The engine rounds the corner arriving first-in to a heavily involved, two-story, stick-frame residential with flames and heavy black smoke pushing hard from every window. The owners are crying on the ...

As a young driver/engineer and fire apparatus mechanic, I have a fascination with pump operations, water supply and fire apparatus mechanics in general. Time and time again, over the last 12 years of ...

The Manchester Fire Department holds “Pump Operator Training” a number of times each year as soon as the weather gets warmer. The 80-hour course involves a week of classroom work and then a week where ...

CM Labs Simulations, developer of Vortex training simulators, has released the first Concrete Pump Simulator on the market. The curriculum, which was developed in collaboration with the American ...

Concrete pump operators face significant challenges when setting up equipment on job sites. Ground conditions are often unlevel, have been disturbed, and are affected by weather conditions. When the ...