The "Chutes and Ladders House" is a former 19th-century firehouse in Newport’s Historic Hill district that is equipped not only with a vintage brass fire pole but also with a 200-amp Tesla car charger ...

Fire poles haven't gone the way of Dalmatians and horse-drawn fire rigs yet. Though many cities have eliminated the poles, they're making a comeback at Richfield's new fire station and in other places ...

An old firehouse is an iconic building. Alarm bells that sounded the distress signal. Brass poles that delivered a vertical stream of firemen from second-story bunkers to vehicles waiting below. Big ...

MATTOON, Ill. (AP) -- Firefighters stand tall in the eyes of kids these days. Children touring the Mattoon Fire Department often ask firefighters why they don't have a sliding pole in the fire station ...