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The Engine at the Volunteer house also had some modifications done to fit through the bay door.

Engine 853 has been modified to fit through the 10' bay door of the station. A very tight fit.
 

Are these 2nd or 3rd gen. There is about 2 at the shops. Been there for a few months now.

Howdy folks saw Reno (NV) new Tiller.
New T1 perhaps? (Hmmm)
Kinda odd it doesnt have its lettering & such.
But still nice looking.
 

Both the KME rescue and Haz-Mat  are still in service as reserves. It was previously misreported in this forum that they were gone.

That sucks

Went by station Heartland station 9 today and saw Truck 6 in open apparatus door. Maybe close to returning to service.

OES Type-1 engines have been numbered in sequential order starting in 1953 with OES1. 
The numbering on the Type-3 engines, water tenders, and hazmat units differs. 
The Type-3 engines are 4 digit numbers starting with an 8 (no idea why) followed by a second digit indicating the OES region (1-6), a 3 or 4 indicating Type-3 engine, and a 4th digit assigned in order.
The water tenders and hazmat units are two digit. First digit indicates region.
 

San Miguel got OES 297 when they went back to being independent from Cal Fire. When they went to Cal Fire, they lost both of their OES engines. OES 305 went to Lakeside at Station 26 and OES 307 went to Chula Vista Station 52 last I saw. 
As Dloemt stated, the rig/equipment and personnel double as a Type 3 USAR company.  If you remember the Kern County Earthquake around 4th of July, there were several OES strike teams that were sent.
It would be nice if some of the larger departments (6-10 stations) got more OES equipment to be used on large scale events/strike team deployments. Often times, OES apparatus are used as reserves if the department's frontlines are out of service. The only caveat is if the OES apparatus is out of service at the time of an OES strike team deployment, the host department has to send their own apparatus on the strike team. Hence why LAFD had to get their own Type 3's to assist with OES Type 3 strike teams if an OES Type 3 was out of service.

Heartland is also getting a new OES rig which is going to station 13, OES406 is its unit number. 

I may be wrong but I think the truck has been OOS for nearly a year. I wonder if it's going to be repaired or written off at this point. Certainly leaves the zone light in terms of Truck companies.

That is really cool, a medic-squad.  Looks like it is 4x4 too.  Even looks like a mini light tower on top of that.  Those two guys that walk right in front of the rig rolling code, what morons:
 
 

Likely "Repair".  May have been a rescue but San Diego county went to standard IDs (Engine 44) and MVU uses the standard Calfire 4 Digit ID
Could be a "rescue" ...
 

The California Vehicle Code only requires a steady burning forward facing red light .There has never been a requirement for rear facing amber lights, although that has been fairly standard in California.

25252 & 25252.5 of the CA Vehicle Code address emergency lights. ie. steady burning red to the front visible at 1000 feet. Then any combo of lights for side & rear. 

14's is busier than 22's, even though 22's call volume has seemingly gone up in the recent years.  16's is by far busier than 22's and is the busiest in the district.  Last I heard, T15 is still being discussed in the apparatus committee. I haven't heard if it has been awarded any manufacturer yet.  L&A 46 (E-One) is going to be excessed and will be out of service soon.

New rigs are going to 14 and 16, should be in service soon. 

Station 60 is currently under construction at Millenia Ave and Stylus St.

Taken from their Facebook, looks somewhat identical to B3.

I agree with you on all points. Better to go Cal Fire and San Diego County Fire. Volunteer departments were good back in the day, but times have changed and so should fire service. Time to move on.

A very unfortunate situation.

That’s ok.  No worries.

USAR41 is cross-staffed by the crew of Engine 41.
It has been used by USAR2 when no reserve rescue is available for them. Currently there is one older reserve rescue unit still around. A KME if I recall correctly.
Rescue 44 is operated by the lifeguards and is quartered at the Lifeguard HQ at Quivira Point. It has been special called to non-coastal related incidents sporadically. One I can remember was a tree rescue in Rancho Bernardo.
Hope this helps.