not the wheeler. the grand.. i have a 92 grand also.. it was a 100 dollar daily driver..haha

 

We don't use lights on POV's even though state statues say we can run red and white lights.

Ifin ya don't subscribe to The Secret List you owe it to yourself and your VFD/FD to join the e-mail list. You would not believe how many people get in crashes running code in POV's, not to mention all the other crashes when responding.

What does your insurance company say about you running emergency lights? I've never asked mine, but where I've got the motorcycle insured they asked if it was in parades or had any emergency lights for a VFD or other volunteer group & would not insure me if it had emergency lights.

 

As long as we are clearly marked on the vehicle that we are a volunteer fire fighter then rock and roll with light going. As for distance to a station.

Station #1 - 0.75 miles
Station #2 - 7 miles
Station #3 - 12 miles
Station #4 - 25 miles
Station #5 - 40 miles
Station #6 - 55 miles

My last call was right next to station #6 so I was rollin' 75-80 MPH for over 55 miles down highway 95. But as you can see we have a very long area to cover for fire protection. Basically 630 square miles.



Since all of our trucks are slow moving we tend to repond with personal vehicles to a closer station then pick up a truck. As you can see for me the last fire was at least 55 miles for me to travel. In a old fire truck doing maybe 50-55 MPH most of our trucks are governed to these speeds or just so heavy they can go no faster. So its better to use a personal vehicle and get to a closer fire station quickly...

 

Mopar1973Man, we cover a tad over 1,250 square miles & that's not counting the areas we respond to with mutual aid.

What happens when ya have 6 stations & everybody runs to the closest station in POV's and the one or 2 trucks are already on the road? Ever have that problem or other problems associated with running in POV's to the closest station to the call & it's not your primary station.

How does your insurance company deal with you running hot so far in a POV, or do they even know?

Here we have 3 "formal" stations along with several trucks at ranches. Everybody is assigned to a station and you respond to that station to get a truck on the road as not everybody is qualified to drive every truck. Not to mention by going to your station if you don't roll for the call, you can cover the rest of the district in case/when a 2nd call kicks out.

Here's my station and the trucks assigned to it except for the 1980 Mack 1800gal tender.

 

well if were posting pics then i guess i got to also

heres my station, geyser road

ETA-533, 2003 HME

F-534, 2004 F350 6.0
R-535, 1997 IH4700


the other station, rock city falls

 

and the trucks in the other station
ETA-531, 2000 HME

ETA-532, 1992 E-One

R-536, 2005 F350 6.0

TA-537, 1988 Mack, 427 3stage jake, 18spd, straight piped, 4000 gal