Ladders are an integral part of what we do.  Almost every piece of apparatus has one or more ladders on it.  Do you throw ladders regularly on the fireground?  If not, do you throw them regularly on the training ground?  It takes repetition to build muscle memory for many of the tasks we perform.  Throwing and climbing ladders is no different.  Get outside in the wind, cold, and dark with your crew to throw, dance with, and climb ladders.

The trainees in the pictures and video in this post got a pretty heavy dose of ladders yesterday.  They quickly learned it takes work to perfect one of the many skills they will need on the fireground.  Turning out when the tone drops isn't just putting on a costume.  

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Ride along with FF Judy during a recent ladder maze at Ehove Fire Academy.  Video on the Fire Cam Mini HD.

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