Tuesday, August 26, 2014

Fire Truck Obstacles


 
 
So, there I was, sitting on the bus, and it stopped.  First one fire truck passed us, then another, then another.  I could tell it was something serious.  This was no run of the mill accident.   I waited on the bus for quite a while before deciding to hike around the trouble.

When I passed the big commotion, what I saw was a fire hose blocking the road.  despite the fact that the building that was on fire being located quite a long way away, they had to use a hose that blocked traffic completely.  Does that sound right.  Wasn't there a closer hydrant?  If not, why couldn't they have planned for this possibility and used two trucks to hold up the hose, so there wouldn't be a traffic jam?  That seems possible to me.

I know that the firefighters have a job to do, but where were the city planners in all this?  Has something like this never happened before?  Why hasn't someone come up with a better solution?  I guess all the smart people are off designing the iPhone 6.