DaimlerChrysler's Freightliner LLC said it has reached an agreement to transfer ownership of its fire apparatus and emergency vehicles business unit, American LaFrance, to the New York-based ...

The winding road to the shuttered American LaFrance facility in Berkeley County will come alive again in the coming weeks as winning bidders retrieve chassis, engines, parts, and transmissions.

For many young children, fire trucks are fascinating. The selfless heroism of the men and women who operate these machines certainly plays a role, but much of the obsession comes from their colossal ...

A retired New Kensington fire truck was expected to leave the city before sunrise Saturday, beginning the first leg of a journey to its new home in Florida. Steve Vinson, 73, a retired pharmacist, ...

The city of Richmond recently celebrated the 100th birthday of one of its most treasured pieces of firefighting history: A 1925 American LaFrance fire truck. State Rep. Jaime Greene, R-Richmond, ...

The Department of Labor plans to expand Pell Grant eligibility to some shorter workforce training programs, a move the American Trucking Associations said will help strengthen commercial driver ...

Patriarch Partners, LLC, a New York and Charlotte, N.C.-based investment firm, announced Thursday that it has acquired American LaFrance from DaimlerChrysler's Freightliner. Terms of the deal were not ...

American LaFrance has joined forces with the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation (NFFF) to help recognize firefighting heroes who have died in the line of duty. American LaFrance will donate $100 ...

NEW YORK, May 23 (Reuters) - American LaFrance, the bankrupt U.S. maker of firetrucks, ambulances and other emergency vehicles, has resolved all objections to its reorganization plan with creditors ...