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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

“It was seconds or mere minutes from when they stepped off that bucket into that window until that portion of roof collapsed in the bucket," Providence Chief Derek Silva said. Providence firefighters ...

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, ...

READING, Pa. — The Reading Fire Department received a delivery Thursday that was years in the making. A brand new, 93-foot tower ladder truck arrived at the Plum and Franklin streets station, and ...