Category: UPS News

A local UPS driver is being hailed as a hero for his quick actions, saving a Lakewood home from going up in flames.

At approximately 3:00 p.m. on Thursday, March 9, Mr. Snyder was going about his deliveries in the West Gate community when a heavy smoke condition in front of a residence caught his eye. Mr. Snyder promptly pulled his truck over and rushed to investigate. Upon discovering flames coming from the bushes in front of the home, Mr. Snyder quickly grabbed a fire extinguisher from his vehicle and suppressed the fire.

A United Parcel Service driver was honored Thursday for saving a woman and her sons from what could have been a deadly house fire.

Sheldon Bonnell, a UPS freight driver for the past 16 years, was on his early morning route May 20 when he spotted the home burning on the Swan Valley Highway around 2 a.m.

United Parcel Service (UPS) celebrates its 110^th anniversary this year, but it’s not likely any of their drivers are going to stop for cake. With 4.9 billion packages routed via UPS trucks every year, their priority is getting your goods to your front door while maximizing productivity.

In their pursuit of expediency, in the 1970s UPS began mandating that its fleet of brown-clothed drivers avoid turning left whenever possible. While that might seem like a curious policy, it turns out that it’s the most economical way to distribute packages.