Stroud (OK) Fire Department has a new command vehicle in service, after losing one in a 2020 wildland fire, thanks to a donation from the local hospital, according to a report published by KFOR 4 News.

According to the report, the fully-equipped Ford F-150 truck, worth about $35,000 was donated to the department by Aven Health Partners, Stroud’s hospital management company.

The new apparatus, known as the chief’s car, or the fly car, will be used by a senior officer and will carry equipment, radios and technology to help operations at large and small incidents, according to the report.

Fire officials say it was a perfect time to receive the new vehicle as wildfire season ramps up, according to the report which also says it allows firefighters to get to the scene quickly to help marshal resources and provide on-scene information quickly.

E-ONE—Madison (MS) Fire Department pumper. Typhoon medium cab and chassis; Cummins L9 400-hp engine; Hale Qmax 1,500-gpm pump; 750-gallon polypropylene water tank; 30-gallon foam cell; Akron 125-gpm eductor foam system for Class A foam. Dealer: Rick Stuardi, Sunbelt Fire, Fairhope, AL.

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Sugarloaf (CO) Fire Protection District’s Station 2 was broken into and ransacked overnight on Monday, into Tuesday morning and authorities are looking to see who did it, according to reports from the Daily Camera and the department’s Facebook page.

According to the Facebook post, the station at 1360 Sugarloaf Road was entered and the storage areas, apparatus and equipment was pillaged and items were stolen.

“Although we are still trying to piece together exactly what was taken, we are still fully functional and will be able to respond to our customers’ need,” the department said in its Facebook posting. “Cleanup is in progress.”

Firefighters are working with the Boulder County Sheriff’s Office to solve the case and are asking anyone with information to contact authorities.

Jody Martinez

The Ukiah Daily Journal, Calif.

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Aug. 30—It’s been 15 years since ground was broken in preparation for building a new fire station for the Hopland Volunteer Fire Department. Negotiations and fundraising for the project had taken nearly 20 years.

An Aug. 31, 2007 Page 1 article in The Ukiah Daily Journal listed contractors on the Hopland project as WIPF Construction, Lucchetti Construction and Valley Paving, and stated that “the land on which the station will be built was donated to the fire department by Rose Luchetti, Rena Trimble and Barbara Green.”

Located at the intersection of Feliz Creek Road and Road 110, it was a particularly fortunate choice of a site since the department discovered “an added bonus in the winter of 2005 when much of Hopland flooded but the land the firehouse (was to) stand on remained dry.”

Project manager and Hopland volunteer firefighter Bruce Jensen said in August 2007 that it would cost $420,000 to clear the land, and at least that much to build the firehouse.

Hoss Milone, who was Hopland’s fire chief at the time, said “It really depends on what further financial aid we get.” Ninety percent of what had already been donated had come from the Hopland Volunteer Firefighters Association.

Plans were to have the land cleared by Oct. 1, 2007, and to begin construction the following spring.

“We would never have been able to do this without volunteers,” Milone said in August 2007.

To comment on this article, provide more information or to share your memories of the project with our readers, email Jody Martinez at udjjm@ukiahdj.com.

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