By Penny Rathbun in The Celina Record It is possible to buy anything off of eBay, including firetrucks. The Celina fire department’s latest acquisition, a ladder truck, was an eBay purchase. By the time firefighters are fully trained on the new apparatus, the refurbished, repainted truck will do anything a brand new ladder truck with [...]
By Jeff Craig in The Abilene Reporter-News The Abilene Fire Department’s fleet of equipment received a major upgrade Wednesday with the delivery of a $966,000 ladder truck. The new truck gives AFD three ladder trucks throughout the city, in addition to eight front-line engines without ladder capabilities. Gary Hamner, AFD public education officer, said the [...]
By Ron Maloney in The Seguin Gazette-Enterprise Fire trucks can be like custom cars or motorcycles. Just as each hot rod or bike is an expression of the person who built or owns it, each fire truck is a unique expression of the department that owns it, and each is designed around a set of [...]
IAFF and DHS select MSA to work on next generation of SCBA By Scott M. Bruner in FireRescue1 Photo courtesy IAFF The next evolution for SCBA apparatus is one step closer to being in the firehouse. The International Association of Fire Fighters and the Department of Homeland Security have selected MSA to begin work on [...]
From The Sweetwater Reporter Members of the Lake Sweetwater Volunteer Fire Department have a new fire truck. The truck designed and built by Steele Manufacturing of Haskell, Texas is a state of the art fire truck, whose primary use will be to battle range fire. Grass fires are the most prevalent in the department’s primary [...]
By Suzanne Haberman in The Community Impact Leander Cedar Park See photo here. Williamson County sported its new Emergency Management Incident Command Vehicle, measuring 38 feet long and 13.5 feet high, on the Georgetown Square Feb. 2. The vehicle will be used to respond to local, regional and state disasters and serve as command center. [...]
By Eric Woods in The San Angelo Standard-Times Photo by Jason Hooks in The San Angelo Standard-Times Purchasing a new water truck is almost impossible for the firefighters of the Bronte Volunteer Fire Department, especially since they have to run their program on a budget of $4,500 per year. If the 20 volunteers need any [...]
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