Under what condition can stations 16 and 56 avoid a transfer engine?

• A. The crash units are available to respond
• B. The water supply is secure
• C. The incident is a small fire
• D. An air supply is ready

Answer: (C)

When deciding whether to bring in a transfer engine, the deciding factor is the size and severity of the fire and whether the initial units can handle it with their own resources. If the incident is a small fire, the first-arriving engine has enough water, hose lines, and personnel to control and extinguish it without needing extra apparatus from another station. So, the condition that lets stations 16 and 56 avoid a transfer engine is that the incident is a small fire. Other factors like crash units being available, water supply being secure, or an air supply being ready are important for safety and operations, but they don’t by themselves determine the need for a transfer engine.