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California - Northern and Central small cities
#1
I didn't find any forum topic about small California cities north of metro L.A., so I thought I'd start one.

 

Monterey is located about an hour and a half southwest of San Jose, on the coast.  They operate from six stations with six engines, one truck, one rescue, a fireboat and two ARFF rigs. 

 

Monterey Engine 2 (6412) is a 2002 Spartan Gladiator SS/Hi-Tech 1500/500/30b

   

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#2
Monterey Engine 6 (6416) is a Pierce Arrow XT PUC (sorry, no specs), based at the Monterey Peninsula Regional Airport.

   

John I.

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#3
Carmel-by-the-Sea is a small, wealthy community just south of Monterey.  Their Department was absorbed into the Monterey FD sometime in the recent past, as far as I can tell.  The only rig I could catch there is an older Ford E-350/Wheeled Coach Ambulance, parked on the street.  I believe this is their second-out rig, as the primary ambo was parked in one of the bays.  There was literally no where to park within several blocks of the station, so I couldn't actually get TO the station, just drive by.

   
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#4
Monterey FD

Engine 6413

 

Taken in Downtown Los Angeles during the funeral of LAFD FF Glenn Allen in 2/2011.

 

[Image: mnte6413-1.jpg]

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#5
Novato FD

Engine 6186

 

Taken at Dodger Stadium during the Memorial for LACoFD Capt. Ted Hall & Engineer Arnie Quinones, killed during the Station Fire on 9/30/2009.

 

[Image: P9121366.jpg]

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Oakland Fire Type 3 on a Strike Team during the 09 Station Fire.
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Quote:Carmel-by-the-Sea is a small, wealthy community just south of Monterey.  Their Department was absorbed into the Monterey FD sometime in the recent past, as far as I can tell.  The only rig I could catch there is an older Ford E-350/Wheeled Coach Ambulance, parked on the street.  I believe this is their second-out rig, as the primary ambo was parked in one of the bays.  There was literally no where to park within several blocks of the station, so I couldn't actually get TO the station, just drive by.

[Image: attachicon.gif]Carmel, CA Ambulance 7165, resized.jpg
 

Whats the deal with the plug and wire running up the side of the box? Is there a solar unit up there used for charging?

 

Thanks for sharing 
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I think it just goes over the top of the box and plugs into an outlet on/in the station. It probably goes overhead to either avoid a tripping hazard or the cord is too short...
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Bakersfield FD Engine 1 

 

Attending Funeral of Capt. Joseph Dupee LAFD in March 1998.

 

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Bakersfield FD Engine 7

 

Same as above.

 

My Collection 

Robt. Navarro Photos

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#10
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Lodi FD 

Engine 3

 

My Collection 

 

Robt. Navarro Photo

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#11
Wow.  They get to drive an engine 400 miles for a funeral?

 

Seems awful far.  Who pays for the fuel?

Rob Atwater

Lieutenant

Derry Fire

Engine 4/Truck 4

Derry, NH
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#12
[quote name='derry86' timestamp='1451789764' post='554033']Wow.  They get to drive an engine 400 miles for a funeral?
 
Seems awful far.  Who pays for the fuel?[/quote]
Who really cares? Dont see how its any different than any other dept paying respect to the fallen. Had type one engines from nor cal during the memorial for the yarnell 19. Thats far more than 400 miles....

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#13
Im with SFFD and we take ours down to services in Southern California almost as often as theres a LODD. The Dept covers the fuel and we volunteer to go. If theres no issues backfilling the rig were taking with a relief, I dont see an issue with it.

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#14
Fresno isn't really a small city, but I figure this was closest...

 

Fresno, CA Engine 9

2009 Spartan/Smeal

   

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#15
Fresno, CA Truck 9

20xx Spartan/Smeal 105' RM Quint

   

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#16
Quote:Fresno isn't really a small city, but I figure this was closest...

Yeah, Fresno is 500,000 people putting it in the top 10 largest for the state. Still compared to LA... Fireman

Aaron Woods
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#17
Ukiah Fire Department

Pierce 75ft rear mount quint

Pierce Dash pumper

ALF pumper

 

Ukiah is a city of 16,000, it is the largest community in Mendocino County located about 2 hours north of San Francisco.



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#18
Ukiah Valley Fire District (serves the unincorporated area surrounding the city of Ukiah)

 

Freightliner / 3D 



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#19
Little Lake Fire District

Ford Type 3 engine

It is an ex US Forest Service engine, probably built by Boise Mobile Equipment but I couldn't find a builders plate.

500 gallon tank, 250gpm pto pump

 

The Little Lake Fire District protects the city of Willits, a community of 5000 people making it the third largest in the county. It is located about 20 minutes north of Ukiah on US Hwy 101.


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#20
Hopland Fire Department

 

IH / Ferrara

 

Hopland is a community of around 800 people, located about 10 miles south of Ukiah on US Hwy 101.

 

 

 



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