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Alarm levels, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc. were originally established to dispatch a predetermined number of specific companies to a specific...

If you don't have any agreement beforehand, you cannot expect, guaranty, or even know what you'll get, if anything at all.

Some mutual aid agreements include provisions for reimbursement of expenses and for insurance liability.

Great engineering estimate. Cost effectiveness as measured by purchase cost divided by number of times used is just one method of...

In an AVL system, an available unit is assigned based on its actual location. In a non-AVL system, an available unit is assigned (and...

Most GPS based CAD programs give companies that are on the air a 20 to 60 second response time advantage because their turn out time is...

Although Baltimore County has a combined fire department, career stations and volunteer stations are separate. In 1992, the County...

Engine 10 was disbanded in 1986 when they were combined with Ladder 28 as Aerial Tower 128, later as Engine 128. 128 was disbanded in...

Start on page 186 of this thread. The 8 pages that follow contain loads of information and articles about E15, E17, & L18 and its...

Dinner with Bernie (r) and his traveling companion Dan McCarthy at the IFBA Convention in Milwaukee 2023 as they attended as delegates...

Just out, the Winter Spring 2024 issue of Turn Out. https://ifba.org/turnout-magazine/

Here is 2023 Milwaukee Convention Issue of Turn Out. https://ifba.org/turnout-magazine/