The Los Angeles (CA) Fire Department is expected to take delivery of its electric apparatus in the coming months.

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Once it arrives, it will be housed at Hollywood’s Fire Station 82.

Take a look at our new #LAFD electric engine! It’ll be the 1st in the Nation! We are expected to take delivery by early May. It will be assigned to Hollywood’s Fire Station 82. pic.twitter.com/q09Mi7eBho

— Chief Terrazas (@LAFDChief) February 19, 2022

“From horses to diesel engines to electric – technology is always evolving and though change can be hard – it’s the way forward.” The department writes on Facebook.

“Innovate, implement, learn, revise.”

A Prince George’s County (MD) EMS provider ran over a victim with the ambulance the crew had been assigned to save last month, resulting in injuries to the man’s “lower extremities,” according to a report by WUSA9.

It happened during an early morning snowstorm on January 7 in Forestville, Maryland. Both a Prince George’s County police and an internal Fire/EMS department investigation are underway.

Records obtained by the new station indicate the ambulance was called for a welfare check after a 911 call. The victim, who wasn’t identified, was lying in the middle of the snowy road.

The victim was taken to the hospital in life-threatening condition by another ambulance. Authorities say the EMS provider involved in the incident passed a drug test.

The victim is alive today and is in sub-acute rehabilitation.

A homeless man got into a fire engine on scene at a call for a gas leak investigation and crashed it into a parked car while apparently trying to steal it. He then ran away.

The incident happened Saturday afternoon on Neal Street in northwest Atlanta, the Atlanta Fire Rescue Department said. A firefighter on scene realized what was happening and interrupted the getaway, Fox 5 news reported.

No one was injured and police have found the suspect. Police say the homeless man only got so far as releasing the parking brake before he fled.

Seagrave—Coal City (IL) Fire Protection District pumper. Marauder stainless steel tilt cab and chassis; Cummins X12 500-hp engine; Waterous CSU 2,000-gpm pump; 1,000-gallon polypropylene water tank. Dealer: Jim Vejvoda, SST Emergency Products, South Elgin, IL.

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