The massive, boxy emergency vehicles are also outfitted with all manners of fire fighting equipment, which often includes building-scaling ladders and hoses to pump water from both onboard ...

Long before wildfires would singe the greater Los Angeles area, fire departments in Los Angeles County were sending equipment ...

The Early Fire Department's getting a new ladder to help fight fires. Ladder 8 is Early's first ever aerial apparatus. It is a 2013 "Spartan Gladiator" with a 103ft ladder. The city says the new ...

"It's like trying to fight a fire with a water pistol. That's what our leaders were faced with," MKO Grand Chief Garrison ...