Ability to use other units on calls andstill recieve the same outcome as engines

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    i think that the other units such as ladders and rescues, utilities, chiefs, should be able to respond to minor calls like trees in the path or mailbox fires or even call box fires and have the same effect as engines as most american and canadian units of that variety carry chainsaws and extinguishers and axes for dealing with such events. i also think that the ARFF should be able to work as an engine on major calls because i know in real life my department calls for airport trucks on major fires.

    Could be a large mailbox, also a car fire definitely requires a pump, unsure as to which you're going at.


    Let me put it this way, that's not a bucket job:

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    I agree that the calls which aren't really fires but more service type calls should be able to be handled by pretty much any for apparatus, except say a chief, air, hazmat or mcv. It's strange to me that a ladder or rescue company can't handle a tree down call because they don't have a pump and water tank... ?(

    well as far as the ladder units go europe against north america is about 80-85% of all ladder units in north america are quints. they do not carry as much water as an engine but they all have pumps and around 250-500 gallons of water. in my own professional firefighting opnion the UK and all of europe should get on board because a turntable ladder is a useless piece of **** without an engine in the UK. also the quint on here should be open from the offset of having a second station and not require you to earn 2.5 million credits to use without buying coins

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    well as far as the ladder units go europe against north america is about 80-85% of all ladder units in north america are quints. they do not carry as much water as an engine but they all have pumps and around 250-500 gallons of water. in my own professional firefighting opnion the UK and all of europe should get on board because a turntable ladder is a useless piece of **** without an engine in the UK. also the quint on here should be open from the offset of having a second station and not require you to earn 2.5 million credits to use without buying coins

    Quints are a reward for playing the game, you can fast track the reward by spending money on coins. In regards to your statement about ladders elsewhere in the world it is simply not true, good luck operating a US "Quint" ladder in the UK or Europe when some cities streets go back further than 2000 years. Different countries have different requirements. Turntable ladders are not used anywhere near as much any more (In the UK anyway), we use Aerial Ladder Platforms. You have to understand how the UK fire service operates before saying what works and what doesn't, one of the counties near me has 3 aerial ladder platforms for 40 stations, its enough and they get the job done.

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