The city of Brampton (Canada) has ordered a Rosenbauer RTX electric fire truck that is expected to arrive in the spring and be working out of the station on Chrysler Drive, BramptonGuardian.com reported.

The truck is built to run primarily on electricity, which a diesel generator for backup.

According to Rosenbauer, the unit has 483 horsepower and can run for two hours at full capacity before needing a charge. It can run an extra six hours on full blast with the diesel generator.

Fire District 23 in Robe Valley could be absorbed by Fire District 17 in Granite Falls if voters pass a ballot proposition next week. Since the 1930s, District 23 has kept watch over the unincorporated community of Robe Valley, located about 10 miles east of Granite Falls along Mountain Loop Highway.
- PUB DATE: 11/1/2022 1:30:00 AM - SOURCE: Everett Herald - Metered Site

Montgomery County firefighters responded to a three-alarm fire in Rockville Monday morning, that has left more than 100 residents searching for a new place to live, just weeks before the holiday season begins. Fire crews were called to a three-story apartment building in the 800 block of College Parkway just before 9 a.
- PUB DATE: 11/1/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WUSA-TV CBS 9 Washington DC

VIDEO: El Paso Fire station Number 9 is one of the most haunted fire stations in the country, according to firerescue1.com. ABC-7's Drew Cosgray went to the fire station in Central El Paso to hear about the tale. Firefighters at the station constantly hear doors open and footsteps while no one else is there and will be woken up right before a call in the middle of the night.
- PUB DATE: 11/1/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KVIA-TV ABC/CW 7 El Paso

When Tom Greif has a day off, one would expect him to unwind from the pressures of being Coeur d'Alene's fire chief. Perhaps spend a day golfing or fishing, two of his passions. Which he might. But disconnect? Even for a few hours? He can't. "Even if I go away for the week or go on vacation, I don't truly unplug.
- PUB DATE: 11/1/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Coeur d'Alene Press