BULLHEAD CITY - The Bullhead City Fire Department simply does not have the latter option, when it comes to fire engines. But with the cost of a new engine at about $600,000 and the fund from which such apparatus would be paid for looking meager, department leaders had to search for another way to meet that need.

The Odessa Fire and Rescue Department is getting a whole new equipment base with new firetrucks. We're told the trucks come with new pumps along with increased safety features for the firefighters.

So how do you fight fires in Antarctica, the coldest, driest, and windiest place on Earth? Despite the temperatures, Fleurette says they still use water pumped through hoses. The key is to keep the water constantly moving inside the pumper truck so it doesn’t freeze. They also don't turn the water on until they are ready to spray the fire; any liquid left inside the hose will freeze in just a few minutes. The custom Antarctic fire trucks come with stainless steel valves. That's because the reverse osmosis process that turns seawater into water for the base also leaches minerals from other types of metal pipes, Fleurette says.

At least 11 drivers were given words of advice after an operation to highlight inappropriate parking near schools in Kettering. On Friday (September 8) officers from the Kettering Neighbourhood Policing Team joined Red Watch from Kettering fire station to patrols streets around Millbrook junior and infant schools, in Churchill Way, and Barton Seagrave Primary School, off Belvior Drive.