Chapter 11 Key notes

Question 1

What is an Aerial ladder?

Answer 1

An Aerial ladder is a self supporting, turntable mounted, power-operated ladder

Question 2

What is a Bangor ladder?

Answer 2

A ladder equipped with tormentor poles, or staypoles, that stabilize the ladder during raising and lower operations

Question 3

What is the Base (bed) section?

Answer 3

The lowest or widest section of an extension ladder

Question 4

What is a Beam?

Answer 4

A beam is the main structural side of a ground ladder

Question 5

What is a Beam raise?

Answer 5

A ladder raise used to raise a ladder perpendicular to a building

Question 6

What is a Butt?

Answer 6

The end of the beam that is placed on the ground, or other lower support surface, when ground ladders are in the raised position

Question 7

What is a Butt plate?

Answer 7

An alternative to a simple butt spur; a swiveling plate with both a spur and a cleat or pad that is attached to the butt of the ladder

Question 8

What are Butt spurs?

Answer 8

Butt spurs are the component of ground ladders supper that remains in contact with the lower support surface to reduce slipping

Question 9

What is a Chassis?

Answer 9

it is the basic operating motor vehicle, including the engine, frame, and other essential structural and mechanical parts

Question 10

What is a combination ladder?

Answer 10

It is a ground ladder that is capable of being used both as a stepladder and as a single or extension ladder

Question 11

What is a elevated platform?

Answer 11

It is an apparatus that includes a passenger-carrying platform (bucket) attached to the tip of a boom or ladder

Question 12

What is an extension ladder?

Answer 12

A non-self-supporting ground ladder that consists of two or more sections travelling in guides, brackets, or the equivalent arranged so as to allow length adjustment

Question 13

What is the Fire department Ground ladder?

Answer 13

Any portable ladder specifically designed for fire department use in rescue, firefighting operations, or training

Question 14

What is a flat raise (rung raise)?

Answer 14

It is a ladder raise used to position a ladder parallel to a building. also called a rung raise

Question 15

What is a fly section?

Answer 15

Any section of an aerial telescoping device beyond the base section. this definition applies to aerial ladder devices and ground ladders

Question 16

What is a folding ladder?

Answer 16

A single-section ladder with rungs that can be folded or moved to allow the beams to be brought into a position touching or nearly touching each other

Question 17

What is a Fresno ladder?

Answer 17

It is a narrow, two section extension ladder that has no halyard. Because of it limited length is can be extended manually

Question 18

What are guides?

Answer 18

They are strips of metal or wood that serve to guide a fly section during extension.

Question 19

What is a Halyard?

Answer 19

It is rope used on extension ladders for the purpose or raising a fly section

Question 20

What is a heat sensor label?

Answer 20

A label that changes color at a preset temperature to indicate a specific amount of heat

Question 21

What is a I-beam?

Answer 21

It is a ladder beam constructed of one continuous piece of I-shaped metal or fiberglass to which the rungs are attached

Question 22

What is a ladder A-frame?

Answer 22

It is a A-shaped structure formed with two ladder sections

Question 23

What is a ladder belt?

Answer 23

A ladder belt is a compliant equipment item that is intended for use as a positioning device for a person on a ladder

Question 24

What are pawls?

Answer 24

Devices attached to fly section to engage ladders rungs near the beams of the section below for the purpose of anchoring the fly sections. Also called locks or dogs

Question 25

What are protection plates?

Answer 25

They are reinforcing material placed on a ladder at chafing and contact points to prevent damage from friction and contact with other surfaces

Question 26

What is a pulley?

Answer 26

It is a device with a free-turning, grooved metal wheel (sheave) used to reduce rope friction

Question 27

What is a rail?

Answer 27

The top or bottom piece of a trussed beam assembly used in the construction of a trussed ladder

Question 28

What are roof hooks?

Answer 28

The spring loaded, retractable, curved metal pieces that allow the tip of a rood ladder to be secured to the peak of a pitched roof

Question 29

What is a roof ladder?

Answer 29

It is a single ladder equipped with hooks at the top of the ladder

Question 30

What are rungs?

Answer 30

The ladder crosspieces, on which a person steps while ascending or descending

Question 31

What is a solid beam?

Answer 31

It is a ladder beam constructed of a solid rectangular piece of material(typically wood), to which the ladder rungs are attached

Question 32

What are staypoles?

Answer 32

Poles attached to each beam of the base section of extension ladders, which assist in raising ladder and help provide stability of the raised ladder

Question 33

What is a Stop?

Answer 33

A piece of material that prevents fly sections of a ladder from becoming overextended, leading to collapse of ladder

Question 34

What is tie rod?

Answer 34

A metal rod that runs from one beam of the ladder to the other to keep the beams from separating

Question 35

What is the tip?

Answer 35

The very top of the ladder

Question 36

What is truss block?

Answer 36

A piece of wood or metal that ties the two rails of a trussed beam ladder together and serves as the attachment point for the rungs

Question 37

What are trussed beams?

Answer 37

They are a ladder beam constructed of top and bottom rails joined by truss blocks that tie the rails together and support the rungs