Easton city council Wednesday introduced an ordinance budgeting $1.7 million for a Pierce tiller, which, if approved, will be purchased through Glick Fire Equipment of Hatfield, reports wfmz.com.

Looking for an apparatus to maneuver the area’s tight streets, the department in the past has had trouble getting to calls on narrow streets, the report says.

Council expects to vote on the purchase at its next meeting, May 11, but, even if approved, it will likely be more than a year before the truck is in service, according to the report.

The Tomahawk Fire Department recently placed into service its new Engine 5, a 2022 Pierce Enforcer.

Earlier this week, department members switched the equipment to the new fire truck, which replaced a 28-year-old engine.

Prior to it being placed into service, crew received hands-on training on the apparatus, which can carry 2,500 gallons of water, as did its predecessor, but up to five firefighters compared to the “two to three that the old engine could carry.”

“We would like to thank Pierce Mfg and Kevin Pomasl from Pomasl Fire Equipment, Inc. for all of their help in taking our plans and making it a reality. This is the 1st Pierce apparatus for the Tomahawk Fire Department,” the department writes on Facebook.

The Seattle Fire Department (SFD) will become the first fire department in the state of Washington to receive the most exemplary protection class rating from the Washington Surveying and Rating Bureau (WSRB) – a Protection Class 1 rating. The new rating goes into effect on July 1, 2022, and validates SFD’s ability to efficiently serve those who live, work and visit Seattle.
- PUB DATE: 4/14/2022 1:01:36 PM - SOURCE: City of Seattle

Have you ever wondered how fire trucks travel to other countries, especially ones separated by bodies of water?

Well, wonder no more as the Daily Aviation has video on the loading process of a retired Mack CF-600 fire truck into a C-5M Super Galaxy to be transported overseas.

A Derby Whitesand fire engine broke down during last year’s Poplarville Christmas parade, and that’s when the trouble started.

Firefighter Dallas Hook says the Pearl River County Board of Supervisors were told the truck ran out of gas. Hook, who was driving the truck at the time, wanted the record set straight.

The problem, he reported, was an air solenoid became defective, which the vehicle interpreted to mean the brakes had failed. Hook said he overrode the solenoid to temporarily fix the vehicle, but it wasn’t repaired until February, the Picayune Item reports.

A short time later Hook checked his phone to answer a call. When he couldn’t learn the location of the call, he contacted the chief to find out the address. That’s when he learned he’d been removed from the roster.

This week Hook visited the Pearl River County Board of Supervisors to tell his side of the story and discuss some of what he perceives as the department’s shortcomings since moving away from an elected board of directors.

For more, read the Picayune Item.