Big City Tactics for Small Town Fire Departments

Many small departments often try to emulate their big city counterparts, such as the Fire Department of New York (FDNY), Chicago, Boston, etc. As we all know, big cities have one thing in abundance that their little brothers may not have: resources. Larger cities may have a seemingly unlimited reserve of apparatus, staffing, equipment, and so on, whereas Bugtussel, USA, can often be stretched short of resources on even the smallest of incidents.

Your department may not be able to copy exactly the way the FDNY operates, but you certainly can borrow ideas and adapt them in a way that would work for you. You will also find quite often what works for them doesn’t necessarily work for you, and what works for you could never work for them.

Read More: https://www.fireengineering.com/2020/01/10/482938/big-city-tactics-for-small-town-fire-departments-have-a-plan/?topic=333348

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