The 6-ft. step ladder has been around forever. It's indispensable when it comes to room painting, small electrical repairs and other home projects. The current crop is sturdier, lighter and easier to ...

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The 49ers PREP team presented by U.S. Bank is dedicated to providing drills and activities for youth to stay active at home. 49ers PREP coordinator Ryan Dillard shows how to work on your agility with ...

Gwinnett commissioners agreed Tuesday to spend $2.07 million in SPLOST funds to buy two new ladder trucks used to provide elevated streams of water for firefighting and to gain access to tall ...

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 ...

CHARLOTTE, MI–Spartan Emergency Response, a subsidiary of REV Group, and a manufacturer of fire apparatus, launched its newest model, the Ladder Tower NXT 110-foot rear-mount aerial. Designed with ...

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 ...

PALM BAY — Think of it as stair-climbing on steroids: Palm Bay firefighters wearing full gear scaled a steep 100-foot ladder more than 300 times in the sunshine Saturday, sweating in temperatures ...

One of the most challenging situations that any fire company can face is arriving on the scene of a working fire and finding one or more victims trapped in imminent peril. It doesn’t happen often; for ...

In Montclair, the Fire Department is pumped about its latest piece of equipment: a 100-foot ladder truck. The truck was a veritable bargain, even though it was used, Chief Robert Avels told me. The ...

Although there's always been plenty of neon signs in San Francisco's Theater District, you might've noticed a new one added to the landscape in the past year and a half. It isn't a marquee but rather ...