Posted January 17, 2020 So yesterday I saw a TDA truck company in central California running calls all over there zone. How can they perform on a fire with just 3 men? Yesterday was not the first day I saw the truck company running with just 3 guys. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted January 18, 2020 It is a shame that so many of these trucks have been reduced to running 80% medical aids. The expensive trucks are run into the ground on wear-and-tear on nosebleeds and frequent flyers. I have been vocal on this issue for a long time. Thankfully a bunch of agencies are adopting squads to run on the medical aids, reducing the truck from miles, and the higher risk of collisions than a standard pumper or smaller vehicle. I am assuming the agency you refer to may be short staffed, maybe the front line pumper is down so they are cross-staffing to the truck with only a crew of 3, and likely running mostly medical aids. I agree with you, a truck company should be 4-crew if you want that as your resource on a working structure fire. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted January 18, 2020 The truck in question is not crossed-staffed. To add salt to the question. When I moved here the dept was a 6 station dept. Now it is 4 with rolling brown outs on units. The truck has been hit tons of time with the brown out thanks to the city board. If a station is browned out and there is a cross staffed unit there like hazmat or rescue it is out of service to for the time period. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
