ENGINE COMPANY
RANDOM THOUGHTS
Engine companies responding to structure fires with departments that have truck companies assigned to the alarm may have the luxury of being able to concentrate on extinguishment duties. This usually means getting water on the fire. It is by no means a simple task. Each operation, depending on size-up conditions at the scene, can be entirely different from the last In fact, if you aren't able to shift hose stretch and water supplytactics and are locked into only one type of operation, you usually can get in trouble.
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