When is a Humvee not a Humvee? When it’s a brush truck. At least, that’s the case when it comes to the latest addition to the Calhoun Volunteer Fire Department’s collection of response vehicles.

After the Vietnam war, the Pentagon needed to replace its aging fleet of Jeeps and commissioned a $1 billion contract with American Motors General (via MotorTrend). The military wanted a vehicle ...

Authorities were preparing to combat new conflagrations that might rise up as fast and excessively dry winds were expected to whip across Southern California.