Stephen Balboni has done everything from repairing ladder trucks and chainsaws to maintaining air tanks and ordering toilet paper.
Repair Guru Helped Keep Springfield (MA) FD Running for Nearly 39 Years
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Fire Apparatus
Ensuring Safety and Function: The Crucial Role of Fire Apparatus Factory Inspections
Inspections serve as a vital checkpoint, ensuring that every component (pumps, hoses, and safety systems) meet rigorous quality standards.
Talking Trucks: Tires
Chris Mc Loone and Fire Apparatus & Emergency Equipment Advisor Chris Daly discuss the importance of properly maintaining the tires that carry you and your crews to emergency incidents and cover some ways to maintain control of a vehicle in case a tire blowout occurs while responding.
Choosing a Fire Apparatus Mechanic or Service Center
Here are some key factors to consider when selecting a fire apparatus dealer as a repair facility or a technician.
Choosing a Fire Apparatus Mechanic or Service Center
Here are some key factors to consider when selecting a fire apparatus dealer as a repair facility or a technician.
Fire Chief Considerations: The Fleet Manager
Fleet managers may be full-time positions within the fire department structure or they may be roles assigned under another position.
Fire Truck Training Conference: “Be the Obvious Choice”
Day three had many examples of how attendees to the Fire Truck Training Conference are the “obvious choices.”
‘What We Live For’: W.S. Darley and Co. in Chippewa Falls (WI) Makes Life-Saving Fire Pumps
The facility specializes in manufacturing fire pumps, with a team of skilled machinists and engineers.
Missoula (MT) FD to Build Maintenance Facility and Home for Mobile Support Team
The federal government awarded the city a $7 million grant, which comes on top of $7 million from a voter-approved levy.
A Legacy of Innovation
Originally known as Emergency One, E-ONE was founded by Bob Wormser in 1974.
KME Welcomes Fire Master Fire Equipment to Its Dealer Network
Fire Master Fire Equipment, Inc. is now an official dealer for KME® fire apparatus and equipment in Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma.
Canton (NC) Approves $85K Emergency Repair to Fire Truck Engine; $5.8M Earmarked for New Station
The 2011 fire truck is one of three in the fleet and is needed to maintain the department’s fire rating.
