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lauren, i am glad to see you have done youre research. Response
time would improve in the case of Myrtle Grove Fire Dept. for
some odd reason MGVFD likes to keep all there trucks in service
and available. The current dispatch system we have in place
which is called CAD, its computer aided dispatch. The way it
works is when the dispatcher starts asking there questions it
recommends certain units depending on the location. Now if MGVFD
keeps there 4 trucks in service and available, and you get a
structure fire in MGVFD's district, CAD will recommend all four
MGVFD trucks. Now this is nice but due to falling volunteer
participation you may get two trucks, one filled with county
staff and then a volunteer truck maybe 4 to 5 minutes after
county staff leave the station. Now had those trucks not been in
service and if they would