Just wondering if "first due" is a term you use to describe your first in response area?
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Originally posted by thebravest1 View PostJust wondering if "first due" is a term you use to describe your first in response area?
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whew! Ok. As it happens, we use First Due only in the context of EMS. The reason is because we run a rescue but don't transport, so there is a distinction between first due and second.
For fire calls, we all respond out of a single station, and the TOE for apparatus depends on the call, so there is no designated "first due" unit.
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Uhmmmm.....sometimes. Mostly we call it a "still district".
Hey second part to the question...
What is the one place in your "First Due" that you dread the day it is actually on fire / or is really unique.
Our Engine would be a hospital 3 blocks away, like 4 stories, 60 years old, old utility systems....etc. Would be a nightmare.
next....Last edited by FHandz15; 01-30-2007, 05:41 PM.
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With 5 stations, first due in our Dept means the area that your company is responsible for. The way our borders are, you may or may not get to some of the calls on your company's border first, due to traffic, rigs on the road, etc. We also use the connotation with trucks/rescues, who are first due of their compnay type, not necessarily from the closest station.
As far as scariest place in my engine's first due, it would be an alcohol dependency treatment center. It's in an old school, no sprinklers, small rooms and dividers everywhere, and overnight residents who aren't very stable mentally as is. The staff doesn't impress as me as very well trained, and there are locks and screens on the doors/windows.
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yes.........."The education of a firefighter and the continued education of a firefighter is what makes "real" firefighters. Continuous skill development is the core of progressive firefighting. We learn by doing and doing it again and again, both on the training ground and the fireground."
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Same as Gunnyv, first due is the geographical area assigned to each company. The place(s) I dread burning in my first due are the 4,5 story walkup s##tholes that have been illegally sectioned off and contain multiple maze like illegal apartments. When you get there, they look like one big apartment from outside, and contain3, or 4 smaller ones inside with zero fire protection, and just all around dangerous for everyone.
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Originally posted by volfireman034 View PostIn my area the "1st due" is your main responce area or fire district. In my county most districts only have one station. The "2nd due" would be the mutal aid dept helping you or in some cases the automatic aid dept helping you, hence being the 2nd fire dept to arrive at the scene.IACOJ both divisions and PROUD OF IT !
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