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Absolutely. There is currently a trend in the US towards smaller emergency vehicles, and I expect that to continue. US fire truck manufacturers are starting to

Absolutely. There is currently a trend in the US towards smaller emergency vehicles, and I expect that to continue. US fire truck manufacturers are starting to look at their European brethren (companies like Metz out of Germany) for examples of how to accomplish the necessary tasks on much smaller platforms. I think we're still a long ways from being able to do away with fire trucks entirely though. Firefighting is a very dynamic activity, with a lot of contingencies that need to be covered, and the 'big toolbox on wheels' model works very well.

zephjc 10y ago
Even something easy like articulated fire trucks would be an improvement: http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-a2g94xSRqSo/T7RXxkqARAI/AAAAAAAAJ1U/b98i3UNwqzU/s1600/DSC_2687.JPG http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-a2g94xSRqSo/T7RXxkqARAI/AAAAAAAAJ1... Maybe a bit narrower/shorter though. You still get the volume but don't have to punish the people who live in an area for the 0.001% of the time fire trucks need to be there.