The Des Moines City Council approved the purchase of two fire engines and a ladder truck for roughly $5 million. The new equipment will replace aging vehicles in the fire department's fleet, which ...

Milwaukee Common Council vote on Nov. 25 will determine how much city budget money goes toward fixing the fleet.

The Dracut Fire Department has deployed its new Tower 1 truck during intensive tactical training on Lakeview Avenue this week ...

SWEETWATER, Texas — The Sweetwater Fire Department announced the arrival of Ladder 1 to its fleet. Ladder 1 is a custom, aerial apparatus built by Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists Inc., specifically ...

Inside the department’s repair shop on the city’s northwest side, dozens of ladder trucks and EMS vehicles are under repair on any given day.

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 fire ...

The Greensburg Fire Department’s tractor-drawn ladder truck will be heading south. City council last week unanimously approved selling the 2012 truck to Charleston, S.C., for $750,000, said ...

A local public-safety acquisition more than 25 years in the making has become reality with the city’s purchase of a Davis Fire Department aerial ladder truck. Chances are you’ve seen the 58-foot, ...

A group of young children who gathered at the Eastpointe Fire Station Nov. 17 anxiously awaited the arrival of the city’s ...

Nolensville and its Fire & Rescue Department recently welcomed the town's first ladder truck. The addition comes as the town plans to implement a 5-cent property tax increase on July 1. Much of the ...

Fire departments face rising costs and long wait times for new vehicles, forcing them to find creative solutions. Ely in Linn County is trying to raise $950,000 for a new engine, significantly more ...