05-25-2017, 09:33 PM
(05-25-2017, 08:27 PM)KevinL Wrote: One of the surprising factors on road width around here is fire departments. They're accustomed to their large trucks and insist we build roads that can accommodate them in any situation. It's unbelievable how much influence that has had.
What is the life span of a fire truck? If its anything like other city vehicles (snow plows for example), based on my anecdotal viewing of council meetings (h/t to Gazzola here, for once...) it's not long at all (+/- 10 yrs)....so, it wouldn't take long to switch a fleet over if the will was there...
...and while I think of it, aren't there curb designs that purposely allow emergency vehicles to mount and dismount easily?