Post by 3101 on Jan 4, 2008 0:16:27 GMT -5
rreis said:
Since this thread has leaned a little toward the grid selection process, I will tell you what the Good Reverend thinks. Where their is comfort in knowing what resources you as the chief have selected for your first four alarms, their is more comfort hearing actual units signing on radio enroute to your job, after the first dispatch. The County needs to decide how many units are required for each type of dispatch (3&1, 2&2) and dispatch them based of of geographic location not whos town its in or whos buddy made the response grid. Any other apparatus responding in would than be extra or assigned as needed. Would this piss some people off who make the third truck out of their station, yep or anger those who could possibly be recalled off an incident in their own town, yep. But it is not about those guys its is about getting quick ,quality, and reliable emergency responses for the people who are having their worst day. The people we signed on to protect. Remember Brothers, this is one of the only businesses that defaults to helping people and not ourselves. When all else fails, they call us. We can do better with our delivery system. Stay Safe Rev, you are talking about the dreaded "R" word REGIONALIZATION
I don't think you are going to see true regionalization come around anytiime soon. Yes, it will happen eventually, but not until it is forced upon us by an event of major magnatude. That is not how it should be and it is not how it should be instituted, but that is IMHO exactly what will happen unless people are willing to give up control of part of thier sandboxes.