One question for you. Do you live in a small town with a Paid Department or a Vol. Department? because there are some big cities that don't have that. Let alone a small town in america. Most small town departments have 1 MAYBE 2 engines,1-2 brush units a tanker and a light rescue. That I personally can tell you because coming from a family that has State fire officials i can tell you that that is what most small town USA towns can have. Also, i'm not trying to start a fight. Just trying to clarify what is reasonable.
I'm not the person who is being referred to but I'd like to add somethings to the debate about Jaws and Units. I Volunteered for a small town (Rural area, only like... 400 people occupied it?) we had one station which housed the following units:
Engine 37-1-1: Had JAWS and was the First Due Engine on 99% of calls
Engine 37-1-2: Older Engine, no longer has JAWS
Tanker: Was purely a tanker, no JAWS.
Ambulance
We also had a Brush truck but that was strictly brush, no tools other than Scott pack and general brush fire stuff you'd need.. Rakes, Shovels, etc, etc.
To be honest, the only apparatus that needs JAWS is Rescue and the primary Engine. Typically, on an MVA the policies are:
Engine Rolls
Resuce Rolls
If they house Ambulances then chuck the Ambulance to the rolling list.
Engine is dispatched in case of a fire and in case they don't have enough manpower to man two vehicles. They'll still have the JAWS.