Posted August 15, 2018 L615 Pierce Velocity Ascendant has been finalized and one additional engine. Support 610 in works for a new heavy rescue style body with Impel cab. L602 recently wrapped to match fleet in white. Will get stripping soon. HM606 soon to follow. L611 and F6092 will be in service by end of month. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted August 15, 2018 (edited) Ladder tenders were a Phoenix area idea and in some cases are not engines but "city service ladder trucks" all the tools of a ladder but not Aerial. They have taken several iterations due to the fact some departments want them as available as possible so as not to have to go back to the house to pick up the truck. Alot of them are medium duty trucks with all the toys a ladder truck carries. With ladder trucks running 1 million plus, depts want all the life they can get out of them. Also with all the medical runs, its hard to justify leaving a crew in the house when calls are backing up. To be fair, in some cases a ladder truck is added to the assignment if the ladder tender is out in the field, alldepends on the current SOG for deployment. Edited August 15, 2018 by e5911 adding Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted August 15, 2018 Wow do there running truck and engine stuff now if there putting all the truck stuff on the lt how do they fit the engine equipment and what side are the storage set up thanks for your knowledge I’m just interested Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted August 16, 2018 Engines now a days have room for everything, especially if you are running a rescue engine style. Some talk lately has been upping the ladder tender requirements to include a 35 foot ladder, this would be prohibitive on the smaller PHX style LT's (ie LT43).. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted August 16, 2018 No like a 35 Foot Extension Ladder Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
