Firefighter William Tolley, who fell five stories to his death Thursday, was trying to get his ladder bucket unstuck from a rooftop ledge after putting out a routine fire caused by unattended incense, ...
Painesville City has announced the arrival of a new aerial ladder truck for the city’s fire department. Rather than engines that serve to put out fire exclusively, the aerial ladder truck is designed ...
Anyone who has been in the fire service for any length of time knows how dynamic our chosen trade really is. We make the most of our tools to ensure the public’s wellbeing and enhance firefighter ...
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 ...
It’s a cold, winter night. It’s right around midnight. The first-arriving companies transmit a working fire in a three-story wood-frame building. The second-­arriving ladder faces many obstacles: ...