Learning how to use a ladder safely can keep you out of harm's way or even save your life whether you're painting your house or cleaning your gutters. If you'll be up on your roof, follow our advice ...

Ladder injuries are one element of sweat equity you may not hear about on home-improvement shows. While human error may explain some of the roughly 175,000 emergency ...

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 ...

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 ...

Ground ladders play an integral role in truck company operations; we use them on nearly every fire call and on many other emergency calls. Unfortunately, the number and length of ground ladders ...

Werner has introduced a new telescoping extension ladder built to meet the needs of professional tradespeople working in compact or mobile environments. With a 300-pound duty rating and ANSI Type 1A ...

Ask anyone what danger you face when using a ladder, and the likely answer will have to do with falling off the ladder. True, that is a danger. But it’s not the only one. Let’s look at some others.

No one who uses them is immune to the potential danger of falling off a ladder. The Guys have seen it all, from a misstep off a short, two-step kitchen ladder that led to a debilitating ankle injury ...

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 ...

Ladders come in a range of styles to suit any number of applications, but step ladders are most common for indoor use. These fold-out, A-frame ladders tend not to surpass 10 feet and typically have ...