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[–] burntbacon@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

They do at the scene of the fire, and EMS leaves their ambulances running on scene as well. Cops leave their cars running while out and about, and usually off if they're parked at the station.

More to the original point though, I've never seen cop cars, fire trucks, or ambulances idling at their respective stations. Not a clue what SOOP sees in his area.

[–] Soggy@lemmy.world 2 points 17 hours ago

I'm fine with on-scene idling because the expectation is that emergency services need to be fast and reliable. (Also I'm pretty sure that fire trucks, the big ones anyway, have a lot of extra machinery that needs to be powered)