possibly we covered this before the present situation in los angeles county is -
los angeles city fire department - lafd - 100 stations - 100 engines - 50 ladders - 100 als ambs - 50 bls ambs - 4 people per engine - 5 people per ladder - 2 people per amb los angeles county fire department - la county fd - 175 stations - 175 engines - 35 ladders - 75 squad trucks - 100 private ambulances ish - 3 people per engine - 4 people per ladder - 2 people per squad and private ambulance verdugo controls approx 50 engines and maybe 15 ladders long beach has 25 fire stations with approx 25 engines and 12 ladders ANF has approx 25 type 3 wildland engines staffed by 5 people each - they basically just run 1 day time shift - but they can and do run 7 days per week there are 50 other fire stations approx in the smaller suburban fire departments most agencies have 3 platoons - 1 platoon works at a time the total count of units is approx 400 ty1 engines + 25 ty3 engines + 110 ladders + ems units if all 3 platoons were put on duty and given engines and ladders to staff - then the total available force would be 1200 ty 1 engines + 25 ty3 engines + 330 ladders staffing would rise from 500 fire units to 1500 fire units response times could drop from 6 minutes to 2 minutes if you put everyone on patrol note - having 25 year old and 30 year old reserve units is a policy choice keywords - mobilization - upstaffing - up staff - staff up - beef up - where the beef - up staffing - extra staff - extra units - escalation - beefing up - augmented staffing - augmentation of staff - ramping up - deployment levels - staffing levels - upscale - man up - extra manpower - overtime - emergency callback - emergency activation - staffing reserve fire trucks - staffing reserve apparatus - fire severity staffing - conflagration control - earthquake duty - earthquake response levels - extra manpower - disaster staffing - pre disaster staffing - mobilized staffing - high hazard staffing - extreme staffing - bolster staffing - high severity staffing - high severity mobilizing - mobilization level - staffing level another thing that could be done - staff the LAFD ambulances with private EMTs and paramedics - that gives you another 100 engines - maybe would be better to pair up a private emt with a city emt on the ambulances - that would give you 50 more engines - and still provide somewhat fully experienced amb crews -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "massfire" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/massfire/CAFXWwKb8xMSJCiJ21dXdrF1Q87sncnvYbVPSux4gdqCoY9059w%40mail.gmail.com.
