In Ireland, many structures have clay tile roofs, this creates a problem when you are trying position a roof ladder. Roof ladders hook over the peak of a roof and help distribute the weight of firefighters working on the roof.
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American roof ladder with hooks folded in. |
Ordinarily, a firefighter climbs a ground ladder to the edge of the roof, and slides the roof ladder up the roof until the hooks reach the peak.
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Placing roof ladder |
But if you attempt to slide a ladder up a clay tile roof it will catch on every tile. So the Irish carry roof ladders with this little innovation.
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Hook end of roof ladder sticking out from under storage container. |
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Hook folded down. |
As near as I can tell, vertical ventilation is not performed in Ireland, as they only ventilate after they have the fire knocked down. So I can’t imagine that their roof ladders get used much, but when they do, a clay tile roof won’t slow them down.
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