Toneslider, speaking of tillers is the Union Colony FRA's tiller in yet?
Thanks Johnny C.
[quote name='Toneslider12' post='295802' date='Apr 9 2009, 15:25 ']firepost,
Tower 4 is in fact a straight tower ladder, no water, no pump. It runs solo out of Station 4 and has since the 80's I think; years ago an Engine, Ladder & Rescue all ran out of 4's at the same time. It is somewhat unusual that a non-quint aerial would run alone but Engines 3, 6 & 1 are only blocks away. There has been talk about taking E3 OOS and moving it to E4 but I'm not sure how likely that is. During busy times like New Years an extra duty Engine is placed in service at 4's so the they don't run the wheels off the Tower.
Truck 2 is currently in a Smeal 75' Quint and is soon to be replaced by a 2009 Velocity 105' quint. 2's first due is rapidly growing, they currently cover several hundred single family homes, several apartment complexes, shopping centers, high rise commercial, high rise hotels and several miles of highway. They are the first due city rig to Denver International Airport also. The second due engines are somewhat far away by DFD standards, so T2 will take a line in when necessary. They prefer to operate it as a truck but its evaluated on a case by case basis. I wouldn't be surprised to see E2 added in the next 5-8 years.
Denver decided a long time ago to stop using telesqurts but front line rigs are on a 10-20 year replacement schedule depending on wear & tear. Station 10 will probably only have an Engine for a long time. Truck's 8, 15 & 26 are too close to justify another piece. A new station (35) is slated for Northfield Stapleton which could result in some apparatus moves up there. As far as 17's goes... your absolutely correct that they're isolated from the rest of city. Rarely did the squrts get used for anything other than engine or defensive duty and 17's is rather slow. I doubt we'll see a truck added at 17's now or anytime really. Truck 12 can make it there pretty fast and 4's or 9's isn't too far behind.
Denver became big on Tower Ladders in the 90's and I think they'll continue to use them. West Metro & South Metro are following the same concept which is nice to see. It's only an idea at this point but South Metro has talked about the next ladder replacement being tillers... we can only hope.
Great questions, thanks.[/quote]
Thanks Johnny C.
[quote name='Toneslider12' post='295802' date='Apr 9 2009, 15:25 ']firepost,
Tower 4 is in fact a straight tower ladder, no water, no pump. It runs solo out of Station 4 and has since the 80's I think; years ago an Engine, Ladder & Rescue all ran out of 4's at the same time. It is somewhat unusual that a non-quint aerial would run alone but Engines 3, 6 & 1 are only blocks away. There has been talk about taking E3 OOS and moving it to E4 but I'm not sure how likely that is. During busy times like New Years an extra duty Engine is placed in service at 4's so the they don't run the wheels off the Tower.
Truck 2 is currently in a Smeal 75' Quint and is soon to be replaced by a 2009 Velocity 105' quint. 2's first due is rapidly growing, they currently cover several hundred single family homes, several apartment complexes, shopping centers, high rise commercial, high rise hotels and several miles of highway. They are the first due city rig to Denver International Airport also. The second due engines are somewhat far away by DFD standards, so T2 will take a line in when necessary. They prefer to operate it as a truck but its evaluated on a case by case basis. I wouldn't be surprised to see E2 added in the next 5-8 years.
Denver decided a long time ago to stop using telesqurts but front line rigs are on a 10-20 year replacement schedule depending on wear & tear. Station 10 will probably only have an Engine for a long time. Truck's 8, 15 & 26 are too close to justify another piece. A new station (35) is slated for Northfield Stapleton which could result in some apparatus moves up there. As far as 17's goes... your absolutely correct that they're isolated from the rest of city. Rarely did the squrts get used for anything other than engine or defensive duty and 17's is rather slow. I doubt we'll see a truck added at 17's now or anytime really. Truck 12 can make it there pretty fast and 4's or 9's isn't too far behind.
Denver became big on Tower Ladders in the 90's and I think they'll continue to use them. West Metro & South Metro are following the same concept which is nice to see. It's only an idea at this point but South Metro has talked about the next ladder replacement being tillers... we can only hope.
Great questions, thanks.[/quote]
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