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Posted: Feb 20, 2018

Student Artists Create Mural for Endwell (NY) Fire Station

Shauna Stiles, lead teacher for Maine-Endwell Middle School's art department and adviser of Art Club, has recruited several of her fellow teachers and students to create a mural for the Endwell Fire Station's fitness room.  

The process began in the summer, when members of the Endwell Fire Station asked Stiles if she would paint a mural in the station's fitness room.

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Posted: Feb 20, 2018

Teen Non-Licensed Driver Crashes into St. Louis Fire Apparatus

Police said the car was a rental, but it was unclear why the teen was driving it. It had not been reported stolen.

The car crashed into the fire truck at the intersection of Sheridan and Glasgow avenues before 8 a.m. 

The front of the pumper truck was smashed, and the car came to rest in a grassy area. The 16-year-old driver and passenger in the car were trapped for a short time.

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Posted: Feb 20, 2018

Aurora (IL) to Host Opening Celebration for New Fire Station

Space constraints were a major shortcoming of the 60-year-old station that wasn't designed for the larger fire apparatus of modern firefighting. Crews felt the squeeze in the building that had room to house just one fire engine.

"It was a very narrow fit," Davids said of the bay floor.

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Posted: Feb 20, 2018

Johns Creek (GA) Puts New Fire Engine Into Service

The new engine replaces a 10-year-old unit at Station 61, to be added to the reserve fleet. Typically, engines are replaced and put in reserve every 10 years or 100,000 miles. The department currently operates three frontline engines and one reserve.
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Posted: Feb 20, 2018

Albany (GA) Fire Department To Get New Aerial Ladder Trucks

The Albany Fire Department will replace two of their aerial ladder trucks with new trucks. One of the current trucks will be kept as a back-up.

Wells said that ideally, these trucks need to be replaced on a 10 to 15-year cycle.

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