Newton (NJ) Set to Purchase $894K Fire Apparatus

The Newton (NJ) Fire Department is poised to sign a contract for a new $894,000 pumper as soon as the City Council approves an ordinance authorizing its purchase at a meeting on August 15, according to a report published by WMBC-TV.

According to the report, half of the funds will come from federal American Rescue Plan funding and the apparatus will take about a year to complete after the contract is signed.

Vischer Ferry (NY) FD Opens Newly Renovated Firehouse, Christens New Heavy Rescue 

The firehouse opened to the public following a ribbon-cutting ceremony. The district also held a wet down of its new heavy rescue truck.

Wethersfield (CT) Firefighter Who Died Battling Berlin Brush Fire Was ‘Heroic,’ Gov. Says

Gov. Ned Lamont ordered flags lowered to half-staff for a Wethersfield firefighter who died fighting a brush fire on Lamentation Mountain.