When you need to clean your gutters or your roof, owning a ladder will help you avoid the cost of outsourcing the task. Unsurprisingly, owning a stable ladder that is the right height makes all the ...

Werner's easy-operating extension ladder features a patent-pending lift-assist technology that helps the end-user comfortably raise and lower the ladder’s fly section. The Werner GLIDESAFE Extension ...

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 ...

One of the most underutilized and readily available tools we have on the fireground is the portable ladder. There are many uses for the portable ladder, including: using them to access the floor above ...

The use of portable ladders at the scene of a fire can make significant difference in the overall operation – if they are deployed properly. Portable ladders are an essential tool for ensuring safety ...

When it comes to using ladders on the fireground, there seems to be a lot of information in fire service textbooks that doesn’t really correspond to how we actually use ladders. On our truck company, ...

Firefighters helped to rescue a cat which found it’s way on top of a roof. Lancashire Fire and Rescue said at 2.30pm today (2 August) a fire engine from Hyndburn attended an animal rescue on Hapton ...

This is the time of year when men do idiot things around the house in aid of, as the kids say, #SpringCleaning. (I was going to write a skull-cracking analysis of the National Capital Commission board ...

An ex-racing driver aged 102 is recovering in hospital after being stuck on his roof for three days. Ron Easton, who was known as ton-up Ron, is thought to have climbed a ladder up on to his flat ...