Firefighters battling Thursday’s massive fire in Charlotte’s South Park area abandoned a ladder truck moments before it became engulfed in flames and a building collapsed on it. As the next few hours unfolded, the decision appeared to be life-saving. Firefighters positioned the Fire Station 2 ladder to help rescue a crane operator trapped in the cab of the crane 160 feet high, according...Read More

A canceled contract to purchase new fire trucks has the Pittsburgh Bureau of Fire resorting to acquiring used trucks from outside departments, post-gazette.com reported. Faced with an aging fleet of fire trucks, the bureau recently bought two used fire trucks from local volunteer fire companies, after a contract worth $1.8 million to purchase three new trucks...Read More

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE)- The Fort Wayne Police Department investigated a crash with life-threating injuries early Saturday morning. The crash happened near the intersection of South Anthony Boulevard and Gardendale Avenue around 1:37 a.m. According to police, a vehicle hit a fire truck while it was pulling out of Fire Station 12. The fire truck...Read More