Denver Metro Fire Apparatus

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Will Denver integrate Englewood's medics, HazMat and Squad into the fleet or will they be auctioned off?

The two 2008 Crimsons are in storage at the Englewood Shops until their lease is paid in full, then they will be sold.  My understanding from both EFD and DFD is that the ALF's may be used for parts and or sold.  They have no plans to reuse the medics, once they're paid off they'll be sold also.  The Haz-Mat unit was purchased with Arapahoe County funds so it will likely be reassigned to another fire department by ACSO OEM.  I could be wrong but Littleton is still running a 90's Haz-Mat so the Englewood one would probably go to them.  The air trailer was bought with federal funds by the CO NCR so it will get reassigned to another department in need also. 

 

Will Truck 38 operate as a quint if it arrives first-due at a working fire or will they wait for an engine to arrive before deploying attack lines? Thanks in advance.

I was told initially that T38 would operate as a quint, as needed, within its first due much like T2 does today.  A careful look at the photos and the cross-lay trays were empty.  Without attack lines they'll be forced to operate as a straight truck.  Rumor has it that DFD has already appropriated funds for a Velocity 105' quint to replace it. 

 

what happened to englewood staff?

Many of the Englewood Firefighters started the DFD 5 week lateral academy today.  Rank was not carried over so everyone is starting fresh as firefighters.  Some senior members chose to retire and I know of at least one who was hired by a neighboring district.