The 20,000 square foot fire station will allow the fire district to move its offices from the Wynantskill Fire Department to Defreestville.

"We're able to merge and become one fire district which not only reduced the tax burden on the residents in the town but also really opened up additional property sites that the Dreefeestivlle Fire Department could really look at. 20 years ago, the location we're standing in was not part of Defreestville Fire Department," said Daniel Garab, North Greenbush Fire Commissioners chair.

The paramedic received 17 stitches, was transported to Holmes Regional Medical Center and released shortly afterwards, Schollmeyer said. He is expected to return to work next week.

Schollmeyer said the crash happened shortly after 10:30 a.m. at or near Fee Avenue Park. The ambulance crew responded from Fire Station 82 in West Melbourne to a medical call, and the patient was loaded into the back of the ambulance. The paramedic opened a side door to step outside — and that's when the collision occurred.

No serious injuries were reported, but there was extensive damage after a car smashed through the garage door of south Wichita fire station Friday afternoon. The crash happened about 4 p.m.

A witness to the crash estimates the car was traveling at about 20 mph when it crashed through the garage door.

The need for the purchases became evident last year when the oldest trucks in the fleet began having structural issues that were beyond repair, leaving those units unavailable to respond to emergency calls. The remaining emergency vehicles had to be juggled between both stations in Marengo and Chesterville to accommodate the residents in our district.

To remedy the situation Big Walnut Joint Fire District Fire Chief Lauri Lovell approached the board with a truck replacement and purchase program.

Together, the BWJFD fireboard, Fire Chief and Truck Committee scheduled visits with multiple emergency apparatus manufacturers which included test driving demo vehicles, sorting through vehicle specifications and evaluating quotes.

The first purchase was a 2016 Sutphen Guardian Engine/Rescue from and manufactured by The Sutphen Corporation in Dublin, OH. Engine/Rescue 30 is equipped to transport six firefighters, 1000 gallons of water, fire suppression foam and compartments full of rescue and fire suppression equipment.