Kansas City area fire apparatus

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[quote name='Ladder 68' post='308378' date='May 25 2009, 00:19 ']I understand sleepless days and sleepless night...amazing how a lack of a nap can mess up the whole shift...



On the issue of KCKFD...what companies do they have as far as companies, numerical assignments, etc?



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I'll try and answer some of these as well if MFD 61 KS doesn't mind. Kansas City Kansas Fire Department runs 22 fire companies and 12 ambulances out of 18 firehouses. Out of the 18 houses only 4 are double houses with a Pumper and either a true Truck or a Quint. All Pumpers and Quints are ALS w/ a medic assigned, but on some days they might drop a couple fire companies and EMS units to BLS depending on staffing. Its KCKFD policy that on all transports to a hospital that a medic must ride in, so the medic from an ALS fire company must ride in if the EMS unit is BLS. If the EMS unit is ALS and the fire company is BLS then nothing special takes place. The Trucks are BLS. All Pumpers run with a min. of 3 guys a Captain, Driver & Firefighter, Trucks run w/ 4, but can drop to 3 and Quint run w/ 4 at all times. The ambulances are called EMS, 9 of the 12 are staffed 24/7 with most times a FF/Medic & FF/EMT. The other 3 EMS units are crossed staffed by either a Pumper or a Quint when the city is low on EMS units. The house number and the rig number reflect one another. Here's a run down of the houses & rigs.

HQ's - Pumper 1, Truck 1, Heavy Rescue 1 (crossed staffed by T1), Car 32 (Shift Commander/Asst. Chief) This house is also home to the USAR team which is made up of both members of the Pumper and the Truck and houses a USAR rig, 2 trailers and soon a new pick-up, all of which still don't have a number assigned to them, so the guys at HQ's call the rig "BUD 1" being a refurbed beer truck. Headquarters holds all Administration, Prevention & Training Divisions. So there is plenty of white shirts around Monday-Friday. Cars 30-40 run out of HQ's. Car 30 being the Chief.

FH2 - Quint 2, Haz-Mat Support 2 (crossed staffed by Q2), KC Metro Haz-Mat Trailer (Pulled by HMS2), EMS 2 (ambulance) Car 41 (EMS Supervisor)

FH3 - Pumper 3, Haz-Mat 3, EMS 3

FH4 - Pumper 4 & EMS 4 (crossed staffed by P4)

FH5 - Pumper 5 & EMS 5

FH6 - Quint 6, Brush 6, Car 64 (Safety Officer), EMS 6 & EMS 26 (E26 is Crossed Staffed by Q6 as a last EMS unit in the city)

FH7 - Pumper 7, Truck 7 & Car 62 (Safety Officer)

FH8 - Pumper 8, Brush 8 & Tanker 8

FH9 - Pumper 9, Brush 9 (Pulls Boats), Boat 9, Car 61 (Safety Officer) & EMS 9 (There is a 2nd Boat here, but unknown number given. This Boat was given to KCKFD by KCFD as a grant for a quick response by water to the downtown airport to my understanding)

FH10 - Pumper 10, Quint 10, Foam 10 (New one at the shop), Air 10 (Cascade Trailer), EMS 10 & Car 22 (South BC)

FH11- Pumpoer 11

FH14 - Pumper 14 & Truck 14

FH15 - Pumper 15, Air 15 (Cascade Trailer) & FD Shop/Property

FH16 - Pumper 16

FH17 - Pumper 17 & EMS 17

FH18 - Pumper 18, Boat 18 & EMS 18

FH19 - Pumper 19, Brush 19, EMS 19 & Car 24 (West BC)

FH20 - Pumper 20 & EMS 20 (crossed staffed by P20)





Hope this helps, I'll be more than happy to help with anymore questions.