In my opinion quints give smaller departments a false sense of security. I see too many departments purchaseing these apparatus thinking they are getting two pieces of apparatus that they only have to staff with one crew. The problem with this though is that if the crew on the quint commits themselves to doing an interior attack entering on the "A" side of the structure and the aerial device is needed at the "D" side of the structure for a rescue the aerial is useless unless you back the interior crew out and breakdown the handline and then move the apparatus.