KILLEEN, Texas (KWTX) - According to Nicole Shoemaker, a firefighter and driver with Killeen fire department that is training people how to operate an aerial ladder truck, there is more to operating ...

BEAUFORT, Carteret County — Beaufort firefighters spent the afternoon sharpening critical rescue skills through aerial ...

The Calimesa Fire Department recently hosted a regional training exercise focused on ladder truck operations involving ...

Training without the risk of crashing, without injuries, and without causing damage. The advantages of a drive and control simulator are more than convincing: accidents on the simulator do not ...

Who is coming to the fire? For most of us not in an urban setting, we are not fortunate enough to have a full complement of firefighters on any of our apparatus, especially our aerial trucks. On the ...

A quick training video on positioning the aerial ladder The Fire Minute Simple concept with the aerial that starts with truck placement, can provide some big benefits, and options. What do you call ...

Community members in Brooklyn are raising concerns over the department’s ladder truck not being sent to some fires in hi-rise and taller buildings. Last month, the 100’ ladder truck sat in the station ...