Vehicle-based firefighting equipment has come a long way since English inventor Richard Newsham patented the first fire engine in 1721. His horse-drawn machine incorporated a long-levered pump into ...

Fire engines and fire trucks often get lumped together in everyday conversation, yet on the fireground they serve very different purposes. That distinction shapes how departments buy equipment, train ...

Bozeman's first firefighting apparatus -- a horse-drawn, steam-powered pump acquired by the city in 1889 -- was delivered to the Pioneer Museum on June 6, 2013. City firefighters and others help load ...

LAGUNA BEACH, Calif. — For at least a decade, the Laguna Beach Fire Fighters’ Union has been flipping pancakes on Memorial Day to raise money to restore the city’s first dedicated fire engine, a ...