Do American Fire Trucks Need To Be So Massive? - Cheddar Explains

The average American fire truck is huge in comparison to its international counterparts. This size is the result of a hundred years of evolution in firefighting, but today the scale might actually be causing more problems.

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Further reading:

BLOOMBERG
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-12-11/fire-trucks-and-engines-are-too-big-let-s-shrink-them
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-01-21/redesigning-the-big-red-fire-truck-for-slimmer-city-streets

WALL STREET JOURNAL
https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB981497980155540530

STREETSBLOG
https://usa.streetsblog.org/2018/05/29/how-fire-departments-stopped-worrying-and-embraced-safer-street-design/
https://usa.streetsblog.org/2018/07/10/mad-about-bike-lanes-baltimore-fire-department-takes-it-out-on-advocates/

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CITY TRANSPORTATION OFFICIALS
https://nacto.org/2018/12/06/nacto-volpe-release-best-practices-for-redesigning-large-vehicles/

NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION ASSOCIATION
https://www.nfpa.org/News-and-Research/Data-research-and-tools/Emergency-Responders/Fire-department-calls

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