Fire Poles Are Disappearing From Firehouse Landscape

April 30, 2007 Georgia - Hen the alarm bell rings, firefighters on the second floor of Macon's Monroe Street firehouse have only a few minutes to get downstairs, on a fire truck and to the burning structure. One by one they jump onto a brass pole, wrapping their legs around it and letting the pole slip through their hands as they drop to the ground. "It's all in your legs," said firefighter Ali Robertson as he slid down one afternoon last week. Fire poles are integral pieces of American firefighting ...