According to a report from The Altoona Mirror, the Claysburg (PA) Volunteer Fire Company (CVFC) has raised about $260,000 from 125 donations in its efforts to purchase a new fire truck more than three months after its previous truck, a pumper, broke down.

The CVFC’s initial plan was to borrow $200,000 from the state, which would have resulted in a 25-year loan, but the enthusiastic response from the community resulted in the department not needing that much money after all.

Rich Allison, head of the CVFC’s Fire Truck Fund Committee, said that the money raised leaves the CVFC about $100,000 short of its goal of the $360,000 needed for the replacement truck, but the Claysburg community has far surpassed expectations throughout the fundraising efforts.

Since early January, the CVFC has been responding with a borrowed truck. Allison said it will take eight to nine months to receive the new vehicle.

The CVFC has gotten an incredible response from the the community during the fundraising effort, as businesses and residents have come together in support of the fire company.

Multiple businesses that did not wish to be named, donated amounts in the five-figures range, as much as $20,000, Allison said. The company even received a $50 donation from 10-year-old Isaiah Snyder, who collected cans to raise the money himself.

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Some Del Mar Mesa residents are in opposition to a proposed new fire station onproperty that has been set aside as a habitat conservation, reports Del Mar Times.

The San Diego Fire-Rescue Department plans to build the new fire station to better serve the communities of Del Mar Mesa and Torrey Hills.

Local residents found out about the proposed station about a year ago and since then have tried to get involved in the city’s process but have been frustrated about the lack of communication.

A fire department spokesperson said the department is still “very, very early” in the process on the Del Mar Mesa station.

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Jefferson voters approved spending $550,000 on a new fire truck, reports The Lincoln County News.

Voters backed the purchase of a new rescue/pumper truck by a vote of 134-22.

Other decisions included $500,000 to rebuild roads, and $14,250 for a broadband study.

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Belmar’s Goodwill Hose Co. has welcomed a 2018 Seagrave fire truck, reports TAP Into Belmar.

Firefighter training is currently under way while the fire truck has been put into service. Last summer, the borough approved a $525,000 bond ordinance to finance the purchase of the truck.

The new 24-foot-long pumper is equipped with a 750-gallon water tank and has a 1,500-gallon-per-minute pumping capacity. It is replacing a 31-year-old engine truck purchased from the Middletown Fire Department 10 years ago.

The borough’s last purchase of an engine truck was in 2002 and it received a grant in 2008 to acquire Volunteer Hook and Ladder Co.’s ladder truck.

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