Virginia apparatus - miscellaneous

[MFD76]

Yes they are doing away with the Quint Concept and as of Jan 1 2014 everything will be Engine and Truck. A lot of changes and reassignments coming.

That is excellent news. Its hard to beat the time tested Truck and Engine concept. I always scratched my head when Richmond went to Quints. I understood the need for new apparatus but from first hand experience it is hard to make the Quint and Rescue Concept work and still maintain fire ground functions. I remember reading a letter explaining the benefit of the Quint concept in Richmond outlining the staffing adjustments and how beneficial it was. IMO the staffing numbers just did not add up when compared to what they were loosing at the time in terms of staffing, apparatus, and fire ground functions.