I received information that 60 engines coming into CA from Oregon have been detained in Sacramento for emissions testing. Unbelievable. Is this factual?
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Doesn’t make sense!
The Bend bulletin reported safety inspections (DOT) were conducted near Sacramento.
11 of 15 strike teams were on mission Friday per this story, the rest will be by Saturday.
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Interesting, who stopped them? Where? And why?
Wow, a couple of engines or thousands of acres of forests, homes and toxic plastic etc going up in smoke? Incredibly counterproductive. California really needs to wake tf up.
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OK. If it was DOT inspections, that makes more sense, but still are they not similarly inspected in OR?
Or, being DOT compliant is more important than getting a fire assignment? If the fire trucks get their daily check out and scheduled maintenance, what’s the chance of failing a DOT check?
Oh, yeah, I’m overlooking that this is Calif.
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From the article it sounded like the Oregon reps knew in advance.
The interesting thing is hired equipment gets a cursory look, sometimes before assignment, mostly not. Usually they find us after a week or so working and do the checklist they have which is mostly compliance with what’s in the supplier manual, PPE, other safety stuff, paperwork, back up alarm, lights and signals.
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Still seems like a huge overreach. These are city and forestry emergency rigs and are inspected daily for safety. Why do they need a Cal Dot inspection when there is an active emergency?
Out of state equipment has been coming into CA for years. I’ve not ever been aware they’ve gone through DOT inspection enroute to an incident. But, then, I’ve never been on an o/s engine coming into CA.
Somewhat unrelated, Apparently they’re setting up a staging camp in Beaumont for all the stuff coming from out of state. Just took a call at 0115 for a base camp water tender. I asked for what Fire and was told it was for a staging location for the out of state equipment rolling in for the current incidents.
Interesting.
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Can anyone source this… trucks come in and out of the state everyday to fight fires. I cannot find anywhere that backs this up.
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I brought down a strike team of type 1s from a state north of Oregon, we were in Davis for a quick mechanical inspection and were back on the road pretty quick! Couple small repairs were made to various rigs amongst the 160ish engines that came from our state. Didn’t hear anything about emissions, it was a mechanical safety deal.
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I believe after the 2020 Creek fire we started seeing OOS engines being inspected as they came into the state. Not by CARB or necessarily CHP, but by Davis ME. It’s part of the plan now when the state utilizes OOS engines.
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We all know that every rig released from an incident goes through an inspection as part of the demob process. It makes perfect sense. Doesn’t it make equal sense to do a “pre-mob” inspection when you’ve got resources coming from who knows where, before they hit the line? And doesn’t it make sense to do that at a place like Davis, instead of at an already overwhelmed base camp? Especially since there is no way a strike team coming from Idaho is going directly to the line immediately upon arrival anyway.
Carry on.
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Sounds more like CYA.
The state doesn’t want to pay for repairs on problems existing before the incident, as happened in the past.
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Hasn’t a pre check in inspection been standard for non-agency equipment for years now?
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You received this news from whom? If you can’t provide REAL SOURCES, then you’re just attempting to, no pun intended, inflame and manipulate a horrific ongoing emergency. People are dying. We don’t need to add hearsay and speculation to the mix. DO BETTER.
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They should have s fast track to fires
15 minutes of actual research, including an entire video on CalFire’s Instagram page, DISPROVES THIS.
NO incoming rigs are being stopped for emissions testing.
What I’ve been able to find out is that, as is normal, these vehicles coming from hundreds of miles away, are given a pre-deployment inspection. They’re enormous, heavy vehicles and are checked to make sure they are in top working order. Often, from the journey, the need to have parts replaced. This is done to ensure the safety of the rig, crew, and to make sure the vehicle isn’t creating any sparks. CalFire has a whole video on it over on Instagram.
But, no, they are NOT being stopped for emissions testing. THIS. IS. A. LIE. Stop spreading it.
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