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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.
    Photos by Tom W. Shand
    Freeland, PA, Fire Department (FFD) Engine 54 is a 1992 Seagrave that was ahead of its time with respect to incorporating multiple attack lines, split beds for large-diameter supply line, and portable and fixed master stream appliances.
    Apparatus

    The Apparatus Architect: Pumpers Designed to Move Big Water

    Tom Shand
    Feb. 11, 2025
    Tom Shand and Michael Wilbur explain why pumpers that operate out of two Pennsylvania departments exemplify the importance of balancing water supply with rig wheelbase, length...
    Stewartsville-Chamblissburg Volunteer Fire Department
    Firefighters Tackle Mountaintop Fire in Stewartsville
    Operations & Training

    Icy Mountain Road Hinders Firefighters at Stewartsville, VA, Structure Fire

    Peter Matthews
    Jan. 12, 2025
    A Stewartsville-Chamblissburg fire apparatus slid off the road forcing firefighters to hike up a mountain road to protect a home from fire.
    Video Now: Providence firetruck rolls away from scene
    Pumper

    Chockless Providence, RI, Fire Engine Rolls Away

    Jan. 10, 2025
    Firefighters aboard the rig were disciplined for not using the chocks, Providence fire officials said.
    Car crashes into firetruck in Hartford
    Pumper

    Four Hartford, CT, Firefighters Hurt in Fire Truck Crash

    Jan. 3, 2025
    All the Hartford firefighters were released after treatment while the condition of the civilian driver is not known.
    Firefighter charged in Nags Head bicycle crash that killed planning board member
    Pumper

    Nags Head, NC, Firefighter Charged After Rig Hits, Kills Bicyclist

    Susan Nicol
    Dec. 18, 2024
    Troopers charged Nags Head Lt. Trever Tilley with unsafe movement for the Dec. 7 crash.
    Assistant fire chief describes jumping out of the way, escaping box truck striking fire engines
    Pumper

    Update: Comstock, MI, Asst. Chief Discusses Jumping to Avoid Being Hit on Icy Highway

    Susan Nicol
    Dec. 16, 2024
    The crash occurred on a stretch of highway named after Comstock Fire Chief Ed Switalski who was hit and killed in 2017.