Fire engines and fire trucks often get lumped together in everyday conversation, yet on the fireground they serve very ...

NAPLES, Italy — Two recently acquired European-style fire trucks are helping firefighters at U.S. Naval Support Activity Naples remain fully capable when responding to emergencies. The new pumper and ...

Big Wind was one of the strangest firefighting machines ever built, mounting twin jet engines on a tank chassis to blast ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Fire Chief Dennis Rubin has more than 50 years of experience fighting fires and working in big cities like Atlanta, Georgia. But when he took the job as head of the fire department ...

Every time firefighters head to a scene, they’re backed by heavy trucks filled with potentially life-saving equipment. On ...

When there’s a fire, we expect the trucks to come as soon as possible but it’s getting harder and harder for fire departments to even get those trucks. “So, when we started looking at fire engines, ...

During a recent shift meeting at the Milwaukee Fire Department's Fiebrantz Avenue repair garage, shop manager Aaron Nash rattles off the day's tasks. One truck that went through August's historic ...

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 cost of fire trucks is climbing, according to the International Association of Fire Fighters, and local departments in Connecticut say they’re feeling the spike. “There are fire chiefs in this ...