Marion Body Works opened its new manufacturing facility in Shawano (WI) and with it is seeking to hire about 50 new workers, InsightOnBusiness.com reported.

During the past five months, the Marion Body Works team has been transitioning the commercial truck body line into the new facility. Covering 113,000 square feet of manufacturing space and 7,000 square feet of office space, the expansion is aimed at facilitating continued growth of the product line, the report said. 

The new facility officially opened October 21 and is Marion’s second operating plant in Wisconsin. It is located at 105 Plank Road, Shawano, 22 miles east of the company’s main headquarters, according to the report.

Marion Body Works is a leading national manufacturer of commercial truck bodies, fire & emergency apparatus, custom cabs, custom engineered vehicles, and defense bodies.

The Shawano expansion brings nearly 50 job openings at both its Marion and Shawano locations. Learn more about careers at Marion Body Works here.

One person was transported to the hospital after a fire truck was involved in a single-vehicle accident in Hurricane (WV), WOWKTV.com reported.

Putnam County Dispatchers say it happened near the Walmart in the area of Hurricane Creek Road and Peach Ridge Road, around 2:45 p.m. on Tuesday.

The Hurricane Fire Department chief said one of its trucks was traveling south on Hurricane Creek Road when a small white car was driving north on the road, the report said.

According to the fire chief, the driver of the car crossed the center line, and the driver of the fire truck swerved to miss it. When the fire truck driver did this, the asphalt gave way, and the vehicle crashed into a ditch, the report said.

The firefighter was alone in the truck and was taken to Cabell-Huntington Hospital to be examined. The fire chief said the firefighter was alert at the scene, according to the report.

Twinsburg (OH) will spend $1.72 million on a new Pierce Velocity 107-foot ladder tandem T3 fire truck after the city council approved the purchase October 25, BeaconJournal.com reported.

The truck will be bought from Atlantic Emergency Solutions Inc. of Virginia and will replace a 2000 Ferrara 109-foot ladder truck, the report said.

Council passed the fire truck purchase legislation on emergency so paperwork can be completed and the deal finalized before November 1, when the truck’s cost will rise by more than $93,000, according to the report.

Delivery of the truck is not expected until late 2025.

The Middlefield Volunteer Fire Company was awarded $225,450 recently to replace its 1973 brush truck.

Middlefield was one of only 89 fire departments nationwide that was awarded funds for vehicle acquisition, out of a total 18,000 applicants for the 2021 FEMA Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG).

The grant assists fire departments nationwide in numerous operational aspects.

The fire company committee is actively working on specifications for this vehicle with hopes of delivery next year to provide the volunteer organization with a safe apparatus that has increased capabilities.