re: What OT baller owns the firetruck factory on I12 near Holden?

quote:

---

Whatever mental gymnastics you use to try and justify it are flawed.

---

I'm not doing mental gymnastics. I don't have a team that manages fleet orders. I was the guy that actually did the budget, controlled the vehicle usage, ordered the equipment that went on it, tried the specialty vehicle thing, had to be sure everyone was together and ready to respond at all times. That was my job. I'm not on the outside looking in and using my experience from a similar job or listening to my firefighter relatives. I'm the guy that did this friggin shite for 33 years. I spected out trucks for several different purposes. I did it all.

FACT: When you have to have a 4 man team ready to handle any call at any time it is cheaper to have ONE truck (which you must have anyway) completely equipped and manned even just to go for a grocery run.

Pretty sure he has a $3-4 million dollar home for sale in CCL right now. And a $3-4 million Viking as well
Probably looking to upgrade

Another thing people don’t think about is insurance ratings. All the one bitching about using bare equipment and people would be the first ones to bitch when homeowners rates are through the roof. If they want to complain about it, go raise hell to PIAL for us always having to get more and more stuff.

That's not it. It was a pearl white truck with flames. I helped build it.

Yea thats a dumb thing to get mad about.

What pisses me off is when you see the firetruck blow through a red-light sirens blasting just to turn in the local diner down the road for lunch. THAT is what we should collectively be pissed about.

quote:

---

I worked on the 22nd floor of a building in Metairie for several years. Several times a day a fire truck would come screaming out of a firehouse near Esplanade, haul arse west on Esplanade for about a mile, then shut down the sirens, make a u-turn and ease back to the firehouse in silent mode. Every day at least 3 or 4 times without fail.

---

You worked for PH? I know EXACTLY what you're talking about. Same building for a couple years.

quote:

---

What happens when that fender bender turns into a two car fire because one of the driver's is a POS and doesn't take care of their vehicle and some fuel line is punctured in that fender bender?

---

.

Please enlighten me as to what preventative maintenance will stop fuel lines from being “punctured“.?

LOL I wasn't even talking to you, rather responding to the bullshite notion that equipment needs to be run for no reason to keep it ready. Especially the ones I'm referencing that serve inner loop Houston and probably get called out to fender benders several times a day.

But since you've input yourself as the representative for FDs everywhere to explain why I'm wrong. The particular FD I'm talking about has more than one truck. Actually, they have a ladder, a large pump, 2 EMS vehicles that look like they could run the Baja 1000, and 3-4 3/4 ton diesel 4x4 trucks depending on the day. They have a shite ton of resources, but the only vehicles I ever see come out are the ladder or pump truck.

Which one goes to get grocery's? Ladder or pump.

Call to the neighborhood across the street that they should know by now that the truck can't get down the street due to traffic and narrow streets? Ladder then double back and get something smaller.

Which one is parked in from of the local polling location on election day when they're whining for more money so they send on-duty FD personnel and a vehicle that they leave running the whole time to sit so they can guilt tax payers into giving them more money while the $500k truck behind them sucks down diesel so one dude can soak up some A/C and charge his iPhone? That's rights its the good old ladder truck.

I have zero clue about your department, nor do I care because I'm not paying for your shite. What I see is blatant waste then blind defense. This is typical government BS.

quote:

---

Actually no, not even sure what PH is It wasn’t the 22nd floor, but high enough that I could see the whole fire truck thing play out. After my first few weeks on the job, I was like WTH is up with these sirens all day long?

---

Okay, I just didn't wanna say it if you had worked there. Peoples Health has several floors in 2 Lakeway. #2200 is their primary address.

You DEA? They're right under Peoples Health.
A young black gal in the parking garage elevator assumed I was an "8th Floor" one afternoon.
Confused, I said "Huh? who parks on the 8th floor?"
She said, "DEA. You look like one of them"