Kootenay Boundary Fire Rescue (CA) Welcomes Fire Apparatus

The Regional District of Kootenay Boundary Fire Rescue welcomed a replacement truck after the main engine, valued at $789,000, was lost to sulfuric acid, reports Trail Times.

The new model has an engine with increased horsepower, and one of the tweaks was to improve access to the first responder equipment.

The HUB fire engine holds 800 imperial gallons of water and is rated to pump 1500 gallons per minute.

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.