Definition of hook-and-ladder truck in US English:
hook-and-ladder truck
noun
A fire engine that carries extension ladders and other firefighting and rescue equipment.
Example sentencesExamples
In 1913 the company moved into a new facility in Woodstock, Ontario where it continued to produce hook-and-ladder trucks and chemical wagons ‘ideally suited to small municipalities’.
D.C. firefighters typically respond to a building fire with 37 firefighters, five engines, two hook-and-ladder trucks and a heavy-duty rescue squad.
In full-dress uniform, they met the procession on Washington Place near Main Avenue, where a series of cars and fire engines passed under a giant American flag hoisted by two hook-and-ladder trucks.
From hook-and-ladder trucks to water-pumping trucks to the fire chief's car, children have the run of every kind of fire vehicle imaginable.
Four hook-and-ladder trucks and one fire rescue vehicle were on the scene.
About five minutes later, a hook-and-ladder truck arrived at the hospital and extended its ladder up to a third floor open window.
Hundreds gathered across the street behind a police line as firefighters atop hook-and-ladder trucks doused water on the roof of the building.
Definition of hook-and-ladder truck in US English:
hook-and-ladder truck
noun
A fire engine that carries extension ladders and other firefighting and rescue equipment.
Example sentencesExamples
From hook-and-ladder trucks to water-pumping trucks to the fire chief's car, children have the run of every kind of fire vehicle imaginable.
Hundreds gathered across the street behind a police line as firefighters atop hook-and-ladder trucks doused water on the roof of the building.
About five minutes later, a hook-and-ladder truck arrived at the hospital and extended its ladder up to a third floor open window.
Four hook-and-ladder trucks and one fire rescue vehicle were on the scene.
D.C. firefighters typically respond to a building fire with 37 firefighters, five engines, two hook-and-ladder trucks and a heavy-duty rescue squad.
In full-dress uniform, they met the procession on Washington Place near Main Avenue, where a series of cars and fire engines passed under a giant American flag hoisted by two hook-and-ladder trucks.
In 1913 the company moved into a new facility in Woodstock, Ontario where it continued to produce hook-and-ladder trucks and chemical wagons ‘ideally suited to small municipalities’.