Abstract: A firefighters' roof scaffolding is disclosed which is used by firefighters for standing upon the roof of a burning building in order to make a ventilation hole in the roof for ventilating the gases, and the like, from the interior of the building. The scaffolding has a cross beam of hollow construction, which mounts at one end a ladder attaching device to attach one end of the cross beam between two adjacent rungs of a conventional roof ladder suspended from the peak of the roof. The other end of the cross beam is provided with a roof attaching device for suspending that end from the roof itself. Each of the ladder attaching device and roof attaching device is secured to a respective end of the cross beam by a mounting block, which is juxtaposed adjacent a mounting plate positioned in the hollow interior of the respective end of the cross beam.