How to Use aerial ladder in a Sentence

aerial ladder

noun

• The Portland Fire Bureau released photographs of the battle against the blaze from the top of aerial ladder trucks called to the scene.
  — oregonlive, 7 Aug. 2022
• Video shows a fire crew using an aerial ladder truck to reach the victims and secure the car from moving.
  — Chris Pandolfo, Fox News, 23 Nov. 2022
• Firefighters used an aerial ladder to meet the man midair and lower him to safety.
  — Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2020
• Plano Fire-Rescue will receive two pumper fire trucks and an aerial ladder truck to replace old trucks.
  — Teri Webster, Dallas News, 21 June 2022
• Fitzgerald said an engine pump and an aerial ladder were back in full service June 6.
  — Cathy Kozlowicz, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 7 June 2019
• Two aerial ladder trucks were placed at each corner to douse flames from above as other trucks arrived to pump water.
  — Meg Jones, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 16 May 2018
• For most of his life, Kris kept a photo of himself as a young man at the fire academy, perched atop an aerial ladder looking upward.
  — cleveland, 23 Nov. 2022
• After the fire was rapidly spreading, a truck company used an aerial ladder for a stream of water to knock the main body of the fire down, according to the release.
  — Megan Jones, chicagotribune.com, 7 Oct. 2020
• Four victims had fallen from the wall and one was lifted via aerial ladder by responders.
  — City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Dec. 2021
• Using a truck with an aerial ladder and a rope and harness system, firefighters extricated the man and lowered him to the ground, where he was pronounced dead at 12:45 p.m.
  — Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2022
• Within the first ten or twelve minutes, the Andover Fire Department—three engines, one aerial ladder, and two ambulances—has run out of resources.
  — Nathaniel Penn, Popular Mechanics, 3 June 2019
• Firefighters strapped the worker to a portable stretcher device before using the aerial ladder to safely remove him from the yacht, Kane said.
  — Wayne K. Roustan, sun-sentinel.com, 17 June 2019
• Rescue crews deployed both ground and aerial ladders to rescue residents.
  — Fox News, 8 Mar. 2020
• Soon, an aerial ladder truck – along with more than 20 firefighters from multiple stations – arrived.
  — oregonlive, 4 Mar. 2023
• Crews then opted for a different tool — an aerial ladder — which allowed rescuers to properly position themselves over the hole.
  — Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 11 Jan. 2023
• Two people from one vehicle were able to climb out before the hole grew larger, and passengers of the other vehicle were rescued by about 50 firefighters using a high-angle rope and an aerial ladder.
  — Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, 13 Jan. 2023
• Authorities said two people escaped by themselves and firefighters used ropes and an aerial ladder to rescue two others who had minor injuries.
  — John Bacon, USA TODAY, 10 Jan. 2023
• During his tenure, Cook has modernized the department's equipment and fleet by purchasing a new engine, an aerial ladder truck and extrication tools.
  — Segann March, The Enquirer, 9 Sep. 2020
• After suffering a terrifying mishap on the aerial ladder in the middle of a rescue an Mouch (Christian Stolte), an experienced firefighter, starts second guessing his abilities.
  — Los Angeles Times, 5 Jan. 2021

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024