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Anaheim fire's new water tender 1

I heard that pulse point ie re-focusing on what gets put up on-line. remember they are not a scanner service. incidents such as vehicle fires, dumpsters, investigations, vegetation, building and most calls where ems is not involved are going to be eliminated

the building was 30,000 square feet , fully involved upon arrival of ocfa battalion 2, the fire went defensive almost immediately, with ladder pipes, deck guns and 2 1/2 inch lines. almost 100 firefighters from Anaheim, fullerton, orange city, brea and ocfa were on scene.  there were 2 task forces from huntington beach, Newport beach, costa mesa, fountain valley and laguna beach bought up, one to cover the empty Anaheim and fullerton stations as they both had quite a few units on the fire. and a second staged at north net training center in the event they were needed on the fire. there was 3 injuries, one a worker with a leg injury and 2 fullerton firefighters, one with heat exhaustion and the other with a low grade electrical shock.  all are expected to be fine. the blaze was under control by 6pm , but units remained on the scene wel into the night

they have been running the Tahoe's in north orange county for about the last 2 weeks or so, saw it several times on the 57 fwy over the weekend
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guys , don't believe everything you hear. pierce is the # 1 fire truck builder in the us as well as overseas. there are literally hundreds of rigs turned out by pierce every year and have never had a rig returned for a weak roof. the process for cab manufacturing is the same for every rig that pierce turns out, there is no special process for la city so if it was truly a problem with the cab roofs it would be a problem with every rig pierce has turned out across the board.  as for the turntable issue, it could be  a change order that city submitted after the rigs were completed, happens all the time, new innovations, better parts,  I have also heard it is a problem with the bean counters at city hall 

guys , don't believe everything you hear. pierce is the # 1 fire truck builder in the us as well as overseas. there are literally hundreds of rigs turned out by pierce every year and have never had a rig returned for a weak roof. the process for cab manufacturing is the same for every rig that pierce turns out, there is no special process for la city so if it was truly a problem with the cab roofs it would be a problem with every rig pierce has turned out across the board.  as for the turntable issue, it could be  a change order that city submitted after the rigs were completed, happens all the time, new innovations, better parts,  I have also heard it is a problem with the bean counters at city hall 

well in a nutshell , it is for firefighter safety, there really in no reason that calls need to be publicly dispatched. this brings out all the yahoo's who load the family up in the car and drive to the scene to watch a building burn, don't laugh it happens more than you think. also most news media pay money for pics and video clips of fires hence everyone is pulling up in front of the working fire, getting out of their cars trying to get pics before the fd gets there.  don't even get me started on the people with drones, they are the worst, combine this with the fact that a fire apparatus just getting to a scene is a nightmare in itself because drivers won't heed red lights and sirens

yes, it was a land swap with knotts, they will give ocfa the land on la palma in exchange for the land where 61 now sits

the fire took truck 61, battalion 8 usar  support 61 and a zodiac inflatable boat used for water rescue, engine 61, (on a reserve engine ) was not consumed and was used in the firefighting effort.  there were already plans to replace this station in the very near future, around the corner from where it is now, looks like the plans will be accelerated now. the other incident that rescue 51 was referring to was in apple valley, where a fire station out building was destroyed, the arsonist was apprehended near the scene

yes, it was a land swap with knotts, they will give ocfa the land on la palma in exchange for the land where 61 now sits

the fire took truck 61, battalion 8 usar  support 61 and a zodiac inflatable boat used for water rescue, engine 61, (on a reserve engine ) was not consumed and was used in the firefighting effort.  there were already plans to replace this station in the very near future, around the corner from where it is now, looks like the plans will be accelerated now. the other incident that rescue 51 was referring to was in apple valley, where a fire station out building was destroyed, the arsonist was apprehended near the scene

while the quantum's are nice rigs, they are the most expensive on the pierce line. the arrow xt's that everybody seems to be buying are also great rigs. keep in mind that the arrow's are built with a lot of input from la city fire, who gets a lot of work as well as abuse on their rigs. with budgets being what they are  you just get more bang for the buck  with these rigs

