Richmond, Va

[Truckman]

[quote name='VFN102' date='05 December 2009 - 01:17 AM' timestamp='1259992644' post='350858']

The original idea as I understand it was to run the engines/FRVs on incidents that do not require an aerial device (car, dumpster & brush fires, EMS calls, etc) to help save the quint from running up and down the road as much. I think some officers prefer to just stay on the quint and run it on every call rather than jumping back and forth from one piece to the other. If you listen to Richmond fire dispatch, however, you will often hear engines as part of structural assignments. That most likely means the quint for that particular company is either out of service or they had taken the engine on a call and were not yet back in quarters when the structure call was dispatched.

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That is the original plan of operation.



Some apparatus, Quint or Engine may be at the shop for maintenance, so this leave the other for the company to operate. As Paul said, sometimes a company may be on the street in one piece or the other and cleared and a new call is dispatched. They have to respond in what they are in.



Now with GPS and a company(s) clears right after the new call is dispatched, the other companies marked back in service my MDC and the CAD sees this, it will recommed to the FAO that Company X is available and the FAO can and should make the change and sent the company that just cleared or one that is the nearest to the new call.





Each piece, Quint and or Engine has a complete set of tools, hose, scba's, ems gear and other items. They only thing the company has to do is to take their turnouts and board either piece, Quint or Engine.