St. Louis Metro

[FireMedic049]

holy shit....what was the manning on the quints? u said they still had regular 100' trucks right?...quint concept works so long as u have 5 or more assigned....lol....JMO

What definition of "quint concept" are you referring to?  St. Louis went to what was referred to as the "Total Quint Concept" (TQC).  As implemented, each quint responded and operated on each call as either an engine company OR a truck company.  Since the 4-man engine and truck companies are more or less the accepted minimum for company staffing levels and the quint companies operated as an engine or truck at calls, then why would they need more staffing than what would be assigned to a single role unit?

 

Now, if you are referring to the use of a quint company in both engine AND truck company roles at the same incident, then obviously they would need to have additional staffing to have any chance at being as effective as 2 seperate companies.

 

Additionally, it takes more than just a staffing number to make the use of quints work.