Question about Washington Co Fire radio protocols

[d119]

I listen to Washington County Fire Dispatch on 33.860 just about every day out here in Southern California.

I often hear various apparatus say "Responding 2 and 2" or some variance there of. What does that mean? Four crew members in the rig, two up front two in the back, or two officers and two firefighters? Or two apparatus with two each following each other? Inquiring minds want to know.

Your dispatchers out there are top notch, by the way. CA could stand to take the stick out of their rears and relax a bit.

 

[maus92]

Typically that would mean two officers and two crew members. In Anne Arundel County (a urban/suburban county south of Baltimore and east of DC), we would say "Four with two," meaning four total personnel with two officers. Engines, trucks and squads require one officer; tankers, brush trucks and other utility vehicles do not require officers. Probably similar in Washington County, but maybe not since it is a mostly rural county.

 

[d119]

Typically that would mean two officers and two crew members. In Anne Arundel County (a urban/suburban county south of Baltimore and east of DC), we would say "Four with two," meaning four total personnel with two officers.

OK, so I was thinking correctly. I also hear "driver only" and things like that, and obviously that's self explanatory. Thanks for the reply!