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The ladder truck is the big daddy of fire vehicles, topped with the fat, folded ladder. Some of those ladders have a bucket on the end. In the movies, they’re most often used to pluck people out of ...

Ground ladders are an important tool on the fireground, raised to rescue civilians and for the safety of our crews. Even with a truck company on the scene of a structure fire, there’s no guarantee ...

Using a ladder may seem pretty straightforward but these useful tools are actually far more dangerous than you might think.

Ladders come in a range of styles to suit any number of applications, but step ladders are most common for indoor use. These fold-out, A-frame ladders tend not to surpass 10 feet and typically have ...

One of the most underutilized and readily available tools we have on the fireground is the portable ladder. There are many uses for the portable ladder, including: using them to access the floor above ...