ladder truck
Firefighting rescue vehicle
A ladder truck is a fire engine equipped with an extendable aerial ladder, used for reaching upper floors of buildings, rescuing people from heights, and directing water onto fires from above.
Distinguished from pumper trucks, which focus on water supply rather than elevated access: The ladder truck extended to the fifth floor.
- fire hoseFlexible water conduit for emergencies
- outriggersSide-mounted stabilizing extensions
- quintGroup of five
- firefighterEmergency blaze responder
- first respondersPersonnel arriving at emergencies initially
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ladder truckpumper
Truck carrying water hoses
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