Upgrade/New Platform Trucks

  • So Irl Platform Trucks Have rescue ability's and some have others like water rescue, Haz-Mat and bigger cabs so i feel it would be better for everyone and more fun if platform trucks in general got an upgrade.
    The following is my suggestion and suggestion's on how it should be called, priced and setup. each section will have a bit of info on it for IRL info on the topic:


    • Change the platform trucks max crew to 6.

    I think having larger cabs would be a big change as currently the Max Crew is 3, however if it is Upped to like 6 or 7 it would allow people to change it at there own will for the area they are playing and the style of play.


    • Have A Platform + Heavy Rescue.

    This Is A VEHICLE ONLY. My Ideal Price, 19,000 Credits To 30,000 Credits Each.
    IRL Ladder/Platform Trucks have the ability Of Carrying extraction equipment, there for a Platform + Heavy Rescue Apparatus would be a new and much appreciated, for balancing you could have it up with the Quint as an unlock after you reach the rank of Captain. this vehicle would bring realism and would allow other use for platform trucks.


    • Have A Platform + Fly-car.

    Vehicle with Training course & Ambulance Station Expansion? My Ideal Price, 17,000 Credits To 25,000 Credits

    This vehicle would make so much sense as IRL there are such things as ALS Truck/Ladder Companies. have it part of the fire station - Ambulance Expansion.


    • Have A Platform + Haz-Mat.

    Vehicle with standard Haz-Mat Course. My Ideal Price 30,000 Credits To 40,000 Credits

    IRL Departments Like FDNY, South Metro, San Francisco and many others have Haz-Mat Equipment On Specialised Ladder/Platform Trucks. I think this would be a great vehicle to be added to the game and would allow people to customise there apparatus roster on there game play thru.


    • Have A Platform + Light Boat.

    Vehicle with standard swift water rescue course & Swift Water Rescue Expansion. My Ideal Price 30,000 To 50,000 Credits

    IRL Most Departments dont Have Dedicated Water Rescue Units or Rescue Units so they have Water Rescue Equipment on there Ladder/Platform trucks, This is seen in departments Like FDNY, South metro and volunteer departments everywhere across America.


    You could do them as combo vehicles with the expansion or vehicles on their own or just have the truck with the expansion and then have the crew trained with the correct course.
    I Have Spoken to several People who play the game and all have said that most of them should be added to the game and will vastly improve the game on realism and allows people to have the ability to apply IRL vehicles to there IRL counterpart.

    - Jrdaaggy2002

  • • Change the platform trucks max crew to 6.

    I agree, I have no idea where the 3 default even came from.



    • Have A Platform + Heavy Rescue.

    I'd personally like to see the Quint be turned into a triple unit, Engine + Arial + Rescue (most are like this in real life anyway)



    • Have A Platform + Fly-car.

    I see no point in this as platforms can treat patients to a BLS level anyway. I however agree that if you do send a platform/quint with a BLS it should count towards a full ALS treatment with both the ladder/quint along with a BLS. Maybe they can add a Paramedic Ladder since and engine just got released?



    • Have A Platform + Haz-Mat.

    I've only seen FDNY has this, but even then you can train your personnel to hazmat and they'll count towards the hazmat personnel requirement for missions. (This is realistic for FDNY aswell. SMFR doesn't have platforms with hazmat btw)



    • Have A Platform + Light Boat.

    Never seen this one, not even quite sure this one works irl either

    (South Metro doesn't have water equipment on their ladders, they have dedicated dive teams for this.)

  • Water Rescue equipment would be to help out or operate small water operations. As stated South Metro has its own SWR team and vehicle, a ladder I don't think can fit the basic SWR equipment like rafts and vests because then, it could not fit other firefighting equipment.

  • FDNY SSL have a second vehicle to bring when they are operating as the SOC Support Ladder. However they are only used for major events such as technical rescue jobs they aren't used for things like vehicle extrication. However FDNY and most US Ladder companies have extrication equipment as most US FDs only have a couple true heavy rescues

  • A few of these ideas could be well received however others just seem like they would be taken advantage of in the game, and are not feasible or realistic.

    - Most fire departments that have HazMat trained staff on a ladder truck still require a hazmat unit with specific equipment to respond with them.
    - As far as water rescue boats, I believe there are very few examples of platform trucks having boats. Most do not have the storage area. Though the crew may have swift water rescue equipment that does not always include a boat especially on apparatus that are not dedicated to water rescues.

  • Agreed However Even If only we Up the Max Crew On the platform trucks its good enough for me

    A few of these ideas could be well received however others just seem like they would be taken advantage of in the game, and are not feasible or realistic.

    - Most fire departments that have HazMat trained staff on a ladder truck still require a hazmat unit with specific equipment to respond with them.
    - As far as water rescue boats, I believe there are very few examples of platform trucks having boats. Most do not have the storage area. Though the crew may have swift water rescue equipment that does not always include a boat especially on apparatus that are not dedicated to water rescues.

  • when I was with LACoFD the Quint I was on were all FF/EMT's at the time. now a-days in larger cities where I live Trucks now have 1-2 paramedics staffed on them

    I fully agree, I was trying to say that it wouldn't work with how engines/fire apparatus are currently implemented. I still think that you should be able to train firefighters as paramedics and then they are able to provide ALS aid.

  • I highly recommend both of these. Especially having a Quint/triple unit. The best example of this I could find was Orange County Fire Authority (CA) Truck 61, which is a normal quint but they also are trained as a medium USAR unit and have the capabilities of basic extrication, as well as more advanced USAR tools and training. Apparently they identify it as a medium USAR unit so it has more capabilities than a normal platform truck w/ extrication equipment, but a little bit less than a full USAR trailer/unit. I have recently been extremely irritated with the heavy rescue requirement on some missions, where most quints/platform trucks would be able to handle/assist.

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