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    The Firehouse.com Ladders product category is a collection of information, product listings and resources for researching various fire service and firefighter ladders, including portable, ground and extension ladders, roof ladders with hooks, NFPA ladder compliance options.
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    The removal decision is difficult until the rescuer has hands on the victim and knows for certain that individual's size.
    Ladders

    Truck Tactics: Making Rescues Over Ladders

    Sean Eagen
    Jan. 9, 2023
    Sean Eagen reminds that a ladder rescue can be the best/only option for a successful rescue, not just as a result of VES.
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    Operations & Training

    PA Firefighters Execute Dangerous Rescue

    Jan. 3, 2023
    Wilkes-Barre crews needed one ground ladder to reach the porch and a second to reach the third-floor windows to save 5 people.
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    DC Firefighters Rescue Seniors from 8-Story Building

    Firehouse.com News
    Nov. 15, 2022
    DC Fire and EMS members could be seen at the Foggy Bottom-based residence helping the residents out of the windows and down ladders.
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    PA Man Escapes Commercial Fire

    Nov. 4, 2022
    A man escaped a burning building Thursday evening in Pittsburgh's Uptown neighborhood, not far from PPG Paints Arena.
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    Ladder rescues require coordination with outside teams, to ensure that a ladder is at the window by which you and the victim will exit if you didn’t enter the room through the window.
    Operations & Training

    Truck Tactics: Search With a Purpose

    Sean Eagen
    Sept. 12, 2022
    Sean Eagen recounts the Buffalo, NY, Fire Department's efforts to remove four victims from a residential fire to explain the keys to a truck company's approach to search.