I take it the Fire Dept is volunteer based on the 20 minute response time? Which isn't that great but acceptable. Figure 2 minutes to be dispatched, 5 to get guys to the station, 3 to get the truck out the door and 10 minutes to get on scene. The cheif really couldn't do anything with an extingusher, as it was really to far gone at that point but he alone would not be allowed to enter the garage alone. For every 2 people you have inside you should have 2 people outside, ready to back your interior crew up. I'm not sure what they were doing with the hoses but the first engine should of pulled a line and started to use their tank water and then another engine tap the hydrant and pull line to establish a water supply for the first in engine. Ideally that should of happened. But nothing ever goes the way you want it to on a fire. Sorry if no one cares, and I really don't wana play monday morning quaterback since I wasn't there to watch.
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