Sutphen is the company the city hires to build its fire trucks. Last week, the union representing Sutphen workers asked council to vote no on the new truck, citing ongoing labor disputes.

A week after a divided city council rejected buying a firetruck over a dispute between the supplier and union, the council approved the purchase.

The Quincy Fire Department secured funding for new fire trucks in 2022, but now three years later they still don't have them. Manufacturing delays are forcing them to buy used trucks from other ...

ELKHART, Ind. (WSBT) — The Elkhart Fire Department celebrated the arrival of their new fire truck at Fire Station 4 on Thursday. To mark the event, one that only happens every 15 to 20 years ...

A TRUCK WENT UP IN FLAMES ON HIGHWAY 156 IN HOLLISTER THIS MORNING. IT HAPPENED AROUND 9:30 A-M...NEAR GRAF ROAD. THE FIRE STARTED SMALL. A GRANITE ROCK CREW.. WORKING NEARBY ..TRIED TO PUT IT OUT ...

The council disagreed about a union dispute between the Teamsters and Dublin-based fire truck manufacturer Sutphen Corporation. The two parties are still negotiating terms, but the union's president ...

U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Jim Banks of Indiana have already been investigating private equity’s role in the skyrocketing costs of fire trucks, writing to the IAFF in ...

INCIDENT. A FIRE TRUCK OVERTURNED IN ANDERSON COUNTY THIS MORNING WHILE RESPONDING TO A HOUSE FIRE. IT HAPPENED ALONG FIRE STATION ROAD IN EASLEY. FIRE OFFICIALS SAY ONE FIREFIGHTER SUFFERE ...

The Columbus City Council rejected a $2.5 million contract for a fire truck from Sutphen Corp. due to an ongoing labor dispute between the company and its union employees. The Teamsters Local 284 ...

Prices have doubled in 10 years, union says Some cities wait years for new trucks Groups also call for study of equipment, parts Companies cite COVID-19 among delay reasons May 13 (Reuters) - The ...

TUMALO, Ore. — A fire early Monday morning destroyed a food truck in Tumalo, an unincorporated community in Deschutes County, just north of Bend. Bend Fire & Rescue and the Deschutes County ...

Carmel Fire Department Chief Joel Thacker says aging fire trucks across the country “are breaking down” while departments wait for new replacements. (IBJ photo/Chad Williams) Cities and their ...