Behind the Badge: Phasing out the iconic fire pole

Подписаться 85 тыс.

Просмотров 8 тыс.

50% 1

A classic symbol of firefighters rushing to a fire is on its way out. A quick visit to new fire stations in the Salt Lake Valley shows no more fire poles. More fire stations are being built without them, in this edition of Behind the Badge.
Subscribe to ABC4 on RU-vid: ru-vid.com...
Keep up with the latest Utah news at abc4.com
Also, follow us on social media:
/ abc4utah
/ abc4utah
abc4utah?h...
Subscribe to ABC4's newsletters for morning news and the latest breaking alerts: nxslink.abc4.com/join/6p6/sig...

Опубликовано:

20 ноя 2023

Ссылка:

Скачать:

Готовим ссылку...

Добавить в:

Мой плейлист

Посмотреть позже

Комментарии : 11

@ldalton7414 7 месяцев назад

I was a volunteer firefighter while in high school and college. We had a two story station, but upstairs was a meeting and classroom. No one lived there. We asked the chief if we could install a pole, but he said no. He figured it would take too long for all of us to run upstairs so we could slide down when the siren called us out.

@jaysmith1408 Месяц назад

That’s a good reason 😂 We were given two reasons 1) the insurer said absolutely not (though spinny slides fine) 2) it takes most of them so long to climb the stairs in the first place, there aren’t enough of us upstairs to warrant one.

@seanalailima5929 7 месяцев назад

On the contrary, new stations need to have a pole. They protect some. Take the new Boston station that got built. It has poles. The FDNY Ten House (the station near where the 9/11 Memorial is) got rid of its pole when it was built. But it was their choice. The poles are nostalgic.

@micblue4739 7 месяцев назад

Go take a tour of the new Provo City Utah fire station on Canyon Road and you'll find they did build a two-story with the fire pole in mind

@owensweetland342 7 месяцев назад

I've seen one level stations with a pole just for looks.

@sdboy1978 7 месяцев назад

o great! Someone fell and got their feelings hurt!

@smorris281 7 месяцев назад

Single story stations are OK in the burbs and rural areas, but not so in congested urban areas. You wont find a single story station in NYC and almost all of them have poles!