Even the brass fire pole, a spring-loaded, OSHA-approved number, is "not your grandfather's fire pole," said John White, assistant fire chief of the Arlington County Fire Department.

ROCK ISLAND ARSENAL — Gone are the draft horses pulling fire engines. But the highly polished brass fire pole remains in use at the Rock Island Arsenal’s Fire Department.

It sprouts from the concrete floor in the narrow space between two trucks, rising 18 feet high -- the only one of its kind in Richmond: The last fire pole. The shiny brass cylinder ends in the ...

CLEAR LAKE | The new Clear Lake Fire Department rescue boat will be unveiled and christened at 6 p.m. June 18 at Fire Headquarters, 711 Second Ave. N.