Damage to the Newton Fire Department’s ladder truck prompted a neighboring fire station to loan a fire truck, reports Newton Daily News.

The Newton fire truck did not pass a recent inspection. It has to be repaired before it can be back in service, which is expected to take four to six weeks. The truck will be worked on in Altoona but the ladder piece has to be shipped to Indiana. 

Grinnell was able to loan its spare truck to the NFD because the department recently purchased a new ladder truck. 

 

 

This Saturday, Orange firefighters will officially unveil their newest fire truck at a wetdown and cornhole tournament, reports The Milford Orange Times.

The new truck replaces an older model. It is a pumper that has a 75-foot aerial ladder.

The cornhole tournament is open to residents of Orange, West Haven and Milford as well as teams of firefighters. 

Students from Rice University were given data on emergency calls by the Houston Fire Department to help them better allocate calls, reports KHOU 11.

 

The students did an extensive analysis of 911 calls over the past several years and presented their findings to the Houston City Council.

The research found only 12 percent of HFD's calls actually involve fires of the 30,000 emergency calls logged per year. The vast majority of the department’s calls are EMS events.

The research was able to find trends in the time of day when most 911 calls occurred. The study showed calls for help peaked in the middle of the day, then slowly decreased after rush hour traffic had ended.

Relatives of a family who died in a fire truck crash have filed a wrongful death claim against the City of Phoenix, reports ABC 15 Arizona.

A Phooenix fire truck was headed to a fire alarm call in April, when it crashed into a pickup truck. The engine rolled over into a schoolyard and the pickup was crushed. Kenneth "Chase" Collins, 20, his girlfriend, Dariana Serrano, 19, and their infant son all died. All three firefighters on the engine were injured.

The claim states that negligence by the firefighters operating the truck and their supervisors led to the three deaths.