Firefighters with the Vernon Fire Department will dedicate a new aerial on Saturday with a traditional “wet-down” ceremony, according to a report published by Patch.com.

According to the report, Tower 541 is a 2022 Pierce rear-mount aerial with a price tag of $1.1 million and will replace a 1994 model that served the town well.

The truck has many features not available when the truck it replaces was purchased nearly 30 years ago, according to the report.

Smeal—Santa Clara (CA) Fire Department two rescue pumpers; Spartan Metro Star cabs and chassis; Cummins X12 500-hp engines; Hale DSD 1,250-gpm pumps; UPF Poly 500-gallon water tanks; 25-gallon foam cells; Hale SmartFOAM 3.3 single-agent foam systems; Command Light CL602AW2 light towers; Harrison 8-kW generators. Dealer: Roy Cobb, Fire Apparatus Solutions, Rialto, CA.

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A lease has been signed between the Bozeman (MT) Fire Department and Montana State University paving the way for a new fire station to be built on the campus, according to a report published by the Bozeman Daily Chronicle.

The report says the new fire station will replace Station No. 2 and will be built on land leased from the university for an initial 20 years with three automatic 10-year renewals built in, the report says.

In 2021, Bozeman voters approved a $6.7 million bond for fire station construction and the site was selected and the lease negotiated, according to the report which also said the final design is expected by the end of this year with construction bids sought early in 2023. Construction could begin as soon as April 2023, the report said noting it will take up to 14 months for the project to be complete.

The Corvallis (OR) Fire Station No. 3 has closed for an 11-month, $3.5 million renovation, according to a report published by The Daily Barometer.

Ground breaking on the project happened Thursday afternoon and it marks the first of a series of major improvements scheduled for buildings in the city.

The work at Station 3 will focus on creating more functional and equal work environments for employees and will be the pattern for future work at other buildings, the report says.

An apparatus bay is one of the major improvements to the station that’s expected to be constructed, the report says, noting that it will be fore the department’s brush truck, protecting it from vandalism and the weather.

Dormitories and showers will be done on the inside to modernize the station’s interior which was done in the 1970s and has no accommodations for women firefighters, the report says.

Firefighters normally assigned to Station 3 have been reassigned to other stations in the city until the station reopens in late 2023, according to the report.