CFD Apparatus status discussion (Non-Radio Information)

[ENGINE_4]

Does anybody have an audio of the Evac tones?

The only recording I know of is on the CFD radio feed archives, Sunday June 23rd - 10:12pm (maybe 20 minutes in)

Thanks for the run down 255-Jacobs!

 

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Alberta Purchasing Connection

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Looks like CFD didn't get what they wanted the first time, the tender for 4 leased, identical Engines is back up. Looks like it might be a tough order to fill

 

[255-Jacobs]

So was a contract even placed the first time or this a 2nd attempt at getting 4 lease engines?

 

[dhoustonAB]

Is there a major upgrade happening to the fleet Right now? Today at the Oakmoor fire, Engine 37, Engine 14, Ladder 8 (in the 2008 Sirius), Tech Rescue 11, High Rise 2 and I believe FRP 20. were all in spares. Rescue 8 was at the shop all day on delayed response Due to rig issues I believe.

 

[255-Jacobs]

Engine 31, Engine 44, and Tower 31 are all in spares too. Most trucks get their annual maintenance around this time of the year so it's not uncommon to see a lot of spares in use. Everyone should have they're mains back soon.

 

[Calgary_Fire_Filmer]

Is there a major upgrade happening to the fleet Right now? Today at the Oakmoor fire, Engine 37, Engine 14, Ladder 8 (in the 2008 Sirius), Tech Rescue 11, High Rise 2 and I believe FRP 20. were all in spares. Rescue 8 was at the shop all day on delayed response Due to rig issues I believe.

Actually the opposite. Calgary is extremely low right now. At the shops last week they said they had 2 spare units left. (1 2008 Engine and 1 Special Events unit) I know in the last week I’ve seen L8, L6, L34, L31, L30 and L32 all rotate spares. Seems like the dept is desperate for new rigs, especially seeing as we only have 1 new rig coming this year (Volterra)

 

[255-Jacobs]

Looks like it's that time of the year again were the Dept gets dangerously low on spares. I wonder if Bush Buggies will have to run in the Ladders places in the coming days.

 

[ENGINE_4]

So was a contract even placed the first time or this a 2nd attempt at getting 4 lease engines?

2nd attempt - If CFD strictly wants 4 identical leased Engines, I doubt any manufacturer could or did bid on the contract. A lot of departments right now are buying any leased unit available because the lead time for a new truck (depending on the manufacturer) is anywhere from 2-4 years.. The only manufacturer I found that has multiple, identical STOCK Engines rolling off the production line is Dependable Emergency Vehicles in Ontario and some if not all of those trucks could already be sold

Is there a major upgrade happening to the fleet Right now? Today at the Oakmoor fire, Engine 37, Engine 14, Ladder 8 (in the 2008 Sirius), Tech Rescue 11, High Rise 2 and I believe FRP 20. were all in spares. Rescue 8 was at the shop all day on delayed response Due to rig issues I believe.

Ladder 8 was the first in Ladder. Good thing Stoney is open, a much quicker response.

Has anyone noticed 3 or 4 ff's on Rescues or Ladders? I've lost track of recruitment classes. I don't know when the next one is graduating..
Thankfully the water crisis is over so Pumpers 16,42,45 will be gone very soon and the Tenders will go back down to 2 - 21,25. But maybe now 21 Tender - T0288 stays around in the fleet pool for a little while longer? Given the current apparatus crisis

 

[255-Jacobs]

2nd attempt - If CFD strictly wants 4 identical leased Engines, I doubt any manufacturer could or did bid on the contract. A lot of departments right now are buying any leased unit available because the lead time for a new truck (depending on the manufacturer) is anywhere from 2-4 years.. The only manufacturer I found that has multiple, identical STOCK Engines rolling off the production line is Dependable Emergency Vehicles in Ontario and some if not all of those trucks could already be sold

Ladder 8 was the first in Ladder. Good thing Stoney is open, a much quicker response.

Has anyone noticed 3 or 4 ff's on Rescues or Ladders? I've lost track of recruitment classes. I don't know when the next one is graduating..
Thankfully the water crisis is over so Pumpers 16,42,45 will be gone very soon and the Tenders will go back down to 2 - 21,25. But maybe now 21 Tender - T0288 stays around in the fleet pool for a little while longer? Given the current apparatus crisis

The original plan for T0288 was to become a spare and T0124 becomes the new Tender 21. I hope that plan will still go into effect. Why T0288 will be kept around even as a spare is beyond me but maybe that leaves room for T4402 to become a permanent Tender. As for more FFs on Ladders and Rescues, it's happening. I've seen more FFs on Ladder companies and Rescue 12 is now getting staffed with more guys since it's the busiest Rescue that isn't a Tech.

 

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Hopefully shortly there will be enough ff's on each platoon to fully staff the 5 Ladders that cross-staff the Bush Buggies. Would be nice to see a Ladder not have to go out of service just so a Bush Buggy can get to a call

 

[255-Jacobs]

Hey lads. Anyone know if the Pumpers and Tenders 32 and 35 now Out Of Service now that the water crisis is over?

Also side note: Chestermere isn't just replacing Engine 116 and Aerial 116, they plan on replacing Rescue 117 and either ERU 117 or AQR 116.

 

[dhoustonAB]

YYC/Pro-Tec seems to be in over their head getting Mutual Aid from CFD four times in the last week that I’ve heard. There was a Hazmat call last Friday I believe for a gas leak/problem. Yesterday, CFD (Engine 4, Engine 22 or 322) responded to the airport to assist Pro-Tec on a Hot Brake situation. CFD did not make it past staging at an Airside gate.

