Walking into the truck bays in the center of the Westminster Volunteer Fire Company, Dan Plunkert, the company’s president, stopped behind a massive red fire truck. The truck, called a tower engine, ...
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 ...
The remarkable story of Medina’s Hallock Ford Model T chemical fire truck will be featured for the first time during the ...