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Apr 2023
Harrogate Fire Station's aerial ladder platform shows its value in York
Harrogate Fire Station demonstrated the capabilities of its aerial ladder platform in an exercise at York Minster today.
The platform, which is the longest in North Yorkshire, was utilised on Saturday during a chimney fire at the Castle Inn in Knaresborough.
It was in action again today as part of a training exercise in which Harrogate firefighters were joined at the minster by crews from York, Huntington and Acomb.
According to North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service's Risk and Reward Model 2022-2025, which describes how fire resources will be deployed, the only other aerial ladder platforms in the county are based at Huntington, near York, and Scarborough.
However, the other two are only capable of extending 32 metres, whereas Harrogate's can reach 45 metres.
The platform can extend to 45 metres.
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