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.

12 hours ago, RFRD said:

A TRV is a transitional response vehicle, used to bring a truck in service in order to run medical or service calls while keeping larger apparatus available. This post is funny because the TRV is just another engine in this case. Similar to the LA programs some cities run but in this case, they have manpower and usually ALS instead of the 2-man trucks and being ILS/PLS (with the exception of LA18)

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

On 7/28/2018 at 3:50 AM, firepost said:

Speaking of Platforms ,  I find it odd that the Long Beach fire department has been running with a Tower Ladder at their Truck 7 for a long time now  yet they seem to be the only fire department that I know of in Los Angeles County that runs with a Tower Ladder.  They are the 7th largest city in California with a little under half a million people. 

The fact that they have been using a Tower Ladder does throw cold water on the idea and the concept that  they are unable to effectively use Tower Ladders (Platforms) in the Los Angeles area.

As far as Los Angeles City goes I know that up in the Santa Monica Mountains where there are narrow winding streets their Tiller Ladders come in handy and are probably the only large aerial rigs that can be maneuvered there however I don't see why a Platform or a Tower Ladder can't be used in the rest of the city ( south and north of the Santa Monica mountains) where there seem to be quite a few wide boulevards.

There were at one time a couple of other fire departments that in tthe Los Angeles County area that ran with a few Platforms or Tower Ladders but I don't think they still are running with them. I am not from the area so perhaps someone  might have more accurate information on Tower Ladders in that area. 

I am keeping the subject primarlly to Tower Ladders as I know that years ago  during the (mid 60's and 70's) some fire departments were using "Snorkels" in the Los Angeles area , but that is another story.

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?

On 12/31/2017 at 10:51 PM, Rescue51 said:

SDFR has the one Spartan TDA (T1).  Not sure how much longer that will be front-line.

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.

I believe it is Redlands FD that also have Roto Rays.

That's just an engine????

I'd imagine Universal is gonna save a bunch of money on fire insurance doing this.