;   This video highlights two recent fire apparatus deliveries to the Pleasure Ridge (KY) Fire Protection District. 

By Bill Adams This is a follow-up to my February 2016 posting titled “NFPA 1901 and Certifications.” As previously mentioned, National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 1901, Standard for Automotive Fire Apparatus, requires the submission of a multitude of certifications and ...

By Ricky Riley I recently did a Webcast with Senior Editor Chris Mc Loone concerning seating configurations in an apparatus cab. We talk a lot about the equipment that fire departments mount in apparatus cabs. The equipment that is allowed ...

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By Ricky Riley This month I’m taking a look at the area behind the crew cab doors on a number of fire apparatus. For some time, this space has gone unused, thus being wasted space on your apparatus. More recently, ...

By Alan M. Petrillo When the city of Richmond (VA) city council allocated enough funds through it’ Fleet Services Department for Richmond Fire & Emergency Services to purchase four new pumpers, the fire department got busy developing specs, looking at ...

By Bill Adams Specific dimensional requirements in fire apparatus purchasing specifications can be construed as operational or proprietary. I believe operational dimensions are essential and justifiable. Specifying the maximum overall height, width, and length of a new rig is a ...

    Steve Toren, vice president of sales for USSC Valor First Responder Seating, describes the company’s three basic seating models: its crew seat, its operator seat, and its ambulance EMT seat.

By Ricky Riley “The engine companies, or hose carriers as they are sometimes called, are manned by firemen whose chief responsibility is to get water on the fire.” This is a quote from a film called “Your Fire Department” that ...