Brooklyn Heights firefighters practice climbing in windows

March 18, 2024 Mary Frost

Firefighters from Hook & Ladder Co. 118/Engine 205 and Engine 224 in Brooklyn Heights got together for some ladder practice on Saturday, March 16. Photo: Mary Frost, Brooklyn Eagle

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BROOKLYN HEIGHTS — Kids on scooters and passersby enjoying the sunny day stopped to watch as firefighters from two Brooklyn Heights firehouses — Hook & Ladder Co. 118/Engine 205 at 74 Middagh St., and Engine 224 at 274 Hicks St. — got together for some ladder practice on Saturday.

The smoke eaters practiced climbing a giant aerial ladder, lugging and positioning a heavy ground ladder, and entering a building by climbing through a second-story window from a ladder — not an easy feat.

Firefighters on the ground shouted words of encouragement to their comrade on the ladder. “Bend your right leg!” was one suggestion. Photo: Mary Frost, Brooklyn Eagle

“Do you want to climb up on the fire truck?” a firefighter from the Middagh Street firehouse asked a young boy, who was too shy to take him up on the offer.

“We practice every Saturday,” he told the Brooklyn Eagle.

In a typical Brooklyn move, a passing film crew noticed the firetrucks parked on Middagh Street and posed a sharply-dressed male model next to one of them for a quick fashion shoot.