The Columbus Board of Public Works took under advisement Tuesday a bid to provide the Columbus Fire Department a new, $2.11 million aerial, 100-foot, platform ladder truck to replace its current ...

In this video, I restored a 1970 Giant Tonka Fire Trunk Swivel Aerial Ladder toy. Purchased from eBay for $45, I soon realized this was a bit high given its condition. The restoration process was ...

Alton Fire Department receives new aerial ladder truck By John Badman , Staff writer Aug 2, 2024 Alton's brand new $1.573 million aerial ladder truck arrived at Station No.1 on Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024.

At 44-feet long, the town's new ladder truck has a compact wheelbase for improved maneuverability— an essential feature for navigating the town’s narrower roads and residential areas, Interim Fire ...

While the fire engine carries water and a hose, the ladder truck's primary job is search and rescue efforts and it has a 100-foot aerial ladder, helping with emergencies in more ways than one.

The city’s Equipment Replacement Plan budgeted the new aerial ladder truck at $918,000, but that was several years ago. Dextras feared the cost might be north of $1 million.

Hoping to avoid an emergency during one Ashland’s fire chief needs a funding response for the department’s 23-year-old aerial ladder truck. “If we have wind over 35 miles an hour it makes it ...

JEFFERSON COUNTY, Ohio — The Wintersville Fire Department has added a new apparatus to its fleet that includes a 100-foot aerial ladder. The new truck will replace a used truck that has been ...

“Ladder 47 will fill a multi-role service from being used on firefighter scenes for the aerial ladder rescue operations, venting and fire suppression as well as for vehicle accidents,” Fire ...