Kansas City area fire apparatus

[hadg317]

I was in Kansas City MO this weekend and had the chance to stop by Station 14. I wasn't there very long before they were out the door to a call and unfortuniately didn't get any pictures. I do have a couple of questions:



1. Why is the Battalion Chiefs Aide a Captain? Does the Captain fill a roll in the Command Staff at an incident or is this on the job training?



2. Are there only Captains or are there also Lieutenants in the Fire Dept.



3. Do the rescue companies run with 2 officers all the time?? If so do they do this so they can split the crew when they arrive at an incident and have an officer with each crew?



Thanks for clearing these questions up for me.



They guys out there were a good bunch and I would have loved to spend more time talking to them.