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  1. I was pushing around Stn. 5 in Hillcrest yesterday and saw a sign listing station-specific tees on sale, but it wasn't obvious where to go to get them, and I don't want to be ringing an emergency bell for a non-emergency like that. Does anyone else here live in SD and know what I'm talking about? I wonder if the dept. has a link to order this merch online? Thanks.
  2. https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/communities/san-diego/story/2019-12-03/san-diego-plans-to-switch-ambulance-providers-for-first-time-since-1997 Switching from AMR to Danish-based Falck comes after disputes with AMR over response times, staffing levels and fines By DAVID GARRICK DEC. 3, 2019 5 AM SAN DIEGO — San Diego officials said Monday they plan to switch the city’s ambulance provider for the first time in more than two decades. Fire-Rescue Chief Colin Stowell said the city has decided to engage in exclusive contract negotiations with Falck, a Danish-owned company that provides ambulance services in nine U.S. states including California. City officials chose Falck over the city’s existing ambulance provider, American Medical Response, based on how the two companies responded to a 73-page “request for proposals” issued by the city in August. The decision to switch comes after a series of disputes between AMR and city officials over response times, staffing levels and fines levied on the company for not meeting city goals.
  3. https://www.10news.com/news/local-news/san-diego-news/falck-appoints-john-goward-to-oversee-san-diegos-ambulance-operations
  4. https://www.cbs8.com/article/news/local/san-diego-considering-action-if-ambulance-provider-falck-doesnt-improve/509-aac620ab-ddd9-4f4c-b143-19a81408661b
  5. The pic of that Rosenbauer rig. Maybe weird lighting (probably is), but it looks like it has blue lights. Maybe it's just a demo, which would make sense.
  6. Blue lights!
  7. https://www.facebook.com/FalckSD/posts/366575781904029 For those with FB, they just had their ribbon cutter. I've not seen them around, yet, but I'm kind of a homebody. I'll need to check Squad 37's YouTube.
  8. I tried looking up REDX and Tip10. Got nothing. Interesting reading the apparatus listing, though. Sad event.
  9. https://californianewstimes.com/san-diego-concerned-new-ambulance-company-struggling-to-hire-secure-new-vehicles/531136/ San Diego- The company, which will become San Diego’s new ambulance provider on Thanksgiving weekend, is struggling to hire ambulance personnel and secure new ambulances, and city officials are being urged to express concern about the transition. According to Fire Chief Colin Stowell, Falk, a Danish company that handles ambulance services in many cities around the world, took on long-time urban ambulance provider American Medical Response at 8:00 am on November 27. Will be replaced. The acquisition will take place at the end of a six-month transition period approved by the city council last spring, which chose Falk over AMR as an ambulance provider in San Diego, based on a promise of better service and response time. None of the areas where Falk is below the city’s expectations will endanger life, Stowell said. However, the slow progress of some priorities raised concerns about stability during the transition, and the city’s fire department moved to a positive stance. “I’ve quoted some concerns. I’d like to see progress in some areas, but I think many of these things can be achieved because it’s still 10 weeks away from the launch date. “I will,” said Stowell. .. Although understandable in a very tough labor market, Stowell’s inability to hire enough emergency personnel delays fulfilling his promise to increase overall ambulance time by 20% over what AMR offered. He said it was likely. Falk is also struggling to fulfill its promise to quickly replace all 66 ambulances with new ones. Due to the shortage of pandemic-related microchips, the challenge these days is to buy new vehicles of all types. Falck has secured 34 new ambulances. This meets the contractual agreement that at least half of the ambulances are new. The fleet will not be all new ambulances until next spring, as the other 32 new ambulances are expected to arrive at a rate of about two per week, Stwell said.
  10. I forgot to get a time check, but I think it was around 2pm, I very suddenly and severely started smelling something burning, and very quickly after that heard a number of apparatus going by. I kept pushing on out to my deck but kept missing most units. I saw one turn onto 163. Maybe E5. Maybe E8. Maybe another. I tried checking that website that logs dispatch, but it seemed to skip over this incident. Anybody aware of what I'm talking about? Guess I'll click on the news to see if they have it.
  11. According to San Diego Fire's wiki, the following apparatus are at the air ops base at Montgomery: Copter 1, Copter 2, Copter 3, Air Operations 1, Air Operations 2. So we know what a copter is, but what are the two "Air Ops" units? Are they helitenders? Are they a different kind of helicopter?
