Given Pierce’s parent Oshkosh in located in WI, I wonder if that is why Madison WI was willing to get into early adoption Was the dept supporting a large local employer and/or did Oshkosh help underwrite some of the infrastructure cost for a local dept.
https://www.ack.net/stories/nfd-department-severely-understaffed-poses-risk-to-island,30234
After two large fires where NFD had to wait for mutual aid to arrive by boat, questions about resources.
Fire at Veranda House (built 1684) in downtown. Appears to have spread to at least nearby house. All NFD personal on scene.
NFD has 24 career firefighters and 12 on-call. NFD has arrangements with Cape Cod Departments for Mutual Aid if called upon.