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In the absence of a flair system on lemmy yet, let’s try to make it easier to scan through posts by type in here by using tags:
😅 "The tallest building in town is three stories and it still burned down, even with the oversized truck on hand."
(I'm repeating the link here because lemmy never sends it to fedi)
https://usa.streetsblog.org/2021/05/04/an-ode-to-the-miniature-fire-truck
i think its great having a few of these around that can pull up whenever it gets there for additional support and equipment, but we shouldnt be basing emergency response on these gigantic support vehicles.
Most equipment in a US trucks is in UK engines we just pack it in better and think about space saving methods. The only thing that is constitutionally smalled over here is the pump size. However that said there are always reinforcements and specialists equipment.