The new additions for the Providence Fire Department include four engines, one tower ladder, and a special hazards truck.
Within hours of securing these critical resources, nine of the 12 aircraft were immediately dispatched to new and emerging fires.
The helicopters are former military Blackhawk helicopters that were converted for public safety use.
The Victoria (British Columbia) Fire Department's Chevrolet Bolts will replace three, small gas-powered pick-up trucks and two mid-size SUVs.
The Houston Fire Department will transition from the current on-board gas generator to a “green” lithium battery solution that will provide mobile power while the engine is off.
The leasing program by Enterprise is expected to save the City of Natchez, Mississippi, tens of thousands of dollars each year on vehicle maintenance, officials said.
A 194-page study analyzed Norwich, Connecticut's 49 pieces of apparatus at two paid fire stations and five volunteer companies, listing fire apparatus that could be removed from service immediately and in the future.
The West Fargo Fire Department has been training and working with drones for about two years, and that knowledge was finally put to the test to fight a three-alarm fire.
The new equipment will help keep the Pantex Plant, the nation’s primary facility for the final assembly, dismantlement, and maintenance of nuclear weapons, safe.
SB 44 would allow police to use drones to monitor large crowds and collect evidence at crimes scenes and traffic crashes.
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