E-ONE—Northrop Grumman, Melbourne, Florida, 2020 Titan 4×4 ARFF. Scania 770-hp engine with twin disc transmission; Hale 3,000-gpm pump; 3,170-gallon water and 445-gallon foam tanks; 460 HT. (Photo by Chuck Lowe.)

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The Eureka, MO, Fire Protection District is in line for a new pumper, two ambulances and a myriad of equipment additions and station renovations  to the tune of $1.2 million, according to a report published by Leader Publication.

The new pumper will be built by Rosenbauer at a cost of $680,000 and the two new AEV ambulances will cost $210,000 each, the paper reported. The pumper will replace one built in 2010 and is expected to arrive in spring 2022. The first new ambulance should arrive by August and the second in the spring of 2022.

Money will be spent on creating individual bunk rooms.in one station and general living improvements to both and are expected to be complete in April, the paper reported.

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According to a report from The Gardner News, Gardner, Massachusetts’, Lake Street Fire Station was one of two fire facilities in the town when it was dedicated in 1885, also the year of the town’s centennial.

When construction started in September 1884, The Gardner News reported it as a “substantial brick structure, 64 x 40 feet, with the first floor devoted to the engines–the main room was 49 x 39 feet.”

At the station, the engine held there was the Torrent No. 2, a hand tub used by the hand brigade that was very effective in fighting fires. In addition, Gardner (truck) 4, a ladder truck, and hose reels were all stored in the main room.

The first-floor room featured double doors as well as a repair room, washing facilities, a closet, and a stairway. The hose tower, which opened into the engine room, was one of the station’s best features, offering accommodations for 1,300 feet of hose and arranged with weighted ropes and a tank for washing the hose, so that the amount of work required would be comparatively small.

At the building’s southwest corner was one of the town’s first “lockups” (jails) with two cells. The second floor contained a second repair room and other facilities. The attic was not finished at the time of dedication.

The first Torrent Engine and the Cataract Engine at the South Gardner Fire Station were the two new hand-tubs the town purchased in 1852. The Torrent was kept at Gardner’s first engine house at its center, next to the old library on Pearl Street.

In 1884, during the construction of the Lake Street Station, the Torrent Engine House was sold at auction to George B. Hager for $261 and was scheduled to be moved to North Main Street near the site of the Episcopal Church, where Hager intended to convert it into a store.

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According to a report from WLEN, the Tecumseh, Michigan, city council was approached by a fire truck company regarding a the purchase of a used Demonstration Pierce Ladder Truck, but town officials turned them down.

Tecumseh Mayor Jack Baker said that Tecumseh Fire Department (TFD) members found some things with the truck that do adhere to what they were looking for in a new truck, namely, the truck’s color.

Baker also stated that the TFD would rather look at a brand-new truck later in the future, when they are actually in the market for a new ladder truck than potentially save $60,000, especially when the truck is not what they are looking for.

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