As far as I know neither is a spare piece of apparatus. Every ladder truck is always accompanied by an engine, which is used when the ladder needs an engine to pump water to it. When you listen to the LAFD you never hear the radio identifier of "Truck" on the dispatch channels, the two units are always collectively called a "Light Force." Some stations, in accordance with the workload of a station, only have a light force. Most stations also have an engine that can be dispatched by itself. However if that engine is dispatched with the light force it then becomes a "Task Force." The captain of the truck become the "task force leader." As a result the truck captain is the next highest rank of captain than the primary engine of a station. In this case the identifier of the truck is taken from the station it comes from which is "93." The engine that accompanies the truck always starts with a number in the 200 series. So you will notice its equipment number being "E263" For stations 100 to 110 or 115 or how ever many they have now, the two hundred is added to the station number so those engines are designated 300, 301, 302 an so forth. Now the rescue ambulances have the station number as the designator so in this case Rescue 58 came from station 58 and is staffed with two paramedics. Many stations have a second rescue unit staffed by EMT's and they are "800 RA's" (RA for rescue ambulance). I don't know the status right now, but nearly every engine and light force has one firefighter who is also a paramedic. They provide initial care and can determine if an RA or an 800 RA is needed for transport. In the city of L.A. all calls and all transports by ambulance are done by the fire department. Private ambulances have specific niches where they do some transfers, such as a patient going from a assisted living facility to a skilled nursing facility in a non emergency situation. I called the LAFD in a non emergency situation with my mother who ended up, eventually, being taken to a skilled nursing facility. An 800 RA was sent and their service could not have been any better. I was an EMT for a period in my life and was a first responder to all kinds of incidents during my U.S. Forest Service career so I know what the ambulance units should do. These guys had their acts together, which I appreciated as my mother was having a senior crisis and would not allow me to take her to the hospital, mostly because she knew her time in her home was coming to an end. The empathy of the EMT's and their experience with these types of events was superior. One of the busiest fire stations in the U.S. (has been in top 3 for 25 or more years) is LAFD's Station 9. They have a task force and three RA's. So they have Rescue 9, Rescue 209 (second unit in the station of the same type) and Rescue 809. The men and women of Station 9 don't often get any sleep in their 24 hour shift, even with all that apparatus. I've worked regularly scheduled 24 hour shifts on wildland fires and after you get used to it your body gets accustomed to it. 24 on, 24 off. LAFD does have some reserve apparatus and I think the are numbered in the 500 series. I don't recall. After my mother passed 10 years ago I stopped going to southern California at all, except once to clean out her safe deposit box, so I don't keep up as much as I used to.
wannabe to wasabe i think they're saying the rig that T63 is rolling in is a spare, not their frontline American La France truck. great explanation though!
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man, i love those seagrave engines. sweet vid buddy!
Thanks! Me too bro, LA better start getting more!
Awesome catch mate!
Thanks bud!
My favorite is the KME tiller ladder 63 nice catches!
Thanks! It's actually a Simon Duplex
Great video!!
Great catches
Nice catch
pretty nice spare truck...
Agreed!
Sweet
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Haha you lovin' the 58 stuff
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Which is the spare fire truck? The ladder truck or the fire engine?
The ladder truck :)
@@CobraEmergency Thanks mate. I couldn't tell with fire truck was the spare one.
As far as I know neither is a spare piece of apparatus. Every ladder truck is always accompanied by an engine, which is used when the ladder needs an engine to pump water to it. When you listen to the LAFD you never hear the radio identifier of "Truck" on the dispatch channels, the two units are always collectively called a "Light Force." Some stations, in accordance with the workload of a station, only have a light force. Most stations also have an engine that can be dispatched by itself. However if that engine is dispatched with the light force it then becomes a "Task Force." The captain of the truck become the "task force leader." As a result the truck captain is the next highest rank of captain than the primary engine of a station.
In this case the identifier of the truck is taken from the station it comes from which is "93." The engine that accompanies the truck always starts with a number in the 200 series. So you will notice its equipment number being "E263" For stations 100 to 110 or 115 or how ever many they have now, the two hundred is added to the station number so those engines are designated 300, 301, 302 an so forth. Now the rescue ambulances have the station number as the designator so in this case Rescue 58 came from station 58 and is staffed with two paramedics. Many stations have a second rescue unit staffed by EMT's and they are "800 RA's" (RA for rescue ambulance). I don't know the status right now, but nearly every engine and light force has one firefighter who is also a paramedic. They provide initial care and can determine if an RA or an 800 RA is needed for transport. In the city of L.A. all calls and all transports by ambulance are done by the fire department. Private ambulances have specific niches where they do some transfers, such as a patient going from a assisted living facility to a skilled nursing facility in a non emergency situation.
I called the LAFD in a non emergency situation with my mother who ended up, eventually, being taken to a skilled nursing facility. An 800 RA was sent and their service could not have been any better. I was an EMT for a period in my life and was a first responder to all kinds of incidents during my U.S. Forest Service career so I know what the ambulance units should do. These guys had their acts together, which I appreciated as my mother was having a senior crisis and would not allow me to take her to the hospital, mostly because she knew her time in her home was coming to an end. The empathy of the EMT's and their experience with these types of events was superior.
One of the busiest fire stations in the U.S. (has been in top 3 for 25 or more years) is LAFD's Station 9. They have a task force and three RA's. So they have Rescue 9, Rescue 209 (second unit in the station of the same type) and Rescue 809. The men and women of Station 9 don't often get any sleep in their 24 hour shift, even with all that apparatus. I've worked regularly scheduled 24 hour shifts on wildland fires and after you get used to it your body gets accustomed to it. 24 on, 24 off.
LAFD does have some reserve apparatus and I think the are numbered in the 500 series. I don't recall. After my mother passed 10 years ago I stopped going to southern California at all, except once to clean out her safe deposit box, so I don't keep up as much as I used to.
wannabe to wasabe i think they're saying the rig that T63 is rolling in is a spare, not their frontline American La France truck. great explanation though!
@@FB1ResponseVideos That's what we were talking about mate. Without Cobra I wouldn't have known that Truck 63 was the spare fire truck.