Key Terms

Bedded Position — Extension ladder with the fly section(s) fully retracted.

Belay — A climber’s term for a safety line.

Fascia — Flat horizontal or vertical board located at the outer face of a cornice or a broad flat surface over a storefront or below a cornice.

Heat Sensor Label — Label affixed to the ladder beam near the tip to provide a warning that the ladder has been subjected to excessive heat.

Maintenance — Keeping equipment or apparatus in a state of usefulness or readiness.

Parapet —Portion of the exterior walls of a building that extends above the roof. A low wall at the edge of a roof.

Pole Ladder — Large extension ladder that requires tormentor poles to steady the ladder as it is raised and lowered.

Pompier Ladder — Scaling ladder with a single beam and a large curved metal hook that can be put over windowsills for climbing.

Repair — To restore or put together that which has become inoperable or out of place.

Rope Hose Tool — Piece of rope spliced to form a loop through the eye of a metal hook; used to secure hose to ladders or other objects.

Smoke Ejector — Gasoline, electrically, or hydraulically driven blower (ducted fan) device used primarily to expel (eject) smoke from burning buildings although it is sometimes used to blow fresh air into a building to assist in purging smoke or other contaminants. They may be used in conjunction with a flexible duct.