With its latest acquisition – a 1995 95-foot Seagrave Tower Ladder – the Exeter Township Fire Department has prepared itself for the expected growth of the township over the next 15 years. The ...

LIMERICK >> In the event of a fire in an assisted living facility, with elderly residents trapped on an upper floor, it’s crucial that fire companies have a rapid and safe way to rescue them. Just ...

On April 20, 2017, a 42-year-old male career fire fighter from Tower Ladder 135 died after being ejected from the platform of a tower ladder. At 1420 hours, the fire department dispatched Battalion 44 ...

Aerial fire-apparatus manufacturer Ladder Tower in Ephrata is being sold as part of a $36.3 million transaction, it was announced Tuesday. Ladder Tower’s owner, Smeal Fire Apparatus, has agreed to be ...

The Monument Fire District has received a new ladder tower designed to better aid firefighters in their life and property-saving efforts. A ladder tower, also known as an aerial tower or elevating ...

“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 ...

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