The Quincy Fire Department secured funding for new fire trucks in 2022, but now three years later they still don't have them. Manufacturing delays are forcing them to buy used trucks from other ...

U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Jim Banks of Indiana have already been investigating private equity’s role in the skyrocketing costs of fire trucks, writing to the IAFF in ...

A fire truck overturned in Anderson County, South Carolina, Tuesday morning. It happened along Fire Station Road in Easley as firefighters were responding to a house fire. Fire officials said one ...

Prices have doubled in 10 years, union says Some cities wait years for new trucks Groups also call for study of equipment, parts Companies cite COVID-19 among delay reasons May 13 (Reuters) - The ...

TUMALO, Ore. — A fire early Monday morning destroyed a food truck in Tumalo, an unincorporated community in Deschutes County, just north of Bend. Bend Fire & Rescue and the Deschutes County ...

Carmel Fire Department Chief Joel Thacker says aging fire trucks across the country “are breaking down” while departments wait for new replacements. (IBJ photo/Chad Williams) Cities and their ...

The Fire and Rescue NSW truck was called out to an automatic fire alarm job when their vehicle broke down and caught alight. A Fire and Rescue NSW spokesman told news.com.au that the engine issue ...

In 2020, when the Foxborough Fire Department wanted to purchase an engine pumper truck, they found a vendor and agreed to pay $625,000 for it to be delivered within 18 months. The department’s Motor ...

OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – Emergency crews were on the scene of a truck fire near a truck stop at I-35 and NW 122nd. Truck fire on I-35, Image KFOR Truck fire on I-35, Image KFOR Truck fire on I-35 ...

But they were not the only ones facing scrutiny. Fire truck manufacturers also found themselves in the spotlight, highlighted by the difficulty local governments have in acquiring new firefighting ...

DELRAY BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — A new report shines a brighter light onto the investigation into the December crash involving a Delray Beach Fire Rescue ladder truck and a Brightline train.

Over the past two decades, the private equity firm American Industrial Partners has acquired a number of specialty vehicle companies, including fire truck manufacturers, and has combined them into ...