Bradford City Fire and Police departments staged a tricky rescue Monday evening when officers and firefighters were ...

STAR-ADVERTISER Friends of Haiku Stairs has brought an appeal in an attempt to prevent the removal of the World War II-era staircase, above, popularly known as the “Stairway to Heaven.” ...

He invented the first aerial ladder hoist, called the Dahill hoist, in 1902. Larry Roy, director of the New Bedford Fire Museum, said Dahill’s invention really made a difference when it came to ...

It reads, “Just how New Bedford’s newest piece of fire fighting equipment, the rebuilt ladder truck, will stand up when the pressure is on, is being demonstrated before Mayor Harriman in the presence ...

He invented the first aerial ladder hoist, called the Dahill hoist, in 1902. Larry Roy, director of the New Bedford Fire Museum, said Dahill’s invention really made a difference when it came to ...

Born in New Bedford in 1862, Edward F. Dahill joined the New Bedford Fire Department in 1888 when he was 26 years old. He served as chief of the department from 1904 to 1947. He left his job as ...

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The miners had just completed a 12-hour shift and had been stuck underground for 24 hours by the time rescuers arrived. “Miners are used to climbing 100 to 200 feet to another level, where they can ...

For the next 18 months, six Danish maritime pilots will be able to do their jobs without spending hours on a launch or climbing aboard a vessel using an often-questionable pilot ladder.

“If you asked a foreman for a ladder, they would say ‘go home.’” Over time, however, he got quite adept at scaling various structures and any acrophobia he might have had to begin with was gone. A few ...