The use of portable ladders at the scene of a fire can make significant difference in the overall operation – if they are deployed properly. Portable ladders are an essential tool for ensuring safety ...

MILTON, Ga. — Last week, the Milton Fire Department hosted firefighters from all around North Georgia for Apparatus Operator-Aerial training. The training focused on how to drive and operate ladder ...

TROY, N.Y. — In two weeks, a new ladder truck will join the Troy Fire Department’s lineup. Ordered two years ago, the truck cost just north of $1.2 million and fills a gap left by the department ...

The Marion City Fire Department has acquired a new $1.76 million ladder truck, Ladder 25, replacing the 21-year-old Ladder 24. Ladder 25 boasts a 100-foot ladder, reaching the top of all buildings in ...

JEFFERSON COUNTY, Ohio — The Wintersville Fire Department has added a new apparatus to its fleet that includes a 100-foot aerial ladder. The new truck will replace a used truck that has been sold to ...

KILLEEN, Texas (KWTX) - According to Nicole Shoemaker, a firefighter and driver with Killeen fire department that is training people how to operate an aerial ladder truck, there is more to operating ...

TAUNTON — For the first time in at least 100 years the Taunton Fire Department has a ladder company to go with its ladder truck. “This is a gamechanger for the Taunton Fire Department,” Fire Chief ...

KALAMAZOO, Mich. — Firefighters spread out across Kalamazoo over the weekend to take part in a rare kind of training, using their hoses, ladders and saws on real buildings. The Kalamazoo Department of ...

A local public-safety acquisition more than 25 years in the making has become reality with the city’s purchase of a Davis Fire Department aerial ladder truck. Chances are you’ve seen the 58-foot, ...