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[Fred03]

As long as its nice and rural (more cows than people) I don't care where its set. But if you want to set it on the border that means a few more units to incorporate into the mod and at least one more road sign so...

[LAD23DER]

As long as its nice and rural (more cows than people) I don't care where its set. But if you want to set it on the border that means a few more units to incorporate into the mod and at least one more road sign so...

I agree!

[bama1234]

As long as its nice and rural (more cows than people) I don't care where its set. But if you want to set it on the border that means a few more units to incorporate into the mod and at least one more road sign so...

 

Well not necessarily. The only extra unit I was planning on adding is the state trooper, and I would need a sign for Idaho either way.

[Fred03]

That's what I mean, my bad, just a trooper unit or too.

[BeastyBill88]

it's called Monida Pass for a reason - Montana/Idaho = Monida, so it's not just Montana, technically...

Ah now see being from the UK I never knew that lol

[willowfork fire capt]

will there be an on/off engine script like in manhattan

[bama1234]

will there be an on/off engine script like in manhattan

 

If everything goes as planned, yes.

[willowfork fire capt]

cool, so since there is not an ambulance with the fire dept anymore will there be another fire truck or is it going to be a single bay station

[Fred03]

Maybe a brush or tanker...?

[willowfork fire capt]

i would like to see a tanker because thats what most rural towns have

[EmergencyFan97]

Most rural departments have an engine, brush, and tanker as a minimum.  My volunteer department, which is mostly rural with a village and an asphalt plant in our coverage, along with LOTS of farmland, has 2 engines, 2 tankers, 2 brush trucks, and a light plant.  Only one engine and one brush truck are newer than 2000.  And the engine was bought with insurance money, might I add.

[Reaper]

What is a light plant ? Is it similar to a air/light unit?

[Fred03]

The a light plant is a generator/floodlight unit, usually a trailer, usually only used for lighting command posts at major incidents.

[EmergencyFan97]

Yep, that's it.  We got it from the Department of Homeland Security for free, so it sits in our empty bay.

[bama1234]

Right now the vollie department is sitting at two engines, a paramedic car, a supervisor car, and a brush truck. There isn't room for a tanker, as the department only has two engine bays. I may add a tanker to the county department, though.

[willowfork fire capt]

is the second engine the same one as the other one

[Fred03]

Your mod, you're call. But personally I think a paramedic car is a bit unrealistic for a tiny VFD in the middle of nowhere.

[jrff64]

I would say instead of a paramedic car give the department a utility that can run QRS.

[Fred03]

Just seems to me that in a small town would either have a fire department ambulance (1 EMT, 1 Paramedic at station 24/7 just for the ambulance) or a private EMS company/separate governmental EMS agency (1 or 2 ambulances and maybe a supervisor car sometimes). Your average volly department in a small area would be lucky to scrape 10 firefighters and at the most trained as EMRs and maybe a EMT or two.

[bama1234]

I know the volunteer department closest to me IRL does in fact have a paramedic response car. But regardless, I feel it's a necessary asset to have, because for certain medical calls (stroke, etc) you can't wait several minutes to get POV to the station to pick up an ambulance or wait for the paid department to show up. A quick-response vehicle is needed.