How do you retract an aerial?

1. Can you move an aerial ladder while flowing water?
2. How do aerial ladders work?
3. What is aerial ops?
4. How is the force applied to the rails while the aerial device is under a load?
5. What is an elevated stream?
6. What is a tower ladder?
7. What is an aerial ladder truck?
8. What makes a truck a quint?
9. How tall is an aerial ladder?
10. How do you set up an aerial ladder?
11. What is the importance of ground ladder and aerial ladder in structural firefighting operation?
12. What is the minimum number of fire fighters required to carry a victim down an aerial ladder?
13. What is the minimum clearance an aerial apparatus must maintain around electrical wires?
14. When performing vertical ventilation using an aerial apparatus where is the optimum location for placement of the aerial device?

Can you move an aerial ladder while flowing water?

It is absolutely safe to assign firefighters to the tip of the ladder during aerial master stream operations. Most aerials are rated for 500 pounds while flowing water. It is also acceptable to raise lower and rotate while a firefighter is on the tip. Such operations will typically be slow movements.

How do aerial ladders work?

The ladder on the truck is raised and lowered using a hydraulic piston rod. As hydraulic fluid enters this piston rod through one of two hoses, the pressure of the fluid will either cause the rod to extend or retract. If the piston rod extends, the ladder will go up. If it retracts, the ladder will come down.

What is aerial ops?

A key point: These aerial devices are not only used for extinguishment purposes. They are used for access, rescue, ventilation and precautionary measures for firefighters operating out of the reach of ground ladders.

How is the force applied to the rails while the aerial device is under a load?

How is the force applied to the rails while the aerial is under a load? Compression to the bed sections and tension to the top section rails. What should the aerial operator insure prior to allowing people to climb the ladder? ... Whenever someone is climbing the aerial ladder, occupying the tip, or platform.

What is an elevated stream?

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What is a tower ladder?

Not all elevated platforms are the same. In fact, many firefighters confuse the terms “tower ladder” and “ladder tower.” To be clear, a ladder tower (photo 1) is an aerial device with side rails designed for safe climbing and which is attached to a platform or bucket. ... The ladder is there only for emergency escape.

What is an aerial ladder truck?

: a mechanically operated extensible ladder usually mounted on a fire truck.

What makes a truck a quint?

A quint is a motorized fire apparatus that has five features: a permanently mounted fire pump, an on-board water tank, an area for hose storage, an aerial/elevated platform with a permanently affixed waterway, and an ample supply of ground ladders (see Photo 1).

How tall is an aerial ladder?

That is why they are also called Ladder Trucks. The aerial ladder reaches 100 feet in the air! That is high enough to see over very tall trees and to reach up very tall buildings. Can you think of something that is 100 feet long?

How do you set up an aerial ladder?

When positioning an aerial ladder on a roof for rescue, the tip of the ladder should be extended 6 feet above the roof line, if possible. When positioning a platform or bucket on a roofline for rescue, the floor of it should be placed over the roof line overlapping it, or even with the roofline.

What is the importance of ground ladder and aerial ladder in structural firefighting operation?

It provides a stable work area for above-ground operations, whether they are fireground or non-fireground rescue operations. This is particularly important for long-duration operations. The platform provides a transport and storage area for tools needed to perform above-ground operations.

What is the minimum number of fire fighters required to carry a victim down an aerial ladder?

Know Your Ground Ladders

Although you will need several firefighters for 40- and 50-foot ladders, many techniques for 35-foot or shorter ladders require one or two firefighters.

What is the minimum clearance an aerial apparatus must maintain around electrical wires?

Maintain at least 10' clearance to overhead power lines. necessary to rotate nearly 360 degrees or bring the aerial to a nearly vertical position to clear obstructions. If your apparatus should become energized by overhead power lines, the first option is to move the aerial away from the wires.

When performing vertical ventilation using an aerial apparatus where is the optimum location for placement of the aerial device?

Position the floor of the bucket at roof level when performing vertical ventilation. If possible, aerial apparatus used for rescue should be placed at the corner of the building. This lets rescuers use the aerial device to reach victims on two sides of the building.