The Carbon Hill Fire Department will apply for about $50,000 in grant money to obtain equipment.
The Carbon Hill City Council last week gave approval to make the application after Assistant Fire Chief Phillip Howard made a presentation to the council.
District 1 Councilman McClain Burrough, District 4 Councilman Chandler Gann and District 5 Councilman Jason Chambers were absent from the meeting, although Burrough walked in as the meeting was near conclusion.
"From 2017, we had a total of 39 fires and 211 man hours," he said. "Out of that, 10 of them were structure fires, three of them were vehicle fires, 19 brush fires, three weather calls and four motor vehicle collisions."