San Diego, CA (+ metro area)

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I debated about putting these in the Southern California small cities topic, but figured the San Diego area might warrant it's own and I couldn't find an existing one.





First up - San Diego Engine 1



2007 KME Predator 1500/500



   

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San Diego Engine 201 (2nd Engine out of Station 1)



2007 KME Predator 1500/500



   

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San Diego Engine 4



2003 Pierce Dash 1500/500

San Diego FD S/N 1592



This is the oldest front line pumper in San Diego



   

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San Diego Engine 11



2007 KME Predator 1500/500



   

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One of two rigs (the other was Truck 1) that I really wanted to shoot this trip -



San Diego Rescue 4

2005 KME



   

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San Diego Reserve Rescue



1992 Pierce Lance

San Diego FD S/N 1519



This was taken on a previous trip

   

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Thanks for putting up the shots on this site. I like following what's going on in San Diego they have an interesting and dedicated fire department that deserves much more from the community that they serve considering that they should have more stations and apparatus then they currently have in service. The shots were nice. Keep them coming if you have more of them.

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Truck 1 in there Crimson.

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Engine 3 serving Little Italy.

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Truck 1 in there Crimson.

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That's the other one I wanted - Thanks for posting it.

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Thanks for putting up the shots on this site. I like following what's going on in San Diego they have an interesting and dedicated fire department that deserves much more from the community that they serve considering that they should have more stations and apparatus then they currently have in service. The shots were nice. Keep them coming if you have more of them.

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Thanks for the feedback. It'll give me more excuses to get out there and shoot some more. The crews that I came across were really accomodating, especially the Rescue crew.

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Nice pictures so far. Im a fan of the SD Pierce apparatus. Our 2011 Pierce cab interior is modeled fairly similar to their newest batch of Pierce rigs.

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About 4 years ago I was out in San Diego with my family for my uncle's wedding and was able to get around to a few firehouses. Most of the rigs I shot, believe it or not, have been posted already so I'll post a couple I shot that weren't.



Air Light Unit 1 at Sta.1 aka "The Big House"

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and here is old 3 Engine, which if I remember correctly was around a 1994 or '95 Pierce Arrow pumper. I think I remember them telling me there it was nearly ready for replacement.

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Rear shot Truck 1.

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Old Truck 1.

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While I don't think that this is still true but I do know that until sometime in the early to mid 2000's the San Diego Fire Department did have three fire stations that had Truck (Ladder) companies that were what some departments call "jump" companies. Jump company stations generally speaking have one crew that switch apparatus depending on the nature of the call or alarm. The three jump stations were stations 5, 41 and 43 and they each had an Aerial Truck company (41 and 43 had Tower Ladders) and if they were needed the Engine crew's from those stations would "jump" on the Truck and repond with their Truck instead of their Engine company. I don't believe that those stations still run "jump" Truck companies but I could still be wrong.

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I wonder if Duane Troxel ever shot the San Diego FD (*hint* *hint* - Steve?)...

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While I don't think that this is still true but I do know that until sometime in the early to mid 2000's the San Diego Fire Department did have three fire stations that had Truck (Ladder) companies that were what some departments call "jump" companies. Jump company stations generally speaking have one crew that switch apparatus depending on the nature of the call or alarm. The three jump stations were stations 5, 41 and 43 and they each had an Aerial Truck company (41 and 43 had Tower Ladders) and if they were needed the Engine crew's from those stations would "jump" on the Truck and repond with their Truck instead of their Engine company. I don't believe that those stations still run "jump" Truck companies but I could still be wrong.

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The SDFD no longer operates truck companies at Stations 5, 41, or 43.



In the early 90's the department experimented with squads. At some double company stations they would take one person off the engine and one off the truck and jump in a Suburban to run medical aids. It didn't last long.

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and here is old 3 Engine, which if I remember correctly was around a 1994 or '95 Pierce Arrow pumper. I think I remember them telling me there it was nearly ready for replacement.

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1990 Pierce Arrow. All but three are gone. The three remaining are assigned to training. Engine 3 was just assigned a 2011 Pierce Arrow XT, which replaced a 2002 Pierce Dash.