The Integrity Commission and the Auditor General’s office have launched probes into the purchase of 20 wooden ladders for $999,000 for the Trinidad and Tobago Fire Service (TTFS) which initially could ...

Springtime is prime time for projects around the house, and some of them involve the use of a ladder of one kind or another.But as any do-it-yourselfer can tell you, a lapse in basic ladder safety ...

National Security Minister Fitzgerald Hinds has distanced himself from the $1 million purchase of 20 unusable wooden ladders for the Fire Service and has called for a “thorough investigation” into the ...

The San Francisco Fire Department is the last in the nation to make and maintain its own wooden ladders. "There aren't too many people that can say they make ladders for a living, especially wooden ...

Stairways and ladders are a major source of injuries and fatalities among construction workers. OSHA estimates each year nearly 25,000 employees are injured and 36 die from the improper use of ladders ...

Reporting from San Francisco -- Jerry Lee ran his battered hand along the side beam of a 35-foot extension ladder. This particular workhorse of the San Francisco Fire Department — from Truck 5, ...

With the skilled hands of a craftsman, Qing Du feels the side rail of a San Francisco Fire Department ladder, searching for stress points. In a tradition that dates back to World War I, Du custom ...

With the skilled hands of a craftsman, Qing Du feels the side rail of a San Francisco Fire Department ladder, searching for stress points. In a tradition that dates back to World War I, Du custom ...