Some fire departments do EMS too, so they have trained EMTs. It's a way for us to make money: The Berlin fire department had a _surplus_ of 21 million euros last year, due to the EMS business. Same at our department. We make it a point to have at least one EMT on scene wherever we go.

Our System is like this:

1 Commander (boss)
1 Engineer (operates vehicle, portable pumps and whatnot)
1 Radioman/Generalist
2 Attack team (the rambos)
2 Water team (responsible for getting the water to the pump. When that's done, second attack team)
2 Hose team (responsible for getting water to the attack team. When that's done, third attack team)

The first engine to arrive operates differently in a fire: the commander and the attack team go in, the radioman and water team go in too immediately. The hose team secures the peremeter (sp?), with the engineer doing what he always does. The commander of the second engine assumes command of the scene when he arrives.