in the USA apartments can make up a large part of residences in cities both large and small. With that being said, most fires are residential meaning either a home or apartment are more likely to have a fire than commercial or residential structure.
These calls can range from small apartment fire to large apartment fire. Small-large being how big the fire would bet not the size of the building.
Small Apartment Fire
4 Engines
2 ladders
1 chief
1 rescue (possibly)
Ambulance
2 patrol cars
Medium Apartment Fire
6 (or 7?) Engines
3 Ladders
2 chiefs
1 rescue
Ambulance
2 patrol cars
Large Apartment Fire
10 (or 11?) Engines
4 ladders
3 chiefs
1 rescue
Ambulance
2 patrol cars
Huge Apartment Fire
13 Engines
4 (or 5?) Ladders
3 chiefs
1 mobile command
1 rescue
Ambulance
2 patrol cars
Apartment Under Construction
15 Engines
5 ladders
3 chiefs
1 mobile command
1 rescue
Ambulance 2 patrol cars
The reason for the large ammount of resources for the apartment under construction is that they can get big if the building is at the phase of construction where it is wood frame and insulation with no windows or fire suppression systems in place. Its a multi-story tinderbox waiting for a hot dry day to burn it all down.
Please tell me what y'all think and what you would like to see in apartment fires.