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As a firefighter, I can’t imagine trying to get ladders or an aerial into those middle sections, should it be needed.

I hope a diff angle would show easier access.

Can you not just park a truck in the road? How is it different from a normal ten (?) story building?

Do you need 360 degree access?

Sort of. Your “max” vertical reach eventually puts your ladder / tower truck too close to the building. Either for collapse or other reasons.

Re 360 - no and yes. Someone will always do a full building walkaround. But I was thinking more of the interior corridor.

There are interior courtyards that presumably cannot be accessed by truck.

the building is literally right beside a road, just park your truck where you need to put up the ladder...

not that anyone in Rome would want you to put out a fire there, I'm sure they are all praying an earthquake will relieve them of this brutalist masterpiece

I'd hazard a guess that a professional fire fighter is better at judging the challenges here than rando hnews posters... so perhaps you could ask for what you're missing instead of being so dismissive?

Thank you. I was speaking to the interior corridor(s), when fire is blowing from the “road side” - going to the corridor will be attempted next.

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