[Scan-DC] Box Alarm Staffing

[oldsdoug at hotmail.com]

Thanks Jeff - just to complete the confusion, do you think we should try to explain about one- and two-piece engine companies?  :)

Regards,

Doug

> Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2008 09:58:13 -0400
> From: jeff at krauss.ws
> To: scan-dc at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: [Scan-DC] Box Alarm Staffing
>
> It varies.
> For example, these days, Montgomery County sends five engines, two
> trucks and a rescue squad to a box alarm. But it used to be four engines.
> A Rapid Intervention Dispatch sends one truck, one rescue squad and
> an ambulance; their job is to rescue firefighters rather than fight the fire.
> A Task Force is two engines, one truck and an air cascade unit to
> refill air bottles.
> A Second Alarm would be staffed at the equivalent of a Box Alarm.
> DC also sends 5, 2 and 1 on a box alarm.
>
> According to this, Prince Georges County sends 4, 2 and 1:
> http://hvfd.com/hvfd/downloads/HYATTSVILLERookiev11.doc
>
> Sometimes it's the total staffing rather than the number of equipment
> pieces that determines the response. In a jurisdiction that staffs
> at 6 per apparatus rather than 4, fewer pieces are sent.

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