Austin, Tx Fire/Rescue

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[quote name='A/TCEMSPM' date='03 March 2010 - 11:58 PM' timestamp='1267681113' post='367919']

Hopefully I can shed a little light on this. Battalion six is responsible for the administrative stuff for Station 1, 14, 20, and 28. It is assigned on I believe all Special Operation boxes. It also can respond as a first due chief to fire in it's geographic response area and as a second due chief to wherever CAD says to go. An AFD structure fire box has 4 engines 2 ladders 1 rescue and 2 Battalion Chiefs so Geographically speaking Battalion 6 could be the first due battalion chief to anything on the east side of the city. as far as where the battalion chiefs are stationed at I am sure TxFire Photo or Tac Support will correct any mistakes I make.



Shift Commander is at central- Engine 1 Quint 1 Engine 13

Battalion 1 is with Engine 2 at MLK and Guadalupe

Battalion 2 is with Engine 44 on Spicewood Springs and Four Irons Dr.

Battalion 3 is with Engine and Ladder 8 at Burnet and Research

Battalion 4 is with Engine and Quint 17 on South First st.

Battalion 5 is?

and Battalion 6 is at Engine and Rescue 14 on Airport Blvd.



I might Have Battalion 4 and 5 flipped but I can not for the life of me remember where one of them is at

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Thanks for the information A/T. I see that Austin must have increased their structure response as if I'm correct they used to send only 3 Engines on a structure fire but now they send 4.

I was curious what do they normally dispatch on the subsequent Alarms 2nd through 5th or do they do things like in Los Angeles and dispatch "only what is requested" after the first alarm?



I had the opportunity to listen to the recording of the Plane into building Incident a few weeks ago and they read off the box and the location ,plus the Equipment that was dispatched, however they didn't say it was a Second or Third Alarm ,even though it certainly sounded and looked like it was more then just a first alarm fire to me.

Thanks again, Firepost