Firefighters can’t be selective in regard to their pursuit of proficiency in eight main skills based on whether they are assigned to a pumper, a ladder or another type of apparatus. Firefighters must ...

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 ...

Island firefighters struck gold at a closed-bid auction last week, officials said, and Salt Spring’s fire district will put its first-ever ladder truck into ...

FALL RIVER — Roaring flames and blinding smoke. Screams for help from dozens of windows. Shouted commands and split-second decisions. Scaling tall ladders, panting and exhausted, for rescue after ...