RescueKujo

A happy New Year to everyone. May only good will find you and your loved ones.

Good luck, JC. I hope it all works out for you.

Date: 12-30-2007 Time: 2100 Location: 3800 Sierra Madre Blvd Pasadena Departments: Pasadena FD, Arcadia FD, South Pasadena FD, LA County FD, Monrovia FD, Description: Albertson's grocery Store fully involved. 2nd Alarm transmitted on arrival. Links: Writer: RescueKujo

Date: 12-29-2007 Time: 1320 Location: Bay Marina/Terminal Departments: National City FD, AMR Paramedic Harbor Police, US Coast Guard Description: Car Carrier hauling newly delivered Volkswagens. Driver had a medical emergency and passed out. The tractor tailer went off a pier and into the bay, with 3 cars. trailer dug into the pier, halting the trailer's progress and keeping it from also going into the bay. Driver transported to hospital. AMR Paramedics/National City Fire on standby as divers hooked the tractor to a crane to haul back onto the pier. Harbor Police/US Coast Guard onscene for gas/diesel contamination of the bay in the area of the pier. Links: Driver passes out-tractor trailer rig into the bay Writer: RescueKujo

Date: 12-30-2007 Time: 2045 Location: 16th ST/Broadway Departments: San Diego Fire Department Description: Fire through the roof of a commercial warehouse (former furniture store warehouse). Defensive Ops with aerial streams in place. Links: Fire Engilfs Downtown Warehouse Writer: RescueKujo

Rest in Peace, Chris. May you continue to watch over the ones you love as a guardian angel. Prayers and condolences to his family.

The San Diego Fire Department is taking delivery in the next few months of the last pieces of apparatus on their Pierce contract. They are expecting a engine, 4 trucks and a Bomb Squad rig. The eninge and trucks are all on the Dash chassis. The engine is in and pictured below. As the others come in I'll post them. Engine 47, which along with a truck, will be in a new station opening later this year in the northern part of the city. The department recently took delivery of a new Mobile Canteen also. This was donated by one of the local RV dealers.

The last 3 KMEs for this delivery are in. Engines 18, 28 and 32's. Engines 18 and 28 were tucked in behind other rigs, but Engine 32 was in a great position for a photo...

Rest in Peace. Prayers and condolences to his family.

Happy Birthday, Grumpy. I hope it was a good one.

A wish from the West Coast for a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year for all my East Coast brothers and Sisters. Stay safe out there.

A new Canon D40 digital camera with extra zoom lens..... Okay, I'm awake now. As my faily states, I get what I want/need, so with the exception of the money for the camera, I'm good. Oh, and the strength to get through the next week covering my shifts and other vacation shifts. (why do I always say yes?? Oh yeah, creditors )

I see both sides of it, having been on the bus and in dispatch, but I agree with what is quoted above. Our units roll hot, as our contracts do not give exemptions for "standbacks" (what we call them). As for where to stage, I was taught out of sight of the location. I can't tell you how many times I've looked at our AVL maps and a unit "staging" is within 3-4 houses of the incident. While I would feel bad if something happened to the crew, I advised them to standback and they made the decision where. And when giving the verbal info, I make sure the crew acknowledges the need to stand back.

Jimmy, It's not just your side of the country. I am assuming most of you saw our city run evacuation center during the FireStorm at Qualcomm Stadium. I don't know if this part made the national news, though. On about day 3, they make the announcement over the PA System that ID will be checked to ensure people who actually need the services. They figure about 2000 people packed up and left in a hurry. Also one example from the local news. While they were closing up shop, they talk to a woman walking through the parking lot, arms full of supplies. The reporter asks her where she's going, and she states to her motor home. You know how it is, if there's a free hand out, there'll be someone not deserving asking for it. :angry: :angry:

