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Several crews from fire stations including Amesbury, Marlborough, Warminster, Mere, Shaftesbury, Trowbridge, and Verwood, along with a water carrier from Wilton, a command unit from Devizes and an ...
they want the city council to consider that taller multifamily buildings require adequate fire response. They say the city already doesn't have enough aerial ladders in service.
He also pointed to the need for additional ladder trucks at the department to reach taller buildings. “The City of Austin does NOT have enough aerial ladder apparatus in service to support ...
They both fell before firefighters could get a 35-foot ground ladder, the largest carried on a Fremont fire truck, to them. Authorities said the ability to use an aerial ladder on the truck was ...
The cause of fire was determined to be a mechanical failure, officials said. Fire crews used aerial ladders to reach the roof of the building. The fire did not extend into the building and was ...
PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. — A private pilot flew into restricted airspace near Mar-a-Lago last week, according to the North American Aerospace Command (NORAD). The command said it had to scramble ...
Painesville Fire Chief Thomas Hummel Jr. said an employee pulled the fire alarm because of a fire in the thermal oxidizing unit, located outside the building near the roof. Employees reported that ...
PAINESVILLE, Ohio — Flames broke out amid an early morning fire Tuesday at Avery Dennison’s Building No. 5, located at 250 Chester Street in Painesville. The situation started at 4:46 a.m ...
Aerial ladders were used to help attack the fire and the fire was contained to the roof, said Chief Hummel Jr. A damage estimate is not currently available. Painesville received Automatic Mutual ...
Crews from Basildon, Corringham, Leigh, Orsett, Rayleigh Weir, Southend and Grays responded to the shocking incident and worked from the ground and from above using an aerial ladder platform and a ...