How to Use ladder truck in a Sentence

ladder truck

noun

• Eight ladder trucks were at the scene on the edge of the French Quarter.
  — Wilborn P. Nobles Iii, NOLA.com, 28 Dec. 2017
• The Simsbury ladder truck was the last truck in the parade.
  — David Owens, courant.com, 1 Dec. 2019
• Video shot by 10News showed a ladder truck putting water on top of the roof of the home.
  — Karen Kucher, sandiegouniontribune.com, 5 June 2018
• The height of one of the doors is being raised to 12 feet 4 inches so the ladder truck will fit.
  — Linda G. Kramer, cleveland.com, 9 May 2018
• Once the ladder truck went up, Wells said, the fire was contained in 15 minutes.
  — Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 24 Mar. 2021
• Crews used a ladder truck to douse the flames, which were shooting through the roof of the two-story building.
  — David Harris, OrlandoSentinel.com, 11 Apr. 2018
• Both the ladder truck and the semi sustained heavy damage.
  — Jennifer Edwards Baker, Cincinnati.com, 9 July 2019
• Sorensen said that is being pursued, though the value of the ladder truck at the time of the fire was still very low due to its age and amount of use.
  — Jennifer Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 4 Nov. 2019
• Varona, her husband, went to work on a ladder truck, putting water on hot spots in Wahikuli.
  — Jon Schuppe, NBC News, 19 Sep. 2023
• At one point, three ladder trucks poured water onto the place from above.
  — Robert A. Cronkleton and John Sleezer, kansascity, 20 Mar. 2018
• The next day the Taos Volunteer Fire Department removed the bear from the tree with a ladder truck.
  — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 29 Dec. 2021
• Those crews have about 13 fire engines and two ladder trucks, but they're all designed for on-road use.
  — CBS News, 11 Aug. 2023
• The new truck would replace one of the city’s existing two ladder trucks, which was purchased in 2000.
  — John Laidler, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Aug. 2019
• The most expensive line item in the plan is $1.6 million for a new ladder truck for the Fire Department.
  — Neal Earley, Arkansas Online, 27 July 2021
• And like many of the past two decades, the duck will be dropped from the Susquehanna Hose Company’s 102-foot ladder truck.
  — Randy McRoberts, baltimoresun.com, 24 Dec. 2020
• Fire Chief Chuck Fazekas said his department got the call about 12:30 a.m. and sent four ladder trucks to battle the spreading blaze.
  — Carole Carlson, Post-Tribune, 27 Mar. 2018
• About 15 miles north, a fire department ladder truck helped with a home rescue in Goshen.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 31 July 2021
• Firefighters went up a ladder truck to check the area to make sure no embers had set anything else on fire.
  — Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 June 2022
• The fire department has ordered a new ladder truck and plans to double in size, from two stations to four.
  — Alia Malik, San Antonio Express-News, 10 Mar. 2018
• At least 40 dogs were taken to the rooftop play area, where firefighters are bringing them down in the bucket attached to the ladder truck.
  — Carol Robinson | [e-mail], al, 12 Sep. 2022
• The fire department also didn't send the correct ladder truck, Nevin said.
  — Emma Keith, Detroit Free Press, 16 Sep. 2019
• Maybe when Jay Lyons was promoted to lieutenant, he'd be assigned to a ladder truck, Joe thought.
  — Sean Flynn, Esquire, 9 Mar. 2017
• Firefighters used a ladder truck to get closer to the flames that erupted from the explosion.
  — NBC News, 3 July 2019
• Police were able to block traffic in both directions, while Huntsville fire set up a ladder truck to pick up the raccoon.
  — William Thornton | [e-mail], al, 12 June 2022
• At midnight, the foam duck, strewn with hundreds of bright electric bulbs, will drop about 100 feet from the fire company’s ladder truck.
  — Jason Fontelieu, Baltimore Sun, 29 Dec. 2022
• The company sold every type of pumper, engine and ladder truck.
  — Washington Post, 3 Feb. 2022
• Firefighters then dumped water on the building from a ladder truck and worked to knock back the fire from the exterior of the building.
  — Zach Murdock, courant.com, 25 June 2019
• 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
• If not for the drone, Malterud said police likely would have had to contact the fire department for a ladder truck.
  — Kelsey Hammon, The Denver Post, 13 Oct. 2019
• Overhead power lines were also a concern, so a ladder truck was used to pour water from above the wires onto the fire.
  — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Apr. 2021

Last Updated: 28 May 2024