Fire Apparatus Continued

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I wanted to add something to the last forum about Fire Appartus on EMS calls. I am suprised no one mentioned that NFPA 1710 states that for ALS level calls, the minimum recommended staffing is 2 BLS providers in four minutes and 2 ALS providers in 8 minutes. For departments trying to reach this standard, the way to do it is to have an engine or ladder with a medic and an ambulance with a medic respond to these level of calls. We send the engine because its the most logical piece to send. We staff three three person engines and one four person engine, and splitting them up is not something the chief is interested in doing.

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Well if you have 6 engine's and 3 of them have medic's on as drivers than if you get more than 2 or 3 calls than you now have 3 engine's not 6 so if you a city wants at least 4-6 engine's in service at all times than they should make other plans, I think