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Re:NYC Skyscrapers Sit Vacant, Exposing Risk City Never Pred... by willcipriano on Thursday May 18, 2023 @11:57AM (#35989859)
Have you ever pondered what the big ladders on firetrucks are for?
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Re:NYC Skyscrapers Sit Vacant, Exposing Risk City Never Pred... by JumpCrisscross on Thursday May 18, 2023 @12:04PM (#35989983)
> Have you ever pondered what the big ladders on firetrucks are for

The tallest ladders in the FDNY's inventory go up to 100'. (They were testing a 300' rig, but I don't know if it was deployed.) They aren't designed to recover people from burning skyscrapers.

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Re:NYC Skyscrapers Sit Vacant, Exposing Risk City Never Pred... by willcipriano on Thursday May 18, 2023 @12:40PM (#35990546)
Most buildings in NY are less than ten stories tall.

Say you have a fire on floor 8. The floor is full of smoke and residents can't reach floor 7 from 9. Pull up a ladder truck to a window on floor 9 and they can escape from there.

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Re:NYC Skyscrapers Sit Vacant, Exposing Risk City Never Pred... by JumpCrisscross on Thursday May 18, 2023 @03:08PM (#35992634)
> You don't have to exit from the floor you live on

Which means you don’t have to have a window in the apartment you’re in.

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