NIOSH posted a Safety Advisory on May 8 that warns all fire departments that use aerial ladder trucks with locking (pin-anchored, lever actuated, clamped) waterways to take immediate action to reduce ...

This is a question often asked of firefighters regarding their preferred role on the fireground. Though a fun debate, there are many departments that do not have the luxury of dedicated truck ...

Zachary Brown instructs on how to vertically ventilate a steeply pitched roof from an aerial, from one roof ladder and from two roof ladders. In the process of carrying out a Milwaukee cut, a ...

Mark Miller reminds members of apparatus committees of the importance of analyzing apparatus type, staffing response district and run cards prior to specifying portable ladder requirements. Valuable ...