With another summer season almost over, firefighters’ struggle to access high-rise buildings continued as the officials of Ludhiana Smart City Limited could not kick off the tender process for the ...

The decision to allot an old hydraulic ladder to Panchkula fire department has created anxiety among fire officials.According to them, it might need repair or else could fail a fire operation.

A 51-year-old man from Orange died Wednesday when a hydraulic ladder he was using to change fluorescent light bulbs in a Whittier motel sign collapsed, authorities said. Mike Willis was replacing the ...

A network of waterpipes had to be laid to reach the burning fifth floor of the building, which is a cumbersome and time-consuming process. Despite fire incidents being reported at high rise buildings, ...

A 20-year-old youth sustained injuries on his spine, face and limbs when the hydraulic ladder on which he was perched, to clean lamps on the medians of Grand Southern Trunk Road in Tambaram, collapsed ...

Better sorry than safe, swear our fire mandarins as they consciously ignore a glaring chink in the state’s blaze armour. The lone hydraulic ladder, which was procured from Finland in 2006 for Rs 4.52 ...

Aman Sharma, deputy director of fire services, said the hydraulic machines were not used since the hospital building was not tall enough. The rescue operation following a fire at Noida’s Metro ...