Oddbean new post about login | logout How serendipitous to come across Frankfurt celebrating 150 years of their fire department! My FD also celebrated a big year this year 🤝🏻 https://image.nostr.build/47c1fff188674a6160f2d7b74b5581559c3efcdd8dbfd88bb85908f570e44dc4.jpg https://image.nostr.build/a8fb4884441eb163bfab75f49fa295701f4376d3ef5df677c25cdcd3bc62360e.jpg
How does European gear compare to North American gear?
Ooooh, glad you asked! The biggest difference I notices is European trucks are so much smaller vs North America due to space constraints (narrow streets) https://image.nostr.build/e40a592d3bce0e380f6014368a431e34e8eb9fcdbaa6692968e86296fea39bef.jpg Gear & tools will vary by department & funding availability so harder to say. For a volunteer department, we are very well equipped & recently swapped to carbon fiber tanks but I saw heavier aluminum in 1 truck. We also bought electric extrication equipment which improves mobility; I saw gas powered extrication equipment. Was interesting to see some of their trucks can respond with 9 FF! (We usually send 4 or 5 in 1 truck). Also very interesting that they have both career & volunteers in Frankfurt - in Canada a city this size would be 100% career https://image.nostr.build/e19b9611b00a6768b637abb65ed9790064a9c4d5fbb0873c7ad9efbd51494adf.jpg
