City Of Rochester, NY Fire Apparatus

[flashover71]

I agree I seen the changes from engine and truck to quint and midi and back, I always thought Len Huther was a innovator, and he knew that he had to do more for less and it worked. Now after being away from rochester for 5 years I seen the way the reorganization screwed the city up, for example truck companies were reduced from 9 to 6 so now you have a further distance for a truck Co to have to respond to. Taking a truck Co out of Charlotte was not planned right cause it takes truck 2 about 5 to 7 minutes more to get the first in truck Co, and depending on the weather conditions could take longer. Now I would have kept a truck there especially since there are 2 high rises not even a quarter mile from quarters with one being across the street, and a large nursing home about a mile and a half away. With the quint/midi system there was a truck in every section of the city.