DCN: 4.06.08 FIREFIGHTING PROCEDURES VOLUME III, BOOK …

March 15, 1997 LADDER COMPANY OPERATIONS: TOWER LADDERS 3 1. INTRODUCTION 1.1 In the past, the New York Fire Department placed primary reliance on the use of aerial ladders as an exterior means of access to the upper floor of buildings. It also placed full reliance on metal aerials for developing elevated large caliber streams when water towers