More than one fire station for less than 500 citizens...

[Oejsen]

Talking realism: I wonder why a fire station will not be able to respond to a fire in a distance less than one mile.
As seen in this video: Cities Skylines - Services and Policies Gameplay - 2

 

[medopu]

i always thought that if building gets on fire outside firestation radius, you have to call the firefighters yourself... like in simcity 4. No?

Radius is really small.

One of few things CXL did right was to get rid of radius and replace it with distance-by-road and better road connection (avenues) - longer service. Still not perfect but better than a circle-radius.

 

[Amiths]

That will probably be moddable. I remember modding the radius in SC4 haha. And that video was in Alpha maybe they got a bigger radius by now?

 

[Oejsen]

One of few things CXL did right was to get rid of radius and replace it with distance-by-road and better road connection (avenues) - longer service. Still not perfect but better than a circle-radius.

This would sound reasonable to me: longer ways - longer dispatch times. But not totally out of reach.

 

[redjericho3]

This would sound reasonable to me: longer ways - longer dispatch times. But not totally out of reach.

This is how Simcity 2013 did it as well. If you have enough fire trucks and they are able to reach it before the building burns down then you are fine.

 

[Steve B.]

i always thought that if building gets on fire outside firestation radius, you have to call the firefighters yourself... like in simcity 4. No?

Radius is really small.

One of few things CXL did right was to get rid of radius and replace it with distance-by-road and better road connection (avenues) - longer service. Still not perfect but better than a circle-radius.

There is no radius in this game either.

The devs have said in one of the live streams that how far a fire station can answer a call is determined by the extent of its road connections. The reason it was so small in that live stream was because the station was placed on a small road. They have said that you need to place the stations on a large main road to get a larger coverage area. The same applies to police and hospitals.

 

[Oejsen]

Well, in that specific video, the fire stations are placed at pretty broad roads. Well, it's early Alpha...

 

[ryanwolf]

I think the fire station will be able to respond mode than one mile, just not so efficient to prevent fire in less of that. Like in SC4 they can respond in another side of huge map but need a time to travel in the city.

 

[TotalyMoo]

It's distance by road and not a radius, but it will still be able to act outside of it's "best zone". The green coverage area is more or less if houses are close enough to not burn down, which means more happiness and higher land value. Houses outside this area might still make it but it's not equally guaranteed.

 

[charlesnew]

It's distance by road and not a radius, but it will still be able to act outside of it's "best zone". The green coverage area is more or less if houses are close enough to not burn down, which means more happiness and higher land value. Houses outside this area might still make it but it's not equally guaranteed.

Phew! Good. No more worries for me about this.