hook and ladder

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Known internally as 200 Series engines, they are identical to other engines and placed around the city, usually paired with hook and ladder trucks, which do not carry water.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 14, 2025

I was trying to get some sleep, and that’s when they did the hook and ladder and the statue.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 31, 2018

He couldn’t find the play card for the hook and ladder, one of a handful of strategies at the end of a playoff game against New Orleans last season.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 10, 2018

“I want a drum and a hook and ladder with an extentionisting ladder on it,” read the letter.

From New York Times • Dec. 21, 2015

I hear the gong of the engines as the procession moves along—the hook and ladder company, the Tigers and the Deluge company, all decorated with flowers, flags and evergreens.

From Some Reminiscences of old Victoria by Fawcett, Edgar