Rosenbauer offers the Hendrickson Steertek™ NXT 45° cramp angle. It offers three ackermann options: 195" - 225" - 250" wheelbases. Why is this important? If your rear tires don't follow the geometry of the front steering axle your chassis will push or drag the rear tires across the road surface. Losing optimal rear traction, causing significant tire scrub leading to tire damage and early replacement.

For more information, visit www.rosenbaueramerica.com.

The next step in the evolution of the Ahrens-Fox WUI, Wildland Urban Interface - the AF-WUI2, headed for service with the Salem Township Fire Department, in Salem, Michigan. Released to the industry in 2018, the AF-WUI offered departments with mixed environments the perfect balance of Type-1 Interface functionality and Type-3 capability. A high-clearance 4x4 chassis, wide Super-Single tires, hard-top coffin compartments, a clean, flat roof line, two booster reels, ground sweep nozzles we just a few of the features of this versatile woodland urban interface engine. The AF-WUI also introduced the Ahrens-Fox Water Distribution System, designed to save space as well as positioning discharges around the truck. The Salem Township Fire Department created its own version the AF-WUI 2, by lengthening the wheelbase by enlarging the water tank to 700-gallons and adding roll-up doors and speedlays.

For more information, visit www.firetrucks.com.

A Tacoma Fire Department is becoming the first in the state to launch the “Safe Stations” program to deal with the opioid crisis around the clock, reports KOMO News.

 

Fire Chief Tory Green says the fire station is a “stigma free” setting where people can come if they are overwhelmed by other settings such as hospitals and treatment centers.

Tacoma deputy Mayor Conor McCarthy says the city becomes one of 39 in the country to address the opioid crisis in this fashion.

Fire Department personnel and officials will push the new engine into the apparatus bay at a neighborhood wildfire evacuation and outreach event, reports Patch.com

Fire Department personnel and officials will push the new engine into the apparatus bay, "officially" placing the engine into service along with pushing the old retiring 1999 wildland engine out of service.

The community is invited to witness this ceremonial placement into service and the christening of the new engine.