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An Iveco turntable ladder used by the Romanian General Inspectorate for Emergency Situations. A turntable ladder (TL) is an aerial apparatus with a large ladder mounted on a pivot which resembles a turntable, giving it its name. The key functions of a turntable ladder are allowing access or egress of firefighters and fire victims at height ...
An early Magirus turntable ladder. Magirus was the son of a grocer and factory owner and pursued commercial studies in Naples. He later became director of the Ulm Gymnastic Society. In 1846, some of its members became Ulm's first official company of firefighters.
The turntable ladder type DL 52 manufactured by Metz, with a rescue height of over 50 meters, had a car that could be used as an elevator. [15] In the days after the Berlin Wall was built in 1961, the West Berlin Fire Brigade had to keep using its jumping blankets because people jumped from buildings on the demarcation line towards freedom in ...
60 firefighters tackled the blaze with eight fire crews (London Fire Brigade) ... “One of the Brigade’s 32-metre turntable ladders was used at the scene as a water tower to help fight the fire ...
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.
The firefighter who is on the nozzle attacking the fire. Plug Slang term for a fire hydrant. This survives from the days when water mains actually had holes in the tops that were plugged. Many firefighters want to keep this word while many others think it should be replaced with the accurate term, "hydrant". Pompier ladder
The first self-propelled steam-driven fire engine was built in New York in 1841. It was the target of sabotage by firefighters and its use was discontinued, and motorized fire engines did not become commonplace until the early 1900s. The dawn of the 20th Century brought about the age of the motorized fire apparatus.
Firefighters used a ladder to pull one unresponsive person from an east Wichita apartment building fire that injured four people early Friday morning, battalion chief Jose Ocadiz said.