"45 of the LA fire trucks have to return to the barn a day to recharge their electric batteries for 10 hours instead of just gassing up and fighting fires," a January 19, 2025 Facebook post said.

A garbage truck caught fire and was extinguished at a city of Albuquerque yard.Albuquerque Fire Rescue responded to flames and smoke coming from the body of the vehicle. It happened at just before ...

SOME OF THE WATER THAT WAS NECESSARY TO PUT ON THE FIRE TO EXTINGUISH IT QUICKLY FROZE ON THE ROAD. THE ROAD IS VERY ICY. THE TRUCKS WERE ABLE TO GET TRUCKS IN A PRETTY GOOD POSITION TO ATTACK THE ...

The city maintenance yard was filled with aging fire engines and ladder trucks, many of which were beyond their expected service life. Chuong Ho, a firefighter and union leader who was among those ...

WEST COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - A former captain at the West Columbia Fire Department is sounding the alarm about the department’s broken down fire trucks. Amos Aker with the West Columbia Fire ...

two vehicles rear-ended the back of their fire truck. According to Lubbock Fire Rescue, crews were called out before 7 a.m. to the 7000 Block of South I-27 for a tractor-trailer fire. Due to the ...

North Glengarry Fire Services is refreshing its fleet with the purchase of a one-tonne, 2024 pickup truck for $75,000 from a southern Ontario dealership. Township staff recommended the ...

An offer to buy back or lease the fire trucks was turned down by the Department of Forestry, Fisheries & the Environment. Firefighting capabilities in many municipalities are hampered due to a ...

Before joining Raw Story, Brad Reed spent eight years writing about technology at BGR.com and Network World. Prior to that, he wrote freelance stories for political publications such as AlterNet ...

Raw video from an ARDOT camera shows a fireball in the cab of the Walmart truck: 40/29's Ka'Tani Gouch got video from the opposite side of the semis, providing another view of the fire: ...

At one point, a Harrisburg aerial truck caught fire as well. Nobody was injured in the blaze, but multiple residents were displaced. Fire officials confirmed that the fire was an accidental ...