@jasonc_nc@FlyerLincoln Please show me one “urban” department that has these extravagance? The vast majority of urban departments have low bid, minimally equipped trucks.
@MCCCANM I don’t believe the issue with defense spending is the qualitative amount but what we are getting for that money. Your post points out that there doesn’t seem to be a solution for aging infrastructure yet spending is still robust. More money spent on fewer useful things
@AstorAaron And Upper Darby Township is more populated than Scranton, is one third the square area and founded well before all of these cities except for Philly! None of it makes sense until you remember it’s a Commonwealth
@mateosfo Civil engineer here. And retired firefighter. Engineers design roads with fire trucks in mind in the vast majority of America, you’re crazy.
And FD’s filling a role no one else would do (funeral homes OG) doesn’t mean the mission changes. GE don’t make generals or electricity
@LinkofSunshine@TRICROTIC12 Always nice to choose a complete outlier as the baseline for a false statistic. There are plenty of fires still in the US, where you probably aren’t. And 3000+ people who die from them. Silly.
@jasonc_nc@theUofAustin I hesitate to engage in this given the limited lens you view the issue but urban settings in the US have far better survival metrics than rural/suburban areas based on FD response. Other factors are unrelated to the FD response. Which I’m sure you know but don’t fit your agenda.
@JuanJuick@eugyppius1 So who was it that advocated so successfully for those ‘engineered’ solutions?!? It wasn’t the building industry or the politicians. It was fire departments. A government agency actually trying to solve the problem. You’re welcome. #dumb
@magnepug@eugyppius1 Or it may be that your limited definition of what a ‘Fire Department’ is hasn’t kept up with the expectations placed on a service that is in the community, cam respond within seconds and make a huge life saving difference in their community. #dumb
@ReformedArgghh@eugyppius1 Yeah, the unions are always looking for ways to increase the workload in their members. Or maybe they get there fast and are capable of saving their life?!? #dumb