“Get with Ladder 21, if you need to be in the bucket, put your eyes on whatever you need to see, determine if there’s a hazard where their apparatus is in position,” a chief advises.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A 20-year veteran of the Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department has died, the agency said in a release Saturday. Engineer Heath J. O’Shea was 44. O’Shea was assigned to ...

Captain Eric Prosswimmer with JFRD has been on the scene nearly non-stop since the blaze began Sunday night. Though, he said he did finally manage to get some sleep Monday night. According to JFRD ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office is responding to a reported crash involving a Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department ladder truck at N. Main Street and Tallulah Avenue. A ...

Five firefighters with Ladder 30 talked about the night their training was put into action saving a man who drove off the Dames Point Bridge.

Firefighters responded Monday to a fire at an apartment building in the San Jose area that was hit by lightning earlier this month, the Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department said.

The unit carries the following ladders: 35-foot extension, four 28-foot extension, four 24-foot extension, a 20-foot roof, three 16-foot roof and two 10-foot folding ladders for a total of 331 feet.