| Fire Apparatus News & Articles |
|
Texas fire department makes plea for pumper truck
By J.R. Ortega The Victoria AdvocateTIVOLI, Texas — A fire that displaced a Tivoli family last week has rekindled a second plea for a pumper truck from the unincorporated ...
|
|
5 injured as fire trucks collide at brushfire in Australia
ABC Premium NewsCURRAMULKA, Australia — Five people were injured when two fire trucks collided at the scene of a bushfire on SA's Yorke Peninsula.It broke out early in the ...
|
|
Recommissioned fire truck honors SC firefighters
By Dave Munday The Post and CourierCHARLESTON, S.C. — An old firetruck has come back to life with a new mission.Engine 11, a 1961 Mack C-85 pumper, retired in 1991 after ...
|
|
Fla. motorist dies in head-on collision with fire truck
By Kim Wilmath The St. Petersburg TimesBROOKSVILLE, Fla. — A 26-year-old man died Sunday night in a head-on crash with a fire truck on Centralia Road.About 9 p.m., ...
|
|
Apparatus expert examines aerial platform LODDs
By Jamie Thompson FireRescue1 EditorLOS ANGELES — An expert who helped lead the report into the deaths of two firefighters who fell from a recently purchased aerial platform ...
|
|
Cement trucks haul water to ND store fire
By Ben Rodgers The Jamestown SunOAKES, N.D. — No one was injured Tuesday night when a fire destroyed an Oakes, N.D., convenience store, said Randy Burley, Oakes Fire ...
|
|
NIOSH: RI firefighter likely killed retrieving pike pole
He was operating an aerial ladder platform when his head was pinned between the top of the station bay door and the platform railing ...
|
|
Australia firefighter trapped in apparatus crash
ABC Premium NewsLAUNCESTON, Australia — A firefighter was trapped and seriously injured after a prime mover ploughed into a fire truck on its way to a car accident in the ...
|
|
Pierce Receives Major Military Pumper Rescue Order
Pierce Manufacturing received a major order from the U.S. Army Tank-Automotive and Armaments Command (TACOM) for 51 Pierce pumper rescue vehicles, following the recently completed ...
|
|
Rosenbauer Completes Delivery Of Nine Pumpers To Cincinnati
Rosenbauer has completed delivery of nine city-service pumpers to the Cincinnati Fire Department in Ohio through the company's General Division in Wyoming, Minn. ...
|
|
Hale Develops Open Chassis Skid Unit
Hale Products has developed an open chassis skid unit called the HP300DY-O that is described as ideal for wildland firefighting. ...
|
|
E-ONE Delivers 18 Tradition Pumpers
E-ONE recently delivered 18 Tradition pumpers — nine to the Smith County Fire Department in Tennessee and nine to the Ware County Fire Department in Georgia. ...
|
|
Unruh Fire Acquires Mertz Fire Apparatus Line
Unruh Fire has acquired the Mertz Fire Apparatus line of fast-attack firefighting equipment. The Mertz fire apparatus line was founded in 1984 by Marvin Johns who marketed skid ...
|
|
NJ fire truck backing LODD blamed on communication breakdown
By Ken Robinson, FireRescue1 StaffELIZABETH, N.J. — Driver distractions and the loss of direct communications between driver and spotter contributed to the death of a New ...
|
|
In Tough Times More Departments Ask E-ONE For Upgrades
As communities throughout the country experience budget constraints, E-ONE said fire departments are turning to its Factory Service Center in increasing numbers to upgrade their ...
|
|
M&W Fire Apparatus stays in the black
By Katelyn Polantz The Roanoke TimesROANOKE, Va. — The business of building firetrucks is a science and an art, a balance of marrying engineers' blueprints with shiny red (or ...
|
|
Firefighters not using seat belts in Ind. pumper crash
By Scott Smith The Kokomo TribuneKOKOMO, Ind. — Kokomo Fire Chief Pat O'Neill said Monday he was awaiting additional information before commenting on the Saturday accident ...
|
|
November 2009 Product Round Up: Apparatus
FireRescue1 is focusing on news and information about fire apparatus throughout the month of November 2009. Check out some of these apparatus and apparatus ...
|
|
Lost tanker haunts Maine firefighters as water runs out
By Nick Sambides Jr. The Bangor Daily NewsLAKEVILLE, Maine — An accident that destroyed a tanker truck and killed a firefighter two years ago haunted firefighters Wednesday ...
|
|
Ky. fire department suing manufacturer after crash
As firefighters rounded a curve, the pumper tanker system separated from the fire truck; the firefighters were ejected after losing control ...
|
