Recently my department purchased 2 new saws. We purchased a 460 rescue saw (a sheer beauty!) and a smaller MS390 for cutting trees/ice/ and other stuff we might run into (thats wood). We had a late last year where our saws were on our engine, but the tanker was running water supply miles away. Well when they got to the pond, it was frozen. so away they went with axes, a half hour later they finally got through, good thing we had alot of mutual aid that night or the interior guys would not have been happy. So to say the least we had to buy a second multi purpose saw...and since the price was right the 390 fit the bill. I would have liked to see a pro saw be bought but im the low man on the pole and since money is tight we had to do what we had to do. I think that the 390 will do ok though. I suggest for your dept going to a local dealer, explaining the situation, and seeing if they can get you some kind of discount for emergency services. I would imagine that stihl might have some kind of plan for emergency services to pay a lesser amount (but i dont know this)