This page will list various response schemes for various FDs.
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Phoenix AZ - see their web site - www.ci.phoenix.az.us/AGENCY/phxfire/public.html (I think that is correct - look under Volume 2 - SOPs - Ops + Deployment - also look at Vol 7 Comms - Jan01)
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Los Angeles City - structure fire 2TF + 1E + ?1 Sqd + 1 Batt Chief - brush fire 2 helo (1 with water) + ?5E + ?1L
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Los Angeles County CA - building fire - 3E 1L 1Sqd 1 Batt Chief - brush fire 5E 2 helos ?4 hand crews 1 batt chief
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San Jose CA - highrise - see buff newsletter
San Jose CA - wildfire response scheme -
Tier 1 - +1 E, + 2 wildland companies (1 E+1 Patrol), +1 Battalion Chief (BC)
Tier 2 - +2 wildland comps, + 1E/WT comp, +1BC
Tier 3 - +1 wild comp, +1E/WT comp, +1BC
Tier 4 - +1E, +2 reserve patrol groups (2 patrols each)
Tier 5 - 2 reserve WT (watertenders) + mutual aid
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Atlanta GA - see their website
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Boise ID - first alarm for house fire is 3E + 1L + 1BC - 10/99
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Chicago IL - street corner box is 1E - smoke check is ?2E + 1L - still alarm is 2E + 2L + 1 Sqd - box alarm is 4E + 2L - two eleven alarm is 4 more E + 2 more L
Chicago IL - A working still is a still where the chief or 1st company on the scene calls in "We've got a fire". This usually indicates a leadout (pulling a hose vs sqirting a fire extinguisher).
A cold box (no telephone call) response is 4 engines, 2 trucks and 1 battalion chief.
A still and box is technically a still followed by a box. The following box may be sounded by the fire alarm office for special risks. A non voice alarm from a hospital is a cold box. (Usually false.) A non voice alarm from the Civic Center is a still and box. A voice (telephone alarm) from a hospital is a still and box. (Assume "We've got a fire".)
Confused?
Is the school in session?
Alarm from a theater?
Is the alarm from:
John Hancock?
Water Tower Place?
Sears Tower?
Aon (ex-Amoco, ex-Standard Oil) building? 1st National Bank Building?
IBM Building?
maybe others over 700ft by now?
All get a still and box.
A regular high rise gets a working still plus a 2nd batalion chief. They used to get a 3rd engine.
Chig Housing Authority high rise apartment buildings - I don't know.
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Indiannapolis IN area - per 6/21 FireL - still alarm = 2E 2L 1BC - box alarm = 3E 2L 1A 1BC
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Boston MA - see Elliot Belen's Website on the BFD (www.geocities.com/~emba)
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Harwich MA - their website has response level info
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St Louis MO - first alarm - 4 pumps - 1L - 1R (pumps are quints with 75' ladders)
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Keene NH - 1E to dryer fire at the Garden Arms (?Apts) - 8/2/99
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Jersey City NJ - 1E to trash fires - 1E + 1L to car fires
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New York City NY- see the box cards on my website - October 2000 - 10-14 engine eliminated - min response now 2E + 1L + 1BC for single source report of fire in a building
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Philadelphia PA - a tactical box is 2E + 2L - if 4 companies are working at an incident, a medic unit is sent - 4E 2L 1BC on first alarm (first and third E to front of bld - 2nd and 4th E to rear of bld - first L to front - 2nd L to rear - most blds have ?alleys at the rear for FD access) - - 4E 2L 1 BC on 2nd alarm
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Dallas TX - first 3E 1L 1BC - 2nd 3E 2L 2BC - 3rd 3E 1L - 4th 3E 1L - 5th 3E
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Richmond VA - full structure alarm is 3 quints + 1E + R2 (5/99)
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Seattle WA - per 7/99 info from their daily reports on their website at www.ci.seattle.wa.us/fire - Building Fire - 5E 2L 2BC 1A 1Medic 1Air 1Safety 1Staff - Single Family House fire - 3E 2L 2BC - Auto Fire Alarm either - 1E, or 1E + 1L, or 2E + 1L - Auto Fire Alarm False - 1E
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International
Hong Kong - see their website - first alarm downtown is ?1E + ?1L + ?1R + ?1A
Jakarta - see my web page
London - ?2 engines to typical bld fire call
Tokyo - ?see my website
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Also see the [email protected] list - check the archives for more info - NYC ?Nov00 - ?New Delhi India ?Nov 2000 - also see the World of Fire reports at www.firehouse.com for more info
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July 4, 1999 - 10/99 - Updated - 22Oct00 - 25Jan01 - various updates (see fireradio + WOF - added Chicago IL info)
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