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
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
“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
Another is patterned after the hook and ladder truck of the fire department.
From Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights by Miller, Kelly
