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[Soldjaboy]

I don't think it is. That'd be awesome, though if you could actually hook up the trucks to the plugs.

Hey Mike, do LA Engines use a discharge on the front of their rigs?

[MikesPhotos]

One more idea before I head off to work...

A Dispatcher.

A person or something like a radio antenna, or that strange flashing stand next to the fire station (something stationary, in a central location), that you can click on that has all the "send" commands. You can send PD, EMS, FD, even city services to a location using this "dispatcher". It'd be very similar to the send functions of a battalion chief, but maybe with the addition of a couple other "send" commands (SWAT, city services, maybe even mutual aid like the LACoFD squad, etc).

So Hoppah, waddaya think?

I'm not Hoppah but I have a question about this... Aren't you already the dispatcher? How is that any different then the F1-F4 commands?

Hey Mike, do LA Engines use a discharge on the front of their rigs?

On the front is a 4" suction w/5" pipe and valve.

[mutu]

Wouldn't it be More Realistic if the Sheriff Department Cars come from Outside the City not directlyfrom the Police Staion because as i know the LAPD and the LASD have diffrent stations.

SO they should come from outside the Map just like the SWAT

That's a good idea.

[Spaloo]

I'm not Hoppah but I have a question about this... Aren't you already the dispatcher? How is that any different then the F1-F4 commands?

I've honestly never used the f1-f4 commands. I have to try that.

What I usually do is place the batt chief at the corner of the fire station and click on him, click the dispatch info to zoom to the emergency, then use the send command from the batt chief to send the units. What I suggest is an actual dispatcher similar to the batt chief, but with send commands for more units than just light force, engine, police, WT, and ambulance. You, the player, still send the units, but you dont have to individually staff each unit, click each unit, and click near the incident.

[MikesPhotos]

Wouldn't it be More Realistic if the Sheriff Department Cars come from Outside the City not directlyfrom the Police Staion because as i know the LAPD and the LASD have diffrent stations.

SO they should come from outside the Map just like the SWAT

Entry points in the game are decided not by vehicle, but by vehicle type. That is why all police cars come from the PD station, all swat vehicles come from the same point, all ambulances from the same point and so on and so forth.

Mike

[Hoppah]

And did you thougt about my last idea mission a while ago?
"Some small childs are kidnapped buy a group that sell the childs for illegal adoptions, youre task is to find the childs and arrest the kidnappers"

Yes, the next mission (mission 9) will be something with missing persons you have to find. I don't know what yet and I can't promise to use your story.

[MikesPhotos]

There is different entry points for brush patrol and for the engines. They enter by the opposite side.

Yes they do, I know, I'm the one who did that

The brush patrol is GTF like the USFS engine which is why they enter from the same point, LAFD's engines are TLFs.

All entry points are hard coded to the vehicle type, GTF, DLK, RW, and so forth. One thing I'm going to try tonight is see what effect making some of the crown vics a different type has.

If it doesn't screw things up, this idea will be implemented.

[billyfromhill]

Hoppah, you should reskin the BLS ambulance so it has a 800 series number.

[firefighter111]

Hey Hoppah,

Now you have the update with te waterhoses etc... I thouhgt it was mabey an idea to ad
a Personal/ material car to the mod. So you don't have to send a whole new fire engine but
a van for more fireman.

And did you thougt about my last idea mission a while ago?
"Some small childs are kidnapped buy a group that sell the childs for illegal adoptions, youre task is to find the childs and arrest the kidnappers"

Btw, nice work!!

Grtz

Estevan

vans aren't really used in the U.S. fire department, besides for duties like fire police and other duties that don't really have much to do with actually fighting the fire.

[Newfoundking]

like in winterberg?

and i think that the USCG chopper should have a USCG diver, same as LAFD but with a dif skin. it would make it more realistic as well as help with some rescues. and maybe it could be rapelled to the ground like the engineer?

(i was playin multi with a couple friends yesterday and got a Person with a gun in the woods in the left side of the map, right by the edge, and it was next to the river, and extremely hard to get to (barely managed to get a LACoFD truck there) and a woman who was camping with the guy was blown into the water after their jeep blew up; that one was bugged and she was standing on water and couldnt be picked up by divers, and the boats couldnt have got there because of the bridge (not the train bridge) that sits at water level. i tried using the USCG heli and the rescue heli, but nothing worked.

i would love to see that diver.

Me too, I would love to see the diver, but instead of just ground rappling, maybe every single peice of terrain, because they can drop the divers in the ocean, and PICK them up, which would KICK ASS!

[MikesPhotos]

vans aren't really used in the U.S. fire department, besides for duties like fire police and other duties that don't really have much to do with actually fighting the fire.

Actually LAFD has quite a collection of "Plug Buggy" utility trucks and vans. While not used for firefighting, they are used to move personnel, supplies, and equipment around which is what he was suggesting.

Here is an example that I showed Hoppah a bit ago
and is typical of LAFD's vans.

[mutu]

its probably been said alot already.....but automatic fire alarms would add some realism...not all that challenging...but realistic...and breaks it up a little.

The fire alarms has been dicussed before. It will just add frustration to the game. But I personally would like in the mod, for realism and for fun. But Im not the one who decide that.

[mutu]

i dont see how its frustration ....i get tired of ...fire..fire...fire....fire...medical....medical...medical....police police police.......

So do I, It would be more realistic to have it.