After years of using hand-me-down apparatus, Terra (UT) has gotten its first new fire truck, ever, in its 40-year history, according to a report published by KSLTV 5.

According to the report, the new brush truck cost about $100,000and was funded by Tooele County under the Utah Cooperative Wildfire Systems. It is equipped with firefighting and medical gear.

Before the new truck arrived, firefighters could not depend on the apparatus being reliable and often joked they shouldn’t turn off the trucks until they returned to the station for fear of them not starting again, according to the report.

Residents in Riverside Village (IL) will have new fire apparatus protecting the community after the village board members voted to purchase a new Pierce Enforcer pumper for $698,000, according to a report published by the Riverside-Brookfield Landmark.

According to the report, the new engine cost $698,000 and is being paid for with some of the roughly $1.2 million the village received from the American Rescue Plan Act fund. And, because the apparatus was bought through a consortium of government agencies purchasing program, the village did not have to go through a competitive bid process, the report said.

The new engine will be completed within 18 to 20 months, according to the report.  

No one was hurt when a semi-trailer truck hit a Plainfield (IL) Fire Protection District reserve truck as it was blocking a previous crash on Interstate 55 on Tuesday morning, according to a report published by Local Today, Illinois News.

According to the report, the crashed into the engine at about 11:45 am at the scene of a single-car crash while crews were examining the driver who declined medical treatment.

The report says the fire engine sustained damage to the driver’s side. The mirror was ripped off, the windshield was smashed and metal on the door was damaged, the report said, noting that firefighters expect the damage to be repaired quickly.

A new $800,000 fire engine was put in service with the Columbus (GA) Fire Department on Monday morning, the first new truck to join the fleet in five years, according to a report published by WRBL News 3.

The report says the truck was funded with money from the American Rescue Plan as well as money from the general fund. The new apparatus is one of five new engines and two ladder trucks the department will be adding to its fleet in the next five months, according to the report.

The new engine, which was pushed into the station by firefighters as part of a long-standing tradition, was put in service fully equipped and ready to go, complete with a host of new technology, according to the report.