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Old Jul 11, 2013 | 5:54 pm
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Originally Posted by greg99
With respect to fire units coming from outside the airport, it probably takes 3-5 minutes for a fire engine to travel from the gate where they can enter the airfield to the crash site, so 20 minutes from the receipt of a dispatch order to arrival on scene doesn't strike me as excessive.

Greg
I agree. This isn't an empty parking lot we're talking about -- it's the runways and taxiways of a major international airport. We can't just open the gates and send everything in at 60 mph.
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