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Does your fire department allow members to respond to an incident in private vehicles?

When answering a call, are your crews required to respond together in an apparatus, or are POVs acceptable to use? Take our latest poll and watch as Deputy Chief Billy Goldfeder shares his thoughts on the topic in a recent “What’s YOUR problem?” video.

No, we are not allowed to use POVs for any response.

24 %

Responding in POVs is only allowed for medical emergencies in certain situations.

17 %

Yes, we are allowed to respond to the fire scene in our POVs.

59 %

Total

259

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