ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Last winter, Albuquerque Fire Rescue put a brush truck in service just for outside fires, hoping it would free up the other engines for bigger calls. From late December to ...

TWO RIVERS (WLUK) -- Crews are responding to a fire in the Point Beach State Forest, north of Neshotah Beach. The City of Two ...

The fire, which burned 65 to 70 acres of land in the Town of Gardner, was called the biggest wildland fire the department has ...

The Moscow Rural Fire District in Idaho took delivery of a Type 4 step-side wildland rig built by Skeeter Brush Trucks on an International chassis. The Moscow Rural Fire District in Idaho took ...

OLIVE, Okla. — The Olive Volunteer Fire Department introduced the first new brush truck it has received since 2006. Brush 2 is a 2024 Ford F450 specially designed wildland truck. Olive Fire said the ...

Each brush truck can be tailored to meet a department’s specific requirements—such as water tank size, pump capacity, storage options, off-road suspensions and super-single wheel conversions, and ...

Lake Dillion Fire-Rescue, Summit Fire & EMS, Summit County, CO, have taken delivery of a Type 3 Wildland apparatus built by SVI Trucks on a Freightliner cab and chassis. It's powered by a Cummins L9 ...

Firefighters from multiple agencies across Colorado are deploying to join the fight as massive wildfires continue to burn in Los Angeles. Five fires continue to burn in and around Los Angeles and the ...

In 2006, the National Wildfire Coordinating Group issued a glossary that listed terms used to describe the battle of fighting fires on mostly undeveloped land. The group's members include the U.S.

(COLORADO SPRINGS) — The Colorado Springs Fire Department (CSFD) is deploying a crew of four to assist with the Elk Creek Fire currently burning in Meeker, Colorado. On Sunday, Aug. 3, CSFD received a ...

HOOD RIVER, Ore. — All lanes of Interstate 84 westbound are back open Wednesday morning after an extended closure following a semi-truck and brush fire Tuesday night about two miles west of Hood River ...