The City of Vancouver has added an electric fire engine to its fleet in a move it says will help reduce overall carbon emissions. The Austrian-built Rosenbauer RTX pumper truck will be stationed ...

The City of Vancouver is officially home to Canada’s first electric fire engine. Called the Rosenbauer RTX Pumper Truck (try saying that three times fast), the vehicle is now operating out of ...

but a study commissioned in Vancouver reports that Quebec’s electric fire truck would save $12,000 a year on fuel and maintenance while reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 13 tons a year.

Firefighters arrived to find a large powerline on the ground, several small fires, and a victim unable to move, calling for ...