Good Question: Why Does SFFD Still Use Wooden Ladders?
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS 5) -- Wood seems like the last thing a firefighter would bring to a fire. But in San Francisco, that's not the case. In this Good Question: Why does the San Francisco Fire Department still use wooden ladders?
ANSWER: According to Michael Braun, the foreman of the SFFD ladder shop, modern aluminum ladders can't be used in SF because of the many overhead electrical wires.
Each ladder is custom made in different sizes and applications and some date back more than 100 years.
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