LEGO 60280 Fire Ladder Truck

LEGO Audio & Braille Building Instructions for the LEGO City set "Fire Ladder Truck".

Yikes! There's a fire and the flames are getting higher! Join a firefighter and LEGO City TV hero Freya McCloud for action-packed firefighting adventures. Board the awesome fire truck and race to the scene. Unload the equipment from the truck’s storage compartment and activate the fire hydrant. Then raise the extinguisher ladder high into the air and help the LEGO City heroes save the day!

On the box cover, there is a huge fire on the front left. The fire ladder truck is on the right side, its water jet on top of the ladder is used to put the fire. The firefighter Minifigure is standing on the left edge, using a hand-held fire extinguisher to combat the flames, and Freya McCloud is working with the fire hydrant to keep the fire in check. The truck is bright red with the bright yellow fire brigade emblem on its sides. The bottom of the truck is grey, its wheels are black with white rims, and the impressive radiator grille is chrome-plated. The white extinguisher ladder is mounted on the top right, and of course the truck is equipped with a flashing blue light. In the right bottom corner of the box, there is a portrait of Freya McCloud.

Open the box. This can be tricky; ask someone to help you!

The box contains two booklets with visual building instructions, two plastic bags with numbers on them, and 2 loose parts: the truck ladder and the truck bottom.

Carefully open bag 1 and any sub-bags in it. Bag 1 is the larger one of the two bags. This bag contains all bricks and pieces for the Freya McCloud Minifigure and the fire ladder truck.

Before you start building, ask a sighted person to help you sort the pieces by color. This makes finding the correct pieces even easier!

First, we will build the Freya McCloud firefighter Minifigure.

Collect the following 3 pieces:

1 bright yellow head (it has two face prints),

1 black and dark stone grey upper part of the body,

and 1 black pair of legs.

Assemble the Minifigure: put the upper body on the legs, and put the head on top.

Freya has a determined look on her face and some freckles on her cheeks. On the second face print, she is smiling cheekily. She is wearing a trendy light-blue pair of glasses. Her uniform is black with neon-green reflector stripes on knees and chest. Freya is also equipped with a spring safety hook, a security belt, and a temperature gauge.

Find 1 white firefighter helmet with maroon red hair.

Put it on the head.

The Freya McCloud Minifigure is finished! Well done! She is more than ready to take on any fiery challenges ahead. But first we need to build her a sturdy ladder truck!

Next, we will build the fire ladder truck.

Find 1 medium stone grey and dark stone grey car chassis 6x16x2 with 4 fenders and connectors.

Put it horizontally on the table.

Find 1 bright yellow brick 2x4.

Put it horizontally on the middle two rows. Start from the right edge of the lower level of the car chassis.

Find 1 black grille tile 1x2.

Put it upright horizontally on the middle two knobs at the front side.

Find 2 bright blue bricks 2x3.

Put 1 horizontally on the two back rows on the lower level of the car chassis, starting from the left.

Put the other one horizontally in front of the previous piece.

Find 1 dark stone grey flat tile 1x6. (This piece has a print on it.)

Put it upright horizontally on the topmost side knobs on the left side.

The tile is printed with two red taillights and diagonal yellow and red bumper stripes.

Now, we will build the first part of the truck’s storage compartment.

Collect the following 2 pieces:

1 bright red window frame 2x4x3,

and 1 dark stone grey ½ door for frame 1x4x3.

Put the window frame 2x4x3 horizontally on the table, door notches on the inside of the frame to the front.

Snap the two small bumps on the door into the two door notches on the right, but make sure that the handle is pointing outwards.

Find another dark stone grey ½ door for frame 1x4x3.

Snap it into the other two door notches on the left, again making sure that the door handle is pointing outwards.

Now, mount the part horizontally on the two frontmost rows, starting from the left edge. Make sure the door handles are pointing to the front.

Find 1 bright red window frame 2x4x3.

Before you mount the piece, turn the whole structure left to right. This means that now, the storage compartment that you have already mounted on the truck is in the right back corner.

Now, put the window frame horizontally in front of the storage compartment on the right side.

Next up, we will build the last part of the storage compartment.

Collect the following 2 pieces:

1 bright red window frame 2x4x3,

and 1 dark stone grey ½ door for frame 1x4x3.

Put the window frame 2x4x3 horizontally on the table, door notches to the front.

Snap the door into the door notches on the right side, making sure that the door handle is facing outwards.

Find another dark stone grey ½ door for frame 1x4x3.

Snap it into the door notches on the left side, again making sure that the handle is facing outwards.

Great job! Now mount this part horizontally on the two frontmost rows, starting from the right. Make sure the door handles are pointing to the front.

You have created vast storage space for all fire brigade necessities and tools. Well done!

Find 2 bright red wall elements 1x4x3 with top knobs. (These elements have a print on it.)

Put 1 horizontally on the backmost row to the left of the storage compartment, wall panel to the back.

Repeat symmetrically on the front row, wall panel to the front.

The wall elements are printed with the logo of the fire brigade: the bright yellow silhouette of a badge with a bright yellow flame inside.

Find 2 bright red bricks 1x6.

Put 1 horizontally to the left of the previous piece.

Repeat symmetrically on the back row.

Collect the following 3 pieces:

1 bright red flat tile 2x4 (this piece is printed),

and 2 transparent yellow flat tiles 1x2.

Put the flat tile 2x4 upright horizontally on the middle knobs on the left side of the structure. Since it is printed with the radiator grille, ask a sighted person for help with the correct orientation if you like.

