It's sad that Seagrave faded from the area. I feel that they could give Pierce and Crimson a run for their money. Great to see the shots of the older rigs. Especially since Austin's Engine spec's really haven't changed much in years, even through the Quantums, Contenders, Velocity's, and Impel's. Body and pump all pretty much the same.
Plus, Austin FD was a loyal Seagrave customer for decades, dating back as far as the 20's:
If I remember correctly, Seagrave was one of the few manufacturers that would bid on Austin's specs. Supposedly, Austin was very fickle and wanted all of their pumpers to have multi-agent capability. Many folks didn't want to deal with the labor-intensive warranty work.
Is Engine 21 still considered a Spec Ops Company? And was the Spec Ops responsibility the reason behind the rig swap between E21 and E28?
And finally, where are the Rescue Co.'s assigned in the AFD? And are the Engine Companies in house Spec Ops trained also?
Thanks in advance.
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The Spec Ops Houses are currently Station 1, 14, 20, and 28. 21 is no longer a Spec Ops house, they swapped with 28. The rescues are at 14, 20, and 28. The Engines are Spec Ops as well as the rescue cos. only ride with two
Any reason for the different size rescue rigs? 28's has the biggest one it seems and 14's seems the smallest.
With a 2-man crew, whats the running assignments for the rescues? Do they always run with their in-house Engine Co.? And are the in-house trucks or quints Spec Ops also?
Any reason for the different size rescue rigs? 28's has the biggest one it seems and 14's seems the smallest.
With a 2-man crew, whats the running assignments for the rescues? Do they always run with their in-house Engine Co.? And are the in-house trucks or quints Spec Ops also?
Thanks in advance.
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The Closest Rescue is assigned on Every Box Alarm, They all carry extrication tools so they can be assigned to Pin-ins, Usually if that is the case the engine will follow, if the rescue is closest the engine usually is as well and Pin ins get at a minimum 2 units with tools (ladders quints or rescues) and at least one engine. As for the size of the rescues I can't explain that, they carry the same basic complement of things like meters, cameras and what not but I know each station has some specialty equipment others don't, Rescue 14 Has the majority of the Haz-Mat, Rescue 28 Stores a majority of the Lumber for shoring and I am not sure what 20s specialty is, perhaps high angle with Station 1. Station 1, which does not have a rescue is kinda the Jack of all trades stuff, there are 2 engines and a quint assigned there and they respond on almost every specialized rescue in the City.
The Rescue companies are only housed with engines, no Ladders or Quints share quarters with them. On Fireground assignments, the rescues normally take division leads or do monitoring, they do not run in the traditional sense of a rescue or Squad company that functions like a truck on a fireground.
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