Prices have doubled and fire equipment orders take three or four years to receive. How are Iowa fire departments coping?

A Tooele County fire department will receive a fire truck that can hold more water, a big need as wildfires continue to burn across the state.

You'd think the truck was driving itself straight up a vertical climb, but really, it's the engine-powered winch working its magic. By Caleb Jacobs Published Apr 14, 2025 1:48 PM EDT ...

According to the Fort Worth Fire Department, the truck had pulled under the awning at the Cabela's located off Interstate 35 West and had been using its winch when the battery apparently ...

There have been a lot of advances in 25 years, so the new truck has much more electronics than the 2000 ladder truck and ...

Carmel fire truck costs, manufacturing times soar In the summer of 2023, Carmel received a quote from Pierce for a new pumper truck priced at about $1 million. The quote was updated earlier this ...

The East Norwich Fire Department will spend $1.6 million to purchase a new fire truck that will arrive this summer, replacing one of its aging ladder apparatuses. The vehicle, a 2024 Ferrara rear ...

Truck prices have doubled in the past decade, with ladder trucks now costing as much as $2 million each, while fire departments are facing backlogs as long as four years, said IAFF, which ...

CRASH. NEW. TONIGHT WE ARE HEARING FROM A TRIAD FIRE CHIEF ONE DAY AFTER A FIRE TRUCK OVERTURNED WITH THREE VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS INSIDE. OUR JOSHUA DAVIS IS IN SUMMERFIELD WITH WHAT WE KNOW AND ...

According to the Fort Worth Fire Department, the truck had pulled under the awning at the Cabela's located off Interstate 35 West and had been using its winch when the battery apparently ...

They currently have 23 fire engines, seven frontline ladder trucks, and 12 frontline ambulances. As for the color, while red is the traditional color, you can get those vehicles in any color you want.

There are many distinct varieties of trucks — fire trucks, garbage trucks, tow trucks and cement trucks, for example — but oddly enough, there has never been a pickup truck 100% purposely ...