Sacramento Regional Fire Academy 24' Extension Ladder

[firemanstud1981]

The fly on a metal ladder should be out away from the building right? Thats something he did not do.

[Fire733]

To do it that way you would have to add another step & pivot the ladder or raise it with your back to the building. We also have an issue with the way our ladders come off the Engines in our department which adds a time costly and inefficient way of raising the ladder. So we raise them like this and have for many many years. We are still able to perform rescue operations with it in this position. But to your point, if we have a KNOWN rescue we do take that extra step and raise it "fly in".

[firemanstud1981]

Thats what we do but we are just a small department so I could be wrong. We extend the ladder and then turn it so the fly is out. I guess there was a lot of debate about it but not NFPA states on metal the fly should be out and wooden the fly should be in--from what I read anyways.

[88keysinarow]

textbook, thanks!