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TODAY WE'RE WORKING ON THROWING ONE OF OUR
NEW EXTENSION LADDERS SO IT'S A 45 FT 3 SECTION GROUND LADDER SO AS YOU CAN SEE IT'S GOT WE
CALL THEM STAY POLES THE POLES THAT COME OUT THE SIDE OF THE LADDER THAT HELP HOLD THE MIDSECTION
OR THE TOP DEPENDING ON HOW HIGH IT'S RAISED SO WE NEED TO HAVE PEOPLE MANNING THOSE AND
A LOT OF OUR FIRES HAPPEN WHEN STORMS COME THROUGH SO YOU COULD HAVE HIGH WINDS YOU COULD
HAVE RAIN AND SO IF WE'RE HAVING TO MOVE THIS LADDER WE NEED AS MUCH STABILITY UP TOP AS
WE CAN GET IT'S ACTUALLY A GREAT ADDITION TO OUR DEPARTMENT JUST BECAUSE OF SOME OF THE
BUILDING CONSTRUCTION THAT WE'VE HAD GROWING OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS A LOT OF OUR WE CALL
URBAN WRAP APARTMENT COMPLEXES THAT HAVE INTERIOR COURTYARDS A LOT OF BALCONIES ON THOSE INTERIOR
COURTYARDS AND THEY CAN GO ALL THE WAY UP TO LIKE FIVE STORIES IF SOMEONE GETS TRAPPED ON ONE OF
THOSE BALCONIES IT'S NOT AN EASY PLACE TO GET TO WE CAN'T TO GET A LADDER ACCESS TO IT FROM
THE TRUCK SO THOSE RESCUES ARE GOING TO BE MADE FROM UH GROUND LADDERS IT'S VERSATILE IN THOSE
AREAS WE CAN'T GET A FULL FIRE TRUCK TO
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.