[quote name='firemedic78' post='95182' date='Apr 7 2007, 00:33 ']Ok, I need help. I don't want to sound stupid or ask a stupid question, but I just don't know. Could some of you LAFD personell/Buffers please explain in detail what a task force is? What types of them they have, ect? I am assuming that it has something to do with an alarm assigment, but being from Iowa, and not knowing much about the LAFD, I have just been curious now for a while what these are. I have heard about the LAFD taks forces for a long time and just never asked anyone. Always felt stupid in asking such a lame question, but I guess I need to know. Also, does LACoFD do the same as far as these task forces? What are the alarm assignments there for both agencies for 1 alarmers, structure fires, vehicle fires, MVA's, ect. If someone knows of a web site that explains any of this, that would be great too...And again, I apologize for the dumb question, but I just need to know. Thanks.
Chris[/quote]
In the Los Angeles CITY Fire Dept a Task Force is comprised of 2 Engine companie's 1 ladder truck
The first Engine being the station engine IE E4 is manned with a crew of 4 the next engine IE Engine 204 is manned only by 1 person an engineer the truck IE T4 is manned by a crew of 5. When responding on an emergency Truck 4 would leave first with Engine 4 behind it and Engine 204 behind Engine 4. If aerial streams are needed Engine 204 will supply Truck 4. The Captain aboard the Truck is the ranking officer in charge of the Task Force.
Now we have a Light Force, Subtract Engine 4 from the equation and now you have Truck 4 and Engine 204
5+4-1=10 people assigned to a Task Force
But as JFONG mentioned TF 9 is diffirent due to the high call volume that station 9 has an addtional 3 people were added to Engine 209 Capt and 2 FF. Hence Task Force 9 is considerd a "Heavy" Task Force
4+4+5=13
The Los Angeles County does also operate Task Force and Light Forces and they are vastly diffirent from how Los Angeles CITY operates
In LA County if a frontline quint goes out of service for whatever reason and there are no reserve quints avaliable a reserve engine and ladder are put into service and will respond as a Light Force
IE Quint 166 goes out of service mechanical so you have Light Force 166 IE E5187 and T5181
There are some station;s in LA County that have regular light force's Station 8, 82, 127,170 181
At station;s such as 8, 127 and 181 you have a Quint and Engine paired together, Why? I don't know but during times when engines are commited on major brush campaigns the light force can be broken up and 200 engine can be manned fully and sent to cover a dark station
A Task Force in the Los Angeles COUNTY Fire Dept
USAR TF IE E103 and USAR 103 when responding together are known as a USAR Task Force there are two in LA County USAR Task Force 134 in the North part of the county and USAR Task Force 103
The USAR Engine is manned with a crew of 3 and the USAR manned with a crew of 3
A Haz Mat Task Force E105 and Haz Mat 105 are considerd a Haz Mat Task Force the Engine carrieds 3 and the Haz Mat manned with a crew of 5
Chris[/quote]
In the Los Angeles CITY Fire Dept a Task Force is comprised of 2 Engine companie's 1 ladder truck
The first Engine being the station engine IE E4 is manned with a crew of 4 the next engine IE Engine 204 is manned only by 1 person an engineer the truck IE T4 is manned by a crew of 5. When responding on an emergency Truck 4 would leave first with Engine 4 behind it and Engine 204 behind Engine 4. If aerial streams are needed Engine 204 will supply Truck 4. The Captain aboard the Truck is the ranking officer in charge of the Task Force.
Now we have a Light Force, Subtract Engine 4 from the equation and now you have Truck 4 and Engine 204
5+4-1=10 people assigned to a Task Force
But as JFONG mentioned TF 9 is diffirent due to the high call volume that station 9 has an addtional 3 people were added to Engine 209 Capt and 2 FF. Hence Task Force 9 is considerd a "Heavy" Task Force
4+4+5=13
The Los Angeles County does also operate Task Force and Light Forces and they are vastly diffirent from how Los Angeles CITY operates
In LA County if a frontline quint goes out of service for whatever reason and there are no reserve quints avaliable a reserve engine and ladder are put into service and will respond as a Light Force
IE Quint 166 goes out of service mechanical so you have Light Force 166 IE E5187 and T5181
There are some station;s in LA County that have regular light force's Station 8, 82, 127,170 181
At station;s such as 8, 127 and 181 you have a Quint and Engine paired together, Why? I don't know but during times when engines are commited on major brush campaigns the light force can be broken up and 200 engine can be manned fully and sent to cover a dark station
A Task Force in the Los Angeles COUNTY Fire Dept
USAR TF IE E103 and USAR 103 when responding together are known as a USAR Task Force there are two in LA County USAR Task Force 134 in the North part of the county and USAR Task Force 103
The USAR Engine is manned with a crew of 3 and the USAR manned with a crew of 3
A Haz Mat Task Force E105 and Haz Mat 105 are considerd a Haz Mat Task Force the Engine carrieds 3 and the Haz Mat manned with a crew of 5
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