[quote name='resq1ff' post='195610' date='Mar 9 2008, 18:00 ']In terms of the Brockton fire Department, why are some of the engines lettered as combinations?[/quote]
for resq1ff --- the city of brockton ran 2 piece engine companies until the mid 1980's the "hose wagons" from the 1920's thru 1979 or so were originally called a combination they had a small 250 gpm booster pump and responded as a single piece on still alarms in their 1st due district usually running w/ 1 officer and 2 or 3 ff's the "engine" would only respond on box alarms and ran with the pump operator only. in 1979 thru 1986 engine co's 1,2,3and 5 ran the mack cf 1000 gpm with both rigs and ran with the same manpower arrangement, the last company to lose the 2nd piece was engine co 5 in 1986. i hope this explains it good for you.
for resq1ff --- the city of brockton ran 2 piece engine companies until the mid 1980's the "hose wagons" from the 1920's thru 1979 or so were originally called a combination they had a small 250 gpm booster pump and responded as a single piece on still alarms in their 1st due district usually running w/ 1 officer and 2 or 3 ff's the "engine" would only respond on box alarms and ran with the pump operator only. in 1979 thru 1986 engine co's 1,2,3and 5 ran the mack cf 1000 gpm with both rigs and ran with the same manpower arrangement, the last company to lose the 2nd piece was engine co 5 in 1986. i hope this explains it good for you.
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