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N.M. Dept. Buys $1M of EMS Gear For Fire Engines

In a move to reduce emergency response times, Albuquerque will buy nearly $1 million in new paramedic equipment and reassign medics to engines and firefighters to rescue units.

News • April 4th, 2013

Minnesota Police Chase Ends in Rollover Crash

A driver fleeing police in a stolen car was injured along with a person in another vehicle in St. Paul on Wednesday morning.

News • April 3rd, 2013

Ejected Patient Calls 911 to Report Ga. Ambulance Wreck

After being ejected from the back on an ambulance, a patient called 911 to report the wreck.

News • April 2nd, 2013

New Deliveries 4/13

THE ST. PETE BEACH, FL, FIRE DEPARTMENT has taken delivery of an E-ONE Sidestacker 78-foot aerial built on an E-ONE Cyclone II chassis. Components include a 450-hp Cummins ISL engine, Allison EVS3000 transmission, 1,500-gpm Waterous CSU150 pump...

Article • April 1st, 2013

Three Fla. Firefighters Hurt in Fire Engine Crash

Three Lake Worth firefighters were hurt when the engine they were in heading to a fire collided with a car at an intersection. The car's driver was seriously injured.

News • March 31st, 2013

Utah Airport Gets New ARFF Rig, Can They Use It?

The Ogden-Hinckley Airport has a new Panther airport crash truck, but a sequestration plan to close the airport's control tower could make its delivery moot.

News • March 28th, 2013

Maine Dept. Ends Fire Truck Worries With Purchases

The decision to keep a brand new engine and to purchase a 2002 used model resolves Millinocket's apparatus deficiencies.

News • March 28th, 2013

Missouri Fire Chief Seriously Hurt in Tanker Rollover

Potosi's fire chief was partially ejected from the tanker truck he was driving when it overturned as he was responding to a mutual aid fire call Monday.

News • March 26th, 2013

Kan. Fire Truck Crashes on Way to Medical Call

A fire truck was on its way to a call when it crashed into another vehicle in E. Wichita Wednesday morning. Three people, including a firefighter, were injured.

News • March 21st, 2013

N.M. Firefighters Give Up Pay For New Truck

Messilla volunteers gave up their stipends to help fund a new engine.

News • March 20th, 2013

Ambulance Stolen From in Front of Mo. Hospital

A full-size ambulance which was transporting a mortally injured crash victim was stolen from in front of a St. Louis hospital as medics and EMTs worked to save the patient's life early Monday morning.

News • March 19th, 2013

Four People Hurt in Collision with D.C. Engine

Four people were taken to George Washington Hospital with minor injuries after a traffic accident involving DC Fire Engine 14 on Thursday.

News • March 16th, 2013

Four Calif. Firefighters Hurt in Engine Wreck

A Buena Park engine went out of control and hit a large pine tree, nearly ripping the apparatus body in two as it was traveling to a medical call Wednesday night.

News • March 14th, 2013

Fla. Fire Rescue Truck Overturns in Crash, Five Hurt

Two Fort Lauderdale firefighters were among those hurt when the rescue truck they were using to take a patient to the hospital was broadsided at an intersection.

News • March 14th, 2013

Stroke Victim Transported in D.C. Fire Truck

District firefighters were forced to take a man suffering from a stroke to a hospital in a fire truck Thursday evening because the closest ambulance was seven miles away.

News • March 8th, 2013

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