Anchoring the boat is one of the most intimidating skills to learn for a boat operator. Securing a heavy boat with a rope, chain and anchor in strong current, heavy wind, and crushing waves presents ...

NEW YORK (WABC) -- Life-saving techniques and equipment are making a difference for the men and women who put their lives on the line to battle fires. A firefighter in Queens made a split-second ...

While working on a ladder company years ago, I was dispatched to a report of two window washers who had become trapped 16 stories up after their platform’s motor stalled, causing the platform to slant ...

We are now in the peak of the 2009 hurricane season. Do you have the correct mooring lines for your boat? Nylon, polyester, twisted, braided? Nylon's ability to stretch makes it an almost perfect ...