DC FEMS Deputy Chief Michael Poetker used to sell HME firetrucks. “Now he’s turning around and selling those same fire trucks to the department that he works for,” the union president said.

History comes home. "Reading had probably the largest volunteer fire company in the country. Ten thousand members during its height," said retired Reading fire chief Richard Boyer. From manpower to ...

A 9-year-old girl named Parker was recently given an award for her act of heroism ...

Greensburg council on Monday approved buying a new fire truck for Hose Company No. 1. While council unanimously approved the purchase at $1.178 million, Councilman Randy Finfrock said the plan is to ...

The 1911 fire engine, originally purchased by Reading’s Liberty Fire Company and housed at South Fifth and Laurel streets, was bought from the American LaFrance Corporate Collection in Florida.

What started as a simple burnout quickly turned into chaos in front of a huge crowd. The truck pushed harder and harder until something suddenly failed. Oil sprayed everywhere, parts exploded, and ...

FLINT, MI — The city of Flint has added a fourth ambulance and a new fire truck to its Fire Department fleet. Flint Mayor Sheldon Neeley announced the additions in a news conference on Friday, March 6 ...

Nick Doughty, who runs retail operations for Portland’s Elephants Delicatessen, has ordained two weddings for employees who chose to get married inside the deli’s flagship building on Northwest 22nd ...

Tom Shand & Michael Wilbur share the lessons learned that a fire department applied to its specification of upgrades to its apparatus contingent.

Fire departments across Southern Illinois are paying far more for new fire trucks and waiting years longer to get them, leaving some communities to rely on aging equipment longer than ...

"We're wanting to allow the public an opportunity to come by and see for themselves the needs of the department," Organizer ...

BENTON, Ill. (KFVS) - Fire departments across the country are facing rising costs and years-long wait times for new equipment, challenges that are hitting smaller departments especially hard. Benton ...