Aurora Fire "Squads?"

[county]

A couple months ago or so I noticed that Aurora Fire changed the callsign of some of their engines to "Squad X," e.g. Engine 11 is now Squad 11. Does anyone know why?

Thanks,

Mike

 

[rescueeagle]

and some are also "rescue X" if anyone could answer this question i would be EXTREMELY happy!!

 

[kc0kp]

Squad and Rescue

The squad and there are four of them, squad 3, 11, 13 and one other that escapes me now are enhanced engine companies. They have RIT packs and extrication equipment.
Rescue 8 is a heavy rescue and Rescue 14 is a two man brush truck. There is no engine 14.
Hope that helps. I wish I could remember the other squad.

Craig

 

[ROOFLIFECO]

You are correct. The Squads in Aurora are:

Squad 3 (Peoria and Smith)
Squad 11 (Iliff and Havana)
Squad 12 (I-70 and Tower)
Squad 13 (Smoky Hill and Aurora Pkwy)

All of these rigs do carry R.I.C packs as well as a full set of extrication equipment. The reason that these were developed are because of the prolonged response times for a truck company, which also carry the same equipment, when an immediate intervention is needed on a scene. If you read the NFPA guidelines on a "squad" and the equipment that is carried on it, that should answer your questions a little bit better.

Now of coarse they also have the "Rescue" now. This truck is called a "light rescue" in apparatus terms and is NOT a brush truck. It carries no water, but it does carry a full compliment of ALS equipment and is designed to be the first on-scene truck in that district, while Engine 13 responds as well. Rescue 14 only carries two people, a Lieutenant and a Paramedic. Engine 13 responds as well because of the additional manpower. Station 14 is located at E-470 and Gartrell Rd. roughly.

 

[county]

Thanks for the responses, they were very helpful!!

 

[jfab]

The squad and there are four of them, squad 3, 11, 13 and one other that escapes me now are enhanced engine companies. They have RIT packs and extrication equipment.
Rescue 8 is a heavy rescue and Rescue 14 is a two man brush truck. There is no engine 14.
Hope that helps. I wish I could remember the other squad.

Craig

I believe the other squad is 14.

 

[rescueeagle]

So station 14 for Aurora is quite confusing so here is (as far as I understand it) the true explination. When station 14 opened Aurora fire didn't have the staffing to put a 4 person engine out there. So they had two options. Either A) staff it with a 4 man engine when avaliable and put the station out of service when staffing didn't allow or B) have a 2 person squad (aka brush truck) staff the station 24/7. It was decided that due to the high volume of medical calls that Heritage Eagle Bend creates that a 2 person ALS squad was the smartest option. Now since then things have changed. On "c" shift i believe Aurora has the staffing to put a 4 person engine 14 into service and it runs like any other engine. for "b" and "a" shifts Aurora only has the staffing for 2 people. However they no longer run in a (squad). They now run in a brand new "light rescue" Still staffed with a LT and a Paramedic so it is ALS and it is dispatched as "Rescue 14" It is a light rescue and no longer a squad due to aurora's change in their "engine capabilities" as rooflifeco said above. Now obviously as Aurora keeps building and the call volume in that part of the city continues more versitile apparatus will be needed. Rumor has it that some sort of quint or squirt will be soon housed at Station 14. Hope that helps!

 

[jimmnn]

Squad-13 is arrival at a good roll over req 2 additional ambs and chopper on SB.

Jim<