Marblehead approved funding to raise $9.25 million to purchase a new fire truck and to finance a library renovation project, reports Wicked Local.

The Marblehead Fire Department can now purchase a new $750,000 fire truck. The new fire truck will replace Engine 1, a 2006 Pierce Pumper truck. The new fire truck is the same as Engine 2, a 2017 Enforcer Pierce Pumper truck.

The new pumper truck will feature a back-up camera, direction lights and, resting atop the apparatus, a 3.6 kilowatt generator. The truck holds 500 gallons and can pump 1,500 gallons per minute.

The Liberty Township Board of Trustees has authorized the purchase of the new fire truck, reports The Delaware Gazette.

The purchase will allow the department to have a much-needed reserve engine when another truck is taken off the line. Engine 322 has been in service for five years and will be taken offline and used as a backup when another engine requires maintenance.

Moving the current truck to a reserve capacity well before hitting 10 years is expected to extend the fire trucks use to at least 15 years.

The new truck, which will be purchased from Sutphen Corporation in Dublin, will cost $549,950. A fire official estimated less than $100,000 will need to be drawn from the fire/EMS fund to pay for the truck when all additional revenues are factored in.

Commissioners broke ground on a fire station in central Brandon, reports Fox 13 Tampa Bay.

This fire station has been in the works for years and will help provide coverage for a booming area in need of resources.

The facility will be a new, state-of-the-art ventilation system to prevent dangerous particles on firefighting gear from being brought inside.

The station is expected to be completed by spring of next year.

Bloomington, Ind. – Bloomington’s downtown fire station will be closed for an unknown period
of time, with personnel and apparatus reassigned to the other four city fire stations. During the
extreme weather event of the past weekend, the Bloomington Fire Department headquarters
facility, also known as Station 1, suffered severe flooding. Damage is still being assessed, but
most significantly, flooding that filled the entire basement and part of the first floor degraded the
building’s communication system and electrical system, including controls for the back-up
generator for the facility, making the structure uninhabitable.

After immediate work to remove all standing water as quickly as possible, an initial damage
assessment by building engineers and additional experts in post-flood building recovery
confirmed that the building will not be habitable for some time as repairs are further evaluated
and addressed. Firefighters, command staff and the firefighting apparatus typically housed at
Station 1 have relocated to other, existing fire stations and office space.

Chief Jason Moore said, “We will continue to provide the residents of Bloomington with
exceptional fire fighting despite this setback. Our firefighters are doing what they do best —
sticking together and working through difficult situations to keep our city safe.”
“Our emergency responders performed 18 flood water rescues overnight Friday only to learn
that while they were out their headquarters had filled with those same floodwaters. Their
dedication to duty and effectiveness in the field is something of which every resident of this city
can be proud,” stated Mayor John Hamilton. “We will take the time necessary to evaluate
options and identify the most prudent path forward.”

The duration of the facility closure is not known at this time. Based on a careful reallocation of
equipment and personnel, no significant delays in emergency response times are anticipated.
More information will be provided as it becomes available.