MANAGING PUBLIC SECTOR VEHICLES & EQUIPMENT
The City of Norwich, Conn., can’t replace all its aging fire trucks, and its city manager is proposing reducing the fleet by four or five vehicles.
The Chester (N.Y.) Fire Department celebrated the addition of three fire engines, a tanker, and a utility vehicle.
Detroit Truck Manufacturing is a captive channel supplier of fabricated aluminum cabs for Spartan’s fire trucks, as well as its cab and chassis product it supplies to more than 40 OEM fire truck manufacturers.
The City of Albany, Ga., has unveiled two new Pierce aerial trucks costing more than $2 million. The trucks have a clean cab design to protect fire staff from carcinogens.
Spartan Motors introduced two new purpose-built truck designs this month: an aerial and a pumper.
The aerial devices on these fire trucks may unexpectedly rotate to the right when the ladder is being extended.
The East Side Fire District in Idaho, took delivery of a custom-built Lake Assault Boats fireboat, purchasing the boat using cash reserves.
Polk County (Fla.) Fire Rescue took delivery of seven new custom fire pumpers designed by E-One.
When Hurricane Harvey struck in 2017, the Fulshear Simonton (Texas) Fire Department relied on other public entities and federal assistance for high-water vehicles. Now it has two of its own.
