old medevac

i heard a term that was new to me . on the angeles national forest (ANF) fire weather forcast . the ranger said that conditions called for a plume dominated fire .

for the last few months when LA dispatches a medical they now have a injury A or B or sick A does anyone know where to find the definitions for these type of responses

today I saw a new county fire station in the middle of being being built .off Hasley canyon . does anyone have any idea of the staffing of this station might be ? . it looks like a fairly large station house . it's between 149's and right around the corner from 76's which is an engine and patrol and 149's is a squad engine and a patrol .

does anyone know how many copters lasd operates besides air 5 ?

drove by 73's today the ford foam 73 is still there

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i recently had a friend tell me that LACoFD changed blue 6 to blue 5 . does anyone know whats the story is?

as long as i have been around (to long to mention ...) all have refered to fire departments unit numbers as; for example 111's 88's with an S added to that unit . does anyone know why or how this came about? the reason i ask is someone asked me . i never thought about it always accepted thats the way things are . just courious !!

to rescue 51 . very funny !

i know LACoFD's station 132 in santa clarita , they keep a type 3 rig in the bay next to eng 132 . i was under the impression that the county fire guys manned the type 3 when the need arises . does anyone else know at what other stations in santa clarita ,do they keep one of these rigs . my confusion comes form a wildland fire/mobile home fire up bouquet cyn , i saw 2 of the oes type 3's on scene . and also saw eng 132 there as well so who's manning those type 3's if both engines are in service .

oh saw north county not good to assume lol

thanks pump 305 that makes since .! we also have CA fire strike teams on stand by as well saw them over at 126's

why does 104's need an ambulance when AMR transports for the county . i know they are supposed to get a new station dont recall seeing any new construction when i drove by rescently

i live by 111's they only have an engine and squad . so how did they get engine 132 and the oes rig to the same fire ? maybe they might have more than one engineer or can the captian drive the engine as well . the county only runs with a 3 man crew on an engine as i recall . so do they bring both to the fire and use the type one to pump with an engineer and staff the type 3 with crews on scene to fill the need of the type 3 . also the rigs i saw said blm one them . i wish i could have taken a picture but i would have held up emergency traffic which i wont do .

i saw one of LACoFD's 412's that might be in the middle of a paint change . mostly white with a little of the old colors . anyone know anymore about this ???

on typical radio procedure they dont announce deaths on the air . if they do they use radio codes . LACoFD uses a code F LA sheriffs uses 927 D or they make request they dont known on the MDT in the rigs .......

about a year ago i spoke to the pm's at 111's they said the next squads were going to be dodges . they also said they were going to be the next size up from the 3500's has anyone heard or know what the new squads are ?

copy that ! an ego has no business on a tc ! along time ago i was working with a female partner ,we were dispached to a maternity call when we got their the woman went by private auto . on my way out i stopped a shoplifter and wrestled him to the ground and my partner radioed a help call . i worked for a private ambulance company . but what came to my aide blew my mind . i had chp, pd sheriff and fire and fellow ambulance co. all show up ! so even us privates were part of the brotherhood . i sure was happy to see all that backup . dont know what she said but the calvary showed up ! fire engines truck co's and ambulances and cop cars i walked out of the store and it looked like a convention of ems! we may argue amungest ourselves , but we all watch out for each other ! and thats cool!

not condoning the actions of the chp in the treatment of the cvfd . i still believe the chp is way out of line ! i dont like to see lodd deaths

no matter what disagreements we all have the chp is still part of the team . thoughts and best to their families !

a few years back the la county sheriffs captured a presuit bad guy . the chp was also on scene . this was in the sheriffs jursidiction and their bust . the chp argued that it was their arrest . and the 2 departments began arguing who should take the perp to jail . the funny thing is the chp has no holding cells at their station here in santa clarita . they book all prisoners at the LASD station . to continue both departments got into a very heated argument. from what i was told by a deputy they almost came to blows . i am still not sure who took the guy to jail ! so captians from both departments also got into it . finally sheriff baca and the chp top guy had to step in . the prisoner must have been freaking out . no one got hurt . true story !

it seems to me that the CHP's actions here would be impeding a rescue yes? thats against the law as well !! the road side inspection just blows my mind ! i am not implying that the fd is above the law , there is a time and place for inspections .

years ago when i worked for an ambulance company , i was chased down on a code 3 call transporting for LACoFD . this officer pulled us over wanting to know where we going in such a hurry . i explained we were in route to an emergency call . the officer followed us to the sceen . then departed when he saw the fire dept. on sceen and we pulled out our gurney . i have also seen on you tube videos in other states of fire fighters being arrested for this same thing . i dont get it ! sceen safety is priorty one . in my opinion the CHP is way out of line. we are all on the same team . the job is dangerous enough with CHP pulling this stunt . why wasnt the CHP helping to secure the sceen to help clear up the TA asap .instead of hasseling the FD .

i was wondering how the rep rating is aquired !! and what is the differance between a 1 or a 6 thanks in advance !

they also work with torrance and beverly hills ! lafd 91's also share responses with county 124's and 73's at the I5 14 interchange aka the newhall pass i have heard county units respond on tc's on the 210 fwy at paxton thats near the 118 fwy .