The Grand Junction Fire Department issued the following news release Wednesday, March 8:

Grand Junction Fire Department has received delivery of our newest fire engine manufactured by Pierce. The apparatus will go into service at Station 8 Thursday and features exciting technology that can reduce the risk of collision by up to 90%, improving the safety of first responders traveling to emergencies and motorists sharing the same roads.  

Engine 8 comes equipped with Safety Cloud developed by HAAS Alert. The technology alerts travelers to upcoming and unexpected hazards sooner and more effectively than lights and sirens alone. The Safety Cloud technology delivers digital alerts that notify vehicles of approaching or upcoming emergency response vehicles. When emergency lights are activated by first responders, drivers receive real-time digital alerts to slow down and move over. Notifications are delivered by apps, navigation systems, and mobile devices up to 30 seconds in advance of the responding emergency vehicle. Vehicles that will receive alerts include Jeep, Dodge, Chrysler, RAM, and Alfa Romeo.

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The Port Washington Common Council last week agreed to buy a new pumper truck for the fire department, but it will be three years before it sees the $975,000 vehicle, ozaukeepress.com reported.

The truck, which will replace two engine trucks, won’t be delivered until 2026, officials said.

A city official said that it’s unusual for the city to order a vehicle without having the funding in hand, but noted that the city won’t be paying for it until 2026, when it will be in the city’s capital budget, the report said.

Pierce Manufacturing of Appleton (WI), which is building the truck, told the city the cost would increase by $28,328 if the vehicle was ordered after March 1, and the vendor, Cummins Diesel, was also expected to up the price in 2026 because the vehicle would require a new motor to be introduced that year to meet new emission standards, officials said, according to the report.

The Brushy Mountain Fire Department’s new 2022 Freightliner tanker fire truck arrived at the station March 3, journalpatriot.com reported.

The new truck holds 2,000 gallons of water, which is double the capacity of the 1984 fire truck it replaced, the report said.

A Brushy Mountain fire official said it was purchased for about $370,000, with about $260,000 of it borrowed, the report said. The department has conducted numerous fundraisers to help pay for the new truck and is continuing these.

This tanker will replace a 1984 GMC 1000 gallon truck, which the department is putting up for sale for $12,900 or best offer.

Hampton Volunteer Fire Company took delivery of a used tanker truck, the company said on a Dec. 22 Facebook post.

The truck needs to be equipped and lettered, and then it will be placed in service, the company said. With the addition of this tanker, HVFC will now have an engine rescue truck and tanker truck on each end of town to best provide fire protection services to our districts and neighboring districts.

HVFC also posted recently that it is donating a truck to Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, Alpha One Fire & Rescue.

If anyone would like to donate towards the transportation of the truck you can do so online at www.gofundme.com/f/fire-truck-transport-expense or checks can be sent to the Hampton Volunteer Fire Company Inc.