The Escambia County Commission Thursday approved a $2,415,313.38 purchase for five new vehicles for Escambia (FL) Fire Rescue, in addition to four new ambulance chassis, reports northescambria.com.

The purchase from Rev Group will include a 2022 E-One Typhoon custom chassis HR100 ladder truck for $1,066,660, which will be placed at the Osceola Fire Station on Massachusetts Avenue, the report says.

The county is also purchasing a 2022 E-One Typhoon custom chassis pumper for $657,047.84 and a 2022 E-One Typhoon Custom Chassis e-MAX Pumper Rescue Vehicle. Those apparatus will go to the McDavid and Ferry Pass fire stations. The report notes they also approved the purchase of two 2022 Ford F-250 crew cab 4×4 pickup trucks for $152,272 total.

In 2020, the county placed four new engines into service for a bit over $2 million to replace aging trucks in Molino, Ensley, Myrtle Grove, and Pleasant Grove, according to the report.

The purchase of four new Ward International ambulance chassis for $338,000 will be part of four remounts to be completed after October 1, says the report.

A commissioner with the Chateaugay-Brainardsville (NY) Fire Commission has resigned over a dispute on whether to purchase a new fire truck, according to a report published by The Malone Telegram.

The newspaper reported the resignation stems from financing disagreements and disputes involving a decision about buying a new fire truck. Those who support the purchase say they useful life span of 30 years for an apparatus has been reached and to keep it around any longer, would cost the department and the district taxpayers more money, the paper added.

Voters approved the purchase on September 7 and the commissioner tendered his resignation the day the referendum passed, according to the newspaper. His view, according to the paper, was hold on to the money the district had and adjust spending to avoid any large expenses.

The remaining commissioners have filled the vacancy and that person plans to run for the post in November, the paper reported.

A new rescue truck is a little closer to becoming a reality for the Amory (MS) Fire Department after it received a $30,000 check toward the purchase, according to a story published by the Monroe Journal.

The newspaper reported the donor, who has previously donated to the local police department and funded the community’s K9 unit, the newspaper reported.

Amory’s fire chief said the current rescue truck is a 1995 model and was purchase for use on extrication calls, the paper reported. The replacement truck will be four-wheel drive, the newspaper reported, adding that the current truck is limited by being just two-wheel drive.

Senatobia (MS) aldermen have approved a new tax levy to help pay for a new aerial for the fire department, according to a report published by the Tate Record.

A 1 mill increase in the ad valorem tax millage will pay for the new aerial, according to the newspaper.

The city’s fire chief told the aldermen that it was time to replace the 1989 aerial and the fire department has already started working with E-ONE for a new 95-foot platform aerial and the design process will begin in October, according to the paper, that added in about six to eight months, department representatives will go to the factory and check out the work progress to make sure it’s being built to requested specifications.