Again this afternoon the airport had another Hot Brake situation using all of their resources for the event. Tonight, a pallet with a Hazardous liquid (that was destined for CFB Cold Lake) was punctured and leaked enough for Engine 27’s Firefighter to mask up and for Hazmat 4 and Recovery 16 to respond.

On a different note, the Aquatic Team has been really busy this week. Boat 6, the boat being on scene of almost every water rescue in the city, has been switched to B0223, the boat with the ramp on the front.

 

[Calgary_Fire_Filmer]

The Aquatic Team has been really busy this week. Boat 6, the boat being on scene of almost every water rescue in the city, has been switched to B0223, the boat with the ramp on the front.

The boat with the ramp is big news! Wonder how their adapting to it

 

[255-Jacobs]

YYC/Pro-Tec seems to be in over their head getting Mutual Aid from CFD four times in the last week that I’ve heard. There was a Hazmat call last Friday I believe for a gas leak/problem. Yesterday, CFD (Engine 4, Engine 22 or 322) responded to the airport to assist Pro-Tec on a Hot Brake situation. CFD did not make it past staging at an Airside gate.

Again this afternoon the airport had another Hot Brake situation using all of their resources for the event. Tonight, a pallet with a Hazardous liquid (that was destined for CFB Cold Lake) was punctured and leaked enough for Engine 27’s Firefighter to mask up and for Hazmat 4 and Recovery 16 to respond.

On a different note, the Aquatic Team has been really busy this week. Boat 6, the boat being on scene of almost every water rescue in the city, has been switched to B0223, the boat with the ramp on the front.

Sometimes I wonder if YYC would actually benefit having CFD provide return to providing fire protection for the airport grounds. I know that before March 2019 streetside units were automatically on the response no matter the situation.

 

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Sometimes I wonder if YYC would actually benefit having CFD provide return to providing fire protection for the airport grounds. I know that before March 2019 streetside units were automatically on the response no matter the situation.

If YYC pays for it, CFD could benefit. The main reason CFD left the airport is because they were losing a lot of money from the Airport. CFD also has mutual aid contracts with YYC/Pro Tec - I don't know if its a pay per response kind of model or a blanket - we want this amount of money a year to respond kind of contract. CFD has all terminal responses though, that's still considered city response

 

[255-Jacobs]

Hey lads. Does anyone know if last night's recycling plant fire was a 2nd alarm?

From photos it's look like Ladders 1, 23, and 32 were on scene. I also saw Engine 2 and HazMat Recovery 16.

 

[255-Jacobs]

Okay I got it for anyone who is interested.

2EN
302EN
16EN (Crew of 5)
23EN
1L (Crew of 3)
23L (Crew of 2)
32L (Crew of 4)
11TR
2HRS
4HM
7FRP
16RT (Recovery)
16AUX (No idea what this is)
DC1
DC3
DC6
BATT (Battalion Chief)
ADC7 (Assistant Deputy Chief 7)
INV3

 

[ENGINE_4]

Okay I got it for anyone who is interested.

2EN
302EN
16EN (Crew of 5)
23EN
1L (Crew of 3)
23L (Crew of 2)
32L (Crew of 4)
11TR
2HRS
4HM
7FRP
16RT (Recovery)
16AUX (No idea what this is)
DC1
DC3
DC6
BATT (Battalion Chief
ADC7 (Assistant Deputy Chief 7)
INV3

Love the run down! How do you get these? I was surprised to see/hear Engines 2 AND 302, L32 on scene (was 32 in the area??), Engine 6 made it in at some point - I did hear a call for 2 extra Engines, Rescue 12 was on the initial call too. 16 AUX is the panel truck.
Engine 11 was on a call at the time of the original call out, no Engine 9? I was not surprised to hear Calgary Metal was on fire once again lol.

I want to thank whoever is hosting the scanner feed on Broadcastify, I can't pick up CFD on mine anymore so I rely on the feed now. This fire was choppy to listen to(Tac issues?), I know sometimes complete calls are not picked up, depending on where it is in the city. I don't know who is hosting the feed but thank you again for putting it up

 

[255-Jacobs]

I was surprised to see that Engine 2 and 302 made it in. All of Station 2 went to it 😂

No idea as to why Engine 9 didn't show up. No units from Station 25 as well which is probably why units from Station 2 showed up. Perhaps 9 and 25 were OOS for training. I guess TR11 might of been reliving Rescue 12 if it was on the initial.

As to why Ladder 32 showed up, it might be because it was one of those were fires that gets dispatched as a pre alert then upgraded. Ladder 23 on the pre alert, Ladder 1 on the confirmed fire upgrade and Ladder 32 was most likely either special called and because they were the closest available Ladder that wasn't in the core or they were covering. The core can't be left without a Ladder so that's probably why Ladder 6 didn't go. Crazy that Ladder 32 had a full crew of 4 the talk of putting more FFs on Ladders is really starting to show now.

I get these turnouts by respectfully emailing CFDs Public Information Officer and they send me a photo consisting of what units went. That's how I got the massive turnout for the Prestwick Villas fire. Nice to know that C13 is up and running. It always seems to be on and off for some odd reason.

 

[dhoustonAB]

Does anyone know if Engine, Ladder 17 are now HazMat Techs? Watching training at the Saddledome right now.
Units at Saddledome:
E4, AL4, HM4, E17, L17, HM17, HM39, FRP7, HazTech 2.
AHS Papa Unit I believe the Incident Response Paramedic in a spare.