I wouldn't necessarily say it's removing a conventional unit just altering how a specific task is done. It only takes one person to operate each drone, everything else on the truck can be the same.
It's the exact same thing in my eyes but I'm not a firefighter so I'm not gonna act like I know what I'm talking about
Every single person on an apparatus is working at a fire. If you take any of them away from their normal job to run the drone, you are making the unit not operate effectively as it normally would. Imagine a team of guys at a factory pulling levers to make the factory work, and can’t leave their stations without the factory shutting down. You are suggesting one of these guys should be given another lever to pull somewhere else in the factory
But if there's a situation where you'd be sending someone up a ladder with a hose anyway or operating the boom thing which has a hose attached what's the difference? It's the same job no ?
You just use it when it's practical and needed. The person operating it is still fighting the fire the same as if they had a hose directly in their hands ?
probably just one of those things I won't understand because I haven't done it.
The person you initially responded to, as well as my own opinion is that the drone is not better enough than anything else to justify replacing it. But it could be a good addition, as long as you aren’t taking something we believe to be better away to do it
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u/FruitOrchards 14d ago
I wouldn't necessarily say it's removing a conventional unit just altering how a specific task is done. It only takes one person to operate each drone, everything else on the truck can be the same.
It's the exact same thing in my eyes but I'm not a firefighter so I'm not gonna act like I know what I'm talking about