Last year, the department issued a global tender for the procurement of aerial ladders, with Brijbasi Fire Safety Systems, representing Finnish firm Bronto Skylift, emerging as the lowest bidder.

The work of a firefighter would no doubt be deemed heroic by the bulk of the world's population — even if many would also deem it a little too dangerous to undertake themselves. The job does ...

OLMSTED FALLS, Ohio -- Considering that the city’s current pumper fire truck is more than 20 years old, Olmsted Falls officials have been thinking about a replacement vehicle for a while.

LAWRENCEBURG, Ky. (LEX 18) — The Anderson County Fire Protection District recently gifted a critically ill 5-year-old boy a customized small fire truck, the department reported. Officials ...

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 ...

was prompted by widespread complaints from fire departments detailing delayed deliveries, faulty components and rapidly escalating prices. Prices for ladder trucks have jumped from $750,000–$ ...

EARLY, Texas — The Early Fire Department is hosting a "Push-in Ceremony" to celebrate the arrival of its first ladder truck. The ceremony will be on April 21 at 2 p.m. The fire department said ...

Her push for the county to consider legal and policy action follows a New York Times story in February reporting that three companies control much of the fire truck manufacturing market ...

The Denton Fire Department is now home to the first hybrid-electric fire truck in Texas. The department unveiled the new addition, a Pierce Volterra model, at Station One's push-in ceremony on ...

Texas — Multiple fire departments responded to a tractor trailer fire in Ranger Tuesday. The 18-wheeler truck was said to be full of beer on I-20. When fire officials arrived, the trailer was ...