Charlotte (NC) spent nearly $1.9 million on a tiller truck in 2024. A series of repairs has kept it sidelined for much of its first year in service.

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Here is a listing of various fire apparatus orders from around the country and their delivery estimates.

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Video of the crash shows the ambulance, with lights and sirens activated, entering the intersection before colliding with another vehicle. There was no patient in the back of the ambulance at the time.

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Two unpleasant thoughts during 50 years as an active volunteer were the threat of responding to alarms without using warning lights and sirens (running quiet) and eating crow (admitting you were wrong).

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Ross, California, will vote in November on an initiative to reopen its fire station, following a council decision amid ongoing debates about public safety and emergency response in the community.

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