Firefighters with the Barnegat Light Volunteer Fire Company are fundraising to help pay for a new fire engine the department recently received.

According to a report published by The Sand Paper, the cost of the new engine was higher because of new standards and regulations and the department needs more help to cover the $525,000 price tag.

Firefighters have been selling shirts and hats and the Ladies’ Auxiliary of the Barnegat Light Fire Company is planning an annual auction, since some of the COVID-19 restrictions have been relaxed, the paper said.

Additionally, the department has sent out two letters of appeal to residents and businesses seeking funds to offset the cost, the newspaper reported.

The firefighters are also hoping the sale of the 21-year-old truck it replaces will help cover the cost of some of the cost to equip the new engine, the paper reported.

The Shreveport (LA) Fire Department recently received three new engines at a cost of $1.6 million.

According to an article published by the Shreveport Times, the engines where delivered on Tuesday and are equipped with the latest equipment, including active air purification systems. The apparatus will be replacing units that date back to 1987 and 1989.

The purchase of the engines will help keep all the city’s fire stations open, the paper reported.

City officials are saying the purchase of the new engines is part of an initiative to end gun violence in Shreveport and make the city a safer place, the paper reported.

By Alan M. Petrillo

Round Lake (NY) Fire Department, which protects 20 square miles encompassing the village of Round Lake, the town of Malta, and part of the town of Ballston, had outgrown its main station, a 40-year-old pre-engineered metal Butler-type building in need of extensive renovation and that lacked the space needed to house the department’s larger and heavier fire vehicles, including a 75-foot aerial ladder quint. The department turned to Bonacio Construction Inc. to build a new station under a design-build contract.

“The towns of Malta and Ballston have grown tremendously in the last 20 years,” says Fred Sievers, Round Lake’s past chief and chair of the building committee. “The village has 700 residents, and there are 22,000 in the surrounding district. We wanted the new station to encompass the design of hot and cold zones, which was not possible in our older main station. Round Lake Hose Company, a non-profit corporation, engaged Bonacio, and we worked with them to interview three architects. We chose Balzer & Tuck Architecture because of their willingness to work with us on the design to reflect the adjacent Victorian historic district that’s on the National Register.”

Shawn Corp, senior associate at Balzer & Tuck, says the architects met with department representatives several times to discuss the layout of the new station. “There was great communication on the project,” Corp note

Midwest Fire—Savage (MN) Fire Department tanker. Freightliner M2 106 cab and chassis; Cummins L9 350-hp engine; Hale HP300X 375-gpm portable pump; All-Poly™ construction; APR polypropylene 2,000-gallon water tank; three Newton 10-inch square electric dump valves with telescoping chutes; Zico electric portable tank carrier. Dealer: Joseph Juhl, Midwest Fire, Luverne, MN.

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