First Alarm Assignment....

[bestcoast]

What is a typical response for a working fire for your department?? We respond 4 rig's ( engine, ladder, or quint's) a rescue and a battalion chief (second rescue added once it is confirmed a working fire)....more rig's added if it goes to a greater alarm......Cheer's....

[colin911]

We send two pumpers (pumper or squad), an aerial and a
District Chief to any reported house fire, chimney fire, or oven/dryer fire.
If there's smoke and fire showing another two trucks will be dispatched and we'll upgrade from there depending on how bad it is.

Colin

[RESQTEK]

Two pumpers, one aerial, one rescue, one district chief. In the downtown core we would have 3 pumpers, one rescue, two aerials, one hazmat, 2 district chiefs. If there is any confirmation of fire, the captain will request a second alarm which would be another 2 pumps, 1 rescue, 1 aerial.

[Michael13]

As these past responses are all full time, I will include what a voulunteer department does. Volly departments you have to remember only get 6 or 7 guys some calls so we need mutual aid some times. If we have a house fire, or something large our chief and deupty chief both drive to the scene with their own vehicles. (they carry their gear with them) They do the sizeup and call for extra help if needed. Since we are rural we usally need the next towns tanker for water. But we always respond with pumper, tanker, then rescue. We dont have aerials or squads or hazmats. All our equipment is carried on three trucks. I think we carry just as much equipment as full time departments. We have JAWS, airbags, PP fan, two entry saws, and the hand tools, high volume supply line, a portable generater, two portable pumps, two portable pools, ropes and low angle rescue equipment, cribbing, chimmney gear, 4 ladders, various sizes, Oxy/Acyt torches, road barriers and etc. Is there anything Full timers have that I didnt mention?

[bestcoast]

As far as equipment on the truck's go, i think most trucks carry all the same standard stuff. It gets a bit different when the trucks are designed for specific function's. For example the truck's downtown carry extra equip. required for high rise fire's. The same goes for firehall's bordering large park's or forested area's, they carry equip. for wildland fire's. We have Two hazmat team's with special equip., high angle rescue, fire boat operator's, confined space rescue etc... the list goes on. The only real difference is we get lots of manpower and eqiupment onscene in under 5 minutes because most large city's have the resources to do it....

[TiSme]

For our Volunteer hall it depends on the manpower that shows up. Ideally we will dispatch to the rual 1 engine, 1 tank, 1 squad and 1 rescue. Upon confirmation we will at minimum request additional tanker support from our wutual aid partners. For in town it would be 1 pump, 1 squad, and 1 rescue. Upon confirmation our engine would be dispatched and mutual aid partners as required.

Of course this is dependant on manpower that can vary.

[Leafs Fan]

from the perspective of a small town full time fire dept , a first alarm for a structure fire consists of 2 pumpers, 1 quint and 1 rescue.

[WFD999]

Standard responce to fire call is 2 pumpers and rescue unit. MVA 1 pumper medical co-responce unit and resuce. Another small town volly dept of about 1500 people. Hey Leafs Fan how small is your town. Just wondering cuz you have a quint.

[Leafs Fan]

Population of 50,000. Curious as to why you think having a quint in a small town is odd. :D

[firefighter9calt]

Being a Volunteer Dept. we automatically respond Pumper Tanker and Rescue to every call. For a structure fire we usually respond with everything. 2 Pumpers , 1 Pumper/Aerial, 1 Tanker, Rescue, our 2500 gpm Portable Pump, Hose Truck with 650gpm Trailer Pump. And if the water source is any distance away Mutual Aid for Tankers. Also usaully Mutual Aid for a Pumper and Tanker for stand-in at our station.

[WFD999]

OK 50,000 BIG small town. I here small town I think up to 5000. At 50,000 its not odd at all.

[LFD_FF17]

I am not a firefighter yet but I know the answer to this question for my city. I live in Edmonton and here they send 2 Pumps 1 Rescue 1 Aerial to a fire, but if the alarm is in a building that might have lots of people in it such as a school or office building they will send 3 Pumps 2 Aerials 1 Rescue. I think the district cheif will go if the fire gets confirmed as a working fire. Depending on the aera of town a tanker might get called too. To accidents they send a pump and they used to send a rescue if the Jaws were needed, they still do sometimes because only the new pumps have Jaws so if an old pump goes there are 9 of them in the city and 13 new ones so its hit and miss. If the speed limit is 70km/h or more on the road a Aerial or Tanker goes for traffic control. Pumps go to medical calls.

