Firefighters were called to a Hazle Township business after a passerby noticed heavy smoke coming from it Tuesday night. Hazle Township Fire Assistant Chief Matt Marsicano said Hazle, Harwood and Sheppton-Oneida fire companies were called out to Gallaghe
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Oil burner causes heavy smoke at business (The Hazleton Standard-Speaker)
The reported fire on Carol Avenue in Brighton last night turned out to be a false alarm, but fire crews had to jump to work anyway when their own ladder truck caught fire.
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Firetruck has hot time while out on false alarm (Boston Globe)
Placer Fire Equipment, a Rancho Cordova-based company that builds fire apparatus for numerous local and state agencies, has filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy, court records show.
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Placer Fire Equipment files for Chapter 7 bankruptcy (The Sacramento Bee)
Hilton Flores/Staten Island AdvanceClose to 40 fire trucks and about 140 firefighters were dispatched to battle the four-alarm blaze in Great Kills Park. STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A four-alarm brush fire scorched a four-acre swath of Great Kills Park earlier today.First…
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FDNY douses year’s first brush fire; 4 acres burn in Great Kills Park; 8 firefighters suffer minor injuries (Staten Island Advance)
An internal Boston Fire Department inquiry into a fatal firetruck crash last year blamed brake failure that was caused in part by inadequate maintenance, according to a report released yesterday.
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Firetruck brakes faulted for crash (Boston Globe)
Insufficient maintenance, an “aging fleet” and an “inadequate driver’s training program”…
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BFD report lists crash factors (Boston Herald)
A board of inquiry says a number of factors, including lack of an adequate preventative maintenance program, contributed to a deadly fire truck crash in Boston.
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Maintenance blamed in fire truck death (FOX 25 Boston)
A board of inquiry says a number of factors, including lack of an adequate preventative maintenance program, contributed to a deadly fire truck crash in Boston.
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Maintanance blamed in fire truck death (FOX 25 Boston)
After months of debate and a new round of bidding, Glendale will be adding a fire truck to its volunteer department.
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Glendale council approves fire truck purchase (Community Press & Recorder)
San Carlos should either outsource its police, fire and parks maintenance services to save $5 million annually or adopt a slew of major changes that would shut down the youth center and slash nine jobs to close a $3.5 million budget gap, according to City Manager Mark Weiss.
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San Carlos may outsource police, fire (San Mateo Daily Journal)
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