Hey all,
It was only yesterday that I had a major fire and realised that something needs to be done about fire engines and sending them to other stations to cover their area.
It would be fantastic if the developers could implement a feature where by if a fire appliance had left, say, Uckfield Fire Station, one from Crowborough could drive (not on emergency lights) to their station and sit in their bay, that way, if there's a call in Crowborough then they're prepared. That's how it's done in real life if a lot of units are out on a job.
That could also be added to alliances, so if the county next to me had a resource intensive job, a gas fire for example, then some of their stations could potentially be low on resources. I could send a fire station from Wadhurst, for example, up to another member's fire station in Tunbridge Wells. That could ping a request over, and they can choose to accept it and let my fire engine cover their ground, or they can choose to leave it as it is, or send one of their own.
I'm not sure how easy it'd be, but I can tell you now that it's something member's want, at least in our alliance. It's a huge part of firefighting activity over here in the UK, and retained firefighters are often paged from home to cover another station while they deal with a job. How about a bonus of 500 credits each time you cover someone else's station, along with the credits from the job that the covering station is attending; this way there is some incentive to work as a team,communicate and help eachother. I'd feel it would really be something we'd benefit from, as well as making the game much more immersive and involving.
What do you guys on the forum think? 
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Cheers,
Nick - Admin for 999 RESPONSE, COVERING EAST SUSSEX AND WEST SUSSEX FIR & RESCUE SERVICE.
