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
The hook and ladder resulted in a touchdown.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 13, 2022
Hockinson used two trick plays — a hook and ladder and a wide-receiver pass — to make it a 10-point game.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 24, 2018
Alan Goldfarb Dear Diary: In high school in the ’50s, often I would look out the window and see a New York Fire Department hook and ladder truck drive by.
From New York Times • Mar. 8, 2010
The water supply is ample, the village being furnished with public cisterns and wells, and having an excellent fire department, with hook and ladder company.
From Fifty Years In The Northwest With An Introduction And Appendix Containing Reminiscences, Incidents And Notes by Folsom, William Henry Carman
