Station 2 Vancouver - engine 2
Downtown Palm Springs was busy during my time down there. Anyone saying that town rolls up early at night obviously doesn’t spend any time down there
I witnessed these guys struggling in traffic for about 60-90 seconds and wondered if this is even worse at different times in the day. I kinda think it’s a mess doing this surface road thing any time of the day.
To say I’m excited would be an understatement with me heading to the 9-11 twin towers memorial tomorrow. The train and Uber is the best scenario and it’s pretty fair proving for a round trip. Subway or buses in town once I get there
Extreme 🔥 fire 🔥 power with this brand new Tower delivered this week. It’s a very impressive rig and just like every truck in this station ….. it is immaculate. This station is so far the benchmark of clean trucks in the fire service.
A little excitement two minutes after I arrived. Cool town with a great Fire Department
MILFORD FIRE DEPARTMENT enjoyed meeting up with the crew from Milford Community Fire department last night. A great bunch of folks and also a busy crew for sure. This is a one station department managing approximately 2300 calls in 2022. Full medical coverage for area plus all the bells and whistles known to other community stations. Daytime staffing is 13 and evenings are 6-7 depending on the day. This is a hard core Seagrave fire engine house which was the engine of choice by the Chief and past chiefs. The 1943 engine was still operating as a fire truck up until the early 70’s and it is MINT. One of the most beautiful restored trucks I’ve seen so far throughout the USA. There’s also a 2002 back up engine, 2012 front line engine and 2008 truck (ladder) thank you to Walt Ritchie 16 years FF/EMS for the tour Jeff LT, Mikes District Chief, Wes FF EMS, Braden FF EMS, Rylan FF EMS & Paten the newest cadet on board.
The word is that the truck crew on today at station one is considered one of the very best crews in the department. The engineer took my up in the bucket to 107 feet and his controlled movements from below were like butter …. There was none of the typical bouncing you around up top. It really was amazing to take a ride to see the angles this truck could get to when put through its paces. That video is still to come
The west end express crew from Engine 17 & Medic 17 are on the way to a medical intervention. Approximately 8 calls a day on just the engine and an even busier medic unit. These guys are a high volume location and they are all over it. It was a really great pleasure to visit these folks.