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I have noticed on PulsePoint they have LAFD resources on several incidents listed as E82C, E42C, E1B. What are these apparatus? Thanks

Fire Station 39 is closing, stop by and say good bye to an old house with character.

1” line is often used for overhaul piles, protection line for a ventilation crew on a roof and hosing/ cleaning equipment and personnel after an incident.

Braun Northwest has/had the contract for the last batch of Type 1 ambulances. They were 2018 Ram 4500. I’m pretty sure the contract will continue with Braun. LAFD is pretty pleased with the RA’s. braunnorthwest.com

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.

A rail incident would be categorized as a “Physical Rescue” train. The dispatch would vary depending on the caller’s description. Freight train vs passenger train.

New 39’s was delayed due to the rain earlier this year. A move in date has not been set yet. On Youtube there is a video of the new station. Type in LAFD New Station 39.

For LAFD, every member of every company is trained in RIC. Truck companies carry RIC kits. When a RIC Team is designated at an incident, it will be (at a minimum) an Engine Co. and PM RA or Light Force and RA standing by. There could also be multiple RIC companies assigned.

I believe the address is 14651 Oxnard St. Van Nuys, CA 91411. On the corner of Oxnard & Vesper.

LAFD Engine & Rescue 87 were involved in a collision with each other. Luckily no injuries were reported.

I noticed Patrol 51 does not have a light bar. Does anyone know why? Thanks.

It depends on when they arrive at the incident, and whether they are a Paramedic RA or an EMT RA. The EMT RA’s (800 series ambulances) arrive on scene and are sometimes assigned utilities (shut off gas, electric etc) or they can be attached with an Engine Company and be assigned fire attack. A Paramedic RA is usually assigned Medical standby. They will bring the stretcher with equipment (trauma box, defibrillater) and standby either by themselves or they are attached to the RIC team. I was with LAFD for 31 years and enjoyed every day of it, and retired in 2014 as a Captain. Each incident is different depending on the immediate needs of the Incident Commander.

No. No IFT’s to nursing homes. As you said, critical care stuff. What happens is an Engine, RA and EMS Captain are dispatched and determine that the patient in fact needs to be transferred via LAFD RA. If they are, the patient is loaded and transported. I have been on a couple of them where we did deny them LAFD transport and then had the hospital call for a private ambulance to transport. That was quite some time ago, I believe now, they pretty much transport every request.

LAFD has been doing IFT's for quite awhile. When I was working at 77's, we would respond to IFT's from (usually) Pacifica Hospital to Childrens. I'm not sure what the policy is.

Yesterday I saw an LAFD OES Type 3 S/T heading West on the 118 freeway. Does anyone know where they were headed. Thanks.

Would Squad 428 be a reserve Squad out of 28’s?

Specs for the LAFD Arrow XT are: Cummings ISX12 (457 hp) Foam Pro System (30 gal's) Waterous Midship 2 stage pump (1750gpm) 500 gal water tank

Hose Complement on Engine Companies (in general) is 600' 4" Supply, 750' 2 1/2", 300' 1 3/4" 300' 1 1/2" 500' 1". The 1 3/4", 1 1/2" & 1" are crossbed loads. There are companies that carry more hose depending on their individual district needs and challenges. Pre-connects are not used because of several factors. Mostly your limited to a certain amount of hose per pre-connect. Engineers can monitor the hose leaving their apparatus and attach more hose quickly. In Los Angeles, some property lots are deep and it is quicker to just grab the nozzle, pay out hose as you go and pull sufficient hose to your objective. In LAFD training, they teach, when you get to your objective, you want to have enough hose to reach around the entire structure. I hope this helps.

I wish I still had access to the Manual of Operations (MOPS) Volume 2. Emergency Operations. It spells out what the dispatch criteria is for different incidents.

The only thing I can answer is FS 103 has RA 903 a 24 hr BLS resource.

Thanks E0001. I got some incorrect info.

I said the same thing to the person who gave me the info. He said the green OES rigs were received with quite a bit of miles on them. The past 2 years that LAFD has had the type 3’s, they were deployed all over the state and racked up more miles. LAFD came to some type of agreement with OES to be able to paint the type 3’s in the LAFD scheme. There will be a total of 5type 3’s..

The red Type 3’s are replacements for the lime green/yellow OES Engines. There are 5 yellow OES engines that will be replaced with 5 red ones. They will remain OES rigs but painted red ( for whatever reason). The current assignments are 35, 87, 88, 89 & 98. Not sure where the first red one went.

The Tillered truck above went to the Ashburn Volunteer Fire Dept. in Ashburn, Virginia.

Will this be a replacement for HEAVY RESCUE 103, or in addition too it? If it's an addition, where would it be going. Thanks.