Capejake72

grants are available from your state Forestry agency for Wildland PPE, either to purchase or to acquire from Federal stocks,

City of Punta Gorda has all of its patrol vehicles assigned to individual officers (County sherrif is to some extent) so hence their names on the units

tongue firmly in cheek....

maybe plated for delivery from the shop???

why so small of a tank for an F550?, seems odd to see so many of these trucks carrying less than 350 gallons, even with the advantages of Class foam and or CAFS (not that I'm sold on cafs for wildland use). My station just put in service an F550 (standard cab) with a 375 gallon water tank (aluminum diamond plate) with flatbed, tool boxes and equipment, it scaled out at 13,750 lbs, well below vehicle gross

as a career wildland firefighter, I can remember when I started for a small New England department, jeans, work boots and a long sleeve shirt was all we had for brush gear (and a damn sight better than bunker gear).. as FFBlaser said, check with your state Forestry Agency (DEP< DNR, etc) they have volunteer fire assistance grants where they will supply or assist your department with PPE, tools, pumps, hoses, booster tanks and often surplus government or military vehicles to be converted into firefighting vehicles, as well as training and Red Card certification, so you can safely and effectively fight wildland fires..

Be Safe

Dodge does not make an extended cab chassis, so the crew cab gives extra room for the medics for gear, or room for a ride along, or possibly family members

the former Soviet Union had come up with something similar for mass decontamination of tanks and military equipment that had been "slimed" in a chemical attack, using water and certain chemical detergents, forced through a jet turbine engine mounted on a truck

the "trenches" that are cut by the Forest Service tractor plows are what stops a fire, water and/or foam will cool the fuels, take the heat away, protect structures, and stop a small slow moving fire, but bare dirt (mineral soil) is the only sure thing (unless you can safely counterfire in front of the wildfire)

i do believe someone has the inappropriate PPE on for that situation

One of the pink fire trucks visited Sarasota and Englewood, FL on Monday (9/27), some of the Photos are available on

http://galleries.heraldtribune.com/?id=329323#http://spotted.heraldtribune.com/images/100047/photos/2010/09/27/zoom/2140663.jpg

this happened yesterday (Memorial Day) on Cape Cod, thoughts and prayers to the 2 Brothers injured and their families

http://www.firehouse.com/news/top-headlines/blast-throws-mass-firefighters-more-30-feet

http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100601/NEWS11/100609983

and see a series of pics here:

http://capecodfd.com/

Generally where I worked the tow companies worked on rotation for the police department, they had to meet certain standards (set forth by the Mass. Department of Utilities and Transportation) and it went on a weekly basis as to which company had it. generally unless directly requested (ordered) by an officer on scene (if passing by) we would steer clear if it was another company's rotation (jumping calls was frowned upon)

not too terribly sure, but I think a "Brigade" would mean they are responsible for one area, be it a hospitl, industrial complex, sports complex, etc. with little or no outside response area

from the Fire Orders (basic Tenets of Wildland Firefighting)

Fight fire aggressively, having Provided for Safety First

I get to fill all positions, but that's the nature of my "department"

Driver/Operator, OIC, and basic firefighter

I don't worry about catching the plug, taking the doors or pulling the nob

but when i roll up on this I'm sure you'll understand why

If I remember correctly, Provincetown is all volunteer (the only one on Cape) and the members receive a "bonus" at the end of the year, as a member retention tool, and as of a way of the town saying thanks, the amount depends on rank and positions within the department

Sad to say, but looks like someone was being young and foolish, and trying to impress someone destroyed a hard to replace piece of fire apparatus.. I saw the original article on Sunday while working, and that was the first thing my partner said"that truck was going too fast for that corner."

if neighboring police departments have similar numbering systems, why not a letter or number designator for each department, then the vehicle number. I remember on the Cape all apparatus had their County number in 12" or larger contrasting numbers (each town had its own set of numbers) and ambulances were marked with orange numbers so they were more visible by air.

Here in Florida, while I'm not too sure about municipal departments, every vehicle for DOF is marked with 16" tall numbers on the roof, generally black on white background, consisting of district number (1 -15) and then the unit numbers

doesn sound like a good place for a stout steel painted bumper, and maybe distribute flyers to the targeted ares " any and all vehicles parked in fire lanes or designated areas will be ticketed towed and in the even of an actual emergency at this location, rammed out of the way by first arriving units"

Just picked up a Radio Shack Pro-2066 from a guy at work, it will replace my Uniden BC-860xlt for a desktop scanner, just need to find an AC power supply for it (he had it vehicle mounted)

I seem to recall that was Boston's method of dealing with car and dumpster fires, roll up quick blitz with the deck gun, extinguish and overhaul and move on. Also seen some of the local FD's here do it on brushfires, even with the monitor on their aerial

not terribly sure on this, but from reading the article on firehouse and officer.com, it sounds like only some of the police officers are cross trained as firefighters and/or paramedics, so i would imagine there are only so many assigned to each shift along with their gear in the SUVs, kind of an expanded first response program. And if it works well for their community, good for them, i just don't see this sort of public safety system being universally applicable in every community all over the US. Besides, isn't it all about providing the best level of service and protection to the citizens of our community? It doesn't sound like they lost any people, or cut positions, more like they are trying to increase coverage & response times despite not having the funding to add more fire houses or apparatus

We are issued nomex shirt and pants, and/or coveralls, Bullard wildfire helmet, nomex hoods, leather gloves and the new generation fire shelter

Ya'll need to look at the units like Southeastern, Mass or northern jersey run to brush fires, armored brush truck that can bust a path through the trees to reach the fire, and carry enough water and foam to knock it down and control it