Yonkers fire officials are applauding the decision by the city council to veto a capital budget cut that would have cost the city’s ability to buy new fire trucks, Bronx.News12.com reported.

The city council and mayor originally approved giving $5.8 million to the fire department but recently proposed amending the budget. That change would have cut that line to around $2 million, the report said.

The cut would have meant the department could only buy one new fire truck this year as opposed to the five originally planned for, according to the report.

On Tuesday, the city finance department came back asking to increase the budget by $39 million without having to cut from the fire department, the report said.

The agreement received support from both sides of the aisle, the report said. Dozens of firefighters filled the council chambers in a show of unity.

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The Angola Fire Department launched and blessed its new fire truck Monday night, KPCNews.com reported.

A fire official said the ceremony revived an old American tradition, dating to the 19th century, when fire crews had engines pulled by horses. The horse could bring the engines back to the fire station, but they could not back them into the bays. Before finishing their shift, crews would clean the apparatus and push it back into the station.

The official said the tradition of christening a new piece of equipment by washing it and manually pushing it into the station was performed by the Angola Fire Department Monday night.

Angola’s newest apparatus carries 1,800 gallons of water. The new fire truck will be especially helpful for rural areas around the lakes, the report said.

The Lisbon Volunteer Fire Company in Howard County (MD) donated one of its fire engines to the Hindman (KY) Volunteer Fire Department September 8, WFMD.com reported.

Many fire companies in Kentucky have been affected by flooding, such as losing equipment, tools and other resources, the report said.

The truck donated was Engine Tanker 44, which had served the Lisbon Volunteer Fire Company for nearly 30 years, according to the report.

Engine Tanker 44 will be replaced by a larger capacity truck in the upcoming months, the report said.