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Welcome to part two of the first ladder news round up of 2015, where we look at the emergency services on ladders, ladder-related crimes and daring rescues. Firefighters are often involved in helping people who have fallen from ladders, and they use ladders on a daily basis to rescue people from burning buildings or other risky situations.  In New York firefighters carried out an ice rescue to help a 10-year-old boy who was stuck on ice on a pond in Concrete Plant Park.  One firefighter fell through the ice and was submerged up to his chest in freezing water, but they carried on with the rescue, first throwing a life ring out to the boy and then lowering a ladder onto the ice for the boy to climb across.  Both the boy and firefighter were taken to hospital for treatment. Firefight..

Earlier this year several burglaries were carried out in Port Charlotte, Florida.  Most of the thefts were targeted at cars and items left in gardens.  We recently reported on ladder thefts and taking of other items from outside properties and this latest incident just goes to show that criminals will think nothing of taking whatever they can get their hands on easily.  In each of the crime reports for the Port Charlotte burglaries, the vehicles were left unlocked or the items taken were not secured away. On the following Sunday, one of the people who had been burgled, spotted a ladder very similar to the one that had been stolen from him.  He was surprised to see this ladder in his neighbour’s yard, along with several other items that matched what had been taken from other neighb..

There have been a many stories in the news about homes being broken into by burglars using the homeowner's own ladder.  At the time of writing the most recent example comes from America, where a burglar used a ladder he found on the property to gain access to a first floor sliding door in order to rob the house.  The burglar turned off the electricity to the house so no alarms would be set off, and $27,000 worth of property was taken, including electrical items and tools.  The householders found a pile of furniture in the driveway, which the burglar seemed to have intended to pick up on a return journey. This level of planning indicates an experienced housebreaker using a van to get away with the spoils. However, an opportunist or novice burglar will be enticed by finding a ladder lying ar..