Seen in a clip provided by the game show, a contestant named Daniel, who works for the Oxford Fire Department, got the chance ...

More than half of the California National Guard’s firefighting teams were put under federal command, with no way to recall ...

(KNSI) – The St. Cloud Fire Department is planning a push-in party for two new trucks in the coming months. The tradition ...

WYOMING, MN – Rosenbauer America, a leader in fire apparatus innovation and performance, announces the initial delivery of ...

Crews with the Los Angeles Fire Department fought a fire at a recycling yard in Los Angeles on Sunday morning. Flames were first reported at the recycling yard, located at 5487 West San Fernando ...

Service records show that dozens of Los Angeles fire ... top brass at the Los Angeles Fire Department were ... 127 out of 210 fire engines — 60% — and 29 out of 60 ladder trucks ...

The service records show a broader problem: the city’s longtime reliance on an aging fleet of engines that cycle in and out of the shop.

We put fire hydrants every 600 feet all around cities,” said Mark Whaling. “But when it comes to the helicopters, we weren’t supporting them as robustly as we should.” ...

The Fire Apparatus Manufacturers’ Association reports that orders for new mainline fire trucks are up significantly—about 43% annually from 2021-2023 compared to 2011-2020.

Truck prices have doubled in the past decade, with ladder trucks now costing as much as $2 million each, while fire departments are facing backlogs as long as four years, said IAFF, which ...

Basic fire trucks now cost the CFD roughly $1.5 million each, but more complex rigs, such as ladder trucks, can run upwards of $2.5 million. These prices are about 50 per cent higher than the ...

Prices for ladder trucks have jumped from $750,000–$900,000 in the mid-2010s to around $2 million today, ... over 100 of the Los Angeles Fire Department’s 183 trucks were out of service.