A winner has been named in this year’s Coolest Thing Made in Wisconsin contest, Channel3000.com reported. Appleton-based Pierce Manufacturing’s electric fire truck took home the top prize, beating out 15 other products in a March Madness bracket-style competition.

The Volterra truck is billed as the first zero-emission electric fire truck in use in North America.

The truck was introduced into the Madison (WI) Fire Department’s fleet last year.

The truck was developed to provide the environmental benefits fire departments requested such as reducing emissions, minimizing fuel, and producing less noise without having to compromise on the leading-edge operational performance, functionality, and safety attributes fire departments expected from their fire truck, Fox6Now.com reported. 

According to Nick Novak from the Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce, the organization that holds the contest, roughly 152,000 votes were cast in this year’s contest, with around 33,000 coming in just the final round.

The Reedy (WV) Volunteer Fire Department’s rescue mini pumper truck has been totaled after a crash Wednesday, WOWKTV.com reported.

According to a fire official, the pumper truck was trying to pass a state road dump truck in the 1900 block of Middle Fork Road in Reedy when it slid off the road and down a hill, the report said. The truck then flipped over, according to the report.

According to the fire official, no one was injured in the crash, and the two occupants’ seatbelts and airbags saved their lives.

Authorities are investigating a crash Wednesday morning that involved a fire truck in Avondale near the campus of Xavier University, WLWT.com reported.

According to Cincinnati police, the fire truck was struck by a passenger vehicle at around 10:30 a.m. on Victory Parkway at the intersection of Rockdale Avenue, the report said.

Police report that no one was injured in the crash.

Yassin Abdikadir, 25, was arraigned Tuesday afternoon by the Erie County Court for allegedly stealing a Buffalo fire truck and crashing into parked vehicles, WGRZ.com reported.

Charges included grand larceny in the second degree, criminal possession of stolen property in the second degree, criminal mischief in the second degree, and obstructing emergency medical services. The latter charge is a misdemeanor.

PHOTOS: A large commercial fire is burning southeast of Chickasha. McIntyre Law Chopper4 was over the structure early Wednesday afternoon. Pilot Mason Dunn says flames are shooting as high as 200 feet into the air. He also reports the blaze is burning very hot and is catching other items outside the building on fire.
- PUB DATE: 10/20/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KFOR-TV NBC 4 Oklahoma City