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fire trucks [2]click to hear

Motor vehicles designed to transport fire-fighting personnel and materials and to supply water to the fire hose nozzles.
fire trucks [2] aerial ladder truck ladder pipe nozzle outrigger storage compartment top ladder Mars light tower ladder telescopic boom turntable mounting elevating cylinder spotlight

aerial ladder truck click to hear

Motor vehicle equipped with a tower ladder, which is used to fight a fire from above and access the upper reaches of a building from the outside.

ladder pipe nozzle click to hear

Device mounted on the end of the telescopic boom; it forms and directs a water jet onto a fire or onto the upper reaches of a building.

outrigger click to hear

Device that stabilizes the vehicle when the ladders are deployed.

storage compartment click to hear

Compartment used to store fire-fighting material.

top ladder click to hear

Sliding ladder that makes up the highest part of the tower ladder.

Mars light click to hear

Revolving light on the roof of the moving vehicle; it is used when an operation is in progress.

tower ladder click to hear

Set of extension ladders for changing the height of the tower ladder.

telescopic boom click to hear

Extensible device that raises the sliding ladders of the tower ladder to the desired height.

turntable mounting click to hear

Pivoting device that supports and positions the tower ladder.

elevating cylinder click to hear

Device that raises the tower ladder and keeps it stable.

spotlight click to hear

Device that emits a concentrated high-intensity light beam; it can be fully rotated.