This new interactive class combines an educational lecture with a hands-on experience. The classroom portion will discuss tower ladder operational tactics at various types of structures, forcible ...

THEMAJESTIRIUM1 – Here you will see the FDNY battling a major third-alarm fire in a moving/storage facility on Bruckner Boulevard in the Mott Haven area of the Bronx in New York City. Fire in a 2 ...

DRACUT — Dracut’s newest fire truck is so much more than just shiny and red. The department announced on Saturday that firefighters underwent intensive training last week to prepare for the deployment ...

The Monument Fire District has received a new ladder tower designed to better aid firefighters in their life and property-saving efforts. A ladder tower, also known as an aerial tower or elevating ...

Chicago firefighters were busy battling a 2-11 fire in a vacant restaurant on the city's North side Thanksgiving morning. The fire was reported around 6 a.m. at North Sheridan and Balmoral in the ...

DRACUT — The town has added a new $1.56 million fire truck to its fleet, marking an upgrade from its aging ladder apparatus. Delivered on the morning of Oct. 24 by Greenwood Emergency Vehicles, the ...

There are any number of questions that must be addressed by a department’s apparatus committee when beginning the process of developing requirements for a new aerial device. This can be daunting, ...

MORNING. ROBIN, JULIAN. ALL RIGHT. THANKS, BILL. OMAHA FIREFIGHTERS GET SOME SERIOUS WATER POWER TO NEW TOWER. TOWER LADDER TRUCKS, INCLUDING THIS ONE. NUMBER 53, WILL SOON BE ON THE MOVE AS KETV ...

Demolition is underway at Gas Works Park to remove ladders and platforms from the historic gas towers there — an effort by Seattle officials to prevent more climbing injuries and deaths. The big ...