I believe in the incident command system  a rescue is now classified as a rescue ambulance and a heavy rescue is now a usar , with a designation  of type 1 heavy or type 2 medium

from the pierce website, glendale is switching to arrow xt's instead of the quatums

according to the shop guy's they will go to 6, 22, 45, 61. my guess is that 6 and 22 go to 71 and 75 since they are currently non quints, those rigs will go into reserve  45's current kme rig will go to 49 and don't know who will get 61's

ok guys, for anyone who has never worked on an apparatus committee. the delivery date given is not set in stone there are a lot of factors that come into play , such as part shortages, production delays, holidays and workload. you don't need to be a genious to know that pierce is a very popular apparatus maker, not just here in so-cal but across the country.  when you factor in delays in Appleton,  then the rigs need to be driven cross country to so -cal and delivered to south coast in Ontario , where the warrenty work is done, if you've never been to south coast , they have around 30-40 rigs there from across so-cal at any given time for all kinds of work. the new rigs have to be worked into the service bays as they become available along with the already in service rigs there for dealer work. once the dealer completes their work the rigs are delivered to la city shops, to be prepped,  training, radio's and this all has to be done , while the shop mechanics must continue to work on the other units there to get them completed and back in service. all this can back up an in-service time as much as a few months.

and I assume sta 79 for what is now sta 4

this could be Vernon ca , however their current usar is numbered 161, but  since they are switching to Verdugo dispatch in july  this might be their new numbering system

it is a photo provided by south coast, however the rigs are still in Appleton wisconsion/ 

sorry guys have been on vacation for a few days. i apologize for the article , it was sent to me from a friend on the east coast and had no idea it was a fake article. I posted it when I saw the first post of the transport engine and thought it tied in to it. as for ems being privatized, that is something that is being talked about here in orange county.  for those of you who don't know , we have a oc board supervisor named john moorlach, who has been pushing to take ems away from the fire departments in orange county and give it to a private entity. at first it didn't get much support and was just floating around out there. however as city budgets continue to get tighter  , there has been more talk about it.  I know that costa mesa and Newport beach are now doing their own transports and know of at least 3 other cities looking at it or in transition. these cities feel it will be harder to privitize it  if they are doing it all

1965.  the mechanics do have their prefrences  and you are correct most probally prefer straight beam suspension. that being said the mechanics are not the ones driving the rigs on emergency responses thru crowded congested city streets. we all know how the public drives here in so-cal and most engineers will tell you that the tak 4 makes a huge difference

it is always better to go to the next exit and make the turnaround, that is protocol in most depts. here in orange county and is done for a number of safety reasons  1 . most of the newer rigs are 100 inches wide or more with full length doors  which means you need to be off the wall at least 2-3 feet on the engineers side in order to exit the rig.this will put the rig not only in one lane but partially into another. 2 . your captain and ff on that side need to exit into traffic. 3  you do not have any protection for your ff's treating the patients on the opposite side, I don't trust a chp or pd cruiser blocking traffic. most depts. in the oc run duel response so you will have 1 unit each direction this allows the other unit to make the turnaround without delay in treatment

I don't think he needed a directive from a higher command , the law is on the books and usually officers don't need permission to enforce. there are officers that are by the book people, they have no life and as such study the penal code and motor vehicle code books from front to back, top to bottom and enforce every rule in it. I have seen chp officers pull fire rigs out on company inspection into the roadside inspection sites and go over the rigs with a fine tooth comb.  most le officers get along with fire dept personel   and as such everything flows smoothly. but I am sure there  are officers out there that have an ax to grind with the fd's. something we will just have to deal with when it happens

fs46 nobody is disputing that the task force and light forces work for lafd. they were a great concept that came as a result of the watts riots. fast forward to the 21st century. dragging a 200 series around behind a ladder truck is very costly, you have a 350,000 dollar rig with 2 guys on it, mileage, wear and tear, diesel fuel, insurance,  equipment. it all add's up. I am not for eliminating the 200 series,but with 85 % of calls being medical, they are becoming harder and harder to justify.

tillers are the way to go in los angeles , no question about that, in most big cities you will see tillers, granted there are a few towers and platforms here and there but  tillers are proven to be effective  and useful in most places. I have family on the job in philly and they have a couple snorkels and platforms, but ask any of the guys and they will take a tiller hands down over a platform or tower