Ground Ladder Compliment

[Aaronw]

I would take option b personally. Also, I know the 14' folding ladder is NFPA required, but I would attempt to drop it if it's feasible. On one of the towers I work off of, it takes a full depth bay that could have had another 24 or 28. It's just not that useful and a Little Giant can do everything a fresno can do and more while taking up far less room (it's not fire service "rated" however.)

I know I'm a little late to the party but...


I'm a big fan of the Little Giants. I am amazed that it isn't a more common fire service ladder, it is much more useful than the small extension ladders (what I know of as a Fresno or Mini Bangor) or the collapsing attic ladder. I think the ladder makers are missing the boat by not making a fire service rated Little Giant style ladder. At a past department we carried one over the hose bed of the engine and it saw far more use than any of our "fire service ladders".


NFPA 1901 no longer lists specific ladders, only the total combined length. There shouldn't be any issue dropping one of the smaller ladders as long as the combined length adds up. They won't include the length of the Little Giant in the complement, but minimum complements are so low these days that I can't imagine many departments actually run into issues of not meeting them.