The city of Camanche (IA) made the following announcement on its Facebook page March 9:

Vehicles for Sale

The City of Camanche is accepting sealed bids for the following truck:

Ladder Truck – 1978 Seagrave 50-foot Tele-Squirt. This truck currently has 27,836 miles and 1348 hours. It has 1250 GPM pump and 500-gallon tank. All pump and ladder certifications are current. Well maintained and has all the original manuals and paperwork.

Sealed bids may be submitted to the Office of the City Clerk, 818 7th Avenue, Camanche, IA 52730 through 4:00 PM on April 18th, 2023 and will be opened and considered at the city council meeting at 6:00 PM that evening. The trucks may be inspected at the Camanche Fire Department, 720 9th Avenue, Camanche, Iowa 52730 M-F, 7:00-3:30. Vehicles are sold “as is” with no warranty expressed or implied. The successful bidder must make payment in full within 7 days of the notice of bid acceptance. The City reserves the right to reject any and all bids.

The High Springs Fire Department held a push-in ceremony for its two new fire trucks Tuesday, wcjb.com reported.

The new Heavy Rescue 29 replaces Squad 29, a 2006 Kenworth commercial cab light rescue unit, the report said. The truck will respond to a wider range of calls including technical rescues, vehicle accidents, fires, and medical emergencies.

The new engine 29 replaces a 2012 commercial cab pumper, according to the report.

Both trucks are a combined $1.4 million investment that will last 15 to 20 years, the report said.

Matthew Knox
Journal Inquirer, Manchester, Conn.
(TNS)

Mar. 13—WINDSOR LOCKS — The town is holding a public hearing and a special town meeting Thursday on replacement of a fire truck that was damaged in an accident on Interstate 91 in January.

The town meeting will vote to set a referendum on the expenditure, to be held on March 30, between noon and 8 p.m.

The cost of the new truck is estimated to be $850,000. Some parts of the damaged truck will be used to build the new one.

• Fire Truck Struck on I-91S in Windsor Locks (CT)

The cost will include purchasing a new truck cab and chassis, removing the body and equipment from the damaged truck, and putting it on the new cab and chassis.

Grant money from the town’s share of federal pandemic relief funds will be used to make the purchase. Insurance is expected to reimburse $455,000 of the cost.

The damaged truck, less than three years old, was struck Jan. 4 by a vehicle as it was parked in the right and right-center lanes of I-91 near Exit 38. Firefighters were cleaning up a prior crash in the area at the time.

Around 4 a.m. that morning, the unoccupied truck was struck in the front end by an SUV, causing enough damage for it to be deemed totaled by the town’s insurance company.

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