That was a classic thread. I remember someone making the point, which I had never considered, that because of modern building codes and materials traditional firefighting equipment and techniques are far less critical. That's why firefighters spend their time on drills and responding to car wrecks. The stations, ladder trucks, training, and personnel levels are a vestige of the past kept alive by union contracts.
That's probably an exaggeration.... But it also seems plausible that if you were to design an emergency response system from scratch it may well include fewer stations, firefighters and trucks and training might look a good bit different too.
Closing a station or two might not be all bad.
That's probably an exaggeration.... But it also seems plausible that if you were to design an emergency response system from scratch it may well include fewer stations, firefighters and trucks and training might look a good bit different too.
Closing a station or two might not be all bad.