Los Angeles County Fire Dept

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[quote name='lfdtruckie343' post='174580' date='Dec 28 2007, 02:25 ']good to know! thanks guys...ok one more for the day...whats their alarm card out there in la city and la co? and where do those task forces etc fit in?[/quote]



Well first of all the task force term in LAFD and LACoFD is very diffirent I explained the LAFD Task Force concept I will explain the LACoFD Task Force concept



In the LACoFD they run USAR and Haz Mat Task Force's

A Usar Task Force is comprised of 1 3 Man Engine 1 3 Man Usar and a rescue tender driven by the USAR FF, So E103, USAR 103 and Rescue Tender 103 make up USAR Task Force 103 if there is a first alarm fire in there district the USAR TF will go all remaining fires the USAR TF will come in on a 2nd alarm



A Haz Mat Task Force is comrprised of 1 3 Man Engine and 1 5 Man Haz Mat so E105 and Haz Mat 105 make up a haz mat task force and the response is the same



In the LAFD a Structure assignment will be comprised of no less than 1 Light Force or no Less than 1 Task Force with about 2 Task Force's being sent on a first the number varying on the location