Ladders are both seriously simple and seriously important, much like airplane wings and Beatles songs. Modern ladders are ...

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 ...

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 ...

Developed by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), this mobile app is designed to increase safety when using extension ladders. The interactive app features a multimodal ...

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 ...

During the past decade, there has been an increased emphasis on firefighter health and safety. This is probably most evident with the National Fallen Firefighter Foundation’s 16 Life Safety ...

Typically made of metal alloys, they come in 3 differing standards of construction, from lightweight domestic ladders, through to trade ladders and industrial ladders. Glass reinforced plastic and ...