This buyer's matrix provides a vendor-neutral snapshot of products currently marketed to the North American fire service.

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The question for this month is, “What does your perfect apparatus purchasing spec look like?”

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Petties was a backstep firefighter on Engine 3 from 2015 until he was promoted to chauffeur in 2022. He is currently assigned to Engine 3, where he operates a 2021 Pierce Enforcer pumper. 

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VIDEO/PHOTOS: A massive fire engulfed a barn and destroyed the main farm market at Bauman’s Farm on Five Mile Line Road in Penfield on Wednesday.

Crews had been at the scene for hours, ever since flames broke out around 2:30 a.m.

In the daylight, the barn appeared heavily charred, and several parts of the market appeared heavily damaged. At one point, sheriff’s deputies closed both Plank Road and Five Mile Line Road as multiple fire departments worked to control the blaze.

In a statement on Instagram, the Bauman family said they “experienced a heartbreaking loss” but are grateful for the first responders who worked throughout the night to contain the fire. The Penfield, Webster, West Webster, Brighton, and Irondequoit fire departments all responded.

The family also said they’ve already received “overwhelming support, prayers, and kind messages” from community members. First responders told News10NBC that the owner was at the scene, assessing the damage.

WHEC-TV NBC 10 Rochester

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VIDEO: A Phoenix firefighter donated one of her kidneys to her husband, a Surprise firefighter, after he was diagnosed with a rare kidney disease and entered stage 5 kidney failure.

Maddy Geer and Junior Coleman underwent surgery Thursday, and the couple is now recovering at home in Surprise. “When you’re 30 years old, we’re healthy, we’re fit, we work out all the time. You never expect something like this to happen,” Geer said.

Coleman, 31, was diagnosed with a rare kidney disease last April. Geer, 29, said she immediately volunteered to be tested as a potential donor.

“Ever since he got diagnosed with it, I was like, if I’m a match, it’s meant to be because I’m going to give you my kidney,” Geer said. The two were a match.

Coleman said fatigue and blurry vision were the first signs that something was wrong. He had been in stage 5 kidney failure with uncontrolled blood pressure and required dialysis three times a week for three months before the transplant.

KTVK-TV CBS 3 & KPHO-TV CBS 5 Phoenix (AZ Family)

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