Enid (OK) Fire Department took delivery of two frontline pumpers last week, according to a newspaper article published by Enid News & Eagle.

The two fire trucks were built by Pierce Manufacturing and are expected to give the community 20 to 30 years of service, according to the article.

The fire engines are expected to be outfitted and placed in service this week with one assigned to Station 1 on Garriott and one to Station 3 at the intersection of 30th and Randolph, the paper reported.

Each truck cost $638,000 and the fire department originally had plan to buy only one, but after the COVID-19 pandemic, the department had funds to buy two trucks, the newspaper reported.

Firefighters with the Cedar Hill (MO) Fire Protection District are pleased to have a pumper truck back in service after a rear-end collision put it out of service last summer.

According to a report published by Leader Publications, the 2017 Pierce pumper was wrecked in August 2020 when it was hit by a motorist while firefighters extinguished a debris fire on Highway 30 Bridge over the Big River.

The cost of the repairs was $180,000 and the district had to pay a $500 deductible because the woman who hit the truck had no insurance, the publication reported.

The timing of the return of the 2017 engine was appreciated as the department lost a 2005 Pierce when it was totaled in a rollover wreck in June while it was responding to a fire involving two structures in Ware, according to the report.

The district is working with the insurance company to replace the engine which cost $361,933 in 2005, Leader Publications reported.

Firefighter union members and officials in Little Rock (AR) are expressing concern about the condition and number of in service fire apparatus in the city.

According to a report published by KATV ABC 7, the city is down eight fire trucks due to wrecks or mechanical issues and 15 trucks are at least 15 years old with two being older than 25 years. Union officials say 30 percent of Little Rock’s fire fleet needs to be replaced.

The apparatus shortage is causing some stations to go without a fire truck, the television station reported.

A proposed penny sales tax, set to be voted on during a special election in September would provide funding for the city to purchase two or three new fire trucks each year, KATV reported.