Suffern, NY (Rockland) Working Basement Fire 7/13/08

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Yes, automatic mutual aid. Tallman is Suffern's automatic mutual aid F.A.S.T. Team for reported structural fires. My Department doesn't have a ladder truck, so for any reported structural fires we have an automatic mutual aid ladder truck from West Nyack & F.A.S.T. Team from Valley Cottage. Not every department in the County does it this way, but more and more are going the automatic mutual aid route. My personal opinion is that it's a great idea. Why wait to pull up to a working fire to call a F.A.S.T. Team, might as well get them on the road A.S.A.P., you can always cancel them.