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[station9emt/firefighter]

THANK YOU HOPPPAHHH!!! i would like to personally thank you for your greatness in this mod. THANK YOU@!!!! lol anyway if you can pm me asap i have a question for you.

[Hoppah]

From download page:

FEATURES:
- Los Angeles units
- Detailed models and skins
- Three new exciting missions
- New sirens
- New siren command
- Directional lights
- Fire station, police station and hospital
- Automatic weapons and ballistic shields
- Police barricades, traffic cones and flares
- Bomb robots and motorcycles
- English translation, voices and much more...

So when the mod is loaded, almost everything is in English. Got it?

@ Lo-Fi:
LAFD EMS car. If I'm not wrong it's a Chevrolet Suburban on the pictures AUX3AE posted. But those aren't from the LAFD...

[LittleFoX]

Wow...I cant wait!

[MikesPhotos]

For Hoppa and those Interested....I have found the LAFD EMS Cheif/Supervisor Vehicle. Its a Ford with a small Box on the back with all the medical gear minus the stretcher. Carrying one Paramedic. These are fairly new units as you can tell by looking at them...Would be a great addition for 1.4 at the last second

http://images.google...ttp...l=en&sa=N

What do yas think?

Just a quick note about the LAFD Battalion EMS Captains. Most battalions have a battalion EMS Captain that drives a red crown vic and is used primarily in a supervisory function. On a large incident, he functions as Medical Unit Leader in the ICS (incident command system) and calls for additional ambulances, air ambulances and such. It's staffed by just 1 paramedic captain, and they usually respond to shootings, accidents requiring more then 2 ALS RA's (rescue ambulances.. lafd term) and bassicaly any incident involving law enforcement.

Battalion 14 is currently testing the truck you see in the pictures above and as far as I am aware, it is the only Batt testing it. The main plus to it is the fact it can carry an extra stretcher and backboards which is critical in LA due to our problem with ER's being overcrowded. Some RA's have experienced wait times over 30 mins just waiting for an available bed or to get their patient off of the stretcher. This will allow the EMS Capt to get the RA back in service faster by having the spare stretcher available at the hospital.

Battalion 5 has a vehicle that is very similar but is used by the BC for wildland fires in the Hollywood hills area.

From what I've heard, the EMS captains haven't responded favorably to the vehicle though and it doesn't look like it will be picked up en masse. There are no EMS SUVs, just crown vics.

Also, as long as I'm on the topic of LAFD's EMS program. LAFD has pretty much phazed out all Single Function Resources, which was their fancy term for Paramedics who were not Firefighters. There might be one or two old timers left but as a general rule, all Paramedics and Paramedic Captains are trained firefighters and every RA and EMS Capt is equipped with their full gear for use on incidents as the Incident Commander sees fit.

The current plan right now is to make every Engine Company at least a Paramedic Assessment engine within the next few years if not decade, depending on the budget. I believe the figures are half of all LAFD Engines are either Paramedic or Paramedic Assessment level right now, with a few trial Paramedic Light Forces as well.

[MikesPhotos]

I'll see what I can do.
I also think it's a nice idea to add a new command to make it possible that fire fighters can change into a Hazmat unit.

In Los Angeles, both City and County, most Firefighters are only trained to the HAZMAT FRO-D (First Responder Operations - Decon) level. It's only the men and women assigned to the HAZMAT Squads that are trained to use and operate within a Level A suit. With normal SCBA and turnout gear, Non HAZMAT units are not allowed to operate inside of what is known as the Hot Zone. Instead, the dudes that glow in the dark and enjoy it get all of the fun of removing the patients and mitigating the danger.

Since 9/11 WMD training has stepped up quite a bit and has enforced these rules even more. We have recieved Mark 1 injectors for dealing with nerve agents as well as some other fun tools for detection, but if I understand the posts above, the game is actually a lot more true to LAFD's protocols as it is then by giving everyone a Level A suit.

[muddlez]

hoppah can u add the patrol function to the bc? i know its kinda late for 1.4 but maby 1.5?

[theparanoid]

I agree with people saying that it looks too much like the LAFD light truck. Plus, EM4 is not as complex as real life. We click on the paramedic, and hit the 'Heal' button. So a bigger truck won't make any difference from the crown vic other than looks

I would not mind seeing the light truck change to allow a paradic on board. Then it could be used to respond to traffic accidents.

[Hoppah]

@ MikesPhotos:
Thanks for your tips.