Please correct me if im wrong guys, but I don't ever recall seeing a CFD firefighter on the tip while flowing water. If I recall right, they still use the ropes to control the fly pipe. CFD uses their "truck" for climbing and rescues. Tower Ladders are more so used for the elevated master streams, not the trucks (not saying they dont use them like that, but towers asre used first in that manner).
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