House fire, Low manpower

Blue Island Fire Dept. pulls up on a house fire. 1 FF 1 Firetruck.... Why does anyone have to run so short staffed. But it happens everyday all over

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• house fire
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[JKSK8ERLIVE]

what happened to the initial STILL response? usually when u get a reported structure fire u get a Still response ours is one engine, 1 truck, 1 ambo, 1 buggy, and the dept over sends an engine and a chief and gradually as the alarm levels upgrade more apparatus is sent in, but BIFD apparently didnt have any more companies to send in idk why but if that was my DEPT, weve already would have at least 3 engines and maybe 2 trucks already staged and working putting lines one it

[probemedic]

@JKSK8ERLIVE They get that on there still response but the dept is/was severly undermanned. Typically the have 3 personnel out of one station and 2 out of the other. these 5 FF's cover the entire town for both fire and EMS. Blue Island is a relatively large and busy dept. Even today it is not uncommon for them (or some of there nieghbors) to run a 1 or 2 man engine out the door to a report of a fire. Still a great Dept. with some of the best FF's I know. Improvise,adapt, overcome

[JKSK8ERLIVE]

@probemedic yeah the economys really jaggin with budget cuts but all i know is the best way to go is to run all vollie even though my dept is paid we used to be vollie way back when 9 years ago or try to hire part timers/ probies we always see new meat on our engine co but yeah BIFDs really screwed over with there staffing/ manpower but i know 2 man engines are common cuz a couple towns in Evergreens district run 2-3 man engines we have 12 guys covering our whole town 24-7

[probemedic]

@JKSK8ERLIVE I kind of think your dumb... just saying.

[whfd51]

Who are all the civilians busting out windows and using an attack line from the outside? Good way to burn the place down don't ya think?

[solidstream13]

I love the comment at 06:00

[nattters1]

kinda really hate to say this but i wish the people that cut the budgets have a house fire 

[resqjason2]

has OSHA seen this? they still do stuff like this now? how is that even legal? might as well be volly department. probly would have been more guys on a volly engine

[JKSK8ERLIVE]

@CyanoticFuture yeah i dont a volly dept would work out in big cities lol but i dont PA VFDs are private there public safety

[CyanoticFuture]

@JKSK8ERLIVE A lot of those volly depts. in PA are private and broke.75 %of the dept in the US can be volunteer because most of the country isnt heavily urbanized.New york,Cleveland,Miami,LA,Dallas­,Chicago,etc. obviously cant be volunteer,

[JKSK8ERLIVE]

all im saying is that FF is badass total badass hes fearless lmao

[JKSK8ERLIVE]

@CyanoticFuture yeah actually 75% of the U.S. is volly it can be successful because u have more manpower and cheaper funding since its all free but in PA its all volly mostly it can be a slower response times but the dedication it takes covers it i know a couple vollies and they have more commitment supposedly but even suburban FDs can be volly not just rural we used to be volly about 10-11 yrs ago then we switched over to full time/ part time

[CyanoticFuture]

@JKSK8ERLIVE Volunteer depts. are good for areas with low call volumes and/or small populations,or jurisdictions that dont have many special target hazards such as hospitals,Nursing homes,schools,large industries, large shopping malls,etc.They are also good if you have enough people that actually show up to calls,which some dont,negating the fact you even have an FD at all.Volunteer depts cannot work typically for larger jurisdiction/populations w/ heavy call volume.