To understand the history of hook and ladder trucks, we must first understand the history of fire fighting, hooks and ladders. Of these, the ladders require little explanation, since their use is self-evident. read more
Saw a great old"hook and ladder" truck at a convention last year, all it carried were about a dozen ladders ground ladders, a pair of scaling ladders, and another dozen pike poles along with a folding safety trampolene and a few extinguishers. read more