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 ...

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 ...

A fire truck overturned in Anderson County, South Carolina, Tuesday morning. It happened along Fire Station Road in Easley as firefighters were responding to a house fire. Fire officials said one ...

The East Norwich Fire Department will spend $1.6 million to purchase a new fire truck that will arrive this summer, replacing one of its aging ladder apparatuses. The vehicle, a 2024 ...

The Columbus City Council rejected a $2.5 million contract for a fire truck from Sutphen Corp. due to an ongoing labor dispute between the company and its union employees. The Teamsters Local 284 ...

TUMALO, Ore. — A fire early Monday morning destroyed a food truck in Tumalo, an unincorporated community in Deschutes County, just north of Bend. Bend Fire & Rescue and the Deschutes County ...

AUSTIN, Texas — The Austin Fire Department worries manufacturing backlogs and increased costs could force it to use older, less reliable trucks in the future. "These are getting up there in age ...

Truck prices have doubled in the past decade, with ladder trucks now costing as much as $2 million each, while fire departments are facing backlogs as long as four years, said IAFF, which ...

The “push-in ceremony” celebrated two new fire trucks that Ware says are bringing firefighting in Carlyss into the future. With offroad tires, 4-wheel drive and reinforced axles, the new fire trucks ...

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 ...

As Fire Truck Prices Hit $2 Million, US Firefighters Demand an Antitrust Probe By Jody Godoy (Reuters) - The largest firefighters' labor union in the U.S. is demanding antitrust authorities ...