The firehouse remained open with a ladder truck and a medic unit, but Engine 6, a pumper truck, was put out of service in 2009 as part of recession-related cutbacks.

Engine 6, a legacy fire company in Port Richmond, reopened Thursday after 16 years of being inactive. Based at 2601 Belgrade St., the group was founded in 1871 and operated for more than 100 years ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- A woman is dead following a crash involving a Philadelphia Fire Department ladder truck in North Philadelphia on Saturday. It happened at the intersection of West Lehigh and ...

A car crashed into a Philadelphia Fire Department ladder truck on Saturday at the intersection of West Lehigh and West Sedgley avenues in North Philadelphia, police say. A 23-year-old passenger in ...