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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.