A Simla Fire Department tender and and an SUV were involved in an accident Sunday afternoon. The crash happened sometime around 1:30 p.m. Sunday at the intersection of Ramah Highway and Harrisville Road near the town of Calhan.

Two people in the in SUV were injured. A woman was transported by helicopter to a hospital; a man was transported by ambulance. No firefighters were injured in the crash. Police are investigating the cause of the accident, KOAA reports.

In the midst of the winter storm that took the area by, well, uhhh, storm at the beginning of February, Sandoval County Fire and Rescue officials realized that the county’s dozen or so brush trucks handle snowy conditions incredibly well, reports rrobserver.com.

Intended to fight fires in undeveloped areas with their deeper-treaded tires and smaller bodies, the apparatus proved their multi-purpose worth during a Placitas house fire in that February 2 blizzard, according to the report.

Already dealing with heavy flow of calls, two trucks ventured out to respond but got stuck in the snow. Some crew members proceeded on foot, but, ultimately, the brush trucks and their four-wheel drive capabilities got crews to the scene, the report says.

The brush trucks helped extinguish most of the flames, and about 75% of the home was saved.

Officials say the fire was caused by a chicken coop out back that caught fire and spread to the home.

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.