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This unusual ladder is the successor to a manual 18 metre wheeled ladder of the type pictured in picture 44822. The city of Colmar had their older ladder on a Renault Galion chassis, and kept it in service long after these had disappeared from most French fire stations. I suspect the brigade found it to be uniquely useful in some of the city’s more ancient quarters, where it was not feasible to deploy a compact TL, so when it finally became impossible to continue with it, it was replaced by this updated 18 meter ladder design.

As far as I know, it is now a unique appliance, although Colmar may have been joined by some additional fire services with one or more other ladders like theirs.

Added by Rob Johnson on 06 March 2024.

Sorry! The older type ladder is in picture 44821

Added by Rob Johnson on 06 March 2024.

Just an update, to add that there are a few of these 18 metre ladders still in use in various places, but they are now far from commonplace - as a lot of French pumpers now carry 15 meter light alloy ground ladders, and compact turntable ladders are a lot more common than they used to be.

Added by Rob Johnson on 07 March 2024.

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