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Shush your face!!! LoL
I like the new ones... Agreed, that the headlights are funky, but you don't notice it as much with a darker color... Regardless, I'd take one... lol
I know the county sheriff where I live has a blacked out one that they use as an unmarked vehicle the only way you can tell is the rear window decals in the corner that look like the graphics on the marked units
It's the first real patrol truck I've seen around here. Another town close by has a truck, but it's just a 90's model Chevy 1500 with a Vector on top. It isn't even marked. They bring it out in bad weather, otherwise it just sits behind the PD.
I don't really know why my town bought the F150. We don't get enough bad weather around here to warrant having it IMO.
I don't really know why my town bought the F150. We don't get enough bad weather around here to warrant having it IMO.
Not really any rural areas in their district. They are surrounded by rural farm land, but County PD handles all that.
And yes, it appears they are using it on routine patrol. I've seen it around town several times. This is a newly formed PD, and the Chief seems to be fond of spending money. All new Chargers for everyone, the truck, and a very nicely equipped Utility that's been blacked out for him as a take home vehicle.
And yes, it appears they are using it on routine patrol. I've seen it around town several times. This is a newly formed PD, and the Chief seems to be fond of spending money. All new Chargers for everyone, the truck, and a very nicely equipped Utility that's been blacked out for him as a take home vehicle.
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He was starting fresh, so I understand needing to spend the money. I don't understand him spec'ing out a $25,000 SUV with a $2,000 lighting package for him to drive to work and back. I've never seen the man on patrol or out on a call.
Maybe I'm just an asshole, IDK. It's just frustrating when the PD is spending all this money on new toys, and the FD had to pull teeth for three years to replace an apparatus, and are still trying to pull teeth to buy extrication equipment.
Did I mention that they just annexed in a major highway, making it part of the fire district, and they don't have any extrication tools? :hopeless:
Did I mention that they just annexed in a major highway, making it part of the fire district, and they don't have any extrication tools? :hopeless:
Nope. My department runs all MVA's with them so they will have some if they need them. I think they -may- have purchased a single Combi tool and portable pump recently, but it isn't on the truck yet.
Hm thats odd my department dosent get alot of mvas with entrapment but on our new rescue pumper we just speced out and ordered we got all new genesis tools spreaders ram cutters and a smaller set of pedal cutters airbags and stabilizer bars for extracation. But there is always a possibility because we have two major highways and a major interchange in our district
They purchased the newest apparatus used and bare-bones, so they switched over all the old equipment into the new rig. It's one big clusterfuck over there, both with equipment and quality of members.
Our Genesis tools get a lot of use. Rural roads, and a business highway.
We have a set on our heavy and our older Hurst (the jaws of life) on the engine for our station 2 that's the furthest away from the heavy
We have a set on our heavy and our older Hurst (the jaws of life) on the engine for our station 2 that's the furthest away from the heavy
We run our tools a lot. Have you got a set of E-draulic tools yet? We just completed our first set, and those things are awesome.
We have everything you listed on the heavy and really just the cribbing (the fancy plastic stuff) and tools get used. Unless the car is down in a deep ditch the rsq Jacks dont get used.
They're awesome for rural rescue in barns and farm equipment due to weight and awkward size/weight
They're awesome for rural rescue in barns and farm equipment due to weight and awkward size/weight
We're a rural department, with a lot of farm land and machinery for people to get tangled up in. I would trade those tools for anything now that we have them.
We do pretty decent on our response times. We've got a part-time paid staff M-F 0800-1630, and a good diversity of people working different shifts. We can get 8-10 on scene within 5-10min on most days.
We've got a core group of 4-5 people that live that close. Most are within 2-3 miles out, and I'm the farthest out at 6 miles. I never make a truck.