The Athol (New Zealand) Volunteer Fire Brigade has recently settled into its new $1.6 million headquarters in northern Southland, reports stuff.co.nz. Since its opening earlier this month, three people have contacted the department about becoming volunteers.
The government contributed $1.4 million via its Shovel Ready Projects fund, while the remaining $200,000 was provided by Fire and Emergency New Zealand.
The old station was a basic, two-bay building that had heating installed just three years ago. The new digs is nearly four times its size—from about 861 square feet to almost 3,423 square feet.
The new station’s features include a heated locker room, showers, toilets, kitchen, office, and an area for use as a common, meeting, or training room. A generator has been installed to keep the building operating in the event of electricity being cut in the town.
The station’s official opening will be in August.
The old station’s final days.
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Liverpool Township (OH) trustees recently agreed to acquire a new pumper for both of its volunteer fire departments, reports ReviewOnline.com.
Trustees accepted a 15-year lease-purchase agreement from Freedom Financial of Yorktown, Va., for $684,360 to purchase two Freightliner Pierce pumpers from Atlantic Emergency Solutions, which noted that a standard fire truck can cost up to $1 million depending on options. The financing locks the township into a 3.19% interest rate and annual payments of $58,117.20.
Officials haven’t decided what to do with their old trucks.
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Gail Rippel, 85, died following a three-vehicle crash involving a Livingston Parish (LA) fire truck, reports TheAdvocate.com.
The Denham Springs resident was heading south on Pete’s Highway Sunday morning when an apparatus from Fire Protection District No. 5 in the northbound lane crashed into the rear of a trailer. The two vehicles crossed the centerline, colliding with Rippel’s car.
Officials say that the apparatus was driving the speed limit at the time of the crash. They add that the driver of a fourth car tried to make a left turn into the northbound lane of the highway in front of a vehicle towing a trailer, which sandwiched the trailer-towing vehicle between the engine and the turning car.
Rippel died after being taken to a hospital, officials say. Cody Kahl, the driver of the truck, was also taken to the hospital but was released. He underwent a routine toxicology report at the hospital, although officials say impairment is not suspected as a factor in the crash. The third driver, Louis Constanza Jr. of Albany, eschewed medical attention at the scene.
Denham Springs Police is investigating the incident. And Kahl is on administrative leave pending the results of the investigation, though that’s more to give the 23-year-old time to clear his head as opposed to punishment.
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