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  2. Fire engine - Wikipedia

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    After World War II, turntable ladders were supplemented by the aerial work platform (sometimes called "cherry picker"), a platform or bucket attached onto a mechanically bending arm (or "snorkel") installed onto a fire truck. While these could not reach the height of similar turntable ladders, the platforms could extend into previously ...

  3. Sutphen - Wikipedia

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    The company produces mid-mount aerials as either a tower ladder platform (with a bucket/basket) or in a ladder tower form (no bucket) plus industrial application aerials today. On April 21, 2016, at FDIC International, the company debuted its first ever rear-mount aerial with the Sutphen SLR 75. The following year Sutphen previewed a 108-foot ...

  4. Glossary of firefighting equipment - Wikipedia

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    Aerial fire apparatus Fire truck, meeting National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) Standard 1901, Motor Fire Apparatus, Chapter 6 and Chapter 18, having a multi-section extending ladder, raised using power shifted from the truck's propulsion engine. May also carry other portable ladders and tools. Aerial ladder

  5. 50 firefighters tackle industrial unit blaze - AOL

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    Eight fire engines, two aerial ladder platforms and other specialised vehicles were involved in bringing the fire under control. It was put out by 03:30 GMT but police and fire crews remain on the ...

  6. Fire crews tackle building blaze - AOL

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    Five fire engines and an aerial ladder platform were called to the blaze at a property on Alice Street, off Lumb Lane in the north of the city, at 16:30 BST.

  7. Fire appliances in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    An aerial ladder platform from Surrey Fire and Rescue Service. An aerial ladder platform is designed to deploy an elevated master stream of water, or to provide a method of rescuing trapped persons, the 'knuckle' design of the arm of an aerial ladder platform means that it is very manoeuvrable for rescue situations.

  8. Firefighters tackle blaze at Toby Carvery - AOL

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    Crews from Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service were called to the Toby Carvery in Bishopstoke at about 3:45 GMT on Sunday. Six fire engines and an aerial ladder platform were at ...

  9. Quint (fire apparatus) - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

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