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Spartan ER built this 105-foot aerial ladder quint for Glenn Heights (TX) Fire Department. (Photos courtesy of Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists)

New Spartan ER 105-Foot Aerial Ladder Quint Gives Glenn Heights (TX) FD Greater Reach

The department wanted a ladder with the capabilities of an engine so it spec'd for a quint that is almost equal to the power of…
"Most of the fire was extinguished but unfortunately the belt system collapsed causing several fire trucks to be trapped behind the silo and unable to make it out," the Kinsey Fire Department said in a Facebook post. (Source: Kinsey FD Facebook)

MO Fire Apparatus Trapped After Belt System Collapses at Cement Plant

The Kinsey Fire Department, along with several mutual aid departments, were dispatched to Holcim for a belt on fire.
Source: Greenfield and District VFD Facebook page.

Greenfield and District (Canada) VFD Loses Two Apparatus Responding to Same Call

Three trucks were sent to a call of a structure fire, but none of them made it to the location.
Orangeburg (SC) Apparatus Crash

Orangeburg (SC) Man Injured in Fire Apparatus Crash After Allegedly Setting Girlfriend on Fire

He’s in a hospital receiving treatment after his vehicle collided with a fire engine as he was leaving the scene, according to law enforcement incident…

Chicago (IL) FD Pumper Crashes Into Food Pantry at South Side Church

Surveillance video shows the engine avoiding a pole and a traffic light box and then crashing into the building.
Kern County Tractor Trailer

Wind Knocks Tractor-Trailer Onto Kern County (CA) Fire Apparatus

High winds blowing near Inyokern on Friday knocked a tractor-trailer onto a Kern County fire engine that was responding to another tractor-trailer that had been blown onto its side.

Suspect Steals Scio Township (MI) Fire Apparatus

A fire engine was stolen near Ann Arbor on Friday afternoon.
The Gold Hill Fire Station's bay door is too narrow for its engine to fit inside. The fire protection district's grant for capital improvements will help widen the bay door and allow the agency's equipment to be stored inside.

Boulder County (CO) Approves $1.3M in Grants for Fire Protection Agencies

A second round of grants will be offered this spring to search and rescue organizations in Boulder County.
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