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Examples of aerial ladder in a Sentence
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TikTok videos show car in building, firefighter jumping on it
Videos began circulating Thursday on social media that both showed a blue sedan trapped in the building and a firefighter dislodging the vehicle by jumping on it from an aerial ladder.
—USA TODAY, 5 Apr. 2024
The officials then deployed an aerial ladder to create a pulley system with a safety rope to rescue the tractor’s driver.
—Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 2 Mar. 2024
Firefighters used an aerial ladder and rigged up a pulley system and a safety rope for the driver.
—Cara Tabachnick, CBS News, 1 Mar. 2024
Firefighters from seven pumpers, two brush trucks and an aerial ladder truck were on scene battling the blaze shortly after 3 p.m., according to PulsePoint, an app that allows people to view calls firefighters and emergency medical services have responded to.
—Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 23 Feb. 2024
Crews set up an aerial ladder, secured the woman into a basket and safely removed her from the silo.
—Abigail Celaya, The Arizona Republic, 16 Aug. 2023
Crews battled the flames from multiple angles, shooting water from aerial ladder trucks and dousing the sides of the building with hoses.
—Adam Sennott, BostonGlobe.com, 3 June 2023
Firefighters found an adjacent warehouse was burning, found no one inside and used ladder pipes — aerial ladders with pre-piped waterways — to flow water on the building, the department said.
—Vonnai Phair, Anchorage Daily News, 23 Mar. 2023
Hose reel jets & aerial ladder platform in use.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 3 Mar. 2022
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Word History
First Known Use
1904, in the meaning defined above
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“Aerial ladder.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/aerial%20ladder. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
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