Odessa (TX) Fire Department PUC pumpers (7). Impel cabs and chassis; Cummins ISL9 450-hp engines; Pierce PUC 1,500-gpm single-stage pumps.

Odessa (TX) Fire Department PUC pumpers (7). Impel cabs and chassis; Cummins ISL9 450-hp engines; Pierce PUC 1,500-gpm single-stage pumps.

We often see devastating disasters, car wrecks, water rescues, and shootings on TV... but in real life, the emotional weight behind it is entirely different. For firefighters, talking about what they see on the job isn't their favorite topic. It's a tragedy that made national headlines in Spokane County: four students shot and one of them killed at Freeman High School.
- PUB DATE: 3/20/2018 7:29:26 PM - SOURCE: NBCRightNow.com

The Northwest region's incident management teams are getting ready for fire season. 10 teams from Alaska,Oregon and Washington all joined the annual pre-wildfire season meeting in Yakima. It gives responders a chance to review what they can expect in the season ahead and prepare what they need. In 2017 the teams responded 35 times and this year they hope it's more controllable.
- PUB DATE: 3/20/2018 6:43:07 PM - SOURCE: YakTriNews

The $950,000 tiller truck, custom-built by Spartan / Smeal, carries an aerial ladder over 100-feet long, capable of reaching tall buildings in Kingston such as the Ulster County Office Building, and the soon -to-be built HealthAlliance Hospital tower.

It was paid for with a municipal bond.

There are also tiller trucks in fire departments in Suffern, Haverstrawm Hastings-on-Huson and two in Nyack.