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    shoeman liked a post in a topic by Remember585 in Great Job By Hawthorne IC and 60 Control At Today's 2nd Alarm   
    What is the staffing of the incoming Mutual / Automatic Aid units? Do we even have a standard for this in Westchester? Should we?
    An "Engine Company" from one department may be packed with 8 Interior Firefighters, while one from another may only bring 3 and Joe Bob the 70 year-old driver.
    There might be underlying issues on this particular job that prompted the IC to call what he called (water pressure, long stretches, Collyer's Mansion, etc) so we shouldn't just assume it was a lack of personnel.
    Also - I think it is time to put an end to the "re-tone." If you can't turn out on the initial dispatch in a timely fashion, another unit should either be dispatched in place of or at the same time as the original.
    We all need to don our big boy pants and admit when we can't get out, and that time isn't after 15 minutes and multiple sets of tones.