You are correct. Back when the KWs were in service, SFD staffed their ladders with 5, so 1 FF rode on each side of the trailer in those compartments. Initially they didn't have a door and were completely exposed.
On the mid mount KW/Maxims, three FFs stood directly behind the cab and hung on for dear life. I remember seeing one driving on the freeway when I was a kid and thinking about how dangerous that was, especially given that in the suburbs where I lived everybody had stopped riding like that years before.
On the mid mount KW/Maxims, three FFs stood directly behind the cab and hung on for dear life. I remember seeing one driving on the freeway when I was a kid and thinking about how dangerous that was, especially given that in the suburbs where I lived everybody had stopped riding like that years before.