CFD Apparatus status

[yyc_tbird_sc]

I'm pretty sure it did. I know when we were listening on the CFD radio last night, it should have been. Interesting conversations though

 

[ENGINE_4]

does anyone know if CFD has placed any orders yet for new trucks?????, thanks

 

[ENGINE_4]

does anyone if the new fire station (#35 i think) thats going in downtown will have ems in it?, or will it just be a pumper, maybe the bronto skylift and the boats from station 1? thanks

 

[Jay911]

36 will have a pump and be the water rescue station. The water rescue team is more than 4-5 personnel, so it stands to reason that there will be more trucks than that in the station. My suspicion is an aerial.

The halls will be renumbered by the time 36 is built; it's likely it will become 3 and 3 will become 36, or something along those lines.

 

[ENGINE_4]

thanks jay, so (station 3) will be having 11 FF on shift at any givin time then im guessing?,ow and would there be a new aerial company or would it just be take from another station?, thanks yet again =D

 

[Jay911]

Couldn't reply off my blackberry ... not sure why.

As far as the new station downtown goes, anything is really more or less speculation and guessing. There's no indication yet as to what will be happening.

The same goes for CFD ordering new units. They don't generally announce that to the public when they purchase or when they accept delivery. The best thing you can probably do is watch Citybeat - if CFD deems it newsworthy enough for the public to know about, it'll be posted there.

 

[ENGINE_4]

well thats the problem with CFD, they never go public with really anything like that but thanks for the input jay!!!

 

[ENGINE_4]

I see 2 pump got a new rig, any details?

 

[Jay911]

I show 2 Pump as still having the regular old P0398, and 36 Pump still using 14 Pump's 4-year-old P2604. Maybe a squad was in the house.

The only truck that's new is P4706 which will be put into 33 Station in short order (on a matter of weeks if not days).

 

[MrVelvet]

Wow, 33 is that close to being operational? I'll have to take a drive over and check it out.

Will it just be a pump for now? Or will they add something like a bush buggy to it - seeing as there is little else to choose from in the fleet.

 

[Jay911]

I heard one of the squads over at 33 today doing something - likely stocking the station and preparing it for service.

I don't know what the plans are for 33 other than a pump. A bush buggy would generally have to be run by another rig - they don't staff BBs with a dedicated crew, it has to be with an aerial or tanker usually.

The one option MIGHT be the tanker out of 29 moving down, but I really think it would be better served going up to 35 when that station gets built, because there are more in-city "non hydrant zones" like the wilderness-y area around COP and Stoney Trail etc. up that way. The areas without hydrants further south towards where 33 is are out of the city, which CFD is trying to get away from responding to.

EMS has ideas of putting at least one and maybe two ambulances in 33. I don't know how quick that'll happen, but we'll see.

 

[MrVelvet]

I'm guessing you are back at work Jay?

You need to tell the current CFD dispatcher that she is extremely quiet and nobody can hear her.

 

[ENGINE_4]

hey jay and Mr.Velvet i found this: http://groups.msn.com/OttawaFirePics/calgaryfiredept.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=1707

im think a new batch of pumps?

 

[Jay911]

Yeah, that'd definitely be a new one.. mea culpa.

It might be down at the Rayton building (a warehouse CFD leases space from to store some stuff).. think I see an old emerg behind it.

 

[ENGINE_4]

Hey Jay do you know if CFD usally buy's a rig at a time?, or do they buy maybe 5 or 6 at a time?, because thats the only one i could find off that website, thanks

 

[Jay911]

I don't know; I think it depends on the $ available. You'll notice that the one I mentioned for 33 is a 2006 truck (P4706), probably bought with 4806 (34 Pump IIRC). All four emergencies were bought together, but there have been other purchases that were one-offs.

 

[ENGINE_4]

I see, well thank you very much and i'll try to find out more about this delivery thanks

 

[MrVelvet]

I like how that new pump has a CFD logo on the roofline and not the truck name. It looks like they've made some other cosmetic changes to the striping as well.

ENGINE 4, did you email the guy who took that picture and see if he had any more or any other info?

 

[ENGINE_4]

well Mr.Velvet im trying to become a member of the on-line group in which this guy belongs to so I can e-mail him about the picture, I should have some information about the new CFD engine(s) soon I hope.

 

[ENGINE_4]

Alrighty, http://groups.msn.com/OttawaFirePics/calgaryfiredept.msnw,

Still no word on the new Engine(s) but i have got another guy to post some of his pic's in the folder labled "Calgary Fire" (or something like that).

I have posted a few of my own ( 9 lame pic's), so they other guys pic's arn't up yet but should be in a little while (maybe a day or 2).

So keep checking back for up-dates, and i am still trying to crack open the new Engine(s) thing.


thanks