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My departments longest time without a call was 2 1/2 months.
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Permalink Reply by Karr Quintero on
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wow, whats the population and type of enviroment out there? how many in the dept? not even emr's?
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Permalink Reply by Fabulous Heather Days of Summer on
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WOW - you have a super safe town - I wanna live there.
You must live in heaven ~~~ where there is no more death or dying or sadness ~~~ or humans
are you sure the phone lines weren't just down?
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Permalink Reply by M.J. 6821 on
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Dispatch left the one line off the hook so they could get their nap in.
Actually to be honest my first fire dept we could go 4months without a fire. EMS was a seperate side.
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Permalink Reply by Roy N. Johnsen on
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Our department is rural and only have 210 homes in our area. everthing else in woods. we cover 69 square miles. Yes we do first responder also.
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Permalink Reply by Norm Tindell on
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I hope you guys are still training like your next call will be the worst one in years.
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Permalink Reply by Tony P on
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Keeping up the enthusiasm for training would be the hardest thing with such a small call number.
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Permalink Reply by Kevin Hatfield on
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The longest we have gone without a call is probably only a couple hours or so .... LOL
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Permalink Reply by Andrew Salinger on
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we have some brigades that get only 2 or 3 calls a year or less.
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Permalink Reply by John L. VanAuken on
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Our Dept is paid on call with out EMS, but we do get called for Extrications. Most of our calls are wild land related, and so summers tend to be bussy. This year for the most part quiet, late start but still dry and 70 degree weather, so not over yet. I canot say how long we have gone with out a call, but there has been times ya wonder then get 3 or so in a row. We cover around 220 sq miles, with Interstate 84 and many Highways, rural farm land, and BLM in our District. We also contract coverage for the city, so are trained in both structure and wild land fire tactics. So yes we do a lot of training, twice sometimes three times a month to keep our skills up as well as mutual aid calls which dose help. So ya never know you may get slamed with a few in a row, and being as small as ya say, may be a sleeping dragon waiting to surprise ya. Stay safe have fun and dont fall asleep!!
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In Roy's town, they are REALLY GOOD at their fire prevention training of the townspeople...
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Permalink Reply by David Clark on
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You make a good point Norm! Training becomes a much more important issue when there is a low call volume. You can only learn a certain amount in the classroom. Even with hands-on training there is a limit to how much practical knowledge can be imparted to the trainee. You can train until the cows come home but there is a part of our operational skill set that can only be attained through actual response experience. There is no substitute for experience and a low call volume will make it that much more difficult to attain. I would think about arranging ride along s with a more active nearby department to keep skills sharp between calls.
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excellent point
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