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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Crestline Ambulances debuted the CCL 166 Type I at EMS World Expo in Orlando.

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A decades-long relationship bewteen the Chesapeake Fire Department and MSA Safety continues into the next generation of SCBA technology.

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PHOTOS: Firefighters raced to put out a fire in a Delaware County apartment building on Tuesday night.

SkyForce10 was over the scene on the 3300 block of West 3rd Street in Trainer, Pennsylvania, at around 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 29 where a large emergency response was visible.

According to Chief Vincent Zappacosta of the Lower Chichester Volunteer Fire Company, the fire is believed to have started on the second floor, but its cause is unknown at this time and remains under investigation.

The apartment building has around seven units, and there were people inside when the fire broke out, but they were able to get out unharmed, Zappacosta said.

However, there were five cats inside and three did not survive, the pet owner told NBC10. The American Red Cross said it responded to the fire and provided emergency assistance to three families, totaling 11 people.

Thirteen volunteer fire companies and the City of Chester Fire Department responded to the blaze, which was put under control in about 30 minutes, Zappacosta said.

WCAU-TV NBC 10 Philadelphia

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VIDEO: In the fire service, they call it a “brotherhood.” For the O’Neill family, that’s more than a saying. For 75 years, members of the Northeast Ohio family have answered the call to serve, a tradition that began with John L. “Jack” O’Neill at the Shaker Heights Fire Department and eventually spread to firehouses in several communities.

Four of Jack’s six sons became firefighters. Now, a third generation is carrying on the tradition, and during Firefighter Appreciation Month, the O’Neills’ story is also a reminder of the commitment and sacrifice that come with the job.

Jack O’Neill joined the Shaker Heights Fire Department in December 1951, the same year the city built Fire Station No. 2. He would spend more than three decades with the department before retiring in January 1983.

His son John followed him into the same department in September 1981, giving father and son a little more than a year together on the department. But their schedules rarely aligned. “Dad got hired in ’51, right? December of ’51, retired January of ’83,” John says.

“I got hired in September of ’81, so we crossed. We worked the same department for a little over a year, but only worked one 24-hour shift together because we were at different firehouses, different shifts.”

WKYC-TV NBC 3 Cleveland

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