Comments on: Fire Service Bicycles http://www.utilitycycling.org/2009/12/fire-service-bicycles/ Use Your Bicycle. Sat, 04 Feb 2012 06:03:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Melanie Meyers http://www.utilitycycling.org/2009/12/fire-service-bicycles/comment-page-1/#comment-949 Melanie Meyers Wed, 07 Jul 2010 00:24:43 +0000 http://www.utilitycycling.org/?p=1540#comment-949 Hi Riley, You make a good point that it is a short transition from motorized bicycles to motorcycles. Though I must admit, we prefer to stick to non-motorized transportation on this site. Nonetheless, motorized bikes or motorcycles are definitely a good option for emergency response, as they provide some of the same benefits of a bicycle (ie. smaller than a vehicle, easier to navigate through a crowd, etc.) but they often provide for faster response times. Even so, we'd love to hear of more non-motorized bicycle use in the arena of fire response if you know of any. Thanks for the comment! Hi Riley,

You make a good point that it is a short transition from motorized bicycles to motorcycles. Though I must admit, we prefer to stick to non-motorized transportation on this site. Nonetheless, motorized bikes or motorcycles are definitely a good option for emergency response, as they provide some of the same benefits of a bicycle (ie. smaller than a vehicle, easier to navigate through a crowd, etc.) but they often provide for faster response times.

Even so, we’d love to hear of more non-motorized bicycle use in the arena of fire response if you know of any. Thanks for the comment!

]]> By: Riley http://www.utilitycycling.org/2009/12/fire-service-bicycles/comment-page-1/#comment-944 Riley Sun, 04 Jul 2010 23:21:40 +0000 http://www.utilitycycling.org/?p=1540#comment-944 While using bicycles is somewhat lacking in the fireservice I am under the impression that motorcycles are fairly common. Personally I've witnessed motorcycle response by general fire service in Thailand and have seen paramedics responding via motorcycle in the UK. Its a short transition from motorized bicycles to motorcycles and I the transition is an easy one to make when response speed is a concern. While using bicycles is somewhat lacking in the fireservice I am under the impression that motorcycles are fairly common. Personally I’ve witnessed motorcycle response by general fire service in Thailand and have seen paramedics responding via motorcycle in the UK. Its a short transition from motorized bicycles to motorcycles and I the transition is an easy one to make when response speed is a concern.

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