see many of them don't have counter balance ladders, they have drop ladders and accordians and all that. this is an excellent type of ladder. you can see from the end of counter balance ladder, there's a chain. if you follow the chain up. it goes up to a pulley and down the other side to a weight. can you see that? the big weight is the counter balance weight and the code prescribes how many force it will take to operate that counter balance. >> is there a maximum height? >> yes. there's a maximum and minimum. >> it's in the handout >> ladder xdto the ground. on page 6, 2.7. a permanent, 50 pounds. 150 pounds 1 quarter of the way will start to swing slowly down. and no fire escapes will be less than 14 feet above the sidewalk. when any part falls away, it has to be 14 feet. >> the top ladder too, that's a straight ladder. that's for fire department use. that's not for somebody fleeing a fire. you are supposed to come down. we use these things as a second way to get up. we like this, because we can run up those things. we don't have to go in the building. the stamp pipes are on there. or

they are pole ladders and they open up into a vertical ladder, their product lists doesn't require awe made a decision that is not even close to provide equivalency to a stairway. how many people. >> yeah, we have a question over here >> what year was this law changes and fire escapes required >> the question was, at who point was the regulations change from allowing fire escapes to second stairs? >> that would be under the fire departments jurisdiction. >> it was actually within the last 10 to 15 years. i started 12 or 11 years ago and there was improvement plans with fire escapes. it came from the state. state farm was the one that came out and said, no no ones. >> yeah. so it's pretty recent. i can remember. i'm not that old. >> you're not. you are a young guy. so we have balconies, i handed out to you a whole set of technical standards. we will not go through that unless you have questions. if you are watching this and you want a copy, call us, our number is 558-6025. we have the ladders that connect to the next balcony, those are regulated under the local, administrative bulleti

at that point, they have a ladder belt that they tie into one of the rungs on the aerial ladder. on the aerial, stop and lock in. [ metal clinking ] leaning back, able to understand that they can trust the belt, they can trust the ladder, because they need their hands free to actually do work while they're up there. >> after raising their hands to show that they've correctly attached the safety belt to the ladder, they unhook and continue to the window. these junior firefighters are practicing what's called a minuteman load. >> a minuteman load is a hose line that you can pull off a truck very quickly in case you need to put water on the fire as soon as you get off the truck. >> but there's another reason for the minuteman load. budget cuts and a shortage of volunteers have left many fire departments understaffed. >> in our diminishing ranks, if you will, of volunteer and career firefighters, it's very important to accomplish many tasks at the same time. so, it allows one firefighter to bring the entire hose load from the truck directly to the fire rather than having multiple peo

russo is waiting on the ladder and helped dennis. >> dennis was wedge between the ladder and the kayak he was be the a giant guy so i could lift him up and get him to safety. >> i was pretty exhausted. i knew that there wasn't much more that i could do, but i was also, at that point, had been prepared to if somebody threw me a rope, i would have gone back and tide it on to sue lina. >> dennis and claudia are safe. suelina is still trapped inside the tunnel. but she is not alone. >> i'm going to send you a life jacket. >> jake king is the first firefighter to arrive at the bridge after the 911 call before the camera starts to record. he hears the desperate cries for help and decides he can't wait for more firefighters to come. >> so i jumped in the water and i was sucked into the culvert. but i did get inside. >> suelina relies on her yoga training to remain calm but realizes she may not survive. >> at a certain point i guess kind of an unconscious prayer. just said, you know, if you have to take me, i'll go. so i was kind of really ready when literally at about that time, you know, thi

. >> basically when you are using a ladder out there, make sure you keep the ladder 10 feet away from wires. make sure the ladder is secure, that it's on stable ground, that it's even. if it's on a hill, we really don't want you to use it on a hill, but if it's on a hill, make sure it's shimmieed with something stable. make sure it's at the right angle, we suggest 70 degrees. if you stick your hand on a rung, the angle of the ladder is about the right angle there. never let go of the ladder. stand in the center, climb straight up. if you climb on the edges of the rung, the ladder will go this way. look up so you know where you are going and you can see where you're going to climb. walk vertically. don't step off to the side of the ladder. kind of common sense. make sure you read chapter 7 through the . >> this class is managing a disaster. what happens and how do we fit in? emergency operation plan, everything is going to go through the mayor. you have the office of emergency services, everything is supposed to come together over on turk street. that's where the ham radio base station

