In my September 2022 column, “Search With a Purpose,” the fire that served to provide context to the discussion spurred some great ladder rescue conversation. Rescues over ladders are something that ...

City of Santa Cruz Fire Department Marine Division Capt. David Bodine heads back down the 100-foot ladder from the department’s Pierce tiller truck on Tuesday as he and engineer Clayton Powell, right, ...

Rapid intervention team (RIT) assignments are a vital part of fireground operations. An attentive and proactive RIT should focus on all aspects of fireground activities that can lead to its activation ...

PORT TOWNSEND — If the upper floors of downtown’s Mount Baker Block or the Port Townsend Paper Corp. mill were to catch fire, East Jefferson Fire Rescue has the rig to attack from on high. A new ...