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A fire truck overturned Thursday morning along a highway in Laurens County, South Carolina.(Video from the scene above)Video from Sky 4 shows the Laurens County Fire Department truck overturned ...
A FIRE TRUCK FLIPPED UPSIDE DOWN. IN FACT, THIS WAS THE SCENE IN SURRY COUNTY JUST HOURS AGO. OUR SARAH SOWERS IS IN DOBSON WITH REACTION FROM NEIGHBORS WHO HEARD THE CRASH AND NEW DETAILS TONIGHT ...
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 ...
ELKHART, Ind. (WSBT) — The Elkhart Fire Department celebrated the arrival of their new fire truck at Fire Station 4 on Thursday. To mark the event, one that only happens every 15 to 20 years ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Over the past two decades, the private equity firm American Industrial Partners has acquired a number of specialty vehicle companies, including fire truck manufacturers, and has combined them into ...