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When I saw it, it was staffed by a captain and a firefighter.

SC1 is the Swiftwater Coordinator

They are also changing the Captain's helmet color from Orange to Red, like almost everyone else. Arson helmet color to be decided later.

Looking at some of the pictures, I think this is a "raise the radiator cap and slide a new truck underneath" situation. The shops can do great things, but this seems to be beyond saving.

Truck 9 was directly in front of the fire building and has heavy damage.

The boat yard has two floating dry docks. They used the smaller one, should have used the larger one with better stability.

The whole unit was sold at auction about a month ago, I have no idea what the hammer price was.

This is from LAFD library, before it went behind the firewall. Category A - Not less than 4 companies, not less than 1 truck. Nearest Light Force dispatched. Required flow <4500 gpm Category B - Not less than 6 companies, not less than 2 trucks. Apartments, Hotels, higher than 4 stories. Commercials greater than 15,000 sq/ft and two floors " " " 10,000 sq/ft and one floor under one roof. Schools, Hospitals and Churches. Required flow >4500 gpm Category C - Not less than 4 companies, 3 engines and 1 truck Special Assignments - Brush, Harbor, Airport. Category D - Automatic Alarms 1 engine and 1 truck on initial dispatch, Full assignment on confirmation. EMS BLS non-emergency - Nearest BLS resource BLS emergency - Nearest BLS resource ALS Emergency - Closest ALS resource ALS High Risk - Closest resource and ALS resource This is at least five years old, but fairly close.

A few things to keep in mind about LAFD truck operations. Los Angeles does have some wide streets, but a lesson learned long ago is that every piece of equipment must be able to cover any station. So a truck from Downtown or Venice could end up in the Hollywood Hills or in an older part of town with 1930's era streets. It should also be remembered that the Truck runs with an Engine (200 series) on every run, and can operate as an Engine company if needed. The Firefighter positions rotate between apparatus, and "everyone can do everything." Truck today, Engine tomorrow.

Artist rendering of the new FS 39. From the Prop.F report

No, this is a standard station (Task Force, Rescue and BC). It sits on one acre and covers 15K square feet.

I drove by the new location Wednesday, and they were in the cinder block stage of construction.

That is correct. RH 214 is the Air Ambulance (Pilot, Helitac and 2 Paramedics) HOA, HOB and HOC are the dispatch computer place holders, as Air Ops sends the Helos appropriate for the incident, then notifys MFD which Helos have been assigned.

There is a former Long Beach Fire boat for sale on eBay. It was auctioned off last month. https://www.ebay.com/itm/Port-of-Longbeach-Fire-Boat-Liberty-86-powerboat-fire-nozzles-Detroit-Engines/302599195159?_trkparms=aid%3D111001%26algo%3DREC.SEED%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D49451%26meid%3Dd0becb148dd34f739f280bb44f90b180%26pid%3D100675%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D9%26sd%3D302599195159&_trksid=p2481888.c100675.m4236&_trkparms=pageci%3A91a20547-fa88-11e7-9e74-74dbd180bd54%7Cparentrq%3Afdb5677b1600aa485a30d53effdb54bd%7Ciid%3A1

When the LAFD bought the first Emergency Air 1, it had a blue light to make finding it on the fire ground easier. It was not used enroute, but only at the incident. The CHP had a fit and the blue light was removed.