The city of Silsbee recently cut the ribbon on its new fire station, reports 12 News.

The facility, located across the street from the old station on FM 418, was donated by South Hampton Resources.

One person was hospitalized Monday afternoon following a crash involving the Abilene Fire Department’s Engine 7, reports Big Country Homepage.

Crews responded around 2:30 p.m. Monday to South First Street and Danville Drive, where the apparatus and a Dodge Challenger collided.

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The extent of the injury is unknown at this point, as is the cause of the crash.

The Walker Fire Department recently added a new truck to its fleet, reports lptv.com.

Taxpayers and community-matched funds from Sourcewell enabled the purchase, and officials say the apparatus has a top-mount enclosed pump panel area through which firefighters can run water pumps within a safe, warm area inside the apparatus.

It also has a compressed air foam system, as well as an iPad that runs the truck, according to the report.

Gulf Shores city council will consider a new fire training facility, a project estimated to cost $420,000, reports mynbc15.com.

The facility would include Live Fire Training, Combat Training Tower, Confined Space Training Building, Trench Rescue Apparatus, and an outdoor classroom area, according to the report.

Included in the discussion is a $69,000 contract for design services for the facility, to be built off West 36th Avenue, west of Highway 59. The department’s previous facility was recently demolished, the report says.

If approved, the project would be mostly complete by the end of 2022.