Fire engines and fire trucks often get lumped together in everyday conversation, yet on the fireground they serve very different purposes. That distinction shapes how departments buy equipment, train ...

Challenges, breakthroughs and big ideas in the race to protect our planet. SEE MORE by Kurt Schlosser on Feb 3, 2025 at 11:57 am February 3, 2025 at 11:58 am Redmond Mayor Angela Birney, center, is ...

Vehicle-based firefighting equipment has come a long way since English inventor Richard Newsham patented the first fire engine in 1721. His horse-drawn machine incorporated a long-levered pump into ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. WYOMING, Mich. (WOOD) — As fires continue to burn in southern California, a factory in metro Grand Rapids is manufacturing ...

Two Los Angeles Fire Department firefighters sustained minor injuries Tuesday afternoon when a driver flipped a fire engine while responding to a structure fire. The incident occurred near the ...

SEQUIM — After 18 years, Clallam County Fire District 3 firefighters will have a new truck smell in a few of their fire engines. Two fire engines — 2025 Spartan Gladiators — arrived on Sept. 27 and ...

WILKES-BARRE, Pa. — At a brief ceremony on Monday, Mayor George Brown thanked Fire Chief Jay Delaney and all the members of the city’s fire department for their work in helping to ensure the new ...

Elmhurst officials dedicated the city’s newest fire engine with a ceremony last week that included rituals and traditions that date back to the horse-drawn fire apparatus of the 1800s. Those rituals ...