When the South Metro, CO, Fire District, south of Denver, prepared to take delivery of a new tractor-drawn aerial (TDA) ladder, they purchased a used tiller to provide their drivers with extensive ...

Chief Eric Smith recently reported that the Gloucester Fire Department will take part in an aerial ladder truck training. All 48 Gloucester firefighter ranked personnel have been divided into three ...

KILLEEN, Texas (KWTX) - According to Nicole Shoemaker, a firefighter and driver with Killeen fire department that is training people how to operate an aerial ladder truck, there is more to operating ...

MILTON, Ga. — Last week, the Milton Fire Department hosted firefighters from all around North Georgia for Apparatus Operator-Aerial training. The training focused on how to drive and operate ladder ...

Firefighters will learn the ins and outs of their new-to-them ladder truck well in advance of bringing it out on an actual ...

Who is coming to the fire? For most of us not in an urban setting, we are not fortunate enough to have a full complement of firefighters on any of our apparatus, especially our aerial trucks. On the ...

Video shot earlier this week shows Millville firefighters rescuing a family trapped during an apartment fire with an aerial ladder. The cell phone video, recorded by a neighbor, shows two firefighters ...

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 ...

The New Kensington fire department hoped to have its aerial ladder truck back in service by the end of last week, fire Chief Ed Saliba Jr. said Wednesday. After that, the job became figuring out how ...