Posts by CobraEmergency

Quote from TACRfan

Interesting idea, this may be a way around the prime mover/pod carrier issue, the problem with that is not alot of american departments have pod carriers but i have seen many like this, for the UK players the trailers could be renamed to pods and cabs to the prime movers.

That's good then. Yeah trailers are more common in the US than pods, unlike the UK.

Hello everyone,

So I've been playing Missionchief.com for a while and thought it would be cool if we had tractor-drawn units that a lot of specialist fire apparatus and ladder trucks have.

So basically we could have about 3 or 4 tractor drawn cabs at lets say a Special Operations Command centre (a fire station) in our area on Missionchief with like 5 or 6 trailers. So when there's a big incident we could choose what trailers to attach and mobilise them to the incident. I hear there is a similar system like this on the other version of Missionchief in Germany?
The trailers can be units we already have like Mobile Command Vehicle, Mobile Air, HazMat, Water Tanker and Heavy Rescue but can be attached to different tractor-drawn cabs.

These are simply cabs (tractors) that can attach different trailers of different equipment for use at any incidents that require special operations as seen below: [Blocked Image: https://i.ytimg.com/vi/yUoX3XplpUc/maxresdefault.jpg]
For example, the FDNY's Special Operations Command have several tractor-drawn units such as Collapse Rescue Units, Special Operations Command, Hazardous Material Decontamination...etc like the ones seen below:
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Or other fire departments like LACoFD, Ventura County FD and Millestone Twp Fire Co:
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I just think this will be a REALLY cool improvement to the game that everyone will like. So thank you for taking your time to read and enjoy playing

- CobraEmergency

Quote from leutmatho

where i am swat or police special operations patrols in vehicles with there kit in the back and respond to normal calls then when there is swat situation that requires a swat vechile the bear cat as seen above is driven by swat members from a station with things like command vechiles ect

Yes this is very true. And this is how the majority of US police departments operate. The same is for the UK. They have patrols for firearms teams but if necessary can bring out the big armoured trucks.

The Los Angeles Police Department's Special Weapons And Tactics division use Ford Explorer SUVs:

This is the same for the New York City Police Department's Emergency Service Unit:

Here's a Chevrolet Tahoe used by the Boston PD's SWAT:

Not only SUVs are used. But also saloons. As seen here when an LAPD SWAT team in a slicktop Chevrolet Caprice confront a suspect armed with an AK-47 as seen at 3:28:

This vehicle only had three officers in it but you can tell they're SWAT due to their weaponary and clothing (helmets, vests...etc. and the fact that one guy is wearing shorts, which is fashionable amongst SWAT officers in the USA don't ask me why).

My point is that much like the UK, the USA also uses regular cars for SWAT teams, and these cars CANNOT carry six people.
This is why I suggest either there's a SWAT truck and a SWAT car, or you limit the personnel on the vehicle to a minimum of one person with a maximum of twelve people.

Twelve you say?
It all depends on the vehicle and the department. Some SWAT trucks will carry less crew depending on how the vehicle is laid out - if you have seats you will have a specific number.
But a lot of SWAT trucks have benches (pictured)
[Blocked Image: http://images.onset.freedom.com/ocregister/article/n0uwwt-b781217958z.120140211161434000gha1hv3tg.1.jpg]With benches you can fit a lot more people on them.
There's already two people in the cab of the vehicle, or four people depending on what the cab is. There will be a good six or eight more in the back. That's of course if you're responding with a full turnout.
Sometimes they only have one guy driving the truck and four in the back - that'd be five personnel.

This video shows SWAT trucks with more than six crew - they even have the officers hanging on the side and the back, with a dog too!

So I've noticed all though there's a few vehicles in the game for FD, there isn't much for EMS (or police). There's one Ambulance type.

What if there was also an EMS Supervisor, a car that can attend generally more serious incidents to supervise the EMS.
As well as Fly Cars that you often see EMS using such as Hatzolah or Empress EMS, that get there much quicker.
Here's a video of an FDNY EMS Supervisor:

And an Empress EMS fly car with a supervisor car:

And how about Rescue Medics? Medics who go to fires, hazmats and such that could involve people who need rescuing and medical attention, as seen here again with the FDNY:

It'd add more variety to the missions which I think people would really like!