Custom chassis maker SPARTAN MOTORS, INC. of Charlotte, Michigan, has agreed to acquire LUVERNE

Custom chassis maker SPARTAN MOTORS, INC. of Charlotte, Michigan, has agreed to acquire LUVERNE FIRE APPARATUS of Brandon, South Dakota; QUALITY MANUFACTURING INC. of Talladega, Alabama; and SMEAL FIRE APPARATUS of Snyder, Nebraska, for $19.6 million. All three privately held companies manufacture and market fire apparatus bodies and will be merged into Spartan as separate subsidiaries.

Dave McGlynn and Brian Zaitz

The Training Officer: The ISFSI and Brian Zaitz

Dave McGlynn talks with Brian Zaitz about the ISFSI and the training officer as a calling.
Conyers Georgia chemical plant fire

Federal Investigators Previously Raised Alarm About BioLab Chemicals

A fire at a BioLabs facility in Conyers, Georgia, has sent a toxic cloud over Rockdale County and disrupted large swaths of metro Atlanta.