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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 ...
DANVILLE, Va. (WDBJ) - The Danville Fire Department has received a major gift from Caesars Virginia to help protect the community. Tuesday morning, Caesars Virginia invited members of the fire ...
PADUCAH, Ky. (KFVS) - The Paducah Fire Department is welcoming the public to watch the Wetdown and Housing ceremony for the department’s newest fire truck. Department members will welcome Engine ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Manufacturers are charging more for fire trucks and taking longer to fill orders since the COVID-19 pandemic. Columbus city leaders responded Wednesday to a local firefighter union's alarm at the ...
The Columbus Division of Fire is facing a critical fire truck shortage after years of inadequate funding accompanied by price hikes and long wait times for new vehicles, the city's firefighters ...
Stockton Fire Department Station No. 7 celebrated the return of a ladder fire truck company with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. On Wednesday, elected officials and members of the Stockton Fire ...