A Look At LAFD's New Heavy Rescue 56 (Heavy Rescue 3 as of 4-2-17)

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Last week,  I had the opportunity to check out the new LAFD Heavy Rescue 56. What an impressive rig!!

2016 Peterbilt 567  with a Century 50 Ton Rotator (can be remote controlled) and body, 10KW generator, and air compressor syste,m, amongst many other customizations.

This rig replaces a similar rig, a 2003 Peterbilt/Century, which will become a fully equipped spare. The spare is replacing the former spare, which will be kept in the USAR caches.

Thanks again to the crew at Station 56 and the HR56 guys!

[mr.ranger 18]

What awesome rig!!!!! 

[buckeyefyrfoto 16]

Do they sell that patch or have a t-shirt?

[RicardoBerg 8]

Awesome rig and I just heard that Heavy Rescue is going to relocate to Fire Station 3 in April but don't know if it's official maybe someone can shed light to this.

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17 hours ago, buckeyefyrfoto said:

Do they sell that patch or have a t-shirt?

They do. I will get you the information.

6 hours ago, RicardoBerg said:

Awesome rig and I just heard that Heavy Rescue is going to relocate to Fire Station 3 in April but don't know if it's official maybe someone can shed light to this.

I heard that as well.  It is because a Chief at Headquarters want it. No one else does, logistically it's a horrible location.