What is a good way to tell whether a department and/or company is operating efficiently? The answer: ladder placement. What is ladder placement? It’s the positioning of a ladder where it can be used ...

TULSA, Okla. — A group of hopeful future Tulsa firefighters put their skills to the test at a ladder climb on Monday. Everyone in the Tulsa Fire Department's (TFD) academy has to prove they can not ...

Let’s say that your department’s apparatus fleet plan this year calls for the replacement of Truck 4, which is a 2005 100-foot quint rear-mount ladder, with a new rig. Truck 4 is equipped with 158 ...