This week, Nolensville made an essential addition to its fire department, the town’s first-ever ladder truck. Town leaders say it comes at the perfect time. Nolensville has several multi-story ...

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The breakdown happened hours before a major fire in west Auckland. The firefighters’ union says another of its ladder trucks in Auckland broke down last night. The truck has the only high-reach ...

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The Greensburg Fire Department’s tractor-drawn ladder truck will be heading south. City council last week unanimously approved selling the 2012 truck to Charleston, S.C., for $750,000 ...

SWEETWATER, Texas — The Sweetwater Fire Department announced the arrival of Ladder 1 to its fleet. Ladder 1 is a custom, aerial apparatus built by Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists Inc ...

At least 27 people have been killed by storms systems that swept across part of the U.S. Midwest and South, with Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear announcing Saturday that 18 of the deaths came in his ...

A ladder tower, also known as an aerial tower or elevating platform, is a specialized fire truck equipped with a long, extended ladder containing a platform or basket at the tip. The basket ...

Monday, the Early Fire Department celebrated the arrival of a new ladder truck with a traditional push-in ceremony. The practice dates back to the 1800s. Before the advent of motor vehicles ...

Smith said engine trucks max out at 15 years, while ladder trucks max out at 20. "This model itself is a 2006," said Smith. "Eighteen years, so we're within two years of this one being ...

Columbus City Council narrowly voted 5-to-4 on Monday to reject a $2.5 million deal to purchase a new ladder truck for the Division of Fire. The council disagreed about a union dispute between the ...

Ladder trucks were used to rescue other residents from windows while some firefighters inside the burning building crawled on hands and knees to get people out, Milwaukee Fire Chief Aaron Lipski ...