MISSOULA, Mont. — The Missoula Fire Department is expanding its capabilities with a new 107-foot ladder truck designed to improve emergency response in the city’s narrow neighborhoods and complex ...

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 ...

You're a supervisor, and your crew is on a job where they need two 12-foot ladders, but all you have are two 10-foot ladders. Bill says he can step up beyond the red line on his ladder. In fact, he ...

PORT TOWNSEND — If the upper floors of downtown’s Mount Baker Block or the Port Townsend Paper Corp. mill were to catch fire, East Jefferson Fire Rescue has the rig to attack from on high. A new ...

Specifying portable ladder packages is part of the initial analysis that must be completed by the apparatus committee. Of the numerous metrics that must be considered when making this analysis, ...

This is the final part of a 12-part series on ladder safety tips. Today’s contractor-grade ladders are well-designed and sturdily built, so it’s not that product defects are causing so many people to ...