Put the 2 flat tiles 1x2 upright vertically in front of and behind the previous piece. These are the headlights of the truck!

Collect the following 2 pieces:

1 bright red brick 2x6,

and 1 black grille tile 1x2.

Put the brick 2x6 vertically on the leftmost two columns.

Put the grille tile 1x2 upright horizontally on the two middle knobs at the front side of the structure.

Collect the following 2 pieces:

1 bright blue seat 2x2x2,

and 1 black and white small steering wheel with plate 1x2.

Put the steering wheel vertically centered on the third column from the left, steering wheel to the right.

Put the seat horizontally to the right, seatback to the right.

Find 1 bright red brick 1x6x2 with inside arch.

Put it vertically to the left of the two wall elements. This is the eigth column from the left.

Find 1 medium stone grey brick 2x3.

Put it horizontally on the middle two rows, starting from the right edge.

Find 2 medium stone grey roof tiles 2x3, 45°.

Put 1 horizontally behind the previous piece, slope to the back.

Repeat symmetrically at the front.

Find 2 transparent blue flat tiles 1x2.

Put 1 horizontally on the backmost row to the left of the roof tile.

Repeat symmetrically at the front.

Find 2 bright red bricks 1x2x2.

Skip 5 knobs from the left, and put it horizontally on the back row.

Repeat symmetrically at the front.

Find 2 bright red curved bricks 1x6 with 2 knobs.

Put 1 horizontally on the backmost row, curve to the right. Start from the left edge of the high level.

Repeat symmetrically at the front.

Collect the following 3 pieces:

2 transparent light blue wall elements 1x4x3 with 4 top knobs,

and 1 transparent light blue wall element 1x6x3 with sides and 2 top knobs.

Put 1 wall element 1x4x3 horizontally to the left of the previous piece, panel to the back.

Repeat symmetrically at the back.

Put the wall element 1x6x3 vertically on the leftmost column, wall panel to the left.

This will be the driver cabin of your ladder truck!

Find 1 bright red plate 2x6.

Put it vertically on the leftmost edge.

Collect the following 3 pieces:

2 bright red flat tiles 1x4,

and 1 transparent blue flat tile 1x4.

Put 1 bright red flat tile 1x4 horizontally on the backmost row to the right of the previous piece.

Repeat symmetrically at the front.

Put the transparent blue flat tile vertically in the middle of the leftmost column.

Find 2 black plates 2x2 with top hinge stub and 2 knobs.

Put them next to each other on the second and third column from the rightmost edge, hinge stubs to the left.

Find 2 dark stone grey one-stepped curve tiles 2x2x⅔.

Put them next to each other on the rightmost two columns, curves to the right, locking the two previous piece.

Next, we will build the ladder of the fire truck.

Collect the following 2 pieces:

1 medium stone grey plate 3x4 with 2 hinge forks,

and 1 black plate 1x4.

Put the plate 3x4 on the table, hinge forks to the right.

Put the plate 1x4 vertically on the rightmost column.

Find 1 white ladder 2x16 with shaft.

Put it horizontally centered to the left of the previous piece, ladder overhanging to the left.

Find 1 white flat tile 2x3.

Put it horizontally on top, starting from the rightmost edge.

Find 1 medium stone grey plate 1x2 with angled top handle.

Put it vertically on the leftmost column of the ladder, slope to the left.

The ladder of the truck is finished! Well done! Now, snap the hinge forks of the ladder onto the hinge stubs on the top right of the truck. The ladder is extending to the left.

Great job! The ladder can be lifted and lowered and is perfect for putting out fires that are higher up, or for rescuing people and animals from burning buildings or trees.

Next, we will build the water jet of the ladder.

Collect the following 2 pieces:

1 dark stone grey small tube with clasp,

and 1 transparent and bluish-green flame with shaft, 7 knobs long.

Insert the shaft of the flame into the small tube.

Now, snap the clasp of the water jet onto the handle on the left end of the ladder. Soon you will be able to put some fires out! Almost there!

Next up, we will assemble the 4 wheels.

Let's start with one.

Find 1 white wide rim with hole and spokes.

Find 1 black wide rubber tire with high profile.

Put the tire around the rim.

Now, collect 3 more rims and 3 more tires.

Assemble them just like the first wheel.

Mount the wheels on the 4 connectors at the bottom of the truck, spokes facing inwards.

The fire ladder truck is finished! Well done! Freya McCloud can already take the truck for a spin, but there is more to come.

Open bag 2. You can choose to have the bricks sorted by color again. This bag contains all bricks and pieces for the firefighter Minifigure, the burning logs, the fire hydrant, the crate with wood, and the hand-held fire extinguisher.

Next, we build the firefighter Minifigure.

Collect the following 3 pieces:

1 bright yellow head,

1 black pair of legs,

and 1 black and dark stone grey upper part of the body.

Assemble the Minifigure: put the upper part of the body on the legs, and then put the head on top.

The firefighter has an adventurous smile on his face, and he has a small scar on his right cheek. You can also see a three-day stubble on his face.

Find 1 white fireman helmet.

Put it on the head, bigger screen to the back.

Find 1 silver metallic and bright red axe.

Put it in the right hand.

The firefighter Minifigure is finished! Well done! His uniform is also black with neon-green reflector stripes on the knees. He is wearing a silver and neon green safety jacket and a security belt. In the right chest pocket, the firefighter is carrying a flashlight. He is ready to go!