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How American Fire Departments are Getting People Killed

Not Just Bikes · 2M views · 2024-08-11 · 27:25

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Overview

Not Just Bikes argues that oversized American fire trucks and fire department requirements push cities toward wide roads and dangerous street design. He compares this with the Dutch approach to emergency response.

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HN people link it in threads on big vehicles and road safety as a comparison of US and Dutch fire department approaches.

Recommended by 3 HN people across 3 months · HN mentions 2024–2025

Topics

Transit, cities & urban planning
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fire trucksstreet designroad safetynetherlandsurbanism

What people said

piva00 · 2025-07 · Recommendation

I think this video from the Not Just Bikes channel shows quite well the major difference in approach between fire departments in the USA vs the Netherlands (which is quite similar to many other European countries): [VIDEO] Fire engines in Europe are as well equipped as the American/Canadian ones while not depending on these massive and expensive bespoke rigs.

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viraptor · 2024-12 · Recommendation

Depending on which requirement they mean, that case is actually interesting. There's a good video from Not Just Bikes about it [VIDEO] ("How American Fire Departments are Getting People Killed")

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CHB0403085482 · 2024-09 · Recommendation

Also "How USA Fire Departments Are Getting People Killed". Summary: forcing bad road design to accommodate giant fire trucks cause more car collisions [VIDEO]

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