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 ...

Portsmouth plans to authorize a $2.5 million bond to purchase a new aerial ladder fire truck. The new truck is not expected to be delivered until 2030 due to nationwide manufacturing delays. Fire ...

• La Crosse filed a federal lawsuit accusing three major fire truck manufacturers of conspiring to double prices and create artificial shortages • Fire truck costs jumped from $500,000 to $1 million ...

Operators of the country's largest fire trucks with the longest ladders are going to get a bigger say in a long overdue national strategy. "I have invited specialist aerial frontline firefighters to ...

Westfield Fire Chief Patrick Egloff says his department was scheduled to receive a new fire truck in August. Now, the manufacturer is telling the department the truck won’t be delivered until next ...

The Portsmouth City Council approved up to $2.5 million for a new fire department aerial ladder truck. Due to production backlogs, the new truck may not be delivered for 41 to 60 months. Fire truck ...

The City of La Crosse filed a federal class action lawsuit Aug. 20 against three fire truck manufacturers — REV Group, Oshkosh Corporation and Rosenbauer America. The lawsuit accuses the manufacturers ...

EVENING. THANKS SO MUCH. CERTAINLY A SIGH OF RELIEF FOR MILWAUKEE’S FIRE CHIEF WHO FOUGHT FOR MORE MONEY IN THIS YEAR’S BUDGET TO REPLACE HIS AGING FLEET OF FIRE TRUCKS. AS 12 NEWS DUKE CARTER REPORTS ...

I’VE GOT A WARM UP ON THE WAY IN WEATHERWATCH 12 MILWAUKEE FIRE DEPARTMENT’S FLEET OF FIRE TRUCKS IS AGING. THE CHIEF CAUSE THE SITUATION DIRE? SEVERAL ENGINES WELL BEYOND THE RECOMMENDED AGE AND THE ...