In an effort to bring awareness to cancer, PTSD, suicide awareness, and Wounded Warrior Programs, the Garrison (TX) Volunteer Fire Department is using a pink fire truck, reports ktre.com.

Firefighters worked for months on the old Army vehicle obtained from the Texas Forest Service and painted it pink for awareness.

The fully functional apparatus has an 800-gallon tank as well as foam capabilities.

Related Articles:
CA Firefighters Shuttle Cancer Patients with Pink Pumper
Pink Fire Apparatus Raises Money in Bellbrook (FL)
Fire Apparatus Goes Pink for Breast Cancer
Pink Heals Tallahassee Chapter Names Fire Apparatus After Child Who Died of Cancer

Rosenbauer—Park City (UT) Fire Department rear-mount pumper. Commander R5408 cab and chassis; Cummins L9 450-hp engine; Rosenbauer NH 1,500-gpm pump; 500-gallon polypropylene water tank; 20-gallon foam cell; Rosenbauer EZ Climb rear access ladder. Dealer: Brandon Stirland, Graham Fire Apparatus, Meridian, ID. (Photo by Paul Barrett.)

MORE FIRE APPARATUS ARTICLES>>

On Thursday, May 13, Firefighters from across Southern Ocean County responded to a structure fire at an 8 unit apartment building in the Royal Timbers complex. According to the Little Egg Harbor Township Police Officers arrived approx 3pm to Wild Oaks Court where they immediately encountered the fire and began to evacuate and redirect traffic.
- PUB DATE: 5/14/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: TAP into Little Egg Harbor & Tuckerton

The state of Michigan is taking blood samples from firefighters as part of a project to study how much exposure they receive to toxic PFAS chemicals. This week, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) announced the launch of the PFAS in Firefighters of Michigan Surveillance (PFOMS) project, a multi-year $1 million biomonitoring effort to assess firefighter exposure to the “forever chemicals.
- PUB DATE: 5/14/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Mlive

VIDEO: It was not business as usual at Storm Engine Company No. 2 in Derby. One day after the tragedy in New Haven that cost the life of fallen firefighter Ricardo Torres, who ran into a burning building, saving the lives of two people. It would be his final heroic act. Firefighters in Derby shared with News 8 what drives firefighters to do what most people would not — run towards danger? “Somebody has to answer the call when somebody needs help,” said Capt.
- PUB DATE: 5/14/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTNH-TV ABC 8 New Haven