Los Angeles County Fire Dept

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[quote name='franksansev' date='09 February 2010 - 11:08 AM' timestamp='1265741333' post='363142']

I have always been interested in the apparatus that has been developed for special uses by the LAcoFD. But I gotta tell ya

a RESCUE TENDER I am stumped. Can anyone explain what they do when they respond and how they are manned.



Thanks in advance for any help you can give.



Regards

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The Rescue Tender's which are assigned with USAR's 103 & 130 are manned 24/7. The original staffing on the USAR was three people Engineer, Captsin and 1 Firefighter the firefighter off the USAR now mans the rescue tender. The Rescue Tender which right now are old squads the Rescue Tender's allow for acsess to area's where it would be diffcult to take the large USAR and carry extra equipment on them. The Rescue Tender's only respond when the USAR's are dispatched for incidents they are needed. As mentioned earlier the department is going to be giving Tender's 103 & 130 customized Dodge's.

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