(climbing ladder)"i cant even thinking about it.. i cant let myself think about it"sally says this is a key sales time with homecoming around the corner. (on ladder hanging clothes)"shopping starts in august.. or even july.. " businesses aae now assessing how much the crisis will cost them:(sally tennant- owner discoveries)"how much i could lose could be mega thousands i dont know it depends on how long this all takes."(ladder nats)at great panes :(hanging sign)"well were open for business.. " and so is country crafters. (very wide)"i could lose up to a thousand dollars a day"but thhre are no customers right now.(adon phillips)"most of our business comes down this side and walks back up this side." because there's no place for them to park.. (voice only) (adoo phillips) "we have nothing but emergency vehicles parked along here. "but shopkeepers try to be optimistic... (ggeat panes owner)"weve had fires.. floods hail storms earthquakes.. and now a train derailment.. "(sweepinn nats) hurt economically... but are also hurt emotionally.... as they consider the loss of two young lives. (cl

a ladder has gone back into a dumpster, but this time, it's not bear cubs. it's raccoons. >> you know how i feel about raccoons. >> gayle is a fan of the animal kingdom, but not of raccoons. >> now some raccoon videos i admit are kind of cute when they're acting like humans. but they're getting into your trash, they used to at my old home, i hated them. >> these guys are in a dumpster, but look how many climb out. >> two, three, four for sure. >> four, five. >>, these are not babies. >> i see seven. >> seven is not the end of it, beth. >> are you kidding? >> this must be an after-hours nightclub for raccoons. >> the dumpster den. >> they like trash. >> there were eight raccoons. >> eight raccoons at the dumpster den. >> maybe this video should just be a further memo to animals -- quit getting stuck in dumpsteres so humans have to come save you with our ladders. >>> not too long ago we saw a video of tim and audrey's proposal. it shows them enjoying a meal with some of her friends, he tapped on a window with flash cards, proposing to her. >> sweet. >> very sw

part of the american dream is to prosper, to climb the ladder, and at cheap. in the construction industry, people start out working for someone else on a job site. after winning their trade or skills, might move on to remodeling jobs. the five to nine projects are a crucial part of this latter, and by impacting this category, you are taking a critical wrong out of the latter, thereby prohibiting advancement in the construction field -- you're taking a critical rung out of the ladder. thank you very much. >> good afternoon, commissioners. i am kevin birmingham. i am a realtor, but more importantly, i am a native san franciscan. i have watched many of my friends and people in my family moved out of san francisco because there is an affordable housing problem in this city. i am getting on the board of realtors, and i am on the housing authority board committee, and we are bringing money to groups such as home ownership sf because i do believe in it. i think you need to look at -- the way to keep families in san francisco is what your building, and what we are see

. >> they asked our name took a clothing asked us to climb down a ladder into the ground. >> this was the names they scribbles on to the bag. ed ray one by one were forced to climb down a ladder into a whole in the ground. >> i did not want to go in that hole. >> you are looking at what was waiting for them at the bottom of the ladder a dark dusty stifling hot moving van that had been buried in it the quarry. 14 mattresses lay stacked around the corridor ventilation system with batteries brought in air into the ground. >> it was a hell hole. >> what did it look like or smell like? >> it was being driving around in a van 12-hours with no rest room to walk down the ladder into a buried semi trailer that had crude toilets cut out in the we' wheel wells was a blessing. that was the first time we had food and water it was the first time i had seen my brother because we had been separated in two separate vans. at that point i didn't know what happened to him or other children. >> there was butter and crackers and serials. there may have been some bread. >> this is a diagram fox files obtain

to go into that hole. >> you a looking at what was waiting for them at the bottom of a ladder. dark dusty stifling hot moving van that had been buried in the quarry. 14 mattresses lay in stacks around the trailer. a crudely designed ventilation system connected to two huge batteries brought in air from above ground. >> it was a hell hole. >> what did it smell like? >> after being driven around in vans with no rest rooms to walk down the ladder into a buried semi trailer that had crude toilets cut out in the wheel well was a blessing. also that was the first time we had got food and first time we had any water and the first time i had seen my brother because we had been separated in two separate vans. to that point i didn't know what happened to him or the other children. >> there was wuter crackers and cereal may have been bread. >> this was a diagram from the alameda county sheriff's office that illustrates the layout of the trailer. the only source of light was the flashlight the kidnapers gave to ed ray. he used the light but ed ray told us we needed to try to get some sleep

