Boston Fire Department

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[quote name='firepost' post='95451' date='Apr 7 2007, 19:46 ']Thanks for the reply that's quite interesting to know as I know that Boston has a higher Ladder company to Engine company Ratio then most Fire Departments do so apparently Boston is a '"Truck Company" City. I personally am surprised that Boston hasn't gone back to ordering TDA's sooner because of the narrow streets in some of your areas.The majority of the Ladder company's in Philadephia,Baltimore and Washington D.C. are TDA's for that very reason as most of the older east coast city's have quite a few narrow streets.

I read within the last two years that Boston lost the fifth man from their Ladder company's.When did that happen?

Firepost [/quote]





We do have quite a few more trucks then most. We currently run 34 Engines and 22 Ladders out of 34 firehouses covering just over 43 square miles. We've been running 1 & 3 on the trucks since I was appointed in late 2002, so it's not a recent development. Our minimum staffinf is 1 & 3 on ALL companies; Engines, Ladders, Towers & Rescues. In December and January espsecially (no scheduled vacations) we sometimes run 1 & 4. I'd love to see more TDA's, but then you need 2 chauffeurs each shift which can be tough some shifts without overtime.