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Union officials and firefighters for the Philadelphia Fire Department described frequent vehicle breakdowns in their aging fleet, including one example of an ambulance bursting into flames, in an interview with the Philadelphia Inquirer.
Read More →The action affects Advantage, Diamond, Gladiator and Metro Star models in the 2007-2015 model years.
Read More →The City of Detroit has been investing heavily to upgrade its fire department's fleet with nearly $22 million over the past two fiscal years for new trucks and a $1.8-million allocation for maintenance.
Read More →Spartan Emergency Response has secured a one-year contract with the City of Philadelphia to design and build Spartan pumpers.
Read More →San Diego County has received a $276,000 donation for the purchase of automatic vehicle locators (AVLs) for its fire trucks and other emergency apparatus. This will equip 80 additional units with AVLs.
Read More →The Pierce Ascendant heavy-duty aerial ladder is a highly maneuverable 107-foot steel aerial device that rides on a single rear axle configuration.
Read More →The City of Montgomery, Ala., Fire/Rescue Department expects to save more than $2 million by refurbishing two ladder trucks and three pumper trucks.
Read More →The Milwaukee Fire Department in Wisconsin recently took delivery of a matching pair of custom Pierce Arrow XT pumpers, making the state’s largest fire department an all-Pierce fleet.
Read More →The Sand Springs Fire Department has a new bi-fuel truck in its fleet thanks to INCOG’s Clean Cities Program with Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality public fleet conversion funds, according to a city press release.
Read More →Unsafe driving caused a collision between two southern California fire trucks responding to the same fire that injured 15 people after one of the trucks headed into a restaurant, according to an investigation by the California Highway Patrol.
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