[quote name='MemphisE34a' post='12620' date='Jul 21 2006, 12:33 ']Kevin, thats just about dead on. Each Rescue covers their 3rd of the city. Currently they are dispatched on the initial alarm for any fire which recieves multiple calls. If multiple calls are not received, a rescue is started if a first arriving company reports working fire conditions.
Additionally, an extra rescue is dispatched on a all multiple alarm fires, but not more than 2 at any single incident. The fire pictured was a hi-rise fire on Union Ave (I think). Rescue 2 made it on the 1st alarm, rescue 3 on the 2nd.
Confined Space rescues will get all 3 because of the number of CS technicians needed on the scene to be OSHA complaint.
Thats about it. Any rescue can be special called by any incident commander at any time on any scene. Rescue's 3 and 1 recently worked for nearly 1 1/2 hours extricating two police officers after they wrapped their car around a tree at high speed.[/quote]
Don't any of your Truck Company's carry extrication gear such as Hurst or Holmatro tools or is that gear only carried on your Rescue Company's.Now days most Fire Departments have at least some Truck company's equipped with Hydraulic Extrication devices.
I'm from Chicago " the birth place of the Snorkel and the Snorkel Squad" and even though we still dispatch a Squad on a "Pin in accident" all of our Trucks have had Hurst Tools on them since 2002.Before 2002 a little less then half of our Trucks had Hurst tools on board and the rest of then had Boss tool's (an Air operated extrication device) smaller then a Hurst Tool.
One of the disadvantages of Chicago is that while all of our Trucks now have Hurst Tools none of them have any Airbags (as of the last time that I heard) which means that if we need Airbags or any other more sophisticated device we still have to wait for the Squad to arrive.I know that in Milwaukee and in Houston they have "designated" Extrication Truck Company's that have Airbags and Wizzer Saws plus the Hydrualic Spreaders as well.
New York City is very lucky as all 143 of their Ladder Company's now have Airbags as well as Hurst Tools not to mention their 5 Rescue Company's and 7 Squad Company's.New York's Police Department also has that equipment on their Emergency Services Trucks which number some where between 40 and 50 units as well. Firepost. <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/drrescue.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
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Additionally, an extra rescue is dispatched on a all multiple alarm fires, but not more than 2 at any single incident. The fire pictured was a hi-rise fire on Union Ave (I think). Rescue 2 made it on the 1st alarm, rescue 3 on the 2nd.
Confined Space rescues will get all 3 because of the number of CS technicians needed on the scene to be OSHA complaint.
Thats about it. Any rescue can be special called by any incident commander at any time on any scene. Rescue's 3 and 1 recently worked for nearly 1 1/2 hours extricating two police officers after they wrapped their car around a tree at high speed.[/quote]
Don't any of your Truck Company's carry extrication gear such as Hurst or Holmatro tools or is that gear only carried on your Rescue Company's.Now days most Fire Departments have at least some Truck company's equipped with Hydraulic Extrication devices.
I'm from Chicago " the birth place of the Snorkel and the Snorkel Squad" and even though we still dispatch a Squad on a "Pin in accident" all of our Trucks have had Hurst Tools on them since 2002.Before 2002 a little less then half of our Trucks had Hurst tools on board and the rest of then had Boss tool's (an Air operated extrication device) smaller then a Hurst Tool.
One of the disadvantages of Chicago is that while all of our Trucks now have Hurst Tools none of them have any Airbags (as of the last time that I heard) which means that if we need Airbags or any other more sophisticated device we still have to wait for the Squad to arrive.I know that in Milwaukee and in Houston they have "designated" Extrication Truck Company's that have Airbags and Wizzer Saws plus the Hydrualic Spreaders as well.
New York City is very lucky as all 143 of their Ladder Company's now have Airbags as well as Hurst Tools not to mention their 5 Rescue Company's and 7 Squad Company's.New York's Police Department also has that equipment on their Emergency Services Trucks which number some where between 40 and 50 units as well. Firepost. <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/drrescue.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
' /> <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/drrescue.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' /> <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/drrescue.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' /> <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/drrescue.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' /> <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/drrescue.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' /> <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/drrescue.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' /> <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/drrescue.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />
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