The Reagan docked yesterday here in San Diego Harbor at North Island Naval Air Station at the carrier berth. Federal Fire paramedics from the base then transferred the patient to Children's Hospital San Diego. It is said she will be discharged in time to be home for Christmas. SoCal Warship Returns with Rescued 14 year old 10:49 a.m. December 18, 2007 SAN DIEGO – A teenager who was rescued by a Navy warship after her appendix ruptured on a Mexican cruise returned to the mainland Tuesday after undergoing surgery at sea. The USS Ronald Reagan was conducting regular training maneuvers when it got a distress call late Friday from the cruise ship Dawn Princess asking for help with 14-year-old passenger Laura Montero of Albion, Ill. The Ronald Reagan, which was about 550 miles away from the cruise ship, responded because it was the closest vessel with a hospital facility aboard, Navy officials said. The ship steamed overnight toward the Dawn Princess, which was about 250 miles north-northwest of the Mexican resort of Cabo San Lucas when the call went out. A rescue helicopter took off from the Ronald Reagan around 5 a.m. Saturday to close the final 175-mile gap between the ships. The helicopter pilot said the crew arrived after a 45-minute flight and dropped a medic onto the cruise ship deck in a basket because there wasn't space to land. Montero, who was on an antibiotic drip, was loaded into a litter basket, lifted up into the helicopter and flown back to the Ronald Reagan for surgery. Her mother stayed aboard the cruise ship. “We practice this all the time, but this is the first time I've pulled a civilian off a cruise ship,” said the pilot, Lt. Cmdr. Gregory Leland. Montero underwent surgery aboard ship and is expected to make a full recovery, Navy officials said. She returned to San Diego aboard the Ronald Reagan, which arrived home as scheduled around 9 a.m. The Dawn Princess returned to San Diego over the weekend.

Depends on what you find. I was on the ambulance when we went on a collision where a lifted Ford 250 went over the top of a sedan. Tore the top off the sedan, and when we got there fire told us we had 2 DOAs. We took the 2 from the truck to a landing zone to meet a helo, then went back to the scene. The passenger in the sedan had been partily decapitated, and as we walked up a firefighter pointed something out in the back seat. Turns out it was a third person. And as they were cutting out the 3 known, a 4th was found between the front and back seats. Sometimes you can only see what you can see.

Good job, Tracy. Nice to hear someone in dispatch getting some press.

In November, I took a trip to Las Vegas for some apparatus photos and the Aviation Nation Airshow at Nellis AFB. Here's a couple for previews, and you can see the rest at my photobucket site: Duane's Vegas Trip Photos

The link is fixed, thanks for letting me know. That's what I get for posting so late at night... For more aviation photos, click this link for my aircraft photos. There's multiple albums in the left upper corner of the page. Duane's Aviation Photos

Thank you for remembering. Unfortunately, I was unable to get onto the board due to work the past couple of days. I almost missed this post. As the Grandson and Cousin of survivors, I try to post a reminder every year in rememberance of their duty that day. My Grandfather spent the entire war recupperating from his wounds, going back into regular service in 1946. My Cousin became a Warrant Officer and stayed in until he retired. They both served on the USS California.

I have heard they want to put a tiller at 21's. They ran an older Seagrave TDA until they received their current Saulsbury RMA... SDFD Truck 21-October 1991 San Diego FD Truck 21-October 2001

The SDFD MAST/X-Ray units handle everything in the city, San Diego County Sheriff's Department handles everything else in the county (includes cities within the county boundries. Thanks for the kind words, guys. Seth, I'm looking forward to it. Try to get me some lead time, as I do pick up a lot of OT. It'll also give me time to set up some locations with my contacts.

Rest in Peace, Chief. Take up, your job is done. Thoughts and prayers to his family and fellow firefighters.

The 2nd round of KME deliveries have started with SDFD. 7 engines plus 1 extra that community donations purchased. Engines 11, 7, 22, 35 are at the shops. Engine 17 was the one donated, it is also at the shops. I've also added a photo of the new Truck 47, which will go in service later this month or next month when station 47 opens it's doors...

More to it. Sounds like someone screwed the pooch.... Mayor Steps in After Oakland Recruiting Debacle