Carmel Fire Department Chief Joel Thacker says aging fire trucks across the country “are breaking down” while departments wait for new replacements. (IBJ photo/Chad Williams) Cities and their fire ...

In some communities, fire crews are delayed — not by distance, but by a lack of equipment. Higher costs and supply chain issues means some departments have to wait years for new trucks. Fire ...

Special snow chains are placed on the tires of fire trucks to help with traction.

Interim Fire Chief Ryan Roush presents the fire department’s 2026 budget to the city council. P-J photo by Sara Holthouse Jamestown’s interim fire chief says the city needs to start the process of ...

The purchase of a $1.06 million fire truck was OK’d Monday by the Hempfield supervisors, but officials don’t expect it to hit the streets until 2029. Hempfield Fire Chief Anthony Kovacic said the ...

Parked inside Milwaukee Fire Station 12 on the city's south side is a Wauwatosa Fire Department ladder truck. Tosa, lending one of their fire trucks to replace one of Milwaukee's broken-down ...

CHATHAM COUNTY, Ga. (WTOC) - Tuesday, the Chatham County Fire Department invited the public to its training center to unveil some new fire trucks and to check out the location. It’s all in effort to ...

MARLIN, Texas (KWTX) - Fire departments across Central Texas are adapting to rising equipment costs by purchasing decades-old trucks and extending wait times for new vehicles as apparatus prices have ...