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Inside the San Francisco Fire Department’s Wooden Ladder Factory

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Sounds crazy (wood + fire?) but the SFFD’s one of the few to still use wooden ladders—they don’t conduct electricity—which they build with Douglas fir that’s been matured for 15 years. [ASK Media via Neatorama via Laughing Squid]

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