to go into that hole. >> you are looking at what was waiting for them at the bottom of a ladder. dark dusty stifling hot moving van that had been buried in the quarry. 14 mattresses lay in stacks around the trailer. a crudely designed ventilation system connected to two huge batteries brought in air from above ground. >> it was a hell hole. >> what did it smell like? >> after being driven around in vans with no rest rooms to walk down the ladder into a buried semi trailer that had crude toilets cut out in the wheel well was a blessing. also that was the first time we had got food and first time we had any water and the first time i had seen my brother because we had been separated in two separate vans. to that point i didn't know what happened to him or the other children. >> there was wuter crackers and cereal may have been bread. >> this was a diagram from the alameda county sheriff's office that illustrates the layout of the trailer. the only source of light was the flashlight the kidnapers gave to ed ray. he used the light but ed ray told us we needed to try to get some sleep

next they try the neighboring town's ladder truck. >> second ladder was -- had maybe another 3 to 4 feetl ladder was because of our positioning and our angle, but it still wasn't close enough. >> the pressure is on. a crowd has gathered and word is out to the local new york city news media. a police helicopter arrives, but it's too dangerous for it to get close to the bucket. so rescue from above is out. and rescue from below is impossible. the firefighters really need a miracle. eventually they decide to bring in a 150-foot crane. >> we had toyed with the idea of just using it as a high point to set up ropes to try to lift them up and drop them into a basket. >> but a rope rescue is also too dangerous. finally they come up with a solution that just might work. a man cage. >> so they put two of the firefighters, the rescue people in the cage, and they pulled it up almost 150 feet, then they lowered it down to where the guys were. >> the next step is risky, moving from one basket to another 12 stories in the air. >> the biggest concern was the wind and the sway. they were already tethered

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one-by-one, ed ray and the children were forced to climb down a ladder into a hole in the ground. >> i did not want to go into the hole. >> you are looking at what was waiting for them at the bottom of the ladder. hot moving van buried in the quarry. 14 mattresses lay in stacks. a crudely designed vent lakes system connected to two huge batteries brought in air from above ground. >> it was a hell hole. >> what did it look and smell like? >> after being driven around in vans for 11 or 12 hours with no rest room to walk down a ladder into a buried trailer with crude toilets a blessing. that was the first time that we got food or had any water and that was the first time that i had seen my brother because we had been separated in two separate vans. up to to that point i did not know what had happened to him report other children. >> this was peanut and butter and crackers and boxes of cereal. there may have been bread. >> this was a diagram that illustrates the layout of the sub terrainian trailer. the only source of light was a flash light the kidnappers had given to ed ray. >> he was

. >> i see a ladder. >> there's a ladder and there's a cow stranded at the bottom of this well in thisn india. >> a full-grown cow? >> it's a smaller cow. i'm not sure if it's a calf or a smaller cow. one man gets down to the bottom of well an he's got what seems to be a makeshift net. they put the net around the cow and sort of make like a hammock out of this makeshift net and immediately the guys up on top of the well start hoisting and pulling as hard as they can. the cow struggles a little bit, but he can't really get any footing on the net because it's all full of holes, so up he goes. >> oh, my goodness. it totally worked. >> six or eight guys muscled it up without a problem and they took him away from the hole in the ground and released it. it seems to be fine. >> i'm amazed that they found this cow at the bottom of this well. this looks like a wooded area. it doesn't look like it's on someone's natural walking path or something. how amazing for this cow that they were able to get them out. >> i'm sure it was very important for them because cows are sacred in india, so i'm not s

one-by-one, ed ray and the children were forced to climb down a ladder into a hole in the ground. >> did not want to go into the hole. >> you are looking at what was waiting for them at the bottom of the ladder. a dark dusty styling hot moving van buried in the quarry. 14 mattresses lay in stacks. a crudely designed vent lakes system connected to two huge batteries brought in air from above ground. >> it was a hell hole. >> what did it look and smell like? >> after being driven around in vans for 11 or 12 hours with no rest room to walk down a ladder into a buried trailer with crude toilets a blessing. that was the first time that we got food or had any water and that was the first time that i had seen my brother because we had been separated in two separate vans. up to to that point i did not know what had happened to him report other children. >> this was peanut and butter and crackers and boxes of cereal. there may have been bread. >> this was a diagram that illustrates the layout of the sub terrainian trailer. the only source of light was a flash light the kidnappers had given to

