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Godfrey Fire Department acquires a new $1.4 million E-One aerial tower truck to boost firefighting and rescue capabilities.
The Sweetwater Fire Department is excited to announce the arrival of Ladder 1, a new custom aerial apparatus, to its fleet.
On April 8, the commissioners voted unanimously 3-0 on a proposal from Ten-8 Fire and Safety and Pierce Manufacturing for a Pierce Enforcer 107′ Ascendant PUC Ladder stock unit for a cost not to ...
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.
After nearly three decades serving as CEO of Iowa Donor Network, Suzanne Conrad plans to retire this year. “At this point in my life, I have put so much of myself into my work, and it has been a great ...
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 ...
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 ...