Quote:Any idea what the ladder compliment is on the Topeka trucks?
As with most departments as the industry has pushed and the NFPA ladder complement has become more watered down. The current Trucks Carry a one three section 35ft, one two section 24 or 28ft (depends on year), two 16ft roof ladders, one 10ft folding ladder, and one folding A-Frame 8ft as A and 16ft straight. So around 117ft-121ft with the NFPA required Aerial ladder complement being 114ft. Some of the service trucks have replaced their Duo Safety or Alcolite A frame with a standard fiber glass A frame werner style ladder making the complement 109ft. I measured the Crimson and E\-One Truck bodies last time I was at TFD they are at sixteen feet long making them four feet too short for a two section 35ft ladder with a bedded length of twenty feet. The bedded three section 35ft is just over fifteen feet.
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Rick Mosher
Olathe, Kansas Fire Department
Engine Co. 4
Metro Kansas City, Missouri
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Rick Mosher
Olathe, Kansas Fire Department
Engine Co. 4
Metro Kansas City, Missouri