Rescue51

I couldn't agree any more.
 
Also M440 took a call today in El Cajon, I don't believe there are currently any AMR rigs in the area with this unit number, I'm guessing this is the 3rd medic that will be in El Cajon with the new contract, not sure why its numbered 440, I thought the units were going to be numbered 436-439.

Ricardo the Snorkel that was at Station 95 was reassigned there after the Heavy Duty Task Forces were taken out of service in 1978. That 50 foot Snorkel was one of the 4 50 foot Snorkels that I wrote about.

Nice pic of the San Diego snorkel and also LAFD had another 50 Snorkel at Station 95 at LAX.

EL CAJON — El Cajon is contracting out more of its paramedic services with a private company.

 

The City Council unanimously agreed last week to an expanded deal for five years with American Medical Response Ambulance Service Inc. for transporting patients to hospitals.

 

As part of the contract, AMR will pay the city nearly $1.5 million over five years. The city also anticipates overall savings based on a decrease in personnel costs, capital costs, such as fuel, and for vehicle upkeep.

 

Read the entire article here

Thank you "firepost"...that is some really great information!   San Diego Fire (city), now San Diego Fire-Rescue, had some snorkels too.  Here's one for an example, a 1975 Crown, served as Truck 4, and had a 75 foot boom.

The Los Angeles City Fire Department had owned 6 Snorkels. Two of them were full sized 85 footers and were painted yellow which was the color of the Specialized Apparatus which is also why the Heavy Utility rig which years later was renamed the Heavy Rescue was initially painted yellow. The two 85 foot Snorkels were assigned strictly as Snorkel companies. One was located at old Station 3 and the other was located at the old Station 27. After Snorkel 3 had flipped over in an unfortunate accident and  firefighter Thomas Collier died on July 6th 1970. Both of the large Snorkels were taken out of service. It was found that the reason for the accident was improper use of the outriggers.
The LA City fire department also had four 50 Snorkel/Pumpers that were built onto Crown Engines, the 4 Snorkel Pumpers had run as the Wagons of several Heavy Duty Task Forces which ran with an Aerial Ladder unit a 2 piece Engine company and a Single piece Engine company. LA City had been running with 5 Heavy Duty Task Forces however the 5th Heavy Duty Task Force had run with a 50 foot Squirt as opposed to a 50 foot Snorkel which ran on the other 4 Heavy Duty Task Forces.
   The four Heavy Task Forces that had run with 50 foot Snorkels were Task Forces 27, 61,11 and 3. The fifth Task Force was Task Force 9,however Task Force 9 ran with a Squirt. There was another Task Force that wasn't a  Heavy Duty Task Force that only ran with a 2 piece Engine and the Wagon was a Squirt that had run on Task Force 29.
 In 1978 due to a major statewide reduction in property tax rates which was known as the Jarvis amendment or Proposition 13 the city of LA had to make cuts in the fire department so all of the Heavy Duty Task Forces were down graded to regular Task Forces so the 50 foot  Snorkel Pumpers and the Squirt Pumper were removed from the Heavy Duty Task Forces. A few of the Snorkel Pumpers were reassigned to a few other fire companies for a few years however by the mid 1980's most of them were taken out of service. Two of the four 50 foot Snorkels had been removed from the Engines that they were on and the Engines had received new bodies and were put back in service with out the Snorkels.One of the Squirts had been assigned to Task Force 73 until the mid 1980's and one of the Snorkels had been assigned to Task Force 95 at the airport. Another Snorkel had been reassigned to Engine 40 at LA Harbor and one of the other units was reassigned to Engine 13 however they were out of service by the late 1980's.

More picutres on Golden West Towing FB page.  
 
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.984104938309682.1073741931.323351171051732&type=3
 
 
 
 

 
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.

LAFD New Heavy Rescue.  Peterbilt 567 Century 1150.  
 
From here https://www.facebook.com/groups/297748957084/permalink/10153395771922085/?__mref=message

Rest in peace little brother.

and I assume sta 79 for what is now sta 4

This is Vernon Ca. And yes, this is the new number.St 76 77 78.

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

There appears to be a small pump panel behind the crew compartment door, and a pump panel amidships.

They definitely did the right thing.

We have the green lights on our trucks here to designate just that - a truck company. Many can speculate that one should be able to tell the difference between a truck and an engine but now lets factor in that this City is made up of a bunch of hills. This City also has alot of fog. You get a rig parked in front of the fire building on the crest of a hill with a mixture of fog and smoke at 0200, you'll appreciate the fact that with a split second glance, youll be able to tell what type of rig that is [ 2 rigs pulling up head on at the same time in smoke, fog, and darkness ya gotta make sure you give space for the engine to take that spot in front of the fire building ]. Hope this helps.
WDHO

From U-T San Diego: "Carlsbad christened its newest fire station on Monday. Fire station #3 hosted area fire fighters, family, friends and municipal dignitaries for an opening ceremony that included the recognition of new fire fighters and a promotion within its ranks. Photography by Peggy Peattie/San Diego Union-Tribune @peggypeattie"
 
** I understand the new station is near the intersection of El Camino Real and Cannon Road. 
** A news release by the City of Carlsbad states the new station can house the department's ladder truck.  Wonder if that is the new location for the ladder (Is that still the 2007 Seagrave tiller?) coming from station 5's? 
-Rescue51

Thank You for info

The combo light bar with red and white LED's are the best.  Many agencies go all red, and I believe you add safety when you do combo red/white, which really gets your attention. 

Very nice!  Thanks for your service Captain Danell!  That's Heartland Fire & Rescue, La Mesa Rescue-Engine 12 (nice Pierce, even the guys on SDFD Rescue 4 were impressed with RE-12). 
 
http://lamesacourier.com/la-mesa-fire-captain-bids-adieu/

Dear Seth & Team, thank you for providing us this forum to exchange information/ideas.  Merry Christmas to you and may 2016+++ be most blessed.  Do not get discouraged if you see a lack of activity on posts, I find many more people read them than comment, though I encourage everyone to participate here as a dynamic exchange is positive.  I need to contribute more often to your Facebook page too. 
 
Hoping Santa brought you a brand new Pierce ladder truck! 

Looks like the other way around this time instead of going to the call it comes to you.

to rescue 51 . very funny  !   

Just curious why the trend in many departments is going with the dark tops on the rigs?  In the Southwest I would think dark tops only make the cabin warmer.  But a nice looking rig.  Credit to Pierce/Flickr. 
 
 

Wow, that will shave some time off compared to Mercy Air (Air Methods) responding from Gillespie Field, El Cajon.  REACH must be muscling in for the market here.  Is that Mercy Air 6 and 19 at Gillespie Airport (19's has the Children's Hospital staff).  Seems like lately I have not seen the two airships at the airport on the north side like I usually do.
 
Having a REACH airship in Alpine will save much time for Alpine area traumas/acutes to just medic rig them to the bird and ship out from there.
 
 
http://www.thedesertreview.com/reach-air-medical-services-announces-planned-opening-of-new-air-ambulance-base-in-alpine/