A group of members with the following characteristics: (1) under the direct supervision of an officer; (2) trained and equipped to perform assigned tasks; (3) usually organized and identified as engine companies, ladder companies, rescue companies, squad companies, or multifunctional companies; (4) usually operating with one piece of fire apparatus (engine, ladder truck, elevating platform, quint, rescue, squad, ambulance); (5) arriving at the incident scene on fire apparatus; (6) company configurations shall be permitted to allow for multiple apparatus that are dispatched and arrive together, continuously operate together, and are managed by a single company officer.