Pacific Northwest

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After funding became available Aid 10 was reorganized on 12-30-14, responding out of station 10 with a spare 2008 Ford E450.  
SFD
had been planning to place Aid 10 in service at station 2 but that changed because E5 had to be relocated there when station 5 closed due to sea wall construction.  The move displaced
<span style="font-size:18px;">AIR</span>9 which has moved to station 30. 


 

In about 1930,
SFD

began responding to first aid calls in vehicles with the designation of  First Aid Car.  First Aid Car 10 responded with a first aid kit and a mechanical resuscitator in a 4-door 5 passenger 1929 Packard.  The designation slowly evolved to Aid Car 10, Aid Unit 10 and simply designated Aid 10.  As other Aid Units were needed they were assigned spare chief cars and frequently went out of service when a chief needed to use one of the spares.  This practice continued until the department purchased several 1958 Ford Ranch Wagons enabling Aid Units to carry a stretcher. Records are incomplete but Aid 17 was organized in 1932, Aid 2, 1937, Aid 14, 1942, Aid 18 and 25 in 1947.  Aid 10 was disbanded in 1979 in order to organize the second advanced life support unit, Medic 10.