The Mount Airy (MD) Volunteer Fire Company recently placed into service a new 2020 E-One 100-foot ladder truck to be known as Truck 1, according to a report in BaltimoreSun.com.

The $1.1 million Truck 1 aims to provide all traditional truck services along with aerial rescue and aerial master stream capabilities to southern Carroll County, southeastern Frederick County, northern Montgomery County, and western Howard County, the report said. Truck 1 also aims to be available anywhere it may be requested by fire companies needing the services it can provide.

Truck 1 is the first unit of this type for the Mount Airy Volunteer Fire Company in its 95-year history. It holds seating for six crew members with five self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA), according to the report. The unit is powered by a Cummins X 15 engine with 565 horsepower rating and an Allison EVS 4500 automatic transmission. The truck is equipped with a 10kw Onan generator and 246 feet of ground ladders in various lengths.

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Sandy Springs (GA) Fire Department yesterday broke ground on its Fire Station No. 2, according to a report in ReporterNewspapers.net, the first new building for the Fire Department since the city formed in 2006.

The new station will be located at the same location as its predecessor—135 Johnson Ferry Rd.—and the City Council has approved a $6.45 million contract with Reeves Young of Sugar Hill to construct the new building.

The original building, which was demolished in August 2020, opened in 1969 and had served the city of Atlanta and Fulton County before Sandy Springs formed.

The report added that design work has begun for Fire Station No. 5, which will be located on an acre of land at Mount Vernon and Spalding Drive in the city’s panhandle. The city aims to occupy the new Fire Station No. 5 by October 2023.