Examples of ladder truck in a Sentence
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Video provided by Sacramento firefighters showed personnel spraying water from ladder trucks to subdue the conflagration as the bare wooden skeleton continued to fall amid heavy flames.
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Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 26 Mar. 2024
Kelly has spent his entire 27-year career with the same South End ladder truck.
—Andrew Van Dam, Washington Post, 1 Mar. 2024
The ladder truck swerved but hit the rescue truck and then an embankment, leaving the driver of the ladder truck trapped for a short time, Feissner said.
—Pilar Arias, Fox News, 3 Mar. 2024
Several police and fire trucks, including a ladder truck, were damaged by debris, particularly flat tires from running over metal on the ground, Duncan said.
—Christina Hall, Detroit Free Press, 5 Mar. 2024
She was saved with the help of a rescue basket that was lowered into the hopper from a ladder truck, which was used almost as a crane.
—Dennis Romero, NBC News, 31 Jan. 2024
Firefighters used ladder trucks to reach them, securing each one before releasing their over-the-shoulder safety bars, the Crandon Fire Department said.
—Chicago Tribune, 6 July 2023
Emergency responders, including eight fire engines, three ladder trucks and a dozen ambulances, reported to the scene of the building collapse at W. Rickenbacker St. and Luke Street, officials said earlier in the evening.
—Danielle Jennings, ABC News, 31 Jan. 2024
However, the larger structure will provide additional room for ambulances and one of the department’s ladder trucks, with space to expand.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Dec. 2023
Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 26 Mar. 2024
Kelly has spent his entire 27-year career with the same South End ladder truck.
—Andrew Van Dam, Washington Post, 1 Mar. 2024
The ladder truck swerved but hit the rescue truck and then an embankment, leaving the driver of the ladder truck trapped for a short time, Feissner said.
—Pilar Arias, Fox News, 3 Mar. 2024
Several police and fire trucks, including a ladder truck, were damaged by debris, particularly flat tires from running over metal on the ground, Duncan said.
—Christina Hall, Detroit Free Press, 5 Mar. 2024
She was saved with the help of a rescue basket that was lowered into the hopper from a ladder truck, which was used almost as a crane.
—Dennis Romero, NBC News, 31 Jan. 2024
Firefighters used ladder trucks to reach them, securing each one before releasing their over-the-shoulder safety bars, the Crandon Fire Department said.
—Chicago Tribune, 6 July 2023
Emergency responders, including eight fire engines, three ladder trucks and a dozen ambulances, reported to the scene of the building collapse at W. Rickenbacker St. and Luke Street, officials said earlier in the evening.
—Danielle Jennings, ABC News, 31 Jan. 2024
However, the larger structure will provide additional room for ambulances and one of the department’s ladder trucks, with space to expand.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Dec. 2023
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“Ladder truck.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ladder%20truck. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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