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    Wheeled Coach gets ambulance contract for FDNY

    MILWAUKEE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 29, 2019-- The ambulance division of REV Group, a specialty vehicle manufacturer, was awarded a five-year contract to build up to 425 Type I Wheeled Coach ambulances for the Fire Department of New York (FDNY). The contract calls for a variety of vehicle...
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    One dead after crash with firetruck on U.S. 301 near Middletown DE

    One dead after crash with firetruck on U.S. 301 near Middletown DE https://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/2019/04/14/one-dead-after-crash-firetruck-u-s-301-near-middletown/3464804002/
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    Commercial Warehouse Fire, 2 alarm Stanton DE

    https://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/local/2019/01/15/large-working-fire-reported-newark-building-has-collapsed-according-scanner-traffic/2578841002/ It went to two alarms including a call for tankers (and there aren't many of them around Wilmington).
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    Wilmington DE One dead in demolition of GM auto plant

    https://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/local/2019/01/12/foreman-overseeing-gm-plant-demolition-killed-steel-beam/2558437002/
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    One Dead, 2 Injured in Wilmington DE Fire

    https://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/local/2018/03/25/firefighters-scene-wilmington-blaze-sunday-injuries-possible/457392002/ Rest in Peace
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    Ex-Wilmington fire chief indicted on charges of racketeering, theft

    Ex-Wilmington fire chief indicted on charges of racketeering, theft. http://www.wdel.com/news/ex-wilmington-fire-chief-indicted-on-charges-of-racketeering-theft/article_e0d8e702-db6a-11e7-8818-cbecdad38976.html It will be interesting to see how this plays out.
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    Delaware State Trooper killed (Bear DE)

    A Delaware State Police trooper was gunned down in the parking lot of a Wawa in Bear shortly after noon on Wednesday. http://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/crime/2017/04/26/police-responding-report-shooting-bear-wawa/100932574/ Suspect killed after almost 20 hour standoff in nearby...
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    24 Oshkosh Striker ARFF Fire Apparatus Ordered by the Port Authority of NY NJ

    http://www.fireapparatusmagazine.com/articles/company-news/2017/01/oshkosh-panynj-striker-order.html I'll bet the Oshkosh sales manager is happy!  Wow.
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    Columbus (MS) firefighters rescue cattle from Tombigbee River

    http://www.cdispatch.com/news/article.asp?aid=55129 Thankfully, they weren't reindeer stuck...  Pretty inventive using air bags though. ;D
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    Third Wilmington (DE) Firefighter Dies from Canby Park Fire

    http://www.wdel.com/story/78547-breaking-third-wilmington-firefighter-dies-from-injuries-suffered-in-canby-park-rowhome-fire May she rest in piece. john
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    Bridgeville DE - Two Seriously Injured - Pressure Vessel Explosion

    You just can't make this stuff up.  What do you get with a bunch of amateurs making their own artillery? http://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/local/2016/11/06/injury-punkin-chunkin-sends-one-hospital/93394698/ There is no limit on stupid.
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    San Francisco commissions new 88-ft fireboat

    http://www.sfexaminer.com/sf-commissions-newest-fireboat-anniversary-loma-prieta-quake/
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    4 dead at New Castle County (DE) apartment complex; 7 treated at hospitals

    http://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/local/2016/03/25/2-apartment-units-near-wilmington-have-been-evacuated/82274042/ Looks like carbon monoxide in garden apartment complex. RIP
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