Jeff Brown, from the Arizona Field Office of Industrial Inspection & Analysis, Inc., sets a 500-pound weight across an Alton Fire Department ladder Tuesday at Alton Fire Station 2 on College Avenue.

What is a good way to tell whether a department and/or company is operating efficiently? The answer: ladder placement. What is ladder placement? It’s the positioning of a ladder where it can be used ...

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 ...

TULSA, Okla. — A group of hopeful future Tulsa firefighters put their skills to the test at a ladder climb on Monday. Everyone in the Tulsa Fire Department's (TFD) academy has to prove they can not ...

CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — Local firefighters gave egg-cited Chesterfield County fifth graders a chance to test their scientific knowledge on Wednesday, seeing how well the students could ...