| Sacramento Metro Fire Receives Grant
9/21/2010 11:15:46 AM The Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District has received a grant from Fireman's Fund. The $7,000 grant will be used to provide the Sacramento Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) Task Force 7's canine team with agility training equipment. |
 | Rio Hondo Truck Academy Auto Extrication
9/21/2010 9:39:34 AM Rio Hondo College's Fire Academy offers Auto Extrication as part of their 11-day Regional Truck Academy. Recently, firefighters had the chance to attend an eight-hour advanced auto extrication course which included new SUV’s for firefighters to practice on. Join FDNNTV.com's Barbara Brooks for an inside look at the class. |
| Liberty Mutual Offering Fire Safety Grants
9/20/2010 5:33:28 PM Liberty Mutual is working to make communities safer by offering fire departments across the country a chance to win one of ten $10,000 grants through their Fire Safety Pledge Program. The grants can be used to raise fire safety awareness in cities and towns across the United States. |
 | Los Angeles County Fire Department Celebrates 35 Year Career of Blind Fire Shop Mechanic
9/18/2010 7:29:12 PM Los Angeles County Fire Department Equipment Maintenance Worker Mike Conrad works at the Fire Shops in Los Angeles rebuilding brake calipers and pilot valves for fire engines. The quality of Conrad’s work is somewhat unique in that his parts have never failed, an even more remarkable achievement when one considers the fact that he is blind! Read more for the inspiring story of Mike's life and career. |
 | Los Angeles County Fire Department's New Water Tender is Project Pilot for Fire Service Rated Transmission
9/18/2010 7:04:31 PM The Los Angeles County Fire Department’s newest water tender, a 2008 Peterbilt Model 365, is the project pilot for a fire service rated transmission that will revolutionize the fire apparatus industry. |
 | Inside Portland Fire & Rescue's Station 17
9/17/2010 11:01:20 AM Portland Fire & Rescue's (PF&R) Station 17 is located at 848 North Tomahawk Island Drive on beautiful Hayden Island and serves the Hayden Island, East Columbia, and Bridgeton Neighborhood Associations as well as the Rivergate Industrial District. |
 | Louisiana Fire Department Receives FM Global Grant
9/14/2010 7:41:11 PM The Bossier City Fire Department (BCFD) has been given a $2,500 fire prevention grant from FM Global. |
 | Medtec Expands Front Range Fire Apparatus Dealer Territory To Include Wyoming And Montana
9/12/2010 12:57:20 PM Medtec Ambulance Corporation, an Oshkosh Corporation company, announced that the sales and service territory for its Colorado dealer, Front Range Fire Apparatus, Ltd. of Frederick, Colo., has been expanded to now also include Wyoming and Montana. |
 | Ted Hall Tractor Project Nearly Complete
9/8/2010 6:40:36 AM Fire Captain Steve Lozano of Fire Station 4 in Rosemead reports that Fire Captain Ted Hall’s tractor, a 1985 Massey Ferguson Model 30 E skip loader basket case that Hall intended to restore and use on his and his father’s land, is just days away from completion. |
 | Pittsburgh Firehouse for Sale
9/7/2010 10:27:08 AM The City of Pittsburgh has placed one of its former fire stations for sale. |
