Question:
For the following, what does your department send on each? 1. Fire Alarm Sounding 2. Structure Fire, 1st alarm 3. Structure Fire, 2nd alarm 4. Structure Fire, 3rd alarm 5. Grass/ Brush Fire 6. Vehicle Accident with injuries 7. Vehicle Accident with entrapment (if different) 8. BLS Ambulance response 9. ALS Ambulance response (if different)

Answer: Q: 1. Fire Alarm Sounding

A: Most fire alarms calls are within the city: 1 engine with a captain and an engineer and 1 medic unit with a firefighter are initial response. Q: 2. Structure Fire, 1st alarm A: Within the hydrant district: 1 engine with a captain and an engineer, 2 engines with an engineer, and 1 medic unit with a firefighter are initial response. All structure fires are dispatched with a recall tone, so additional off-duty and on-call personnel will respond to the closest station and bring in 1 quint with at least 2 personnel, 1 rescue (lights, power, air, extrication) with 2 personnel, and additional equipment as requested by the IC. Personnel may respond directly to the scene POV, or in groups from a station in a dept pickup truck. Outside the hydrant district: 1 engine from the closest station, 2 tankers from the other two stations, and 1 medic unit are initial response. Again, the recall and on-call personnel will bring an additional tanker, a quint, and a rescue truck as manning is available. Also, a water fill site will be set up using an engine from the central station which is dedicated to that operation at one of several predetermined sites as requested by the IC. Personnel may also respond directly to the scene for additional manpower. Q: 3. Structure Fire, 2nd alarm A: Mutual aid with a neighboring department, which will send a tanker or engine with one engineer and one captain. Q: 4. Structure Fire, 3rd alarm A: Mutual aid with a second neighboring department, which will send a tanker with one engineer and one firefighter. Q: 5. Grass/ Brush Fire A: Up to 2 brush trucks (pickups with pump/tank skid unit installed) and one tanker are initial response depending on dispatch information and captain's preference. All wildland fires receive auto aid from the local state forestry office, which will send at least one brush truck and up to several engines, helicopter buckets, and crews depending on size up information. A large wildland fire may receive the same response and recall tones as a structure fire, including the 2nd and 3rd alarm mutual aid requests. Q: 6. Vehicle Accident with injuries A: Response varies by location of accident, but generally it is 1 or 2 medic units from the two closest stations. The crew from the third station is moved up to the central station cover manning and provide additional resources if needed. Q; 7. Vehicle Accident with entrapment (if different)

A: Again, response varies by location of accident, but generally it is 2 medic units from the two closest stations with a rescue truck responding from one of them. The crew from the third station is moved up to the central station cover manning and provide additional resources if needed. A recall may be done to get additional manpower from off-duty and on-call personnel. Q: 8. BLS Ambulance response A: We have 4 ALS medic units and they generally respond with a minimum of 2 EMTs on board. The most likely situation will be one Paramedic, one EMT-III ACLS, and usually an additional Paramedic or EMT-III on board our first out medic unit from the central station. This rig responds to all medical calls within the district. If the call is within the first response area of one of the two sub stations, then that station will send a medic unit with the minimum 2 EMTs, but the usual manning is going to be a Paramedic and one EMT-III. Upon size-up, if the manning of the first response rig is adequate to handle the situation, they will send the primary rig back to quarters by radio. Q: 9. ALS Ambulance response (if different) A: Same initial response, however, in these situations the primary medic unit often continues to the scene with the first responding unit to provide additional manpower for treatment and packaging. Also, the third station's crew will be moved up to the central station, and a recall may be done to get additional on-scene assistance or to provide for station manning.