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Here's the deal. When an engine goes on a strike team, it retains it number. When it's backfilled in the station, they add a 1. So if Engine 14 goes out, they backfill with Engine 114. If Engine 114 goes out, they backfill with Engine 214. And so on. Some stations were backfilled up to five times, t...

There should be four new SDFD Pierce Trucks: 12, 29, 44 and 47

I believe the subject says it all. Canceled due to extreme dryness.

The new medic rescues simply denote that there's a firefighter on board, with turnouts, a BA and forcible entry tools. They still have a R/M EMT driver. I'm not exactly sure what good one firefighter does for you, but they've decided to call them something different. I will quote you when the union...

The new medic rescues simply denote that there's a firefighter on board, with turnouts, a BA and forcible entry tools. They still have a R/M EMT driver. I'm not exactly sure what good one firefighter does for you, but they've decided to call them something different.

The KMEs are in various stages of outfitting. In a cost saving measure, all outfitting is now done by the factory instead of by firefighters locally. That means that the first rig comes in and is outfitted, then has to go back to the factory shops in Ontario for all the others to match. Also, the ri...

IPN911 wrote:Actually, it's quite easy to sign up as an IPN dispatcher, and it doesn't cost a thing. Just click the "Become A Dispatcher" link under the General Info menu on our home page.

So I guess that idea we tossed around on ICQ a decade or so ago worked out, eh?

JF

... is if you know where to look, you can already find a San Diego County FD shirt on eBay.

It was always a heads up for a first alarm dispatch... counting the number of tone outs... OK, this is dating myself, but I can recall hearing the old Motorola tones and knowing if it was a fire by the fact that the last tone is always a bit longer than the rest. If the last tone of the second set ...