Posts Categorized: Fire Rescue Topics/vehicle Operations Apparatus
Be-200 Russian Air Tanker May See Stateside Deployment
If everything falls into place for the contractor the Be-200 could see action in the USA by Summer 2013.
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Updated – Chicago Fire Engine Crash Injures Ten
CHICAGO FIRE DEPARTMENT ENGINE 62 was involved in a collision Tuesday evening around 6:23 pm that injured ten people including four firefighters.
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Elderly Woman Dies in Fire Engine Collision
AN 80-YR.-OLD WOMAN WAS KILLED SATURDAY when her car was struck broadside by Denver, Colorado, Engine 22 as it was responding to a house fire.
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January 17th, 1908 – Scranton PA Fatal Knitting Mill Fire
SCRANTON FACTORY FILLED WITH GIRLS A PREY TO FLAMES
FOUR KILLED AND MANY MEET SERIOUS HURTS
Several Of The Victims Leaped From The Windows.
FEARFUL JAM ON A FIRE ESCAPE.
The Flames Gutted the Interior of the Knitting Mill in Which the Girls Were …
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Do You Trust Your Firetruck? How Much?
And the people in the northeast suburb of Eltham will remember it as the day the firetruck drove into the flood waters.
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5 Injured in Buffalo Fire Engine Crash
BUFFALO, NEW YORK, ENGINE 1 WAS INVOLVED in a vehicle collision while responding to an emergency call Monday night.
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Ambulance Crash Leaves Four Injured in Los Angeles
FOUR PEOPLE INCLUDING TWO FIREFIGHTERS were injured Monday morning when a Los Angeles, California, Fire Department ambulance collided with an automobile at an intersection
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Recovery mishap creates a flurry of unfortunate puns and hours-long Indiana traffic jam
Not quite the same disaster as portrayed in the Harry Chapin song "30,000 pounds of Bananas"
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Million-Dollar Tiller Truck Stays Parked
FOR THE PAST NINE MONTHS, SINCE MARCH a brand new $1 million ladder truck has been parked in a Quebec City, Quebec, firehouse due to a squabble over training and licensing issues.
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Ken Block at Play
Rally Driver shows what a rally car can do.
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Pumper vs. Pickup Leaves 3 Injured in Texas
The engine was responding on an assist call to a working house fire when it was struck in the front right corner by a pickup truck in an intersection.
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Firetruck Crash With Fatality – Pennsylvania – Updated
Pennsylvania State Police Trooper Michelle Davis said the truck collided with a car, killing the driver of that car.
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Can you hear me now? Roxbury pumper used a fire house siren powered by generator
House siren mounted on a rig. Ear protection mandatory!
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From the Engineer’s Desk
November Recalls
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Pickup Strikes Fire Truck – Driver Killed
AN PICKUP TRUCK SLAMMED INTO THE REAR of a ladder truck that was positioned at an accident scene early Thursday morning, killing the car's driver immediately.
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Two must see videos: Burning truck runs into fire engine in Arizona & helicopter crash and rescue in New Zealand.
Burning truck takes off in Arizona. Helicopter hits tower and crumbles in New Zealand.
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Firetruck Crash in New Jersey Injures 5 FF’s
A BURLINGTON COUNTY, NEW JERSEY, fire engine from the Lumberton Vol. Fire Company went off the road Wednesday night and wrecked, injuring five firefighters that were in the cab.
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Rescue Truck Rollover in Germany
A HEAVY RESCUE TRUCK FROM the volunteer fire department in Treskow, Germany, was responding to a fire call Monday morning when the 42-yr.-old driver inexplicably lost control of the truck and left the road.
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Fire Department Tanker Destroyed in Single-Vehicle Wreck
A POTTERSVILLE FIRE COMPANY TANKER was destroyed Sunday when the Somerset County, New Jersey, truck overturned while responding to a brush fire.
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Firetruck Collision in North Carolina
A GASTON COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, fire engine was involved in a collision shortly before noon Eastern today
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One Ambulance Crash Nets Two Drunk Drivers
A GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN, AMBULANCE was transporting a patient non-emergency late Wednesday night when a private vehicle ran a flashing red traffic signal and caused the ambulance driver to swerve to avoid a collision.
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Black Ice Sends Truck Into Fire Engine
A SUDDEN PLUNGE IN TEMPERATURE caused roads to ice up in New England early Friday morning
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Firetruck Runs Over Bicyclist
A WINTER PARK, FLORIDA, FIRE ENGINE was drawn into a fatal accident Monday night when a bicyclist whose bike had no brakes tried to outrun the engine before it made a right turn.
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Firetruck and Ambulance Involved in 4-Vehicle Accident
Happened At An Intersection - Where Else?
JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI's EMERGENCY FLEET is a little smaller this week following an accident Saturday night that took a fire engine and an ambulance out of service. The wreck involving two private auto…
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The Comfort of Consistent Mediocracy
Sometimes, boring and predictable is appreciated. Especially when on the road.
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