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In the United States, a tiller truck, also known as a tractor-drawn aerial (TDA [12]), tiller ladder, or hook-and-ladder truck, is a specialized turntable ladder mounted on a semi-trailer truck. Unlike a commercial semi, the trailer and tractor are permanently combined and special tools are required to separate them.
The Dublin Fire Brigade are unique in ordering the only Sabre turntable ladders on the Sabre HD (Heavy Duty) chassis, while the Sabre HD was also popular with the Singapore Civil Defence Force as a conventional fire engine. Sabres were also sold to fire brigades in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, [11] South Africa and the Netherlands. [12] [13]
A 32M turntable ladder from the London Fire Brigade. A turntable ladder is similar in appearance to a hydraulic platform, however with a primary difference of instead of having a caged platform the turntable ladder is simply a large telescopic ladder, which can still be used to effect rescues from tall structures and pump water.
This fire engine, used by the Toronto Fire Services, is an example of firefighting apparatus. A firefighting apparatus (North American English) [1] or firefighting appliance (UK English) [2] describes any vehicle that has been customized for use during firefighting operations.
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 ...
Turntable ladder, an extension ladder fitted to rotating platform on top of a fire truck. Vertically rising ladder, designed to climb high points and facilitate suspending at said high points. X-deck ladder, a US patented ladder design that is a combination ladder and scaffold. [3] [4] Ladder of a fire escape in New York
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Detroit, Michigan, has used Sutphen tower ladders from 1970 to recent times. [14] Camden, New Jersey, has a Sutphen tower ladder assigned to Ladder 1. [citation needed] Liverpool, New York, has recently taken delivery of twin SL 75 aerial ladders (Engines 2 and 3) as well as an SPH 100 aerial platform which serves as Truck 2. These apparatus ...