The Poway City Council has agreed to buy two new fire engines at a total cost of $1.9 million, SanDiegoUnionTribune.com reported.

The council approved the purchase at the October 18 meeting, the report said.

The two fire engines will be placed into frontline service at Fire Stations Nos. 2 and 3. The engines will be delivered sometime in 2025, according to a staff report.

The purchase of the fire engines prior to November 1 avoids a cost increase of $119,999, according to a staff report.

Firefighters and local leaders are celebrating a new fire station coming to the East Mountains. Crews broke ground Monday in Moriarty where it will replace a 60-year-old firehouse officials say was badly outdated, KRQE.com reported.

The new facility is expected to help firefighters respond more quickly to rural communities in the East Mountains. It will also have better air circulation and a decontamination room to keep carcinogens away from the firefighters’ living area, the report said.

The project is made possible by $5.25 million in federal funding along with another million dollars from the state.

The city of Dilworth released updated plans for the new fire station, ValleyNewsLive.com reported. The site plan, floor plan and design were presented at the Dilworth City Council meeting October 24, along with a budget update, schedule, and process overview for choosing a construction manager.

The Dilworth Fire Department has been operating in the same facility since the 1980s. With the rise of mutual aid and with more people moving into the area, officials say they need a new fire hall, the report said.

The estimated total budget for the fire station is projected to be between $7.2 million and $8.2 million. The city says potential funding sources include a USDA grant of $975,000 and $3.7 million in state funds, according to the report.

Bidding on the project will take place between March and May of 2023, with construction anticipated to start in the spring or summer of 2023. The city hopes to have the fire station complete in 2024.

You can view plans for the Dilworth Fire Station here.

A driver traveling during rainy conditions plowed into the side of a Sand Springs fire engine Monday afternoon, a fire official said, TulsaWorld.com reported.

The crews of two Sand Springs fire trucks were assisting the Oklahoma Highway Patrol at the scene of an earlier wreck in the eastbound lanes of U.S. 412 just west of 129th West Avenue about 1:30 p.m., the report said.

Crews were working to clear the scene of vehicles and debris when a driver came upon the scene but failed to give ample space to the emergency vehicles, the report said. The driver slammed into the side of the city’s only ladder truck.

The driver was taken by EMSA ambulance to a hospital, but his condition was not known, according to the report.

With no backup ladder truck, the fire department might have to request mutual aid from the Tulsa or Sapulpa fire departments if the need for a ladder truck arises while the damaged unit is being repaired, the report said.