Youngstown-Whitney (PA) VFD Takes Delivery of New $800K Pumper

The Youngstown-Whitney Volunteer Fire Department took delivery of a new $800,000 Sutphen Monarch pumper March 4, latrobebulletinnews.com reported.

The new engine will replace a 1993 apparatus that, despite being well maintained over the years, is showing its age, the report said.

The apparatus features a 2,000-gallons-per-minute fire pump with Class A compressed air foam to six discharges including the deck gun, a Class B preconnected Foam discharge, 750-gallon booster tank, two MIV inlet valves, 600-horsepower engine, self-contained breathing apparatus seating for eight, and various fire and rescue tools.

Wethersfield (CT) Firefighter Who Died Battling Berlin Brush Fire Was ‘Heroic,’ Gov. Says

Gov. Ned Lamont ordered flags lowered to half-staff for a Wethersfield firefighter who died fighting a brush fire on Lamentation Mountain.

KY Firefighter Flown to Hospital After FD Tanker Rolls Off Bridge Into Creek

The firefighter who was injured is a volunteer firefighter with the Northern Pendleton Fire District.