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The takeaway here is not “fuck fire trucks” (nor is it “wtf those crazy !fuckcars people are anti-fire-truck now?!”). The takeaway is that fire trucks often don’t have to be as large as they are.
Why should fire departments get a veto over the urban planners when designing the streets, but the urban planners not get a say when the fire department is choosing which trucks to buy?
I watched the first minute, and it seems the problem is partially that fire departments can dictate standards that make them comfortable instead of what is actually necessary.
Yes, but even given that, the fire department is asking for some pretty outrageous accomodations in their clearances on straights. The first example gave them 3 inches of clearance on either side, but they wanted something close to 2 feet (forget the details).
I think another problem is that people expect cars to just always park wherever the fuck they want regardless of the law, which is a separate problem.
The takeaway here is not “fuck fire trucks” (nor is it “wtf those crazy !fuckcars people are anti-fire-truck now?!”). The takeaway is that fire trucks often don’t have to be as large as they are.
Why should fire departments get a veto over the urban planners when designing the streets, but the urban planners not get a say when the fire department is choosing which trucks to buy?
I watched the first minute, and it seems the problem is partially that fire departments can dictate standards that make them comfortable instead of what is actually necessary.
IMO a lot of it is because:
Yes, but even given that, the fire department is asking for some pretty outrageous accomodations in their clearances on straights. The first example gave them 3 inches of clearance on either side, but they wanted something close to 2 feet (forget the details).
I think another problem is that people expect cars to just always park wherever the fuck they want regardless of the law, which is a separate problem.
If you’ve ever had the “pleasure” of working with emergency services you’ll know that the people attracted to that kind of work have a type…
Doesn’t mean we should let them bully the city.