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Thanks for putting that video on line. That is exactly what I am talking about. I really wonder why the LAFD chose the European Style Fire Engine as opposed to the Pierce Volterra? Beside the Pierce Volterra being a  Traditional American Style Fire Engine, the LAFD already had a contract with Pierce and Pierce has been a regular supplier to the LAFD so it seems kind of strange that the LAFD wouldn't just buy their "Electric" Fire Engine from Pierce?

On CCFD’s Facebook they said it will be truck 22.

If i remember correctly, The Battalions such as B46 is the wildland BC. Numbers in the 40,s are special divisions.

As of now station 61 (old 16) is being remodeled, truck 61 is running out of station 31 and rescue 61 is running out of station 16. Station 3 is almost done with the new station, should be operational by the beginning of the year. The county has plans for at least 3 additional stations in the southwest part of the valley which will include an additional truck company. The city is planning on a station in the new Sky Pointe community in the northwest but there’s only talk of it and nothing in stone yet. North Las Vegas has plans for 1 station within the next two years and I’ve heard most likely another station not far after that. Henderson is currently remodeling 83 and adding an additional rescue bay to the station.

Ya, talking to a few members there are some things that will take getting use to, can space is great, most of the compartments are well thought out, captains seat is a little small but for the most part the crews are happy with them, we'll have to give it some time to see how well they hold up and perform.

The engines are very nice, clean interior, good space in the compartments. Two engines are at the shop currently with the other three on the way. Hopefully they run well. On a side note, old truck 9 (quint) recently returned from being refurbished and will be sent to Truck 7 after new decals and testing takes place. Current truck 7 will go to truck 6 with current truck 6 going to truck 8. Within the next few weeks all engines and trucks will be rotating to attempt to reduce wear and tear on rigs.

The CBRNE is staffed with 4 members at station 3. Station 3 is one of 2 Haz-Mat stations. Also at 3 is Haz-Mat 3, this unit is cross staffed with engine 3's crew. Basically what I have been told that from a Haz-Mat view the CBRNE goes on terrorism related calls and the Haz-Mat goes on accidental spills and releases type calls (Im thinking there's more too it). The CBRNE since it is fully staffed and like the Heavy Rescue doesn't have a set response district it is all to respond to fire calls. The CBRNE only has Haz-Mat related equipment as well as forcible entry tools and RIT equipment. They do carry a small amount of extrication tools and have a 300 gallon tank and 1 3/4" hose for small fires.

At this time the engines are on the spartan chassis but that's as much as I know on that subject. On building fires there are different levels (low, medium, high and commercial) low is mainly for a fire that's out or report as very minor and that gets the closest engine truck and battalion chief. Medium is rarely used but it's still technically a type of response but every fire in a building now is automatically a 'high' response (usually if there are reported smoke and flames and multiple callers). This will get 4 engines, 1 truck, 1 rescue, 2 Battalion chiefs, CBRNE 3 or Heavy Rescue 44 (depends on where in the city the fire is will dictate which unit goes), air resource 1 and EMS 1. The rit assignment is always given to heavy rescue or CBRNE due to them being specialized and on every fire. That may change due to their response time. As for commercials that will be a high rise assignment which is the same for every department in southern Nevada- 5 engines, 2 trucks, 2 rescues, 2 battalion chiefs, CBRNE or Heavy rescue, air resource and EMS 1. County, North Las Vegas and Las Vegas run automatic aide so they all try to keep their response configurations similar to each other.

Currently there is rescue 106 and rescue 107, 10 has Air Resource 1 and as you can see there's a typeo at 42 since it should be E42 not 41haha, good info Vegasbuff thanks for sharing.

The standard tends to be 10 years of service (give or take a few years) around the time rigs get replaced. The problem that is happening now is that if you look only 6 of the 19 engines are 2006's with the rest being from 2001. Most of the rescues and all of the trucks (with the exception of 48) have been replaced as well as the special units with the exception of the Haz Mat and Air Resource. As to the units being leased I have not heard that. There was word sent out a few months ago in regards to 2 engine and 2 or 4 (not sure which) rescues being purchased, with that being said station 108 (Bonanza & Lamb) will begin building hopefully next month and will probably house an engine and rescue.

The standard tends to be 10 years of service (give or take a few years) around the time rigs get replaced. The problem that is happening now is that if you look only 6 of the 19 engines are 2006's with the rest being from 2001. Most of the rescues and all of the trucks (with the exception of 48) have been replaced as well as the special units with the exception of the Haz Mat and Air Resource. As to the units being leased I have not heard that. There was word sent out a few months ago in regards to 2 engine and 2 or 4 (not sure which) rescues being purchased, with that being said station 108 (Bonanza & Lamb) will begin building hopefully next month and will probably house an engine and rescue.

Currently in the city of Las Vegas there is a dual response meaning that a unit from the fire department and a unit from a private ambulance will respond to the call. A new transport plan being made by LVFR is going to basically go like this- if a fire unit is on scene first and the private unit isn't on scene within a certain time then the fire unit will transport given that its a fire rescue, in the case of an engine or truck after that time period is up for the private to get on scene then the engine or truck will request a fire rescue to transport. Also in the case that it is a critical patient then fire will transport (if on scene first). In the past the dual response was used in order to free up the fire unit for more serious calls such as fires and MVA's but because of the economy it seems to be financially better to have fire units transport more. Not sure how the privates feel about it, AMR mainly runs with county fire and MWA runs with county and north town (North Las Vegas) fire departments so there isn't much of a loss for anyone at this point. This is the initial plan and as of now I haven't gotten word of when this new plan (if it hasn't happened already) will start.

Hey everyone, I know there has been some recent talk about both departments and their shops getting busy with receiving and sending out apparatus. I know in these tough times both shops have seen their fair share of cuts and was wondering what normal staffing tends to be (before the economy took a dive, and what it currently is staffed at) and how these departments are adapting to these situations? Any info helps, just curious on how it all works there.
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Currently in the city of Las Vegas there is a dual response meaning that a unit from the fire department and a unit from a private ambulance will respond to the call. A new transport plan being made by LVFR is going to basically go like this- if a fire unit is on scene first and the private unit isn't on scene within a certain time then the fire unit will transport given that its a fire rescue, in the case of an engine or truck after that time period is up for the private to get on scene then the engine or truck will request a fire rescue to transport. Also in the case that it is a critical patient then fire will transport (if on scene first). In the past the dual response was used in order to free up the fire unit for more serious calls such as fires and MVA's but because of the economy it seems to be financially better to have fire units transport more. Not sure how the privates feel about it, AMR mainly runs with county fire and MWA runs with county and north town (North Las Vegas) fire departments so there isn't much of a loss for anyone at this point. This is the initial plan and as of now I haven't gotten word of when this new plan (if it hasn't happened already) will start.