In March 2025, social media users shared a rumor that firefighters were shot off their ladders as they tried to put out blazes after U.S. President Donald Trump mentioned such instances in a speech.

Bates College has developed Ladder Safety Guidelines to safeguard employees that perform work with portable ladders. These guidelines are intended to prevent ladder-related accidents and to promote ...

Video footage of a Dallas firefighter being blown off his ladder after a flash fire ignited trying to rescue a woman earlier this week. Both were transported to the hospital with second degree burns ...

One of the most challenging situations that any fire company can face is arriving on the scene of a working fire and finding one or more victims trapped in imminent peril. It doesn’t happen often; for ...