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Permalink Reply by Wes Anders on April 13, 2008 at 10:00am

Well we dont have restrictions on povs but there is always a chanch all your responders go to the scene and not to the station. Its kinda hard to fight a fire without any apparatus. There is also the fact that you end up with to many vehicles on scene and the apparatus cant get where they need to be. We did have one fire that no one got the apparatus I told myself that I wouldnt let that happen again so I respond to the station every time unless ive heard the trucks roll.

Permalink Reply by Mike Yocom on April 13, 2008 at 6:28pm

In my dept we do not have a restriction when responding to a scene in a Pov's. Wes makes some good points in his post, in why it is prob best to respond to the fire house 1st then stright to the scene, but i also see sometimes where it might be nesscary to do that go stright to the scene, i have seen a few time guys driving stright to the scene but that is mostly with structure fires and they are not near town when the page goes out.

Permalink Reply by Tom Griswold on June 7, 2008 at 8:10pm

we have no restrictions but all the extra vehicles are a pain in the ass around the scene and any damage to your personal vehicle is not covered by the department.