News

As Fire Truck Prices Hit $2 Million, US Firefighters Demand an Antitrust Probe By Jody Godoy (Reuters) - The largest firefighters' labor union in the U.S. is demanding antitrust authorities ...
The Columbus City Council rejected a $2.5 million contract for a fire truck from Sutphen Corp. due to an ongoing labor dispute between the company and its union employees. The Teamsters Local 284 ...
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 ...
An Auckland fire truck was being held together by wire after a quick fix by an on-call mechanic. Firefighters have labelled their vehicle fleet “old and unreliable” as news emerged of an ...
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 ...
OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – Emergency crews were on the scene of a truck fire near a truck stop at I-35 and NW 122nd. Truck fire on I-35, Image KFOR Truck fire on I-35, Image KFOR Truck fire on I-35 ...
A massive semi-truck fire led to the closure of a major interstate in Indiana on Monday.The fire shut down southbound lanes of I-65 in Jasper County.The massive inferno was caught on video.
Clean-up efforts are underway after a raging fire consumed ... showed the truck completely engulfed in flames, with an explosion leading to the frightening scene near the borders of Jasper and ...
But they were not the only ones facing scrutiny. Fire truck manufacturers also found themselves in the spotlight, highlighted by the difficulty local governments have in acquiring new firefighting ...
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 ...
Interestingly, it isn't that fire trucks are adhering to this color code only in certain countries—fire departments across the globe have almost all their fire trucks painted with the same red ...