Fire truck heard 'stop, stop, stop' before deadly LaGuardia crash but didn't know warning was for them: NTSB
The National Transportation Safety Board has published its preliminary report on the deadly crash between an Air Canada jet and a firetruck at New York's La Guardia airport last month, including a detailed timeline of the events leading up to the collision.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/ntsb-laguardia-crash-preliminary-report-fire-truck-stop-stop-stop-9.7175074?cmp=rss

Fire truck 'stop, stop, stop' before deadly LaGuardia crash but didn't know warning was for them: NTSB
The National Transportation Safety Board has published its preliminary report on the deadly crash between an Air Canada jet and a firetruck at New York's La Guardia airport last month, including a detailed timeline of the events leading up to the collision.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/ntsb-laguardia-crash-preliminary-report-fire-truck-stop-stop-stop-9.7175074?cmp=rss

Outpouring of sympathy at visitation for Quebec pilot killed in N.Y. crash
People gathered in Coteau-du-Lac, Que., on Friday to remember Captain Antoine Forest. The 30-year-old was one of two Air Canada pilots killed in March when their aircraft collided with a fire truck on the runway of a New York airport.
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/9.7168783?cmp=rss

Dawson City, Yukon's new $890K fire truck rolls into town
To Mike Masserey, it's the "Pride of Dawson," or, "King of the Yukon." And the Dawson City fire chief says he's pretty sure there's no other vehicle quite like it in the North.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/the-pride-of-dawson-the-king-of-the-yukon-dawson-citys-new-firetruck-rolls-into-town-9.7152133?cmp=rss

"Bomberos"
A 1950s Pegaso fire engine still in use at Montserrat, Catalunya (Spain)
June 2000.
This image was originally in color but the negative has faded, so I converted the scan to grayscale.
📷Pentax K1000
🎞️Kodak Gold
#photography #filmphotography #vintagephotos #spain #firetruck #oldcars #vintagecars #vintagetrucks #Pegaso #Catalunya #Montserrat #bomberos

Charlottetown budget for 2026-27 includes $25 million for road work, other projects
The City of Charlottetown passed its 2026-27 budget Tuesday, with a $118.3-million operating budget and $97.3 million for its capital budget. Included in the capital budget is $25 million for roadwork and other projects, $6 million for a new firehall and $2 million for a new fire truck.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/pei-charlottetown-bugdet-2026-27-9.7149121?cmp=rss

“Experts attributed the outcome to both the quick braking of the #pilots — who flew for #AirCanada Express carrier #JazzAviation — and the fact the #firetruck absorbed some of the kinetic energy that would have rippled through the 36-metre-long airliner.” www.thestar.com/business/a-m...

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Property taxes going down more than 2% this year in Dawson City
The Yukon community's municipal budget this year also includes a $12.3-million dollar capital expenditure program, the bulk of which will go toward water and sewage upgrades. The capital budget also includes the purchase of a new fire truck.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/reservoirs-decreased-property-taxes-and-a-firetruck-dawson-city-releases-2026-budget-9.7143977?cmp=rss

Air Canada passengers recount moment of deadly collision on LaGuardia runway
Air Canada passengers who were aboard Flight 8646 when the CRJ-900 aircraft struck a fire truck upon landing at New York's LaGuardia Airport on Sunday evening say the collision was sudden and forceful, and they may owe their lives to the pilots who died in the incident.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/air-canada-fire-truck-crash-passenger-witness-accounts-9.7139519?cmp=rss