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The fire district recently bought the first two of its seven fire apparatus that voters approved in a 2016 bond. It also recently acquired a foam trailer should another incident like the oil train fire in Mosier arise. Purchased in August for about $375,000 each were two 3,000-gallon water tenders, said Bob Palmer, chief of Mid-Columbia Fire & Rescue. They replace a 1991 Kenworth and a 1993 Kenworth.