Andover (ME) Volunteer Fire and Rescue received a new 2023 tanker truck last week, SunJournal.com reported.

The Freightliner tanker truck was delivered from Midwest Fire manufacturer in Minnesota, the report said. It replaces a 1975 American LaFrance (truck), which was grossly outdated and in disrepair, a fire official said.

Currently, the town’s all-volunteer fire department has about 20 volunteers with an average of five to 12 people at a time going out to fight a fire, the report said. The department covers firefighting services for Andover as well as other Oxford County towns and unorganized territories, extending an estimated 8-9 miles to South Arm and about 6-7 miles to Upton, according to the report.

Andover Fire also receives mutual aid when firefighting from its surrounding towns: Roxbury, Rumford, Mexico, Newry, Bethel, Dixfield, Peru, Woodstock and Greenwood, the report said.

The city of Scranton (PA) put a new fire truck, named Rescue 1, into service Monday, wnep.com reported. It replaces an old truck the city has used for the past 13 years.

The new apparatus has state-of-the-art technology that will help keep firefighters safe and help shorten response time, the report said.

The new fire truck cost the city of Scranton a little more than $700,000, according to the report.

On November 21, Badin (NC) Volunteer Fire Department took delivery of a new 2022 Pierce Saber Custom Fire Engine, the department announced on its Facebook page.

“This truck was designed from the ground up over a two-year process to better serve our members and community. The color scheme was chosen to be similar to our original 1937 Ford Fire Engine, which is silver in color. We will be training with it and placing equipment on it with anticipation to have it in service before the first of the year. We encourage anyone and everyone to come by and see it!”

The Hewitt Fire Department has put together a strategic plan that would culminate in building a new $4 million fire station by 2025, wacotrib.com reported.

The first part of the plan was executed last month when the Hewitt City Council approved buying a new fire engine for $841,000, the report said.

Staffing additions are the next priority outlined in the plan, which could improve the department’s ability to work onsite during emergencies and relieve some of the pressure on its limited personnel, the report said.

The final phase of the plan involves the construction of a station on property the city owns near Old Temple Road and Crestwood Drive, according to the report. The estimated cost for the substation’s architectural planning is about $200,000. A fire official said he does not have an exact construction estimate, but it could be upward of $4 million.

The addition of a substation would split call response volume between the two stations and decrease the time it takes for the department to reach some places in Hewitt, the report said.