Volvo Trucks, one of the largest employers in Pulaski County, recently gifted the county a new fire apparatus. The new rig seats up to seven firefighters, and it carries 2,500 gallons of water. The truck will be stationed at the New Bern Fire Department, but it will be for the entire county to use.

Mainstee, Michigan's, fire station has been declared the world's oldest continuously staffed fire station. It was named the "Oldest Continuously Manned Operating Fire Station" by Guinness Wold Records on June 17--the first time Guinness has given out the award. It took two years for the fire department to gather the information it needed to prove that the station had been staffed 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and 365 days a year. The station opened in 1889.