Kansas City area fire apparatus

[e11ramfireman]

On the Sutphen SP and SPH series...the ladders are attached to the boom. The only different is low or high rail (referring to the railings).

Your right, I thought you had the option at one time of no railing at all, basically the short railing is equivalent to a "grab handle."  But its the high or low rail that determines wether the ladder is NFPA compliant as a ladder or wether it is just recognized as an escape ladder which would determine is it a ladder tower or tower ladder.  Full Railing=NFPA ladder compliance=Ladder Tower  VS.  Short Railing=escape ladder recognition by NFPA only=Tower Ladder

 

 

 

<p style="margin-left:0px;">also in the tower ladder family would be the Bronto Skylift, Rosenbauer/Metz t-rex, and Spartan ERV's Telestar by definition as stated above? corrections welcomed

Some would argue articulated platform, seems like its a gray area and could be argued either way.