At yesterday’s Chilmark (MA) town meeting, voters unanimously approved $11.1 million to build a new station and separate headquarters for Tri-Town Ambulance, reports mvtimes.com.

Officials say the Menemsha Crossroad station has for years needed an upgrade. And, for the first time in its history, Tri-Town Ambulance will have a standalone place to call home. Tri-Town Ambulance serves Aquinnah, Chilmark, and West Tisbury.

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Jasper County (SC) will soon have a new, $1.8 million Marsh Cove station, reports blufftontoday.com. The new digs will be 5,604 square feet, with about half of that living quarters for emergency personnel on duty.

The new station aims to improve services between the Roseland and Mead Road stations and is scheduled to open later this year.

Groundbreaking for the station, located at 4820 Lowcountry Dr., is scheduled for Thursday. The Phipps family donated the property to the county.

The general contractor is C. Merrill Construction of Statesboro, Ga. Grady Woods of Jasper County is the architect and Thomas & Hutton of Savannah will provide engineering services. The contract calls for the project to be completed in six months.

A web camera will provide real-time and time-lapse views of the project’s progress here.

The Vischer Ferry (NY) Volunteer Fire Department’s nearly $4 million plan to expand by roughly 7,000 square feet its Moe Road Station 3 will go before the Planning Board tomorrow, reports dailygazette.com.

Voters approved the plan in December, and, if the board approves, the project would be bid in late 2021 and construction would begin in early 2022.

The project, with a budget of $3.9 million, aims to put the building in compliance with regulations that have changed since its construction in 1982.

The district’s other two stations have been built or renovated to modern standards over the last two decades:

• Station 1 on Riverview Road in Rexford, the department’s main station, was built in 1964, expanded in 1974, and expanded in 1997.
• Station 2 on Grooms Road was constructed in 2007.

Have you ever wanted to sleep in a fire truck? Well, now’s your chance at Red Rescue Retreat.

Holidaycottages.co.uk is offering a stay in a converted truck with sauna and engine beds—and guests can even play with the truck’s hose and slide down a pole.

The apparatus sleeps two adults and two children, and it’s located on a working beef and sheep farm about two hours from Liverpool.

Guests enter the truck from a decked patio and into an open-plan accommodation including a lounge area with smart TV, double sofa bed, and large bean bags. The dining area has views over the patio and the kitchen is equipped with electric oven and hob, storage space, drop down table, and wine cooler and fridge. Another feature is a mini sauna with glass door.