recent major fires have taken out up to 20,000 buildings in 1 single
day - Paradise CA + Boulder CO + Gatlinburg TN etc
how many homes could have been saved if each fire station had enough
modern fire engines to be staffed by every available firefighter?
each paid fire station typically is staffed by 3 people daily - with 6
people off duty - if each paid station had 3 modern pumpers, then on
the ultra high hazard days - or after a major earthquake etc - all 3
modern fire engines could be staffed by all available firefighters -
maybe even 4 or 5 fire engines if you include retired firefighters and
visiting firefighters or passerby firefighters
a similar situation exists for volunteer fire stations - most
volunteer stations have at least 12 trained interior and wildfire
qualified firefighters - so one volunteer station could staff between
6 and 10 modern fire engines - (again if you include some visiting and
retired firefighters) - (and if staffing is 2 people per modern
engine)
note - a rural pumper with pump and roll capability and a mounted deck
gun can safely be operated by 1 person at a wildfire
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