Kansas City area fire apparatus

[e11ramfireman]

yeah but you can still that get them with the lower hand rails.

yes, you can get it either way.....based on what you order from Sutphen will determine wether its a ladder-tower or tower-ladder.  If you get only the escape ladder w/ the short grab rails or no grab rails at all it would be a tower-ladder.  If you got the full NFPA compliant ladder w/ railings it would then become a Ladder-Tower.  I thought the Aerialscope was offered with at one time if not still currently folding railings that when deployed would give the ladder a NFPA compliant rating as a ladder, if true I would imagine a scope w/ that option would now be classified as a Ladder-Tower