[quote name='Ladder 68' date='06 August 2010 - 07:50 PM' timestamp='1281137439' post='396266']
Our apparatus replacement program uses call volume for determination of which companies get new rigs, much like I am sure LAFD does. If you get a new rig you have to keep it 4 years. After 4 years if your response numbers are at the top in the city you get another new rig. This is determined by quantity purchased of course, but typically busy stations get new rigs every 4-5 years.
Example: Engine 68 had a '94, then '97, then '00 then '05 rigs. In Ladder 68 we had a '97, then a '01, then a '07 and now a '10.
Older rigs are then refurbed in-house in a detailed program where interior upholstery is redone, door panels and the like re-painted, warning lights upgraded, "new" company graphics applied and the mechanical completely gone over.
Needless to say the "slower" are alsways complaining about always getting "hand-me-downs" but the system works well enough.
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That makes a lot of sense. Our last engine was a 1999 and was involved in an accident in 2007. It was repaired and went to the spare pool, and we ran numerous spares for almost 2 years before we got our current engine. In 2009 we ran a little over 4300 calls and we really rack up the miles. I just don't think that these new trucks with all the emission stuff and electrical gizmo's are going to last nearly as long.
Our apparatus replacement program uses call volume for determination of which companies get new rigs, much like I am sure LAFD does. If you get a new rig you have to keep it 4 years. After 4 years if your response numbers are at the top in the city you get another new rig. This is determined by quantity purchased of course, but typically busy stations get new rigs every 4-5 years.
Example: Engine 68 had a '94, then '97, then '00 then '05 rigs. In Ladder 68 we had a '97, then a '01, then a '07 and now a '10.
Older rigs are then refurbed in-house in a detailed program where interior upholstery is redone, door panels and the like re-painted, warning lights upgraded, "new" company graphics applied and the mechanical completely gone over.
Needless to say the "slower" are alsways complaining about always getting "hand-me-downs" but the system works well enough.
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That makes a lot of sense. Our last engine was a 1999 and was involved in an accident in 2007. It was repaired and went to the spare pool, and we ran numerous spares for almost 2 years before we got our current engine. In 2009 we ran a little over 4300 calls and we really rack up the miles. I just don't think that these new trucks with all the emission stuff and electrical gizmo's are going to last nearly as long.
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