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here is an additional link https://placentia.granicus.com/MetaViewer.php?view_id=4&event_id=325&meta_id=53168

well it looks like placentia is really going to leave ocfa and re establish their own fire department, herhttps://placentia.granicus.com/MetaViewer.php?view_id=4&event_id=325&meta_id=53164e is the link

Anaheim fire's new water tender 1

the rig that caught fire at 15's was a reserve rig, their front line was in the shops for maintenance. my guess is they will get their regular truck back if they haven't already

the new garden grove station 6 has been in the planning stages for a while. and construction started before they even started talks with ocfa.. this was a station that was badly needed as they were running out of an old home at chapman ave. grove station 7 is also running out of an old home on brookhurst rd. it's just a coincidence

by a vote of 6-1 the garden grove city council voted last night to end their 92 year old fire department and concract with ocfa for services. they will begin talks with them and the conversion will be complete by april of 2019

in California they are refered to as paramedic assessment units, which means at least 1 member of the crew is paramedic certified, and the rig carries the basic paramedic equipment, in which that medic can start to render als care until arrival of a full paramedic unit with 2 paramedics

wow looks like long beach fire has hit the jackpot this budget, in addition to restoring several units that were budget cut casualties they also just ordered 6 new seagrave pumpers as well as 1 pierce 102 foot tiller ladder and 1 pierce 107 foot rear mount ladder. good times for them

that thing has been around for a long time, got to be up for replacement soon. their engines have been replaced twice over since this rig was purchased

orange squad 6 is no longer staffed, it was taken out of service about 3 years ago due to budget problems. it has now been re-configured as orange usar 1 and is cross staffed by orange truck 1 as needed

it will be interesting to see how well those 107 foot single axle quints hold up

not really a clear pic but it shows dome of it, keep in mind there is a support unit that rolls with it which is a 4 man cab with a big utility body on it

buckeye, you are correct orange city does have a type 3 but for some reason it does not always get assigned on out of county responses. every once in a while it does tho. with Anaheim having 4 type 3, brea having 2 and laguna having 2 they usually go 3 Anaheim 1 brea and 1 laguna beach. fullerton at one time had 2 type 3 rigs from ocfa but have got rid of them. I suspect since fullerton's usar is now a type 1 heavy rescue they are focusing more on that they seem to be getting quite a few runs on that unit now

with Anaheim, brea and laguna beach fielding type 3 rigs they usually combine them to make the type 3 strike team and will use fullerton, huntington beach, Newport beach , orange city and costa mesa to make up the type 1 strike teams. fountain valley will usually supply the b.c

video of this fire is up at on scene video website