Vehicle Operations & Apparatus

Three people were injured (the news reports "major injuries") when the car they were in was rear ended by one Cal Fire engine and pushed into the back of another Cal Fire engine. All 8 firefighters were unharmed. Watch the news report below for more information. I would say by the looks of the car that these people were very lucky!

Nichelini said that the ladder truck, when rolling, took out various street signs along Sonoma Boulevard finally coming to a rest in the intersection of Pennsylvania Street and Sonoma Boulevard after striking a fire hydrant and crushing another vehicle.

A ladder failure in Hall County, GA has promted the Sutphen Corporation to instruct customers to remove SPH 100, SP 110, SPI 112, and SAI 110 Aerial devices from service. The incident today injured 3 firefighters Will Griffin, TJ Elliot and Stephen Jackson of the Hall County Fire Department. Last month, a similar incident injured 3 firefighters in Erie, PA.

A veteran Oakland firefighter suffered life-threatening injuries Tuesday when a fire truck he was driving rolled over during a drill at Oakland International Airport, authorities said. The firefighter was alone in an aircraft rescue rig when it tipped over on a taxiway during a turn in front of the Oakland Maintenance Center at 11:43 a.m., said Sean Maher, an Oakland city spokesman.

There isn't too much information available on this accident yet. The news story was posted around 8pm this evening. It is unclear if the personnel in the ambulance were injured.

PGFD Truck 832 was involved in a crash this morning. A civilian and a firefighter were injured. Both vehicles might be a total loss. The truck is a 2012 Pierce Arrow XT that cost $850,000.

American LaFrance has ceased operations. American LaFrance began building firefighting apparatus in 1873. The roots of the companies which created American LaFrance go back to 1832.

Here you will see a lot I came across where all the retired, crashed or mechanically disabled FDNY fire trucks go to be classified for further use, auction, or scrapping.

At the :42 mark in this video, an animal escapes from inside the overturned tanker. I don't know what to make of it. Is it a platypus?

A Plattekill fire engine overturned on Prospect Hill Road Saturday night, injuring all five firefighters on board, according to the Town of Newburgh police.