Wauwatosa and Cudahy fire departments temporarily lent fire trucks to Milwaukee to replace the department's trucks that needed repairs.

The mayor's proposed budget allocates $2 million for fire equipment to replace old rigs; the department requested $30 million ...

Q: Today while driving on the 405 Freeway, I noticed a city fire truck in Los Angeles County. It was not an emergency fire truck, but an equipment truck with boxes, tanks, and miscellaneous stuff.

A fire truck that lost a wheel on its way to an emergency Oct. 27 exemplifies the dangers of Milwaukee's aging firefighting equipment, according to Fire Chief Aaron Lipski.