Seattle reportedly banned poles in new fire stations after a 2003 accident in which a firefighter fell 18 feet through the hole around a pole in the night, suffering multiple injuries.

Garrett shows ciLiving host, Jaclyn Friedlander what is being cooked in the kitchen and Austin Saathoff shows how to slide down the pole at the station What’s it really like to live at a fire ...

NEW YORK -- Two teenagers escaped a deadly fire on the fourth floor of a New York City apartment by climbing out of the window and sliding down an exterior pole. Video shows the 18-year-old woman ...

Children touring the Mattoon Fire Department often ask firefighters why they don't have a sliding pole in the fire station. The old pole was stored across the street in the fire annex building ...

VIENNA (AP) — The fireman's pole is history – at least in Vienna. Firefighter spokesman Lukas Schauer says the last pole in the Austrian capital was removed recently, marking the end of a ...

A pickup truck crashed into a pole in Monroe because of serious black ice conditions Tuesday night, fire officials said. The Stepney Fire Department said they responded to Pepper Street after ...