After an inspection found the frame of a 17-year-old fire engine had delaminated, the vehicle was taken out of service, reports Rutland Herald.

The delamination was largely caused by exposure to ice-melting chemicals on the roadway. The fire department routinely washes the bottoms of the trucks and use a rust inhibitor.

The fire department has relied on mutual aid from surrounding towns to cover the truck’s absence. The mayor and fire chief have discussed options that they plan to bring to the advisory board. The issue was referred to the Public Safety Committee.

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According to a report from The Boca Raton Tribune, Boca Raton, Florida, announced that the new Fire Station 6, located on Clint Moore Road, is ready to open. The city held a ribbon-cutting ceremony on March 8 with fire administration and personnel, city council members, and other dignitaries in attendance.

Fire Station 6 will serve the northwestern part of Boca Raton and can house up to 10 crews. Other new improvements include four new bays to house new trucks, and eight unisex bathrooms will facilitate crew members with decontamination. The new building will be able to withstand winds of 155 miles per hour, and Fire Rescue Services will also apply for a LEED certification for the building.

Before its new iteration, Fire Station 6 was demolished in early 2020. Construction took 15 months.

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According to a report from The Woksop Guardian, the Bassetlaw, England, District Council greenlit Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service’s (NFRS’s) planning application for a new station at the Vesuvius development site off Sandy Lane.

The new station will replace the existing one on Eastgate, first built in 1963.

The station will be designed with the latest in renewable technology and will self-generate up to 50 percent of its energy needs. The site will also include a training tower, a generator, and a fuel store.

Worksop is staffed by both full- and on-call firefighters who will move into the new station when during its s expected opening date of October 2022.

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According to a report from Marin Independent Journal, the town of Ross, California, will no longer have a fire station after a $14.6 million plan to renovate the town’s government buildings passed unanimously through the town council on Thursday, March 11.

The plan calls for demolishing the aging town headquarters on Sir Francis Drake Boulevard and rebuilding the administrative offices, police station, and ambulance center. Left out of the plan was a potential renovation of the fire station, which is part of the existing complex, after a December 2020 survey of town residents showed they were not willing to pay willing the additional $13.8 million it would take to keep the fire station.

The 93-year-old government buildings are in such poor shape that it would cost less to rebuild than remodel them. The town will seek a bond measure to pay for the new center.

Early estimates for the entire complex rebuild are about $28.4 million. However, the cost would be nearly half that if the town forgoes the fire station.

Ross shares its firefighting services with Fairfax, San Anselmo, and Sleepy Hollow through the Ross Valley (CA) Fire Department (RVFD), which has a station in each of those areas.

Without a fire station in Ross, firefighters responding to the town’s service calls will deploy from the San Anselmo station, which is 1.1 miles from Ross Town Hall, or from the Kentfield station, which is 0.7 miles away, according to RVFD Chief Jason Weber.

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