The Elyria Fire Department is planning to apply for a grant to help replace its ladder truck which is estimated to cost $1.3 million, reports The Morning Journal.

The grant, which is valued up to $1 million, is from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security for assistance to firefighters. If the city were to receive the grant, it would have to match 10% of the $1 million.

The city’s current aerial truck has a manufacturing year of 2008 and has been in service since 2009.

Fire officials cautioned that the grant is very competitive but that the application is worth the effort.

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Atchison City Commission unanimously approved a grant that will provide the fire department with a new mini-pumper truck, reports AtchisonGlobeNow.com.

The department estimates that more than 80% of calls are as first responders to medical emergencies. Currently the department must use one of its full-sized pumper trucks to respond to all calls. One of the pumper trucks is due for replacement in the next couple years.

Rather than replacing that truck, the fire chief recommended a new mini-pumper truck. The estimated cost of a mini-pumper is $275,000 and the city will be responsible for $13,750 of that cost.

The acquisition of a smaller truck will also reduce maintenance costs.

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A wall is being put into a Norwalk fire station, reports Norwalk Reflector.

A fire official said that a camera was recording individuals cutting through a back parking lot that is off-limits to the public.

A construction company began boring holes for supports that will eventually secure the concrete wall into place. There will be gated openings with chain link gates.

The work is being done due to in-kind donations. The fire station was completed in 2018.  

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According to a report from The Herald Democrat, the Pottsboro (TX) Fire Department (PFD) has acquired a new 2021 Freightliner pumper/tender with help from a $200,000 cost-share grant through the Rural Volunteer Fire Department Assistance Program.

A tender has the ability to transport 1,500 gallons of water and has a 10-inch dump valve that can rapidly fill a drop tank designed to hold 2,500 gallons of water, assisting with rural firefighting in remote areas.

The new pumper/tender replaces a 1996 apparatus that had a 1,000-gallon water tank. According to PFD Chief Donnie Glenn, the new truck’s increased water capacity gives the department more time on the fireground and “extra water on the fire.” He also said that the new truck can fill brush trucks when fighting wildland fires and is equipped with extra scene lighting for night firefighting.

The PFD’s response area is largely rural and without fire hydrants. The department also serves the Lake Texoma area during times of automatic aid with Preston and Locust Fire Departments.

PFD has been serving its community since 1946 and has a 42-square-mile response area.

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