagnosis and treatment before the patient even arrives at the hospital, First Coast News reports.

The new mobile stroke unit is modeled after a similar program launched in Gainesville, where it has already proven successful. There, patients receive critical treatment within the first hour of a stroke, the “golden hour,” which dramatically improves outcomes.

Visit First Coast News for more.

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CAMERON MARTINEZ
Skagit Valley Herald, Mount Vernon, Wash.
(TNS)

CONCRETE — Concrete Fire Chief Jaesen Meacham told his Town Council on Monday that his department’s Engine 2811 — a 1991 Darley Pumper — is beyond repair.

Because of the truck’s age, the fire department is unable to obtain parts for the truck.

Now the department only has Engine 2812, a 1989 Darley, but its engine hasn’t been tested and fire season is on the horizon.

Meacham’s temporary solution is to come up with an interlocal agreement with Skagit County Fire District 10 to borrow an engine.

District 10 covers areas along Highway 20, beginning east of Hamilton and extending to the Canadian border.

It also includes the region surrounding Highway 530, from its intersection with Highway 20 at Rockport south to the Suiattle River.

“I’m going to get District 10’s backup engine into our station and I’m going to get my people trained up on that as quick as I can so we have an engine,” Meacham said.

In the meantime, he wants to look at purchasing two new fire trucks — a 2025 US Fire Apparatus Freightliner Commercial Pumper and a 2025 Deep South International Commercial Pumper.

According to the council meeting packet, the trucks cost $483,000 and $329,000, respectively.

Meacham said ideally the department would get a new engine in six months. However, he said it was more likely that it would take more than a year.

“If we find a cheaper engine that somebody’s selling that’s been produced, we’re buying someone else’s problems,” Meacham said. “I’ve already dumped a bunch of money trying to save our engine, and I’m at a point now where it’s unsavable.”

Mayor Marla Reed said the town will look into grants to obtain a new truck, but in the meantime she agreed that an interlocal agreement with Fire District 10 was the best option.

“An interlocal would be basically an agreement to provide services, and so we would share equipment,” Reed said. “There would be a cost, but it wouldn’t be more than what we’re already budgeting for the fire department.”

Reed agreed to draft an interlocal agreement to send to District 10.

Concrete’s next Town Council meeting will be at 6 p.m. Tuesday, May 27. For more information, visit townofconcrete.com.

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