kevin1988

I did a visit there for a paper I had to write. This was about 2 years ago. At that time they had 2 fully stuffed engines, a truck 2 ALS RA's and 2 BLS RA's. I was there 20 minutes and in that time all of 9's resources were dispatched. The FF and Eng's I talked to said the station get's 60-100 calls every 24 hours but since they have so many resources, the engines and truck run about 15-20 calls each per shift and get 4-5 hours uninterrupted sleep each night. The RA's get ran though. They said it wasn't uncommon for the RA's to be gone the entire shift and to only see those guys at shift change.

Anyone else shudder at St John's hose bed?

Is that a San Diego spec since there's no engineer side intake?

That's a lot of yellow.

If they are staffing with 4, why not just put a reserve engine in there?

They are getting new tillers for trucks 1,2,3 and a rear mount for new truck 13

That's 1 of 8 engines. They also have 3, possibly 4 trucks on order.

I'ma say they were headed westbound.

So this is a 2 person unit assigned to a truck company to handle ems/ service calls?

Santa Fe Springs Truck 811 runs a Pierce platform.

Murrieta's new rigs have Roto Ray's too.

So a ladder tender is an engine with more ladders and extrication equipment? What's the point of it? Being in Cali, I've never heard of a LT and I am curious of it's function. Is it staffed 24/7 with a full crew?

I've heard that unit is in the shops more than the station.

In regards to mid-mounts I believe the big attraction is they have a lower overall height. With east coast departments having older fire stations with lower app bay heights, it's the only aerial they can fit in their station. Although Escondido has a mid-mount.