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The simple answer is no they do not. During large demonstrations and riots, Metro Divison officers (foot/bike patrols, horse patrols, SWAT and others) would be the main source of specialized personnel, but all officers are trained in crowd control/riot situations. Most officers are issued special helmets with face shields and gas masks during those times and it is the Metro officers who will be armed with tear gas and less-than-lethal devices.

Sorry for posting twice in a row, but I have to ask: Why do we need to add units that aren't used in Los Angeles? Really? Why? Having asked that,.... Hoppah has been gracious enough to ask for, accept, and institute many changes asked for in this thread and on these forums. In return for his hard work and effort and time, all he has asked, all any of us have asked, is that you take a few seconds before posting and THINK! Say WHY you want these units, because they're cool is not an answer. Say HOW you want them to be implemented, does it carry something special, does it do anything special, does it do something we haven't thought of? And last but not least.... DO NOT ask for stuff that isn't used in the LA area. If you aren't sure, there is an Offering My assistance thread where you can ask questions as well as the Emergency Questions thread. If you won't take the time, don't expect us to waste ours. Mike

Not sure what you're question is but let me try and tackle this. The CHP Acad is located in West Sacramento, CA and is one of the most amazing acad's I've ever taken classes at. They still have the requirement that every CHP officer be trained to "First Responder" level (old 1A which is a term no longer used). Does that answer your question?

Like I said, up north is a different story. When I worked in the more rural CDF areas up north the PD tended to be more active in the EMS system simply because response times could be in mid-double digits and some rigs were (and sigh, still are) staffed with just 1 firefighter! Here in the Los Angeles area, where response times for the first fire apparatus is under 5 mins for 90% of the calls, PD tends to maintain a very hands off patient/hand on notebook mentality. You are correct in that the California Highway Patrol and many other depts put every member through the 48hr First Responder course which, as you can imagine with just 48hrs, is a very very basic class. By comparison for those in other countries or areas, California's EMT-B regulation is over 130hrs, with some areas requiring additional hours, sometimes pushing the lecture to 200hrs for local protocols.

See what happens when I nap? There are quite a few nifty pics (including that one) on this site.

Spaloo is nearly correct once again. In many of the more rural areas of the state, some CHP officers will take the class on their own time and usually out of their own pocket and buy a standard galls EMT bag or have the local FD supply them with some BLS gear. I can't speak for CHP itself, but many of the other law enforcement agencies in LA County require you to go through the EMT-B program before joining special units like boat or swat. This isn't for the citizens safety but for their own 99.9% of the time. As for the CHP air unit, some are air ambulances and some are not depending on where in the state. Mostly up north do you find the CHP birds staffed with medical personnel simply because they're probably the only one in the area. The Jet Rangers down here in LA and OC are not. To be blunt, it is a rare cold day in hell when a star in hollywood calls for a cab instead of driving drunk and even rarer when a cop puts down his notepad and provides medical treatment. There are a few out there that have a goodness in their heart and want to help everyone, but it is neither standard nor common. Mike.

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I'll give up my secret on this one since it was beyond simple. Usually I am just familiar with the dept's having either worked with them, know people on them, seen their rigs in trade publications or something along those lines. This time it was simply a matter of putting "westmont fire dept" in google images and well, it was really easy from there. And since many of you have found that all of the the images I had previously posted were on my website, I've decided to go elsewhere since that isn't much of a challenge now is it???? Looking for Department, City, State (and no, it's not LAPD or any vehicle/dept in the game)

LOL Hey! and I only take part in the US/NZ Fire stuff for the most part if y'all haven't noticed

West Hills Regional Fire Department Truck 28-6 1994 105 Foot Smeal Aerial Quint 1000 Luzerne Street Johnstown, PA 15905

nope nope yep

<-points to his avatar Not even close. LACoFD engines are red

Nope to both

Nope, not from Dallas 1) Not from San Miguel. 2) San Miguel isn't anywhere near LA County. In fact it's 145 miles from the most northen LACoFD station.

Looking for City and state.

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First, please see this post for the answer regarding alarm codes. Second, the whole point of the game is that you are also the dispatcher! It is up to you to decide whether or not you send every unit on the map, just a few units, or spread it out by leaving some units in the station and calling units from off map instead based on the area of the fire. For example, say the car accident or fire is next to the entry point, do you want to deplete your stations or use the nearest units? Or say its a brush fire in the park, do you want to deplete your stations when the ANF engines and brush patrols are closer from off map? There are a thousand ways to handle each call, but as for easier or more realistic, leaving the decisions and choices up to you I feel is the best way. See this post and this post and search for hydrant for others.

Mehlville Fire Protection District, St Louis, MO, USA

Your question was "will Station two have a squad in it? or the larger heavy rescue truck?" The answer was no, It will have an ALS Engine, a HAZMAT squad, and a BLS ambulance. As far as parking anything else in there, it would involve you modifying a majority of the scripts.

Actually LAFD has quite a collection of "Plug Buggy" utility trucks and vans. While not used for firefighting, they are used to move personnel, supplies, and equipment around which is what he was suggesting. Here is an example that I showed Hoppah a bit ago and is typical of LAFD's vans.

Yes they do, I know, I'm the one who did that The brush patrol is GTF like the USFS engine which is why they enter from the same point, LAFD's engines are TLFs. All entry points are hard coded to the vehicle type, GTF, DLK, RW, and so forth. One thing I'm going to try tonight is see what effect making some of the crown vics a different type has. If it doesn't screw things up, this idea will be implemented.

Entry points in the game are decided not by vehicle, but by vehicle type. That is why all police cars come from the PD station, all swat vehicles come from the same point, all ambulances from the same point and so on and so forth. Mike

Standard hose length Read it again, he's not saying you have to use the wye, he's saying you don't have to have extra men to use the wye. It's semi-clunky, but correct. Can you quote it? I don't see anything about that at all. A long while ago I mentioned that in regards to directional lights, only vehicles that have them in Real Life will have them in game. So far the only one that has been removed is from the LAFD crown vic.

I'm not Hoppah but I have a question about this... Aren't you already the dispatcher? How is that any different then the F1-F4 commands? On the front is a 4" suction w/5" pipe and valve.