A 75-foot Sutphen aerial has been put in service with the Pell City, AL, fire department, according to a report published by the St. Clair Times.

The newspaper reported the new apparatus combines the capabilities of a pumper and rescue truck with an aerial. It matches a pumper the department already has in service as well, the paper said, adding the purchase is part of an effort to standardize the department’s fleet.

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Firefighters with the Glen Haven, CO, Area Volunteer Fire Department are grateful for the donation of an upgraded used pumper from a fire equipment supply company in South Dakota, according to a report broadcast by KDVR FOX31.

The television station reported that every piece of apparatus in service with Glen Haven was damaged or taken out of service during the Cameron Peak Fire last year.

Heiman Fire Equipment from Sioux Falls, SD, received an impassion plea for help from a son of one of the firefighters with the department, the television station reported. The fire department operates solely on donations and it was having a difficult time acquiring equipment and apparatus needed to protect the community, the TV station reported.

That’s why Heiman Fire Equipment decided to help out, and donated the apparatus. A towing company in Denver donated transport services to get the truck back to Glen Haven, the station reported.

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Two fire apparatus in service with the Idlewild Volunteer Fire Department in Matthews, NC, were damaged after one car ran into both units on Friday, Feb. 26, according to a report broadcast by WBTV 3.  There were no injuries.

The television station reported a car crossed the center line of the road and struck an engine, went off the road, came back on a hit a smaller apparatus. Damage to the engine was major and it was taken out of service while the smaller truck remained in service.

The vehicle that hit the two trucks was towed from the scene, the station reported, adding that the department’s ability to respond was not compromised and there were no charges filed.

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Elko County, NV, Fire Protection District has a new brush truck and a rescue vehicle, both based on Ford F-550 cabs and chassis, in service, according to a report published by the Elko Daily Free Press.

The brush truck is a 2018 model which cost $193,000 and the rescue vehicle is a 2020 which cost $200,454, the paper reported.

The vehicles were upgraded with off-road suspension and are equipped with 400-gallon water tanks, 10-gallons of foam, have 125-gpm pumps and front monitors for wildland fires, according to the Elko Press report.

One of the apparatus be stationed in Clover Valley and the second will be in Spring Creek, according to the paper.

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