{"id":280756,"date":"2026-09-07T09:44:35","date_gmt":"2026-09-07T09:44:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/280756\/"},"modified":"2026-09-07T09:44:35","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T09:44:35","slug":"pittsburgh-orders-13-fire-trucks-backed-by-highmark-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/280756\/","title":{"rendered":"Pittsburgh orders 13 fire trucks backed by Highmark Health"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pittsburgh has ordered 13 new fire apparatuses for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pittsburghpa.gov\/Safety\/Fire\/About-Fire\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pittsburgh Bureau of Fire<\/a> as part of a public safety investment supported by Highmark Health.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mayor Corey O\u2019Connor said the order includes eight custom engine\/pumper trucks and five custom ladder\/aerial trucks. The purchase follows the city\u2019s announcement earlier this year of a $20 million partnership with Highmark Health to support capital investments in the Department of Public Safety.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The trucks will be funded through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.highmarkhealth.org\/hmk\/index.shtml\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Highmark Health<\/a>\u2019s $4 million annual investment over the next five years, which is intended to support vehicles, equipment and other resources for first responders providing emergency medical care.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOne of my priorities coming into office was making sure our first responders have reliable vehicles and equipment to do their jobs safely,\u201d O\u2019Connor said. \u201cThese new trucks are a commitment to our firefighters and the safety of our communities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Highmark Health CEO David Holmberg said the contribution will help <a href=\"https:\/\/fireandsafetyjournalamericas.com\/pittsburgh-bureau-of-fire-chooses-msa-safetys-advanced-breathing-equipment\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pittsburgh <\/a>invest in \u201cstate-of-the-art fire trucks\u201d designed to improve safety, preparedness and resiliency across the city.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mat Davis, Acting Chief of the Bureau of Fire, said the new engine and ladder trucks will help firefighters respond \u201cquickly and safely to every call.\u201d Ralph Sicuro, president of Pittsburgh Fire Fighters IAFF Local No. 1, said modern apparatus is essential to firefighter safety and the city\u2019s ability to protect residents.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The order was authorized by the City\u2019s Equipment Leasing Authority. A delivery timeline has not yet been determined.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pittsburgh has ordered 13 new fire apparatuses for the Pittsburgh Bureau of Fire as part of a public&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":280757,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[73,75,74],"class_list":["post-280756","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280756","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=280756"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280756\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/280757"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=280756"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=280756"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=280756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}