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Aerial ladders typically were painted gray, which provided some contrast against the sky and which was claimed to be reasonably easy to maintain and keep clean. The Chelsea Hook and Ladder Company of Nyack, NY, once operated with this 1955 American LaFrance 100-foot tractor-drawn aerial ladder.
Tom Shand and Michael Wilbur urge apparatus committees to think twice about specifying atypical paint colors and graphics.
Sept. 5, 2022