Bruce George, a Springfield Township firefighter, and his mother, Carole Sprague, on May 19 show the 1925 fire truck his father sold in 1986 and that George bought back decades later. "From what I ...

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 ...

ELKHART, Ind. (WSBT) — The Elkhart Fire Department celebrated the arrival of their new fire truck at Fire Station 4 on Thursday. To mark the event, one that only happens every 15 to 20 years ...

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 ...

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 ...

The combined shriek of a siren and roar of a 525-horsepower Detroit Diesel engine beat the eardrums of passersby as the cab of Charlottesville Fire Department’s Truck 9 turns onto West Main ...

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 ...

The Denton Fire Department is now home to the first hybrid-electric fire truck in Texas. The department unveiled the new addition, a Pierce Volterra model, at Station One's push-in ceremony on ...

Interestingly, it isn't that fire trucks are adhering to this color code only in certain countries—fire departments across the globe have almost all their fire trucks painted with the same red ...

Texas — Multiple fire departments responded to a tractor trailer fire in Ranger Tuesday. The 18-wheeler truck was said to be full of beer on I-20. When fire officials arrived, the trailer was ...

The work of a firefighter would no doubt be deemed heroic by the bulk of the world's population — even if many would also deem it a little too dangerous to undertake themselves. The job does ...

The Columbus Division of Fire is facing a critical fire truck ... For example, the city submitted an order for a new tiller ladder truck from Pierce Manufacturing in November 2023 for $2.3 million ...