Fire engines and fire trucks often get lumped together in everyday conversation, yet on the fireground they serve very different purposes. That distinction shapes how departments buy equipment, train ...

Walking into the truck bays in the center of the Westminster Volunteer Fire Company, Dan Plunkert, the company’s president, stopped behind a massive red fire truck. The truck, called a tower engine, ...

VEVAY, Ind. (WKRC) - Firefighters battled a house fire early Sunday that heavily damaged a home in downtown Vevay despite equipment and water supply challenges. Crews responded just after 4:30 a.m. to ...

San Luis Obispo County Fire is looking to add an additional crew member on its engines across the county, increasing the number to three people per engine as opposed to two. "Three people, though, ...