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The "International Fire Code" (A US regulation used nowhere else outside of North America) mandates roads 20 to 26 feet wide for fire equipment access: https://
by sbierwagen 5y ago
The "International Fire Code" (A US regulation used nowhere else outside of North America) mandates roads 20 to 26 feet wide for fire equipment access: https://twitter.com/graykimbrough/status/1404824443600490501 https://twitter.com/graykimbrough/status/1404824443600490501
One can assume from this requirement that fighting fires is impossible in Europe, and residential buildings are constantly burning to the ground with firefighters standing around, helpless to intervene.
- pixl97 5y agoAren't US homes wood framed and EU homes more likely to be made from solid brick/rock?
- mgbennet 5y agoBrick houses still burn; interior walls, floors, ceilings, and furnishings are still made from wood or other flammable materials. There have been plenty of castles that caught fire, despite their stone walls.
- CalRobert 5y agodepends on where you are in the EU I think, UK and Ireland still use piles of blocks but no shortage of wood houses in Europe. There's a whole industry of building woodframe houses in the Baltics and shipping them around Europe, incidentally.
- sbierwagen 5y agoGrenfell Tower in the UK was made out of concrete. Burning exterior cladding killed 72 people: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grenfell_Tower_fire https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grenfell_Tower_fire
- adrianN 5y agoIn Japan they simply have small fire trucks and small garbage trucks for small roads.