For projects focused on firefighter health, early planning can help departments determine the right equipment and budget before the application is submitted.

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Delivery of the Month: Ferrara this pumper for the East Orange (NJ) Fire Department on a Cinder LFD cab and chassis.

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Approximately 30,000 fire departments across the USA respond to all types of hazards. Many of those departments require specialty vehicles, from command and hazardous materials trucks to air/light and rehab vehicles.

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In today’s fire service, additional equipment caches take up space on rigs that were not originally designed to store them. They must be compact, durable, and easily deployed. Portable spill containment equipment fits this category.

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The Wyoming (MI) Fire Department's first-out rescue-pumper was built by HME Ahrens-Fox with a body style to match its other engines.

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