Ladder Use at Industrial Emergencies

This seemed like a good time to review the need for aerial apparatus at industrial fires. The focus here is the municipal aerial apparatus.
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This seemed like a good time to review the need for aerial apparatus at industrial fires. The focus here is the municipal aerial apparatus.
In FDNY manuals, there are techniques to use ladders to: bridge over alleyways (also used over excavations), to replace burnt-out stairs, and to bridge over fences (utilizing two ladders lashed together).
Aside from the obvious use of ladders for climbing, the use of ladders as a means of supporting a rope-based rescue system appears to have been born during the Second World War.
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