The Cedar Rapids Fire Department announced Monday morning they re doing a final inspection of a new addition to the city s fleet of fire-fighting equipment. A photo of the new truck is below.
According to a post on the Cedar Rapids Fire Department s Facebook page, it s a 107-foot Ascendant stick ladder truck. In the post, the department thanked the city manager (Jeff Pomeranz), along with his staff, and the Cedar Rapids City Council.
As you can see in the photo below, the new ladder truck will be assigned to station seven (L7 on side of the vehicle). Fire Station 7 is one of three fire stations on Cedar Rapids northeast side. Built in 1999, according to the city website, it s located at 206 29th Street NE. The city has a total of nine fire stations.
ISU Says Students Not Involved in Criminal Activity
Iowa State University s College Republicans stated last week that they were fighting on the front lines of D.C. as brave patriots during the U.S. Capitol insurrection. But this week, officials at the school told The Gazette they have no knowledge that those students broke any laws.
ISU spokesperson Angie Hunt told the Gazette, At this time, there is no indication that any students were involved in criminal activity related to the U.S. Capitol breach. We continue to monitor the situation. The group College Republicans at Iowa State tweeted on January 6th that they were in D.C. and Des Moines fighting for America. They also tweeted out that people fighting on the front lines in DC (many are members of our club) are brave patriots. That was before rioters breached and entered the Capitol building.