Posted August 30, 2020 Hello, I have been curious about what vehicles the assistant chiefs drive as well as their locations. I’ve recently seen a video with Battalion 43, what do they oversee and are there other battalions in the 40’s as well? With many fire departments around the country browning out units has LA County browned out any units during this current downturn as well as were there any back in the mid 2000’s like LA city saw with some of their light forces? I also am curious about the fire shops, are there several or is there one central shop? Any info helps, thanks! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted August 31, 2020 If i remember correctly, The Battalions such as B46 is the wildland BC. Numbers in the 40,s are special divisions. Cadet likes this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted September 2, 2020 AC's are currently using Tahoes (only exception might be the Camps AC who could possibly be using a Superintendent vehicle). AC's are on a forty-hour workweek out of fire stations but along with Deputy Chiefs, are rotated on-call after hours. Field AC's (going strictly off memory) AC1 out of FS158, AC2/FS154, AC3/FS150, AC4/FS30, AC5/FS129?, AC6/FS164, AC7/FS70, AC8/FS181, AC9/FS4. As far as BC call signs, forty-hour BC's all have designators. Camps are in the 40's but I don't recall the breakdown of the others (e.g. Prevention BC's, etc.) If you see a designator on a BC vehicle outside of 1 thru 22, it's a forty-hour BC. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted September 3, 2020 BC's 1-22 are Ops Field BC's Battalion 46 is in charge of the Paid Crews Camps and Heavy Equipment, Battalion Battalion 44 Inmate Camps Battalion 42 Air Ops Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted September 4, 2020 FYI LA CountyFire forums are back. http://www.lacountyfire.com/forums/index.php Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
