On March 15, members of the Brownwood (TX) Fire Department performed the ceremonial wet down and push-in of its new rescue engine, the department said in a Facebook post. The engine is now fully equipped, in service and ready to respond to emergency calls.

Summitville Volunteer Fire Department recently purchased a collection of much needed equipment through a county incentive plan for installing free smoke detectors, manchestertimes.com reported.

The funding allowed the department to purchase a cascade air tank filler, battery powered fans to clear smoke-filled homes and some additional backup air tanks, the report said.

The new air tank filler, which costs about $40,000, fills tanks in much less time and includes a blast chamber in the event of a cylinder rupture, according to the report.

Michelle Mcconnaha
Ravalli Republic, Hamilton, Mont.
(TNS)

Mar. 15—Sapphire Lutheran Homes is hosting a fundraising dinner on March 24 for the new fire station being built by the City of Hamilton.

Dominic Farrenkopf, mayor and SLH community life director, said the Hamilton Volunteer Fire Department is in “dire need of a new fire station” and that raising funds is important as inflation has increased the building costs.

“We’re still $1.2 million short,” Farrenkopf said. “Between when we approved the project and when we started to build, the costs of building materials and labor have increased because of inflation. We will have a fire station. It will happen as we have the plans ready to go. We’re hoping the community will recognize how important this service is, hold fundraising events, and make donations to the fire station.”

He said the city has secured loans, budgeted money, received grants and collected donations.

“It will be paid for, but we are hoping to continue to raise the difference needed to complete the fire station,” Farrenkopf said.

Sapphire Lutheran Homes is hosting a dinner at 7 p.m. on Friday, March 24.

The menu includes baby back pork ribs, barbecue chicken, beer brats, mac ‘n cheese, red-skin mashed potatoes, coleslaw, cornbread, strawberry shortcake, beer and wine.

“Essentially, we’ll have a gourmet meal and entertainment,” Farrenkopf said. “Steve Winkler who is most famous as the lead singer for ‘Who Dat’ is the entertainment. He will play the piano, sing and do a tribute to John Denver and Neil Diamond.”

Tickets to the dinner cost $100.

“Every ticket sold is also an entry into a raffle for a gift certificate of $150 to Bouilla that will be given away at the dinner,” Farrenkopf said. “It will be delicious and a good time to get together and raise some money for the fire station.”

The fire station will be a 17,000-square-foot facility on the southwest corner of Skeels Avenue and Foxfield Street. The new location will give firefighters room for equipment, common spaces and living quarters designed with firefighter safety in mind. The new station design includes four bays to house fire trucks, a fire hose tower, decontamination space, offices, counseling boxes and a fitness center.

The Hamilton Volunteer Fire Department Fire Station Fundraiser will be at Sapphire Lutheran Homes, 501 N. 10th Street in Hamilton. Call SLH at 406-353-2800 for tickets. Fundraising dinner sponsors include Sapphire Lutheran Homes, Flower Happy Floral and Gifts, Dowling Architects, The Coffee Cup Care, Quality Construction, Co., Bouilla, Mikesell’s Fine Jewelry, The Stock Farm Club, The Edge, and Hulteng, CCM.

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PRESS RELEASE

The Anne Arundel County Fire Department is excited to announce that we officially broke ground on the new Crownsville Fire Station 6 in Crownsville (MD) earlier this week. On March 1, 2023, six golden shovels held by County Executive Steuart Pittman, Fire Chief Trisha Wolford, Acting Department of Public Works Director Karen Henry, Manns Woodward Studios Representative Jessica Sweigart, and Current Station 6 Captain Jen Robertson signified the start of this much anticipated public safety improvement for the Crownsville area.

Crownsville Fire Station 6 will be more centrally located in Crownsville on the North East Corner of Generals Hwy and Sunrise Beach Road. The new location will add fire and EMS service in less than 8 minutes to over 8,000 more residents in Crownsville.

The new station will be a significant upgrade from the current Station 6, with over 22 thousand square feet of space, including four drive-through bay areas for varying emergency apparatus to serve the community. The station cost is approximately 12 million dollars and will include a community engagement room, commercial kitchen, physical fitness room, exhaust removal system, and NFPA complaint cancer reduction features.

The project is projected to be completed in 2025.