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  3. Posted

    On 7/25/2022 at 9:33 PM, mikesaccount said:

    How many 2000, 01 and 02 American La France's are left in front line service I haven't heard of any replacements at 1, 20 or 21 that have one of those from that period as there front line?

    If memory serves correct, there's still a few of them: 1, 9, 20, 21, 37, 50, 74, and 94.

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    12 minutes ago, pump305 said:

    I'M surprised LAFD went with KME since they were not happy with the engines they bought.

    Agreed! I would’ve thought Pierce would win the contract given that most of the fleet is now Pierce, but I guess money does talk lol

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    11 minutes ago, firepost said:

    Yes because the sooner they get the new rigs  delivered and on the street the better. Speaking of new rigs. I know that over the last 3 years the LA City fire department finally started putting some Engine companies back in service that were taken out of service during the recession and about a year ago a Ladder or Truck company (Light Force 38) was put back  in service however it would be good if they started formulating plans to put several other Light Forces back in service as before the recession there were 49 Trucks in service and now there are 43. I don't understand why they took Light Force 28 out of service and replaced it with an Engine especially if you consider that was in one of the newest fire stations at the time and they really weren't far from Engine 8. You would figure with 2 stations near each other they would let Station 28 keep the Light Force while Station 8 would keep the Engine as a Light Force can operate as both an Engine or as a Truck company. I also know that LA CIty lost 2 Battalion Chiefs as well as several EMS field supervisors too.

    Very true! I too would like to see companies re-established! 

  17. Posted

    3 minutes ago, firepost said:

    Those are really nice shots of the new apparatus. I  hope that they perform as good as they look as according to a previous post  there has been another delaying in getting some of the new rigs delivered due to "Warranty Work".

     

    They are! I did hear about the warranty work.. hopefully it's nothing serious

  19. Posted

    7 hours ago, e5911 said:

    SVI building a new HazMat  for LVFR. Unit to be delivered in May 2021

    Pics are behind a Firewall

     

    I’m surprised they’re getting a new rig despite the fact that staffing for that rig was cut recently. I wonder if that’ll impact the order...

  21. Posted

    On 7/2/2020 at 0:50 PM, firepost said:

    Thanks for your reply Zach. Do you recall before the fire company reductions in around 2009/2010 was it Hazmat Squad 95 or was it Hazmat Squad 48 that didn't have a dedicated crew assigned to it? As I was saying before the manpower and fire company reductions  3 of the 4 Hazmat Squads did have 4 man dedicated crews assigned to them. I know for certain the Squads 4 and 87 did have full crews assigned to them.

    Another thing that I  had noticed is that the Hazmat Squads that have their own dedicated crew assigned to them are also used as manpower Squads within their own district. As Hazmat Squad 21 is the only Squad that currently has a full crew assigned it, it does respond to regular structure fires within it's area which is in Central and South Central Los Angeles.

    Pretty sure SQ95 did not have a dedicated crew. 

  22. Posted

    On 7/3/2020 at 4:07 AM, Monrovia1 said:

    The first two Pierce Engine;s after the KME debacle 105 and 106 were bought at the same time, E107 was I think 2-3 years after, Though due to the budget crisis caused by the pandemic they might delay replacing E107.

    Makes sense! Hopefully, departments all over can recover financially from this pandemic...