The new 17,150-square-foot station will include four bays with a “contemporary look to compliment the urban feel of Reston Town Center,” according to plans submitted to the county this month.  

The current 7,750-square-foot fire station is “grossly undersized” with only two-and-a-half bays, leaving little room for storing equipment and managing additional responders and units. Service demands are also expected to increase as construction and residential development rapidly expands in the immediate area, according to the plans.

The Herbert Wallace Memorial Volunteer Fire Department engine bore Spears and Lyons signs when it appeared in the NOMTOC parade Feb. 10 in Algiers, according to a photo on Spears' Facebook page. A Wallace truck bearing a Spears campaign sign also appeared in an earlier parade.  

Jefferson Parish outlaws parade displays that endorse political candidates. New Orleans bans "advertising of any kind" in parades and specifically forbids throws with a "political or religious message."  

Spears has a history of supporting NOMTOC, however, as well as the volunteer fire departments in his district. He sponsored a council resolution giving $50,000 to the krewe to put on a Christmas parade Dec. 9 in Marrero.

Authorities say the fire truck was blocking traffic to protect the first responders who were tending to an injured pedestrian who was hurt in the initial crash. None of the firefighters were injured. The driver was arrested by Indiana State Police.