Im a member of croton falls, depending on the time and type of call i will either go to the firehouse or respond to the scene. for example if its in the middle of the night and it is an ems run, i would go to the scene. uasually for middle of the night stuff we dont get a driver to take out an aparatus from the station that is closest to me ( station 2). but we can almost always get apparatus out from headquarters. for fires and other things i would go to the firehouse, becasue i would rather be in an appratus and have tools with me (and of course theres not worrying about my car). for the most part i think it works ok. although if we get too many people responding to the scene tight roads can become choaked with cars. also you dont know how much manpower you will have until you get there.