Fire engine with ladder Coloring Pages

Fire engine with ladder with a long ladder on top

Fire engine with ladder has on top of its truckA long laddercarrying aFire engine with ladderIt is.
Reach out the ladder to the high floors of apartments and buildings,They rescue people trapped high up,, and spray water on the fire from above.
The ladder is usually on top of the carFoldedIt is carried on top, and stretched up into the sky only when you use it.
The first coloring page shows a Fire engine with ladder with its ladder folded down.Front left viewThis is the view from .
The ladder is made of a frame that looks like connected triangles, and it reaches all the way over the driver's seat.
Because it is a very heavy vehicle, the rear tires are2 rowsis there.

At the end of the ladder, there is a basket for people to ride in

At the very top of the ladder,BasketIt has a basket called a "basket"!
In the 1st and 2nd sheets, this basket is the square box sticking out above the driver's seat.
A firefighter rides in the basket to reach high places, puts people who need help inside, and lowers them down to the ground.
Many baskets can carry about 3 to 5 people.
The basket has a hose to spray waterNozzleIt also has a ladder!
Some Fire engine with ladders have a water pipe attached along the ladder, which sends water right up to the nozzle.

The 30-meter class Fire engine with ladder is the most common!

The Fire engine with ladder can reach as high as "30-meter classFire engine with ladder40-meter class" is what people call it!
The most common ones are 30-meter class, which can reach theabout 10 floorsThey say it can reach up to
In towns with lots of tall apartment buildings and office blocks, 40-meter and 50-meter Fire engine with ladder trucks are used too.
The longest Fire engine with ladder in Japan isIt can reach over 50 meters!It can reach all the way up high!
On the other hand, in towns with narrow streets, smaller and easy-to-turn 10-meter or 15-meter class Fire engine with ladder models are also hard at work.

Outriggers that support the Fire engine with ladder

If you extend the long ladder, the truck tilts and looks like it will fall over.
So before Fire engine with ladder extends its ladder, it pushes out from both sides of its bodyOutriggers"Outriggers" extend their legs to stand firm and sturdy on the ground.
When you look at the 1st coloring page, you can see that under the truck body, there areRound feet tipsis drawn, isn't it?
It spreads out its outriggers, so a Fire engine with ladder needs a spot wider than the vehicle itself to park.

At the event venue, and in front of the apartment building

This second coloring page isEvent venueHere is the Fire engine with ladder stopped on the street.
A thick hose is wrapped around the side of the Fire engine with ladderLike a ringIt's wound around, isn't it?
Behind it, trees are lined up, and a car is parked on the left.
The 3rd one is,In front of the apartment building wallAnd then, one firefighter rides in the basket at the tip of the Fire engine with ladder,Shooting waterIt's a place where
The firefighter is wearing a helmet and standing inside the basket's handrail.
Square tiles line the wall, and you can also see windows and round vents.

Color the body and ladder separately

Real ladder trucks are usually painted the same red as other fire engines.
There are rules for the red on a fire engine, but you can color your coloring page any color you like!
If you color the frame of the ladder a different silver or gray from the body, you can easily tell where the ladder is.
The triangle frame is very detailed, so use a sharp colored pencil and leave some gaps while you color.

Make the basket stand out with bright colors

The landmark of a ladder truck is the basket at the tip of the ladder.
If you color the basket white or yellow, you can easily see where it is, even high up in the air!
On the second page, coloring the rolls of hose white or yellow makes them stand out next to the red body.
Color the tires black and the wheels silver, and do not forget to color the two rows of tires in the back.

On the third page, make the water look powerful

If you color the water on the third page light blue and leave the middle white, it will look like it is shooting out with lots of power!
Try using dark navy blue or orange for the firefighters' clothes, and silver or white for their helmets.
If you color the apartment building walls pale cream or gray, the basket in front will pop out.
Changing the colors of the tiles a little bit one by one makes it look like a real wall!

On the second page, create a bright event scene

On the second page, if you mix green and light green for the trees in the back, the leaves will look soft and fluffy.
If you color the car on the left a different color from the Fire engine with ladder, like blue or white, the red of the Fire engine with ladder will stand out even more!
Color the sky light blue, and your sunny day event space is complete!

A "bending Fire engine with ladder" that bends at the tip

Among the Fire engine with ladder types, there is one where only the tip of the ladder bends down.
We call this a bending Fire engine with ladder or an articulated Fire engine with ladder.
If the ladder is straight, power lines or trees might get in the way, so it cannot get close to the window.
If the tip bends, it can go over the things in the way and get the basket right next to the roof or window of a building.

The ladder can also stretch down at an angle

Some ladders can stretch not just up, but also down at an angle.
They can lower the basket from a bridge or riverbank to save people who cannot move in the river.
So it is great at rescues not only in high places, but in low places too.

A basket you can ride while in a wheelchair

Recently, there are also Fire engine with ladder types that have a big basket you can enter while staying in a wheelchair.
The entrance is wide, so people in wheelchairs can go down to the ground just as they are.
Compared to a crane truck that lifts big heavy things, a Fire engine with ladder is built with carrying people safely as its top priority.