Responders with the Ocean Safety Officers of the Hawaii Fire Department have two new Yamaha water safety craft for their use thanks to a large donation by the Daniel R. Sayre Memorial Foundation, according to a report published by West Hawaii Today.

Funding for the equipment, which includes two trailers and two tow boards, came from private donations in the form of $58,905 in private donations and a $28,700 grant from Hawaii County which also covers training, according to the report, which added the new water craft will go toward replacing four jet skis donated in 2015, only one of which remains in operation.

Foundation members are looking for additional funds to buy more water craft to protect the beaches around the island, the report says.

Sutphen—Shipshewana (IN) Fire Department SPH100 aerial platform quint. Monarch cab and chassis; Cummins X12 500-hp engine; 100-foot aerial platform; Hale Qmax 1,500-gpm pump; UPF Poly 300-gallon water tank; stainless-steel body; Whelen LED warning lights; FRC LED scene lights. Dealer: Andy Herb and Paul Werner, Herb Fire Equipment, Powell, OH.

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The Crane Township and Cecil (OH) Fire Department recently put a new pumper in service after raising taxes for the past three years, according to a report published by The West Bend News.

The new apparatus was built by Pierce Manufacturing on a Freightliner cab and chassis at a cost of $423,000, according to the newspaper, that also reported the truck is equipped with a 1,250-gpm pump, a 1,000-gallon tank and a Husky foam system. The truck was built in Bradenton, FL, and features slide-outs in compartments for tools, the paper says.

An Oklahoma fire chief and firefighter jumped out of their brush truck seconds before it was over run by a massive wildland fire, according to a report published by KSWO ABC7.

According to the report the fire chief and firefighter were members of the New Hope Volunteer Fire Department and they were fighting a fire in the neighboring community of Cement. As they were fighting the fire, flames overran them and caught the truck on fire, the television station reported, adding the men jumped for their lives as flames consumed the apparatus.

A replacement truck will cost the department about $80,000 and the firefighters are seeking donations to cover the expense, the station reported.