Apparatus

Safety

Defensive driving during emergency response

You can’t help anyone if you don’t get there safely; always practice defensive driving, especially when you’re responding to an emergency call

April 15, 2026 01:06 PM

Gordon Graham, JD

Apparatus

Driving within the lines: Apparatus training, policy and maintenance

April 15, 2026 12:57 PM

Assistant Chief Dan Rogers

Apparatus

8 questions to ask apparatus vendors at a trade show or conference

April 14, 2026 02:11 PM

Battalion Chief Robert Avsec, EFO, MS

Fire Stations and Firehouses

Colo. firefighters lose apparatus, equipment in firehouse blaze

Hanover Fire Station 2 housed a fire engine, tender and two brush units

June 03, 2024 10:07 AM

This DIY fireground medic kit could save a firefighter’s life

DIY first aid kits can be lower cost, more compact and disposable; these quick medic kits are simple to build and carry on every apparatus

May 31, 2024 09:33 AM

Battalion Chief Robert Avsec, EFO, MS

Fireground Operations

Video: Fireground conditions dictate aerial positioning

Defensive mode means positioning farther away from the scene to avoid the collapse zone

May 29, 2024 11:55 AM

Mark van der Feyst, MS

Officials push for emergency order of fire trucks in Conn.

November 24, 2009 04:15 AM

Ala. fire department gets new ladder truck

November 23, 2009 04:06 AM

Tenn. department debuts 4 fire trucks

November 21, 2009 07:52 AM

Texas fire department makes plea for pumper truck

November 20, 2009 04:29 AM

Wildland Fire

5 injured as fire trucks collide at brushfire in Australia

November 19, 2009 06:54 AM

Recommissioned fire truck honors SC firefighters

November 18, 2009 04:06 AM

Fla. motorist dies in head-on collision with fire truck

November 18, 2009 04:01 AM

Helmets & Accessories

NIOSH: RI firefighter likely killed retrieving pike pole

November 12, 2009 08:36 AM

Australia firefighter trapped in apparatus crash

November 12, 2009 03:59 AM

NJ fire truck backing LODD blamed on communication breakdown

November 10, 2009 10:08 AM

Fla. fire apparatus tire flies off, sending man to hospital

November 10, 2009 04:04 AM

M&W Fire Apparatus stays in the black

November 04, 2009 05:22 AM

Firefighters not using seat belts in Ind. pumper crash

November 04, 2009 03:54 AM

Report: Ohio firefighter intoxicated during fatal crash

November 02, 2009 11:27 AM

Idaho fire apparatus without rear driver hits truck

October 30, 2009 05:54 AM

Safety

NY firefighter injury blamed on understaffing

October 30, 2009 05:40 AM

Lost tanker haunts Maine firefighters as water runs out

October 29, 2009 09:25 AM

Ky. fire department suing manufacturer after crash

October 28, 2009 04:57 AM

Apparatus Accessories

Manual Adjustment of Automatic Slack Adjusters May Contribute to Unexpected Brake Failure on Automotive Fire Apparatus

October 23, 2009 07:14 AM

Fire-based EMS

Fla. firefighters cleared after running over homeless man

October 16, 2009 06:53 AM

SC town struggles to pay fire truck insurance

October 16, 2009 05:09 AM

20 tips to improving fire tanker/tender safety

There were more fatalities in tanker/tenders than in pumpers and aerial apparatus combined in a 12-year period

October 15, 2009 10:26 AM

NC chief faces charge after driving fire truck into pole

October 15, 2009 04:56 AM

Proposed fire truck purchase stirs debate in Ohio city

October 08, 2009 05:36 AM

La. fire department puts cameras on all vehicles

October 06, 2009 05:04 AM

Ambulances

Computer system helps Ala. fire trucks navigate traffic

September 29, 2009 05:24 AM

Fire department celebrates 100 years of service in Mass.

September 28, 2009 05:14 AM

Legislation and Funding

New Fla. fire chief fights to defend budget

September 28, 2009 05:02 AM

Spec’ing the Right Fire Apparatus for the Job

September 27, 2009 02:05 PM

Lack of vehicle training contributed to LODD in NC, NIOSH finds

September 25, 2009 01:13 PM

Apparatus

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