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The patch of Ladder 119 in Brooklyn still has an image of their Sutphen. Syracuse, New York, has run an all Sutphen Fleet of Ladder trucks for 30+ years. The newest unit being at Truck 3 on the city's West Side. The current roster is 5. As of 2010, this will also include 3 engines with no aerial ladders also built by Sutphen. [citation needed]
The Laurel–Rex Fire Company House, consisting of the Laurel Fire Company's engine house and the Rex Hook & Ladder Company's truck house, is a historic fire station located in York City, York County, Pennsylvania. The oldest building, the Laurel engine house, was built in 1878, and is a two-story, brick building in the Italianate style.
Ferrara Fire Apparatus manufactures a wide variety of fire apparatus including the MVP Rescue Pumper, Custom Pumpers, Aerial Ladders, Aerial Platforms, Industrial Pumpers, Tankers, Rescue, and Wildland trucks. Ferrara's new Inundator Super Pumper is recognized as the world's largest capacity NFPA-rated fire engine.
A quintuple combination pumper or quint is a fire-fighting apparatus that serves the dual purpose of an engine and a ladder truck. “Quintuple” refers to the five functions that a quint provides: pump, water tank, fire hose, aerial device, and ground ladders. [1] Tillers and tractor-drawn aerials also have quint features, and are dubbed ...
2 Aerial Appliances: there are two aerial appliances for rescues and work at heights of up to 30 metres (98 ft). There are two in use with the service, the Aerial Ladder Platform (ALP) and the Combined Aerial Rescue Pump (CARP), which also doubles up as a normal fire engine. [9]
Seven people were killed in an explosion at the Gbetiokun oil field in southern Nigeria's Niger Delta region during the installation of a ladder on a platform, the state oil company said on Wednesday.
Seagrave Fire Apparatus LLC is an American fire apparatus manufacturer that specializes in pumper and rescue units, as well as aerial towers. In addition to manufacturing new equipment, they refurbish, repair and upgrade older Seagrave apparatus, including National Fire Protection Association updates to equipment. [ 1 ]
Aerial ladder A rotating, power-operated (usually hydraulically) ladder mounted on a self-propelled automotive fire apparatus. [1] Aerial ladder platform A hydraulic aerial device which combines an aerial ladder with a personal carrying platform supported at the end of a ladder. [1] Air monitoring meter