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: ...

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 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 ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — The newest and most expensive truck in the Providence Fire Department’s fleet is out of service after a partial roof collapse caused significant damage. The city’s fire chief ...

MORNING. ROBIN, JULIAN. ALL RIGHT. THANKS, BILL. OMAHA FIREFIGHTERS GET SOME SERIOUS WATER POWER TO NEW TOWER. TOWER LADDER TRUCKS, INCLUDING THIS ONE. NUMBER 53, WILL SOON BE ON THE MOVE AS KETV ...

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BOSTON (WCVB) – A firefighter who was standing on a telescoping ladder when it collapsed onto a three-story building in Boston suffered no serious injuries. Boston Fire Commissioner Joseph Finn said ...