Arlington MA FD is fluctuating between 1 and 2 BLS ambulances on duty. Backup from the private ambulances seems to be getting slower and slower - with some response times hitting 20 minutes recently.
Arliington could buy 1 or 2 more quints. They could also buy a 3rd ambulance. Then they could do some serious cross staffing between the quints and the ambulances. For example - right now - before they buy any more quints - they could use Eng 2 to cross staff Rescue 2 (a BLS ambulance). If there were 2 ambulance calls in East Arlington - the first would get E1 and R1. The 2nd would get L1 and (R2 staffed by E2). When the ambs headed to the hospital, that would leave Quint 3 in Arlington Heights, and E1 and L1 in Arlington Center. L1 could even move up to Sta 2 to cover. Then you would have a staffed unit in each station. I dont think that the remodeled Arlington Center Fire Station is large enough to house 2 aerial pieces. But if it was, they could have 2 quints and 2 or 3 ambulances jammed in there. And Station 2 can apparently hold 3 to 6 units - maybe 2 quints and 2 ambulances. Bottom line - there is a good amount of room in the newly remodeled stations. And there are always a minimum of 15 people on duty. 15 people could put 7 ambulances on the road. Interesting. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "massfire" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/massfire. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
