This was our previous Station 45 discussion.
Engine 45 will be getting there own Engine. Engines 46-50 and 60 are all extra Engines that are meant to cover other Engines during training, extended calls, etc... but are also located where they are because of the high call volume they face in there assigned districts.
Hard to say.. all the Rescues are supposed to be converted to Ladders and 4 ladders added to the overall fleet. So that's 21 Ladder companies in operation by the end of 2024-2026? There could be one out there but will have to see, the nearest Ladder would be located at 12 or 25. Assuming Ladders/Towers are located there
Haha turn into a current Vancouver fleet! It will be very interesting to see what happens, there will be 6 extra Rescues plus spares.. Will CFD sell these trucks, convert a couple of them into Tech Rescue Supports?, convert two or three into Airlights? will have to wait and see
I’d agree, things are going to be interesting. In the time it will take to order and build new Ladders, the current equipment will age. The spare fleet will be updated, some stuff will be sold off. I expect they may convert some of the Rescues into various types of Emergency Support Units, or second pieces.
Sorry I missed this. It seems Engines 12, 4, 1 and Hazmat 17 have all been in Spare rigs for sometime. This could be from apparatus accidents. From parts being delayed to replace whatever is broken on the trucks, or warranty work being done on the trucks. Even possibly (in the Engine's case) they are getting new Engines and there's issues with putting in the radios or some other equipment.
Didn't 12E's main at the Academy right now?
It was a 4th alarm and from my understanding, it was treated as a Mass Casualty situation due to I think 4 houses engulfed and clearing the area along with all the debris. Its a very unique incident, I never thought I'd see and the turnout was something else (all Mobile Command trucks responded at one point, CFD, CPS and AHS) and there's 10 people seriously injured. This is according to the news.
Do you know what's in the CFD's high-rise totes? Or what each Toronto unit carries to scene? Just saw Toronto got a 70 m Bronto, cool.
It's been a few years since I've been able to step into the Highrise truck and I've never taken any pictures of the inside, but there was 6-8 steel carts on wheels (possibly more) - I would say they're similar to what flight attendants would use on an airplane to wheel coffee and snacks up and down the isle - a little 2x2 box that's maybe 4ish feet high? Each tote has a different purpose. 1 for rehab, 1 for command?, 1 for forceable entry, 1 for salvage, 2 for hose, 1 or two for SCBA bottles?
That's what it says on FireWiki, but I don't know what's at the training grounds.. Another reason why the high call volume front line Engines might be using rotation Spare Engine is to get more use out of the 2010's before they're sold off. CFD has like 18 spare Engines right now?
And the idea is these carts go up a high rise elevator to support the fire fighters working on a specific floor?
