Fewer volunteers are answering triple the number of calls they did decades ago and those who do show up tend to be older. Some departments were already stretched thin and then along came the pandemic.

According to AFR, the truck responded to nearly 3,500 outside fire calls from November 1 to April 4. The bulk of those calls came from November through January, with each of those months receiving ...

In Canterbury, fire officials are working to upgrade one of their trucks along with the department’s radio equipment which is more than 20 years old and has started to fail.

The fire department said the new truck, 'Brush 24,' will help them respond to calls in the area faster as that construction work continues.

The Cary Fire Department recently announced putting a Pierce Volterra electric pumper into service, the first one on the East Coast, after successful testing with crews. The new truck promises all the ...

By MELINDA J. OVERSTREET for Glasgow News 1 Glasgow's police and fire chiefs each expect new arrivals of entirely different ...

Around 10pm Thursday evening, a San Francisco Fire Dept. ladder truck T-boned a Cruise robotaxi, making physical the accelerating battle between the SFFD and the robot ...

After a pilot showed no response time improvement, the fire chief's recommendation to remove a south side fire engine has ignited fierce debate.