Alexis—Sugar Creek Fire Department, West Terre Haute, IN, top-mount pumper. Spartan Metro Star MFD cab and chassis; Cummins L9 450-hp engine; Hale DSD 1,500-gpm, pump; 750-gallon polypropylene water tank; 30-gallon foam cell; FoamPro 2001 single-agent foam system; Darley CAFS system; TecNiq warning light package; TFT Crossfire monitor package. Dealer: Jason Cree, Alexis Fire Equipment, Alexis, IL.

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VIDEO: Multiple people were hurt after a fuel tanker caught fire and exploded on Sunday near Crowell, Texas. Crowell is about 80 miles west of Wichita Falls. Foard County Sheriff Mike Brown told WFAA that the truck driver and a couple of volunteer firefighters were injured in the incident, but their injuries were minor.
- PUB DATE: 6/15/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFAA-TV ABC 8 Dallas

They may not be the first, but the 10 women who make up Clearwater Fire and Rescue’s team are certainly blazing the trail. The fire department recently highlighted their 10 female fire personnel – or "firemedics," as they call themselves. "I love working with people, I love being that person people call," said Nina Borders, who has been with the department for four years.
- PUB DATE: 6/15/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTVT-TV Fox 13 Tampa

PHOTOS: After somehow getting all the way to Alaska, a piece of Morris Plains Fire Department gear is finally home. Some older items recently returned to the department, including a helmet found at a transportation museum in Anchorage. The Morris Plains Fire Department isn't sure how it ended up in Alaska, but now it's back.
- PUB DATE: 6/15/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Morristown Patch

As a fire continues to burn at a chemical plant in suburban Rockton, Kirk Wilson, chief of the Rockton Fire Protection District, says that firefighters stopped putting water on the fire, fearing that water run-off could carry chemicals into the nearby Rock River. “We stopped some of the water suppression and some of the fire suppression, and we went ahead and let the product burn off due to the fact that the Rock River sits just west of Chemtool, (approximately) 500 yards away,” he said.
- PUB DATE: 6/15/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WMAQ-TV NBC 5 Chicago