Los Angeles Fire Dept

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[quote name='Ladder 68' timestamp='1306126793' post='440842']

Would they simply load up the rigs and switch as I think LAFD has done before (maybe E07?) or would they leave the rigs (except HM) and just move the personnel?



Thanks in advance and any specifics in the future would be great as they develop.

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Well Larry, after July 5, 2011, the following changes in staffing and resources will happen in Division 1:



*Battalion 1 (to become part of South Division)



-Station 3: Division 1 will be closed (both the Assistant Chief and Staff Assistant). Task Force 3, RA 3 and RA 803 will remain.

-Station4:

*Task Force 4, Squad 4, RA 4 and RA 804 will move to Station 21. The Haz Mat Tender will be assigned here as well.

*E21 and RA 21 will be moved to station 4. New apparatus at Station 4 will be: Assessment Engine 4, RA 4, RA 804 and Battalion 1.

*EMS 1 will move to Station 44 and become EMS 2.

-Station 9: Engine 209 will be closed. RA 809 will be added. Engine 9, Truck 9, RA 9, RA209 and RA 809 will be staffed.

-Station 10: Light Force 10 will be upgrade to assessment light force. The station will be reassigned to Battalion 11.

-Station 17: Light Force 17 closed! Engine 17 will be upgraded to Assessment Engine. A 600 series Ready Reserve RA will be added. AE and RA 17 will remain open.





*Battalion 2 (South Division)



-Station 42 RA 842 will be closed and turned into a Ready Reserve RA.

-Station 44 will now house Battalion 2 (moved from FS 55) and EMS 2.

Talk about a full house here! Engine, RA 844, Battalion 2, EMS 2, Brush Patrol and Swift Water!

-Station 50 the Assessment Engine will be closed and the Light Force will be upgraded to an Assessment Light Force. A 600 series Ready Reserve RA will be added.

-Station 55 the Battalion Chief will move to Station 44, however, Staff Assistant position will be eliminated.

-Station 56 will be reassigned to Battalion 5.





*Battalion 5 (to the North Division)



-Fire Station 56 will now be part of Battalion 5

-Station 35 engine company will be closed, Light Force will be upgraded to Assessment Light Force. A 600 series Ready Reserve RA will be added.

-Station 52 Engine will become and Assessment Engine. Also EMS 5 will be moved to Station 59 and become EMS 9.





*Battalion 7 (closed)



-Station 1: the engine company will be closed. A 600 series Ready Reserve RA will be added.

-Station 2: upgrade the Light Force to an Assessment Light Force. Battalion 7 will be closed. Station will become part of Battalion 1.

-Station 16: RA 816 will be closed and turned into a Ready Reserve.

-Station 25: realigned to Battalion 1

-Station 47 will have the Light Force closed and gain a 600 series Ready Reserve RA. Station will now run with E47 and RA47. E247 will become E447 and RA 647.





*Battalion 9 (part of North Division)



-Fire Station 37: the battalion chief remains but the Staff Assistant position is eliminated.

-Fire Station 59 will now house EMS 9

-Fire Station 69 will have their Light Force upgraded to an Assessment Light Force. Engine will be closed.





*Battalion 11 (South Division)



-Fire Station 6: A 600 series Ready Reserve RA will be added

-Fire Station 11: the Light Force will be upgraded to an Assessment Light Force

-Fire Station 20: the engine company to be closed, the Light Force will be upgraded to an Assessment Light Force and they will gain a 600 series Ready Reserve RA.





If you look at the realignment in the big picture, the department is ensuring that each station will have a paramedic resource (RA or Assessment resource) available.