fire ladder

Emergency climbing escape

A fire ladder is a ladder used by firefighters for rescue or access during emergencies, typically mounted on a fire truck or designed to extend to upper floors of buildings.

The term also applies to fixed external ladders on buildings intended as emergency escape routes: The apartment building had a fire ladder on the back wall.

Related

climb · rungs · extension · aerial · hook · blaze · smoke · smoke inhalation · emergency · hose · helmet · station · apparatus · rooftop · escape · burning building · window · aluminum

Categories
Opposites
direction of movement

fire ladderfire escape

Outdoor emergency exit route

escape chute · evacuation slide · fire pole

emergency function

fire ladderfire extinguisher

Portable flame suppression device

fire hose · sprinkler system · fire blanket

structure type

fire ladderstairwell

Enclosed vertical passage for stairs

elevator · escalator · lift

Family

fire, ladder, fires, fired, firing, fiery, fireman, fireplace, firework

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G