Sound off firefighters...

[Shawn Graham]

What department & state:

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How many stations:

How many/what type of fire apparatus:

The apparatus you ride on (or favorite):

How many firefighters in your department:

Interesting facts about yourself/department:

[Shawn Graham]

What department & state: Arlington, TX

Your position: Firefighter

How many stations: 16

How many/what type of fire apparatus: 16 Engines, 5 Quints, 8 Brush Trucks, 3 Battalion Suburbans, 1 HazMat, 1 Rescue Boat, 1 TRT Rescue Trailer, 1 Parade Engine (1953 LaFrance)

The apparatus you ride on (or favorite): Engine 1 & Quint 1

How many firefighters in your department: Roughly 300

Interesting facts about yourself/department: The new Dallas Cowboy Stadium is being built on the border of our fire district. It should be completed to play in the 2009 football season. Oh yeah, and we are having the Superbowl in Arlington in 2011.

[Matt Mead]

What department & state: Shepherd Tri-Township Fire Department / Michigan

Your position: Lt. - Training and Safety Officer

How many stations: 3

How many/what type of fire apparatus: 4-engines, 2-tenders, 1-pumper/tender, 3-Grass/brush units, 1-heavy rescue, 1-light rescue, 2-rescue/pumper

The apparatus you ride on (or favorite): Engine or Heavy Rescue

How many firefighters in your department: 44 including 2 Cadets

[Shawna Raper]

Firefighter
3
Engine and Tankers
Engine
We have less than 10 that respnd regularly between all three departments!
I dont have any interesting facts!

[Michael Staton]

What department & state: Ingleside, TEXAS

Your position: Fire Fighter / EMT

How many stations: Just one

How many/what type of fire apparatus: 3 command cars, 1 command post vehicle, 1 utility vehicle, 1 rescue vehicle, 2 brush trucks, 1 engine, 1 tanker, 1 quint

The apparatus you ride on (or favorite): Favorite is our engine, but I ride on pumper

How many firefighters in your department: Roughly about 30

Interesting facts about yourself/department: 30 Fire Fighters in a town of 9500 and in South Texas.

[John]

What department & state: Washington Twp Fire Dayton, Ohio

Your position: Firefighter/EMT-B

How many stations:5

How many/what type of fire apparatus:5 various types of Engines a Ladder truck heavy rescue and 5 Medics plus Reserve Apparatus

The apparatus you ride on (or favorite): Engine/Medic Like them both

How many firefighters in your department: Between 150-200 Combined Dept

Interesting facts about yourself/department Hoping to go back to school for Paramedic classes this Fall

[Shanna Davis]

What department & state: Lower Valley Fire Protection District, Fruita, CO

Your position: EMT-B,IV/Firefighter 1

How many stations: 2

How many/what type of fire apparatus: 3 ambulances, 2 engines (1 is rescue combo), 2 tenders, 1 ladder, 2 brush trucks, 1 older rescue we seldom use.

The apparatus you ride on (or favorite): Have to use all of them but I probably prefer the ambulances.

How many firefighters in your department: 7 paid personnel, 21 volunteers

Interesting facts about yourself/department: Response area is over 200 sq. miles covering 3 different counties in Western Colorado and Eastern Utah.

[chainsaw5vent]

San Bernardino CITY Fire Dept.
fire fighter
12 stations w/ full time ARFF scheduled to open in Nov. 2008
12 Medic Engines (6 @ 4/0, 6 @ 3/0 staffing) 2 Trucks (4/0 staffing)
all frontline engines are Pierce 1500 gpm. 7 from 1999, 4 from 2000, 1 from
2005. Truck 221 is a 1999 Pierce 105' all-steer (eeeek!) on permanent all-
steer lockout status. Truck 224 is a 1995 Seagraves 100' tiller. 7 new Pierce
PUC engines and 2 Pierce 100' tillers due to be placed into service in August
2008.
USAR Heavy Rescue Cross Staffing and Haz Mat Cross Staffing as needed.
1 Medic Squad w/ 2/0 staffing
162 shift/suppression personnel
1.home of the Panorama Fire (Thanksgiving 1980)which burned about 280 homes. the Old Fire (October 2003) burned nearly 500 homes in city's fire response area. http://youtube.com/watch?v=HAguIZ-TpR4
http://lang.sbsun.com/projects/fireflood/articles/comparefires.asp

2.busy fire dept. nearly all of the Pierce engines have 100,000 miles+. the newest 2005 Pierce has 40,000+, while one of the 1999's has 145,000+.
3. during the latter part of 1999 and 2000, avg'd 1 hydrant per day used during a working structure fire.

[DJ Zordan]

Cromwell Fire Deparment - CT

Engineer

3 Stations

3 Engines with 1 Reserve 2 Brush Vehicles
1 Tower Ladder 2 Boats
1 Heavy Rescue 3 Utility
3 Ambulances

Approx 75 Members

[JB Nelson]

Allen FD Oklahoma
Captain and EMD
one
7 3 brush, 2 engines, 2 tanker (750,4200 gal)
pov I'm IC and don't want to take a truck out of service to be IC so I mainly drive my pov we are look for a command unit (if any one wants to donate)
15
we are a small town all vol. station but we work well together.

[Capt. Dale]

East Side Fire Department, Belleville, IL

Captain

2

2 ladders, 3 pumpers, 1 brush, 2 Chiefs cars

all of them

30 all volunteer

We have green trucks

[Rusty Green]

What department & state: Pleasant Hill VFD

Your position: Chief

How many stations: 1

How many/what type of fire apparatus: 1 Brush Truck, 1 Pumper, 1 EMS vehicle

The apparatus you ride on (or favorite): Pumper

How many firefighters in your department: 11 volunteers

Interesting facts about yourself/department: A great group of people just having the times of our lives.

[Brad Speer]

Clarksburg Volunteer Fire Clarksburg, IN
Chief
2 Stations
2 Main Pumpers, 1 Rescue, 1 Rescue/Brush Combo Truck, 1 Brush truck, 2 3000 gal. Tenders
New E-one Main Pumper
26 Firefighters (all volunteer)
We cover just over 100 square miles, mostly rural, about 600 homes all in three counties