Middletown (PA) to Buy Pumper Fire Apparatus

Borough council voted to move forward with the purchase of a new Seagrave pumper truck, reports Press & Journal.

The 2020 Seagrave Marauder II Custom Engine has a total price tag of $689,868. Including the pumper, the three rigs have a combined estimated replacement cost of $4.3 million, fire officials told council in late 2017.

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.