Fire Engines Photos

Note the hinged top section. This adds to the horizontal reach and provides some of the advantages of a platform with out the extra weight and complexity of designs which require articulated or telescopic booms.

Some European cities with older large multi-storey structures under 30 meters high really like these "bendable" ladders. They are especially useful if trees and/or parked vehicles mean the ladder has to stand off relatively far back from a structure.

Added by Rob Johnson on 06 April 2017.

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