Tuesday was a “very big day” in the history of the Hamden Fire Department, as city officials agreed to issue $8.6 million in bonds to replace Station 2, one of the city’s oldest fire stations.

Very big day in @HamdenFireDept history as @GovNedLamont announces bonding support for a new fire station in #Hamden! Thank you to everyone who has contributed to this project! @upffa @MCDforCT @townofhamden @Cabrera4CT @LGSusanB and more! pic.twitter.com/mbdCYGLLbJ

— Chief Gary Merwede (@hfdcar1) June 28, 2022

The project will replace the 100-year-old Dixwell Avenue facility with a new one on Putnam Avenue, reports fox61.com. The current facility violates numerous safety and accessibility standards.

The money will fund upgrades in a pre-fabricated station, which has already been acquired by the town, the report notes.

Oxford city council Tuesday night approved the donation of a surplus fire truck to the Munford Fire and Rescue Service, reports annistonstar.com.

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The 2003 Kenworth truck was deemed surplus after the city recently took delivery of three new pumpers.

The two departments often run calls together, officials say.

Nearly 10 years after his death, Longmont Division Chief Lynn Huff’s gear is headed to Ukraine, to help others fight fires, reports 9News. Huff died in a hiking accident in Hawaii three years after his retirement when ground beneath him gave way.

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Since then, his wife Barbara has kept much of his gear just as he left it when he was active at the Mountain View Fire Rescue Station in Boulder.

But watching the firefighters struggle to do their jobs during the war, she decided he would rather it go where it would be used for its intended purpose: helping others.

“That was his whole life, service to others above self,” she told 9News.

Rosenbauer—Augusta (MO) Fire Protection District pumper. Commander 7011 cab and chassis; Cummins L9 450-hp engine; Waterous S100 1,500-gpm rear-mount pump; Pro Poly 1,000-gallon polypropylene water tank; 30-gallon foam cell; Waterous 200-cfm CAFS. Command Light Knight 2 12-volt Hi-Viz LED light tower. Dealer: Brian Franz, Sentinel Emergency Solutions, St. Louis, MO.

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