alt Hacker NewsFirefighters are infamous for creating elevator regulations that require being able to rotate a stretcher, which lead to less elevators duet to the immense costs, which is both completely unnecessary and defeats the entire purpose of the regulations for safety since now they have to drag injured people down stairs
They are also dragging their feet on 'single stair' reform, despite single stair being perfectly safe with adequate construction techniques
https://www.pew.org/en/research-and-analysis/reports/2025/02...