According to a report from Old Mission Gazette, the Peninsula Township Fire Department (PTFD) in Traverse City, Michigan, held a small ribbon-cutting ceremony at its new Fire Station 3 on the north end of the Old Mission Peninsula on Monday. It is located at 19270 Center Road, between Swaney Road and Tompkins Road.

PTFD Chief Fred Gilstorff, township board members, Paul Mahon of Grand Traverse Construction, architect Ray Kenda of Environment Architects, and project manager Jennifer Hodges of Gourdie-Fraser sd well as PTFD staff as well as were all in attendance. Township Supervisor Rob Manigold cut the ribbon, officially opening the station, which is be ready for responses to the township’s north end and will be staffed beginning April 1. The PTFD will hold an open house for the public at a later date.

Construction on Fire Station 3 took place during the fall and winter. The building includes housing for PTFD staff as well as a Medical First response truck.

Gilstorff says the new fire station will improve response times in the area and also improve the PTFD’s ISO ratings, lowering area residents’ insurance premiums.

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According to a report from NewsTimes, the New Fairfield (CT) Volunteer Fire Department’s (NFVFC’s) Company A has added a brand-new $416,000 2021 Pierce/Freightliner M2-106 to its fleet.

The new truck replaces the NFVFC’s aging Tanker 7, which Company A had used for more than 20 years to shuttle water to and from fire scenes.

NFVFC Assistant Chief Kristian Ebbesen said the original plan had been to refurbish the 1997 Freightliner FL80, but those plans changed after Gowans-Knights, a Watertown-based fire apparatus and equipment company, evaluated the truck.

The new Pierce/Freightliner features an 1,800-gallon water tank, a 1,250 gallon-per-minute pump, and a 350-horsepower engine and is expected to be used as a water shuttle.

The new tanker was originally budgeted at $550,000, but it eventually cost just $415,900, most of which was covered by money from the town’s Fire Department Reserve Fund, according to Ebbesen.

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According to a report from The Missourian, the Boone County (MO) Fire Protection District’s (BCFPD) Station No. 8 has stood at 5801 S. Route K for almost 40 years. However, BCFPD’s officials believe it’s time to build a new one.

Although the district has another new station—Station No. 5—in Prathersville, the BCFPD will still be asking voters to approve a $6 bond issue on April 6, which would finance renovations and additions at other district fire stations and begin a 10-year plan to modernize the district’s apparatus fleet.

According to an FAQ the district posted on its Web site, the bond issue will not increase in property taxes. Rather, it would simply continue the existing 25-cent property tax levy, which will cost the owner of a $200,000 residential property $95 per year.

The fire district’s property tax levy could fail if voters don’t pass the bond issue. Assistant Chief and Support Services Bureau Director Gale Blomenkamp said the $14 million in bonds that were issued with voter approval in 2014 were split: Around $6.9 million in bonds for vehicles were originally to be repaid over a 10-year period, but it will now be paid off two years ahead of schedule. The other $7.1 million for new stations and expansion were amortized as 20-year bonds.

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