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HAZMAT did come out but was released. Mainly toilet paper and such that ignited. One electrocution injury and another FF injury. Both treated and actually returned to scene. 

http://abc7.com/news/chemical-fire-rips-through-anaheim-business/2077772/

Ahh, OK. I have seen lots of red AMR's lately. 

How will this affect Rural Metro. I thought one owned the other. R/M has the current EMS contract here in San Diego.

Very nice unit. I like water tenders in general. I can't make out the apparatus category over the number, though. Would it be "Water 44" or "Tender 44" (I like the unit numbers to be plain and big and bold. Like "WT44")?

Today, while riding up the 163 toward Hillcrest, I saw a red ambulance with titles for "Zone 2 Rural Fire", and the CSA number (which I failed to catch). Does anybody know anything about this agency? I'm getting nothing on Google. 

Gotta be a member, I guess.

I like the lighting on that. Is that the agency that used to be lime green with a blue stripe? I miss that, too.

I saw an ambulance the other day here in San Diego (maybe Adams Ave. or near it) that actually had a red and blue strobe bar on the front (white ambulance with orange striping). I think I made reference to it in an earlier post, but chalked it up to seeing it in a screen on a bus.

Not sure if that's technically legal, but it should be. A combo of blue and amber is always good for rear-facing lighting.

Good answers both. Thank you. A PI ute! Those are sharp. Never seen one in SDFD colors.

Now we need to find apparatus pics in these colors!

Sharp rig, but what's the story here? St. 36 has only E-36 and M-36 listed.

It's not called a tractor pulls. It's simply a semi tractor. Since they aren't used that much like LaCo. The millage is probably low for their age. Besides... When City replaced the original tractors they were 1970,1969,1968.

Yeah, I guess the poster was going by the "TP" apparatus callsign category. AFAIK, that refers to a dozer transport.

I have no clue the traction needs to pull a dozer, but I do like that second one with its mysterious and rugged-looking extra axle.

Oh, OK. So it was just a weird angle. 

Yeah, I've seen those three-letter agency codes. I wonder if they originated in OC. I seem to have noticed them very clearly a long time ago up there (usually on black or otherwise off-color signs [HTB Exxx, etc).

Thanks.

Engine 17 got into a collision with a car today(?). No firefighters were hurt, but the car was very badly damaged, and at least two from that car went to the hospital, if I understand. 

Some of the camerawork was overhead, and showed what looked like "I17" on the roof of the engine. Is this wrong? If not, is "I" used for a reserve piece?

I love Silverados. Would love a pic of that.

Great rig!  My question, with the heavy lifting capacity, especially in USAR assignments (and even some TC's), why do more departments not acquire these rigs (like San Diego Fire-Rescue)???

I agree. I did hear (and see) DCFD used these for a little while, but I'm pretty sure that program was dropped, though I don't know what the problem was.

CSFD has some really nice apparatus.

Indeed, those are sharp. Wish I could have seen the lights in the back. Going away from blue, I guess.

I'm curious, as well. Are the XT's being phased out or are they what the new order is for?

How new is the white paint job? I went to school in PV in 93-94, during the RMFD days, andmost rigs were lime green. I'm aware Scottsdale has its own FD now, as seen above. But I thought they kept lime green.

Anybody been scanning today, or happen to be going up the hill today? Early afternoon, I saw for the first time Brush 14 (one of those European brush trucks from a few years ago). What a monster! I thought they gave up on those. I think I also saw a glimpse of B4, E10, some PD and others. I couldn't tell what was going on. Anybody know? 

Really any of those areas would be of interest to me. I went to college in Northern California (not SF but Sacramento, FWIW). So, any of those areas: SF Bay, Sac, Chico/Redding, etc. What about the Central Valley, from say, Fresno to Bakersfield, and the coastal areas of Santa Barbara, SLO, Monterey/Santa Cruz? Honestly, the forum says "California - Arizona - Nevada". Shouldn't these areas automatically be covered by somebody who takes interest in those areas?

I am somewhat less interested in the other areas, but if they are covered, should it be on a completely different board? I thought EMTBW had a counterpart in the NYC tri-state.

That's an unusual vehicle. Not just the blue light aforementioned, but the smaller middle axle.

I've seen the SFFD green light. I had thought it was just a single shipment of apparatus, after which they decided they didn't like it. Only green light I've seen in CA (only blue light was Southern Inyo FPD, which appeared to have taken delivery of an old vehicle from NV).

Good thread.

Interesting! Is this purchase a good thing? As most of my medical emergencies have been in San Diego, I am more familar with RM, but I did ride AMR a few years ago during a heat wave in Riverside.