Two weeks in Scandinavian cities & I’ve not seen a single fire truck. Lots of vans. No ladders. No engines.
It’s almost like if you don’t send them out on the 97% of calls that aren’t fires you need fewer of them and can use cheaper & faster vehicles for those.
And when there is a fire they don’t have to be huge because they’re a “giant tool box” used to justify street designs causing the very accidents the ladder truck is mostly responding to.
Jason, (@jasonc_nc)
From NACTO & the USDOT Volpe Center re: research supporting the downsizing of fire trucks in urban areas.
1/ Smaller, more maneuverable emergency response trucks often have similar, or better, capabilities than the most common trucks on U.S. streets.
— https://nitter.net/jasonc_nc/status/1880724150752583697#m