Quote:agreed....and i was talking about the second concept using them to do BOTH....thus having the cost savings etc but being able to function on a fireground as both and engine and a truck....thank you....i always thought it was an interesting concept....but it seems like you said they have gotten away from this and back to a more traditional layout.....who made the 125' trucks?It is my understanding that they are operating in more of a hybid model than reverting back to a traditional engine and truck deployment model. I believe the small quints (aka Trucks) are still being utilized in the same fashion as before - taking on engine or truck duties depending on order of arrival. The units operating with the new engines assume the appropriate engine company role based on their order of arrival relative to other "engine" units. I'm not sure if these units ever assume a non-aerial related "truck role" on scene.
From what I recall of past posts, the partial switch to non-quint units was driven in part by economics rather than wanting to abondon TQC. I think the new engines were assigned to high run companies with the intent of being less costly to run than a quint for the number of medical calls being run and also less costly to purchase given the current economic climate. However, considering how big they appear to be, I'm not sure if they are seeing significant savings with their usage.
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