The vehicles first responders rely on in an emergency are now causing local fire departments a financial headache. "It's definitely been a challenge," said Wake County Fire and Emergency Management ...

MIAMISBURG — Miami Valley Fire District recently upgraded its fleet with two new fire engines, replacing aging vehicles that had exceeded their life expectancy. The additions are aimed at improving ...

SEQUIM — After 18 years, Clallam County Fire District 3 firefighters will have a new truck smell in a few of their fire engines. Two fire engines — 2025 Spartan Gladiators — arrived on Sept. 27 and ...

Everett Fire Chief Dave DeMarco provided details Wednesday about last week’s theft of a fire engine during an emergency call. It was the first time in the department’s 133-year history that something ...

Two pieces of Hanover area fire service history are returning to Hanover for the first time in decades to be preserved for generations to come. The Greater Hanover Area Fire Museum has purchased back ...

When the Loveland Fire Department first deployed Engine No. 1 in 1925, most firefighters hung onto the sides and rear of the open truck on the way to an emergency. A lot has changed for the ...

A bipartisan group in Congress has increased scrutiny of the fire engine industry. Firefighters complain that escalating prices and yearslong delays are straining public safety resources. By Mike ...

Retired firefighter and Kalispell Fire Department historian Alan “Gus” Gustafson, left, gives a few last minute driving instructions to firefighters Don Thibert, Ben Graham and Jake Felts before they ...

What could a 102-year-old Huntington Beach fire engine and a Fountain Valley woman have in common? They were both born in the same year. Lois Rufer was taken on a short ride aboard the Seagrave, the ...

I’VE GOT A WARM UP ON THE WAY IN WEATHERWATCH 12 MILWAUKEE FIRE DEPARTMENT’S FLEET OF FIRE TRUCKS IS AGING. THE CHIEF CAUSE THE SITUATION DIRE? SEVERAL ENGINES WELL BEYOND THE RECOMMENDED AGE AND THE ...

The incident jeopardized the safety of first responders, the police chief said. A suspect remained on the loose Sunday after stealing a 35,000-pound fire engine in Everett, Washington, and going on a ...