The major differance in the result of a house fire is not the superior fire-fighting technique of the Dutch fire suppression methods, but the differance in structures.
In The Netherlands, privite housing is commonly brick or stone because of local building ordances and scarcity of local lumber. The most common private housing building technique in North American is wooden frame construction, because of material availability and cost.
As an aside, if the house is on fire, you seldom have the luxary of a five minute warning.
GET OUT RIGHT NOW!!!
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