The driver told investigators he had pulled off the right side of the road in order to allow another car to pass when he overcorrected, lost control and crashed into the building.

 

The study calls for two new fire stations and two existing fire stations to be moved to more populated areas.

 

It also calls for the fire administration building downtown to become a working fire station again.

 

Who will pay for it?

 

The city says developers will pay for it as the city grows.

 

"As new development occurs that's a fee, an impact fee for new homes. So, developers will pay those fees as new home permits are pulled," said Andrew Malik, Tracy Director of Development Services.

 

Residents like Heather Stonehouse say added fire protection is worth it.

 

"And with it growing so much I think it's a necessity," Stonehouse said.

 

The new fire station on Eastland Drive actually opened a few weeks ago, and is already considered one of the busiest stations in Lexington, with 240 fire and emergency runs every month.

The new station features geothermal heat, LED lighting, and elaborate, state-of-the-art, doors for the engines to pull out, all at a cost of about $5.5 million.

The smaller Tactical Response Vehicles (TRVs) started attending incidents in North Yorkshire towns including  Tadcaster  earlier this year. 

Steve Howley, of the Fire Brigades Union (FBU), says they have suffered from problems including the failure of brakes and on-board water pumps, and the vehicles have also snaked across the road.

He said the latest incident happened last Wednesday, when a TRV broke down while en route to an emergency incident in Harrogate.