  12. LOGS = logistics, I'd think. The "SC" in "SCNOT" would be shift commander, I'm pretty sure, but "NOT"? I'm puzzled, too.
  13. I like that old Dodge brush engine, though I'm not seeing any lights (unless those are the ones below the headlights). I used to canoe with my church youth group off of Blythe, and Ehrenberg was right across the river as I remember. I think t was them that had this old Kenworth or Peterbilt tanker. Maybe lime green with white rims. I wonder if that's still around. I always liked what I saw of it, though I've never seen a really good photo. Especially with the light setup. ETA: nm, it's red with a white stripe. 4431. It's a Peterbilt. https://www.facebook.com/Ehrenberg-Fire-District-142635629732911/photos/365322770797528
  14. https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/amr-no-more-san-diego-city-council-votes-to-switch-ambulance-service-providers/2575985/ If you call 911 for an ambulance in San Diego, a different company will soon be taking you to a hospital. More than 150 public speakers weighed in on the San Diego City Council vote on a final contract with Falck, a switch from longtime provider AMR. The council voted unanimously in favor of switching provider. AMR is scheduled to serve San Diego for the next six months or so and help with the transition AMR has a history of issues with ambulance response times. The city's new provider, Falck, said it has a plan to fix that, but not everyone is sure they can. Local
  15. https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/politics/story/2021-01-25/san-diego-closer-to-switching-ambulance-providers-after-city-rejects-protest-by-incumbent-amr New provider, Falck, would increase ambulance service 20 percent; public hearing slated Feb. 10 By DAVID GARRICK JAN. 25, 2021 1:39 PM SAN DIEGO — San Diego’s plan to switch ambulance providers took a key step forward Monday when the city rejected an appeal by incumbent provider American Medical Response, paving the way for rival Falck USA to take over later this year. Falck, a Danish company that operates ambulances in Northern and Southern California, will boost ambulance coverage in San Diego by more than 20 percent compared to what AMR has been providing, city documents say. San Diego’s efforts to find a new ambulance provider come after years of complaints about service levels and response times, particularly in ethnically diverse areas south of state Route 94. With AMR’s appeal now formally rejected and dismissed, the City Council’s public safety committee has scheduled a Feb. 10 public hearing on the Falck proposal, which could receive final approval from the full council a few weeks afterward. City officials negotiated and signed a formal contract with Falck in September, several weeks after choosing Falck over AMR based on responses from both providers to an April “request for proposals.” AMR could still file a lawsuit seeking to block the switch to Falck. On Monday, an AMR spokesman said company officials were “assessing all of our options.”
  16. It looks nice how it is on E211 there, but I prefer the other way, how "CITY" is emphasized (and written in cursive, kind of old school looking in its own way).
  17. ...anybody have any clue what the oldest piece of apparatus still on emergency duty for SDFR is? I like seeing older apparatus, even when repurposed to something lighter duty.
  18. I like that. Good and simple. Kind of curious to see the rear of it (any blue lights on it?).
  19. I have been looking for messageboards similar to this, but that deal with (or at least include) the Chicago Fire Department. I feel like that chicagoareafire.com side should have a forum area, but it seems not to. I just kind of got curious when seeing a picture of an older vehicle operating as 5-6-2, a "jump bag" unit. This was a really cool former ambulance that was repurposed as a "jump bag" unit. ETA: Right here, actually. http://www.cfdshopnumbers.com/c-series/804 So, a jump bag, as I know (?) now, is an EMS tool bag, so to speak (maybe similar to a FA kit, but bigger). So, I'm not sure what a jump bag unit would do. Resupply? Maybe this could have been its own thread, but it seemed related to this one.
  20. I'm not sure. I was looking at Squad 37's youtube, seeing if he's caught M35 lately but I only saw T35 and E35.
  21. I'm not in that neck of town (pretty sure that's by UCSD. I'm quite a bit south, near Stn. 5). As for an ambulance, yes, at least according to the wiki. We actually would call it "Medic 35". So, their roster is: E35, M35, T35, BR35, B5, U85.
  22. Yes, the green and red is a maritime tradition and is very common in Chicagoland, and occurs elsewhere as well (SFFD, for instance, to tell between a ladder and an engine). And blue is pretty common all over Illinois (and many other states). Has been for decades. Becoming more so.
  23. What is it? A unit with that designation is listed on what I thought was their apparatus roster (though their photos just say "U.S. Navy").