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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

D.C. Probe Seeks Account of Ambulance Whereabouts

After a D.C. police officer was transported by a Maryland ambulance, it was learned that a quarter of the district's 39 ambulance were unaccounted for that night.

News • March 8th, 2013

Three Injured in Chicago Fire Truck Crash

A wreck involving a Chicago fire truck and a pickup truck sent three people to the hospital, including the driver of the apparatus.

News • March 5th, 2013

Report: Long-Term Wear Caused Ariz. Aerial Mishap

An expert has issued a report stating lack of maintenance was a significant cause of an uncontrolled slide of about 40 feet of Green Valley's ladder truck that injured five people.

News • March 4th, 2013

Washington Fire Dept. Shifts Medical Call Protocol

The Spokane Fire Department has started responding to EMS calls with pickup trucks and ambulances rather than fire engines and ladder trucks.

News • March 3rd, 2013

No Charges Filed in Pa. Heavy Rescue Truck Crash

A Hemlock Farms Volunteer Fire & Rescue vehicle went out of control as it was responding to an emergency call injuring four people in the apparatus.

News • March 2nd, 2013

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