Tires

Tire Maintenance Tips
An article provided by In-Service.com that provides some valuable tire safety tips for fire apparatus.

When are Tires Too Old?
A good article from "In Service On-Line" which discusses when fire apparatus tires should be replaced.

Tire Maintenance Tips
An article from "In Service On-Line" that discusses tire maintenance tips.

NHTSA "Tire Safety - Everything Rides on It"
A great article from NHTSA that addresses all aspects of tire safety.

"Riding on Air"
A page presented by Transport Canada. The site contains information on general tire care and safety. Topics include proper tire inflation, when to rotate your tires, critical safety information and more.

Hot Roads and Tire Blowouts
An article presented by "Azcentral.com" which discusses how hot roads and low tire pressures have led to several fatal accidents caused by tire blowouts.

NHTSA Study on Tire Blowouts
An in-depth study by NHTSA regarding the number of serious or fatal crashes caused by tire blowouts. Includes several informative tables.

Tire Basics by National Tire
Explanation of tires including how to read a sidewall, speed ratings, load index, uniform tire quality grading and ply ratings.

Proper Tire Inflation
Canadian site with a left-hand toolbar which leads to great information on maintaining proper tire pressures in your vehicle.

Tire Safety: Don't Ignore the Rubber on the Road
Web page presented by Edmunds.com which discusses issues such as tire pressures, winter driving, wet weather driving and snow tires.

Tiresafety.com
A site presented by Bridgestone / Firestone. Contains good information about general tire related information including driving tips, construction of tires and a safety summary. See the left hand column for additional pages.

Tire Safety Tips
Presented by Edmunds.com, this site has tips including how to buy the right tires, tire quality grading, maintenance and driving tips.

Understanding Truck Tire Blowouts
A journal article from the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute. This link leads to a .pdf file that provides the entire copy of this journal. Scroll down to find the article on truck tire blowouts.

Driving Through Tire Blowouts
The Tire Rack provides an article that explains what to do if you experience a tire blowout in your vehicle.

Vehicle Tire Blowouts: Avoiding Deadly Consequences
This article was written by a police officer and explains how to handle a tire blowout.

Tire Related Crashes
A NHTSA paper that outlines the problem of tire related crashes.