Alex Strawn
14:54 - 15:14
“Fire trucks, when they get to your house, they don't like to go beyond 150 feet from their fire truck. I guess they start losing pressure or something happens at that point.”
- Speaker
- Alex Strawn
- Timestamp
- 14:54 – 15:14
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Matanuska-Susitna Borough
- Captured at
From the transcript
So this makes it— this is based on fire code. Fire trucks, when they get to your house, they don't like to go beyond 150 feet from their fire truck. I guess they start losing pressure or something happens at that point. Go ahead. So we make sure that the roads can actually fit a fire service vehicle, correct?
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