By Bill Adams After a year’s hiatus, the Fire Department Instructor’s Conference (FDIC) in Indianapolis, IN, had numerous apparatus on display...
READ MOREDarley EM Pump Continues to Hold Its Own in Major Metro Fire Departments
Aug 20, 2021 | Apparatus Components, Companies, Darley, Features, Pumps
By Jason S. Darley In 2013, a trend of many major metropolitan fire departments making the switch to Darley pumps began with the Charlotte (NC)...
READ MORESutphen Builds Identical Pumpers for Two North Greenbush (NY) Fire District No. 1 Departments
Jul 15, 2021 | Authors, Companies, Features, Petrillo, Sutphen
By Alan M. Petrillo North Greenbush (NY) Fire District No. 1 is comprised of two departments—Defreestville Fire Department and Wynantskill Fire...
READ MORENFPA-Mandated Flash Rates: Fast, Slow, or Not at All?
Jun 29, 2021 | Adams, Apparatus Components, Authors, Features, Lighting
By Bill Adams This article is not an accusation that the writers of the National Fire Protection Association’s NFPA 1901 Standard for...
READ MORESutphen Delivers SPH 100 Aerial Platform Quint to Alabaster (AL) Fire Department
May 13, 2021 | Aerials, Aerials, Authors, Companies, Features, Petrillo, Rigs, Sutphen
By Alan M. Petrillo Alabaster (AL) Fire Department has been a customer of Sutphen for several years, so when it needed an aerial apparatus to...
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