Need help to justify buying quint and related questions

[slackjawedyokel]

Yeah - we both must be paranoid - cant help but wonder if this is a "fishing" expidition for the opposition.

[Woodbridge]

Anybody besides me wondering why a civilian has so much interest in justifying a quint for the fire department? It may be totally legit, but it just has a strange aroma to it to me.

He maybe friends with the fire chief or firefighters and just wants to try to help the guys get support from the local citizens when they go to town hall to ask for the money to purchase the apparatus!

[FyredUp]

He maybe friends with the fire chief or firefighters and just wants to try to help the guys get support from the local citizens when they go to town hall to ask for the money to purchase the apparatus!

To me the person to talk to is the Fire Chief and find out why he thinks a quint is the answer. Then support hos rationale. Not go on a fishing expedition online to justify a piece of equipment. As someone said earlier, if the fire departent can't come up with enough home grown reasons to justify a quint, maybe they really don;t need one.