Most of us use ladders either at home or at work and don’t give a second thought to the life saving potential of a set of ladders. This fact is of course known all too well by the fire brigade who use ladders on a daily basis as part of their job.
Being trained to use ladders properly is now a requirement in most industry sectors and the fire brigade take their ladder training sessions very seriously. They learn what ladder to use and how to use it in the most difficult of situations.
One lucky cocker spaniel now knows all too well the many uses of ladders after falling into a frozen pond near Kilmarnock in Scotland a couple of weeks ago. It took 17 firefighters and an extremely long extension ladder to rescue the chilly mutt after he fell into the pond whilst running playfully on the ice. His owners were all too aware of the dangers of frozen ponds so called the fire brigade who used the ladder to spread the weight across the ice and managed to pull the distressed dog free.
The dog is now recovering after his ordeal which once again proves that ladders are not just used to reach heights, they are used for rescuing lives too.
