Posts Categorized: Apparatus
From the Engineer’s Desk
Latest truck and chassis recalls.
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Tanker Rollover in Virginia
THE DRIVER OF A CHARLES CITY COUNTY fire department tanker is hospitalized in serious condition following a single-vehicle accident Sunday morning.
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Let’s Pretend We Have a Rescue Squad
WHEN THE PENCIL-PUSHERS IN THE WILMINGTON, Delaware, Fire Department decided to lay off 17 firefighters, they worked out a plan that looked oh, so good on paper.
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Looney Trustee Update
FOLLOWING THE FIREGEEZER REPORT on Sunday about the loose cannon Trustee of St. Joseph Township in Indiana, we all were wondering how this man was legally able to do the things he did.
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Looney Trustee Starts Selling Off Fire Department Equipment
The trustee is selling off equipment without telling anybody first.
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Runaway Firetruck Smashes Into Town Hall
A FIRE ENGINE FROM THE HILTER, GERMANY, Volunteer Fire Brigade lost its steering control Saturday morning and slammed into a wall of the Hilter town hall.
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Morning Lineup – April 13
A firetruck salesman gets caught bid-rigging.
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From the Engineer’s Desk
March Recalls
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LODD – Belgium
A BELGIAN FIREFIGHTER FROM WILLEBROEK was fatally injured Tuesday night when his own fire engine accidentally drove over him.
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Morning Lineup – March 25
Sunday morning's winners.
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Fire Engine vs. Ambulance in Baltimore
A BALTIMORE CITY, MARYLAND, FIRE ENGINE collided with a department ambulance while both were responding to emergency calls Friday night.
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Firetruck Rollover in Mississippi
A MADISON COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, FIRE TRUCK rolled over during a driver training session Monday evening leaving the truck demolished.
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Updated – Morning Lineup – March 19
Those quaint smoke extractors are back this week
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Morning Lineup – March 14
More info. about those strange Smoke Extractors.
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Warning – Soft Shoulder Ahead
The driver of the fire engine pulled as far to the right as he could in order to clear the other truck, but his right wheels went off the pavement onto the narrow shoulder.
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The Little Engine (Maker) That Could …. And Did – Part 3
Nott barreled head-on into the new century offering new equipment and addressing, or at least trying to address, the advent of motorized fire apparatus.
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The Little Engine (Maker) That Could …. And Did – Part 2
An effort was underfoot to eliminate virtually all competition among manufacturers and it got dirty. Very dirty.
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Hale Products Moving to Florida
HALE PRODUCTS, PRODUCERS OF THE BEST-KNOWN pumps for fire apparatus, informed the workers in their home plant in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, Monday that they will be shutting down the century-old factory and relocating their manufacturing to Ocala, Florida, by the end of the year.
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The Little Engine (Maker) That Could …. And Did
Let's look at the W.S. Nott Company of Minnesota fame.
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Fire Engine Stolen for Joyride – Then Brought Back
THE PASCOAG HOSE CO. 1 in Burrillville, Rhode Island, was the victim of a vandal Thursday morning who caused over $10,000 damage to one of their fire engines.
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Crazed Man Head-Butts Responding Fire Engine
An Allentown FD engine that was responding to a fire call attracted the man's attention and he ran out in the street attempting to flag down the engine.
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Aerial Truck Rollover in Belgium
An aerial truck was responding Monday afternoon to a chimney fire near Limbourg, Belgium, when it was involved in an accident that left the truck on its side and blocking the entire roadway.
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From the Engineer’s Desk
February Recalls
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Pedestrian Struck, Killed by Stolen Fire Engine
A NAKED MAN JUMPED INTO A PORT ROYAL, South Carolina, fire engine Friday afternoon around 4 pm and drove off in a mad, crash-filled journey that killed one person and wrecked six other vehicles.
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LAFD Woes Continue