interest rates in the world and it seems pretty clear and it seems like it does because it's way up the ladder so i certainly hope to see some movement in those cases but it's also hard to get too excited too optimistic given the form as we've seen today do you think as a prosecutor that there could be criminal charges related to life or manipulation that you could build for c.e.o.'s of firms that were found to have traders manipulating it. you know that's a real question of how they approach these cases you know the conduct so far we haven't seen that type of direct evidence that would give you the confidence to bring charges could prove beyond a reasonable doubt but there certainly are suggestions that might be there and of course what they need to do though is you need to start charging people you need to start putting people in cops and pressuring them to stop their bosses that's how you get the big fish you have to start somewhere that hopefully will see that soon start with the mid-level executives and work your way up the ladder and find out if this is something that is being known abou

he climbed up the ladder, proposed and she said yes.two work while working a traffic accident. >> how can you beat that? the bar is set so high. >> it is. especially when cameras are rolling. >> exactly. >> they were tied to some railroad tracks and left to die and list now say the person who did this cruel act videotaped the whole thing. >> animal lovers, this story will make you mad. how one dog managed to survive a terrible ordeal and the reward that is now being offered to find out who did this. >> how many of us have seen this and just wanted to scream. people in restaurants on their cell phone. now, one restaurant is doing something for you if customers leave their phone at the entrance. >>> some big u.s. companies are paying more to their ceos than to uncle sam. twenty-six companies paid their ceos an average of more than $20 million while paying the or no federal attacks. >>> a new look at the economic recovery says it is the weakest one since the great depression. the recovery began in june 2009 but unemployment has never been

ladder is being pulled out from under them.hat may be the democratic leadership's message to the minorities, but it won't be ours. our message will be, we have to move ahead, but we're not going to leave anyone behind. thanks to the economic policies of the democratic party, millions of americans find themselves out of work. millions more have never even had a fair chance to learn new skills, hold a decent job, or secure for themselves and their families a share in the prosperity of this nation. it is time to put america back to work, to make our cities and towns resound with the confident voices of men and women of all races, nationalities and faiths bringing home to their families a decent paycheck they can cash for honest money. for those without skills, we'll find a way to help them get skills. for those without job opportunities, we'll stimulate new opportunities, particularly in the inner cities where they live. for those who have abandoned hope, we'll restore hope and we'll welcome them into a great national crusade to m

one by one, ed gray and the children were forced to climb down a ladder into a hole in the ground. >>o in that hole. >> you're looking at what was waiting for them at the bottom of the ladder. >> arthel: you can hear more of the terrifying tales of the kidnapping victims. much more when fox files areas tomorrow night at 9:00 p.m. eastern right here on the fox news channel. >> rick: i had forgotten about that story. it was a long time ago. but obviously the fact that we were able to interview them, i'm getsing it turns out okay? >> arthel: it's a good deduction. that's why i like working with you. you're smart. >> rick: wake up pretty early in the morning. when we come back, violence rage in the streets of syria. why one chinese ambassador is now blaming the u.s. and other western nations for the worsening crisis. >> arthel: plus, governor mitt romney launching a new app to announce his upcoming pick for a running mate. who will make the cut? is there a surprise name we haven't heard yet? >> you're close to making a decision about your running mate. why can't you address where you are

it's a sturdy ladder of success that is built with healthy families, education, and hard work.plause] but president obama's policies undermine the traditional family, weaken the education system, and this summer he showed us once again he believes in government handouts and dependency by waiving the work requirement for welfare. i helped write the welfare reform bill. we made the law crystal-clear. no president can waive the work requirement, but as with his refusal to enforce our immigration laws president obama rules like he's above the law. [cheers and applause] americans take heed. when a president can simply give a speech, or write a memo, and change the law to do what the law says he cannot do, we will no longer be a republic. [applause] yet as my family and i criss-crossed america, something became so obvious to us. america is still the greatest country in the world, and with god's help and good leadership we can restore the american dream. [applause] why? because i held its hand. i shook the hand of the american dream. it has a strong grip. i shook the hands of farmers

ladders up and them with no injuries. understand one adult and two children were transported to the hospital. r hospital fire officials say that was for possible smoke inhalation, but no burns or injuries. has been put out. authorities still going through apartment trying to look for spots that may be popping up. to theple transported hospital. adults and two children, from a fired a starter's in a story apartment in the kitchen. drivers, the area on alabama avenue southeast. people riding metrobus, some of whilebuses being rerouted authorities remain on the scene. brianne carter, abc 7 news. also breaking, heavy police presence in the 1400 block of wisconsin avenue in georgetown. >> jummy olabanji joins us with story. this breaking >> the latest on the scene is police confirmed they are an attempted burglary at m&t bank located on wisconsin avenue in georgetown. they are waiting for a federal get here to help them with this investigation. i just spoke with officers. they tell us this happened just after midnight. sure ho