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News Briefs

What happened, fast.

Ink-and-wash illustration of three firefighters in turnout gear and breathing apparatus advancing a charged hose line from the pump panel of a red engine toward the open front door of a single-story house, with light smoke drifting from the doorway and autumn trees behind.

20.5 miles of hose: inside Charlotte Fire's fall in-service training

Every Charlotte Fire company is stretching line, searching and running an unscripted live fire twice, with the response order flipped for the second run.

A red Rosenbauer L32A-XS electric aerial ladder on a MAN chassis with its ladder and rescue basket raised against a blue sky.

News Brief · Gear & Apparatus

Gallery: the electric rigs of 2026

An electric aerial under 16 tonnes, an electric crash truck at Dallas Love Field and four Pierce Volterra pumpers delivered this year.