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    The Firehouse.com Pumper product category is a collection of information, product listings and resources for researching various engine company apparatus, pumpers, fire apparatus options.
    fire department vehicle positioning John J. Salka Jr. FDNY
    Operations & Training

    The Fire Scene: Apparatus Positioning

    John J. Salka Jr.
    March 11, 2025
    John J. Salka Jr.'s examples of set up of ladder company apparatus, pumpers and chief's vehicles underscore the importance of grasp of this on-scene task.
    WATCH: Security camera catches Des Moines crash involving ambulance, firetruck
    Ambulance

    WATCH: Des Moines, IA, Fire Truck, Ambulance Slide, Crash on Icy Street

    Susan Nicol
    Feb. 7, 2025
    The car in the original wreck was hit by both the Des Moines fire engine and the ambulance.
    Multiple cars damaged after VB fire truck hose snaps
    Pumper

    Multiple Vehicles Damaged after Hose Flies off Virginia Beach, VA, Rig

    Susan Nicol
    Feb. 6, 2025
    Virginia Beach firefighters were wearing headsets and were unaware the hosebed had emptied.
    'A blessing' | Dallas firefighter breaks silence on his miraculous survival after near 40-foot fall
    Pumper

    'Tough times don't last. Tough people do," Says Dallas FF Recovering from Rig Crash

    Susan Nicol
    Jan. 29, 2025
    Dallas Fire Rescue Lt. John Hampton said he doesn't remember when his engine hydroplaned and plunged off an overpass onto train tracks below.
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    LODDS

    Funeral Set for Thomasville, MO, Firefighter Killed in Rig Wreck

    Susan Nicol
    Jan. 23, 2025
    Thomasville Firefighter Bill Nix, 72, was killed Jan. 16 when the pumper, in which he was riding, rolled over while they were responding.
    Vehicle crashes into fire truck in Kalamazoo
    Pumper

    Comstock, MI, Fire Rig Hit on Icy Highway, Again

    Susan Nicol
    Jan. 21, 2025
    No Comstock personnel were hurt when for the second time in a few weeks, a vehicle slammed into their parked fire truck.