New Rochelle Room And Contents

[LineCapt 134]

How come when New Rochelle has a simple room and contents fire, they don't have to call half the county? In fact, this morning they didn't even need to call mutual aid and still had an Engine and Truck in service.

http://www.emtbravo.net/index.php/topic/52026-new-rochelle-working-fire-12-3-15/

[M' Ave 1,466]

This is kind of a rhetorical question, no? Reality is, New Rochelle FD should be able to handle more than an All-hands without outside assistance or coverage, but that's on the politicians who refuse to properly fund adequate staffing and coverage.

This is a "bigger picture" discussion. It's my opinion that, if a department must call MX aide upon every transmission of a "working fire", they are under-funded and thus, under staffed. The same applies to volunteer departments. Everything bread-and-butter (yes, this includes a 1 or 2 line fire) should be handled by the responsible department without help.

[Flashpoint 94]

I think it's a question of what New Rochelle is doing right and others are doing wrong.