Re: Time for Fire Trucks To Go EV

BretCahill@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote in news:2b7523c0-21d6-4818-83ed-
aff004df729c@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:

It doesn't seem like a lot of fuel but apparently it's too costly for
the Vista, CA fire dept to send large engines out to every accident
anymore.

I personally thought the practice of sending a fire engine to every
fender bender was dumb or a thinly disguised training program but if
fuel is a significant cost then fire depts. need to go EV.

Fire trucks, by the nature of their job, rarely travel more than 20
miles. An EV could really scoot across intersections and an electric
motor requires less maintenance and is more reliable than diesel.

And then they have to sit for hours at a fire, pumping large volumes
of water, support hydraulics, and be dead reliable. There's no possible
way an all-electric vehicle can work in that application and little point
in a hybrid.

Perhaps there's a niche for a first-responder vehicle that can handle
small jobs, and call in the big units as needed.

--Damon

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