[Brando]

Structure fire - 1 pump and 2 tankers go to scene right away. 2nd pump goes to water source or scene if needed. If 2nd pump goes to scene, bush truck pumper goes to water source.

MVC - 1 pump, tanker and Rescue.

1st Response medical - Rescue.

Grass fire - 1 pump, 2 tankers, bush truck if needed.

Equipment van goes to everything cept the 1st Response Medical. We also have mutual aid set-up across the county for additional man-power/trucks.

[bfrd22]

Structure fire:
Pump 1, Pump 2, Rescue 3, Pump 4 (if needed).
Grass fire,
Pump 4, Pump 2, and if big Rescue 3 for rehab.
Rural Assist
Pump 2, Pump 4, Rescue 3
MVC Intown
Rescue 3, Pump 1
MVC Highway / Rural
Rescue 3, Pump 2

Command 1 and Command 2 respond direct on all calls as avalible
All other calls
Units rolled per Ranking officers instructions

[fireman2697]

2 PUMPERS
1 TANKER
1-RESCUE
RESPOND TO ALL CALLS
MUTIAL AID DEPENDS ON THE OC SIZE UP

[JGallagher]

For our city its automaticly 1 Pumper and 1 Rescue if it is Station #1 area. If it is Station #2 it will be 1 Rescue, 1 Pumper and mabye the Ariel. The Rescue comes from Station #1 and goes to all calls. It has all the gear in it!!

[Fireknight]

Originally posted by Michael13
Is there anything Full timers have that I didnt mention? [/B] A big belly full of spaghetti just as a confirmed working fire comes in...;)

First alarm= 2 Pumps-1 ladder-1 d/chief RIT team(Pump) and a safety officer

[bestcoast]

Originally posted by Fireknight
A big belly full of spaghetti just as a confirmed working fire comes in...;)

Trucks going 2 Pumps-1 ladder-1 d/chief RIT team(Pump) and a safety officer

Or the time's the bell hit's and the spag's is just getting served!!! Man I hate that!!!

[Fireknight]

Hey BC, I still would rather have it on my plate cold, rather than filling my mask warm....once only once, man that was nasty!!!!!

[bestcoast]

Good Point!!! That almost happened to me at a Hazmat call in a level A suit!!!! Mind you it was self inflicted....the night before was a boy's night out!! Never Again...;)

[scoop422]

Confusious say, "Never eat more than your mask will hold."

[Michael13]

damn boys thats nasty. i guess that mask is your forever. i wouldnt waer it! you would never get the smell out of it. damn!! now i wanna hurl! and i just ate. again, damn!

[wilderness]

Structure fire 2 pumpers and depending on area we are responding too. If water is close at hand, we will respond with 2 tankers and a rescue, if water is hard to get it could be as many as 4 tankers and 2 rescue and ambulance on scene....

Grass or Brush fire pumper and tanker then call equipment as needed

Alarms Pumper and Tanker

Car accidents same applies

[Rescue78]

Originally posted by Michael13
damn boys thats nasty. i guess that mask is your forever. i wouldnt waer it! you would never get the smell out of it. damn!! now i wanna hurl! and i just ate. again, damn!

In our department, every firefighter is issued his/her own personal mask. That takes care of that problem.

As for the original question, on every call we roll a pump, an aerial, a squad (rescue) and a 100 ft platform if more than 3 storeys. DC responds at his convenience.

On reported smoke or fire, the DC will always respond. A third station is on stand by. As soon as it looks like 2 stations are going to be tied up without being able to respond anywhere else for more than say 20 min, we call in personel to man a pump on stand by.

We also have a safety officer called in and an ambulance on stand by for a working fire.

[firecadet911]

Just a quick question for RESQTEK: what is the reasoning behind sending a hazmat unit to a fire call in the downtown core?