This heavy rescue by Rescue 1 for the Somers (NY) Fire District was built on a Spartan Metro Star EMFD cab and chassis.

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This order follows the initial purchase, pursuant to a public procurement procedure, of three Striker Volterra Electric ARFF vehicles announced in 2024, marking the airport’s first repeat Striker order.

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VIDEOS: The Saturday morning rescue of two people hanging off a radio tower in a hot air balloon was a combined effort of several agencies working toward a common goal. The Judson Fire Department didn’t have aerial rescue gear but did provide valuable logistical ground support in the operation.

Chris Jackson works for Longview Fire but is also Judson ESD 3 fire chief. On duty in Longview Saturday morning, he was one of those called about a hot air balloon. “They initially told us that there was a hot air balloon stuck. We were thinking probably in a tree or some type of high aerial. When we got on scene it was much more than that,” Jackson said.

They knew power to the tower had to be shut down because of the dangers. “Anything from electrical to also F.M. radiation that could come off the tower. So, anything we could do to mitigate, make that situation better, that’s kind of the process that we started when we first got there,” Jackson said.

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VIDEO: While lots of police departments use K9’s, it’s not often that you see firehouse dogs these days. However, a member of the Robins Air Force Base team traded wagging tails for wired processors.

Spot is the installation’s robotic dog created by Boston Dynamics. He cost the department $275,000 and is a monthly tool for the crew.

Spot is made of metal, but what he lacks in fur, he makes up for in functionality.

Using cameras and sensors, he can navigate through smoke, debris and hazards — giving firefighters critical information before they ever step inside a risky scene.

“We don’t have to get our guys in hazmat suits to collect air samples,” Beal explained. “Spot can go in first and give us everything we need before we send in an action team.”

Each month, firefighters at Robins use Spot in hazardous materials scenarios. Crews can mount gas meters, oxygen sensors and high-resolution cameras on his back.

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VIDEOS: The pilot and passenger who miraculously survived a small plane crash in the icy Hudson River were in “good spirits” and cracked jokes after they swam to shore Monday night. The pair was found by first responders in Newburgh inside a waterfront warehouse, where they had changed into dry clothes they had found.

“The pilot was making jokes to us about the clothes he was wearing because they had taken clothes from the warehouse that weren’t theirs — obviously to get out of the wet clothes,” Carrie Massari-Carey, Assistant Chief at the Town of Newburgh Emergency Medical Services, told The Post Tuesday.

“They were definitely in good spirits.” Their Cessna 172 went down in the frigid river near New York Stewart International Airport around 8 p.m. — with the pilot and passenger swimming to safety in a feat Gov. Kathy Hochul called “another miracle on the Hudson.”

Video from the scene Tuesday morning show the plane submerged in the river with its tail sticking out, surrounded by ice. Moments after the crash, first responders were deployed to the shoreline up and down the river to account for the strong current that could quickly whisk away the plane and passengers.

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