Apparatus
FireRescue1’s apparatus resource center features the latest news and information related to fire apparatus and equipment.
From grants to bonds to contingency funds, explore strategies to keep apparatus purchases on track despite rising costs
The Chippewa Falls Fire and Emergency Services Department is using a $1.3M referendum to improve its fleet and add equipment
Eight Orange County Fire Authority firefighters were hurt when their fire truck overturned as they were returning from the Airport Fire
The East Cleveland firefighters union’s GoFundMe post stated they were unable to receive the new fire engine and the current one is “beyond repair”
Police, firefighters were searching for wrecked SUV that had gone down embankment, struck a tree when they collided with each other
Chad E. Zaiz, 30, was swerving to avoid police car; police car, fire truck were on interstate for medical emergency
Hermino Espino, 20, drove his SUV into power pole, emergency vehicle, fire truck at nearly 60 mph with missing juvenile in tow
“New” $450,000 truck, which had been used at Texas airport, will replace 1976 ladder truck; board votes to extend fire department contract
500-pound ‘Firehouse Crystal Bell’ by artist Jack Storms is installed permanently at Pleasanton’s Firehouse Arts Center
Truck discovered missing after firefighters were dispatched to fire at sugar house last year, found abandoned in parking lot
Pumper truck was returning from minor accident when engine ran off roadway to avoid another car traveling in opposite direction
Engine 4 was a 1997 engine, but after a trip to the shop it looks brand new
Gone are the glory days of having enough money in the budget to go out and buy whatever your department wants
Crew of flight 611 had called in medical emergency; airport’s department of public safety sent fire truck out to meet aircraft when it arrived at terminal
Dallas Fire-Rescue investigators are trying to discern whether accident resulted from persistent brake problems or human error
The NFPA study shows 71,875 injuries were suffered in the line of duty last year, an 8 percent drop from the previous 12 months
Firefighter totaled $400,000 fire tanker in single-vehicle accident en route to responding to active brush fire
Fire crew was working medical call when Antoine Hamilton asked them to move truck because it was blocking his vehicle
Department declined domestic offers to buy trucks; 1977 pumpers sold to Guatemalan volunteer fire departments for $1 apiece
Emergency system triages ambulance calls by dispatching closest fire department vehicles to ‘non-life threatening’ calls
Man stopped at nearby roadblock decided to bust through, drive through fire scene, ‘almost killed a half-dozen firefighters,’ fire chief said
3 firefighters arrived at scene of some downed wires during storm; firefighter trapped inside was able to jump to safety
Officers arrested man accused of breaking into post office, attempting to steal fire engine responding to tripped alarm
Self-contained, custom-built apparatus allows members to train on forcible entry, self-contained breathing apparatus, personal safety system
New truck can hold up to 450 gallons of water; ladder equipped with breathing air tank
When apparatus arrived at scene in Winston, it was only parked for minutes before hit by passenger vehicle
Cliffside Park replaces 30-year-old tiller with tractor-drawn ladder truck using funds from $675,000 federal grant
City hopes new truck will raise breast cancer awareness; engine driven by all-female crew
Citizen donated truck to department in 1999; project began in earnest six months ago and is nearing its end
City council must approve additional funds to purchase new, up-to-date fire engine, state-of-the-art ambulance
Saving money on current fire truck purchases or even refurbishing older apparatus is becoming a big thing
The stations receiving the new engines responded to nearly 3,600 emergency calls in 2010
The fire truck driver who rode ahead of the cyclists had turned on a switch that turns traffic lights green for emergency vehicles
Fire trucks don’t do enough long-haul driving to get hot enough to burn soot away