Trouble with the stepladder begins if it's not fully opened, with spreaders locked on the sides of the ladder and the four feet on a flat level surface. Beyond that, you can lose balance by ...

help decrease ladder-related injuries and fatalities caused by misuse and increase the number of people who complete the Ladder Safety Training program. Each year’s National Ladder Safety Month has ...

Ben Schultz, who fell from the ladder during training in 2017, beat the odds to return to duty at Anchorage Fire Department.

Meanwhile, BFP-Cordillera Officer-in-Charge Regional Director Fire Senior Superintendent Robert Pacis said the agency’s fire ...

The new fire safety training trailer for the St. Louis Fire Department is almost like something you’d find on a movie set or at Disneyworld.

With that, you’re reminded to keep ladder safety top of mind ... if you have that proper training and awareness,” said Mike Van Bree, president of the American Ladder Institute.

The twin philosophies of aggression and safety aren't mutually exclusive. Fire departments must strike a delicate balance ...