Rick Mosher details the reasoning for some departments to specify a high-side/low-side pumper that includes curbside access to ground ladders. As the engine company culture renaissance continues ...

The department staffs two pumpers, a rear-mount ladder truck and a utility. It has a long history of operating with well-designed apparatus, dating back to a 1974 FWD Seagrave pumper, which at one ...

The aluminum used in the ladder was made at Extrudex Aluminum in North Jackson. Fire Chief Don Hutchison described the truck as a standard pumper but with a 75-foot ladder. On Friday morning ...