You may not realize it, but a substantial amount of the fire houses left in the city are only using half of the equipment. The tanker unit in one house might still be open, but the ladder unit has been shuttered, but at least it still looks as though it's in full operation.

On a DFD praise note, I was driving down St. Aubin to Eastern Market on Sat Oct 2, when I saw thick white smoke coming out of a house at E. Warren. I called 911 at 12:26. As I came closer to Eastern Market, I saw a DFD truck flying around the corner at Theodore at 12:28, heading towards the fire.

That response time was less than 2 minutes. I heard additional units responding as I walked into the market.