So the ask is to change the EMS Engine/Ambulance to NOT transport?
I think the most appropriate implementation of this right now would be to add an "ALS Equipment" to the equipment market that can be added to Engines, Trucks, Quints, etc. that requires the ALS Training (min 2 personnel) to function and in turn would add fly car capability to that equipped vehicle.
Changes to the EMS Engine/Ambulance seems like it is more targeted as a workaround than as an actual request.
With the exception of Southern California - most departments have separate USAR and Heavy Rescue units (if they have a dedicated USAR unit at all). In most cases, I think it is better categorized as most departments having TRT capable vehicles which is what Heavy Rescue has more association with that actual USAR. For me, it is appropriate that the TRT equipment is separate of the vehicle itself since the way rescues are called for in missions 75% of them are more light rescue/truck company calls and so the TRT becomes a realistic addition to the truck as "specialized equipment".
Or at least that is my take.
Don't do fall weather, unless you have thousands of units, its insane.
The majority of calls are major flooding, tunnel flooding, dam breaks, and many tough calls that require insane amounts of units.
I'm actually thankful for that. The existing alliance events had so few medium/large missions that it wasn't worth participating in. Now, it might be more often that there is actual collaborative alliance work towards the event.
Thanksgiving Missions are finally live
With the newest update to how missing personnel are being shown - swift water rescue are being shown in the header as missing "lifeguards".
I know they acquired a truck when they took over Vernon I'm not sure if it's still in play, at one point they had it as truck-13. but long story short Chief Osby really loves quints over traditional trucks. Chiefs Freeman and Osby liked the tillers best because of the tight turns they can make.
Truck 13 is/was up at Station 82 as Truck 82.
The missions spawning are "NOT" Halloween Missions, they are clearly "Fall Missions" but they have been continuing to spawn since they started back in September. Nothing that is spawning is Halloween related. Over 600 missions so far today
The Fall missions (deer crossing, fallen leaves, etc.) are still valid as their spawn period in isn't expired yet. But in looking at the mission list they have duplicated the Halloween missions where there used to be Thanksgiving missions. The Halloween missions aren't spawning because the spawn time isn't valid but that indicates where the issue is.
Looking at the current mission list, there are no Thanksgiving missons to spawn. It appears that the devs accidentally duplicated the Halloween missions instead of turning on Thanksgiving ones.
2 years ago I think they did an update that increased crew, it was not taken well by the players and they pulled it.
In part because they set the headcount max to 10 which became extremely unrealistic.
I could see this being a problem though as if you have equipment just sitting unassigned to a given unit it would then show up in the search box for every unit that is at that station.
I have submitted this to the devs and requested a quick fix.
Thanks
They count in a crew carrier too
I've never gotten them to succeed in counting in a crew carrier unless something has recently changed.
we been getting those 2 calls since summer in my alliance some of the payouts have been as high as 55k
When setup as an initial mission plus a follow-up that is correct but at some point it got updated from a follow-up to an expandable.
Why do these scream another C&P job from the US version?
Either that added without thought to which department is best for them.
Definitely not in the US version.
Looks like this mission got an unintended update to have "Area Evacuation" set as an expandable mission instead of a follow-up mission.
Frustrating to have a $45k mission turn into a 3,500 credit mission right at completion. Can we get Area Evac set as a follow-up mission like it should be?
Hotshots only count if they are in a wildland vehicle.
Unfortunately crew carriers are not considered wildland so while it is 100% realistic to send them that way, the game does not recognize them as hotshots unless they are in a vehicle that can be purchased under the wildland tab.
To be a bit clearer;
The change I suggested was not driving the whole way or large distances on the wrong side of the road, because I agree, it is asking for an accident. I was suggesting that for short distances (like the screen shot in my original post where the incident was 20m from the intersection), that the responding emergency vehicles get directed up the opposite side of a street. And I also suggested a 50% reduction in speed if this takes place for realism and safety.
I'm not sure if the navigation system used in game could necessarily calculate this as it finds the shortest route from point A to point B currently following normal traffic laws.
To be able to add in additional routes where breaking the normal traffic laws is permissible for X # of meters would likely require it to recalculate way too many nodes from OSM - effectively slowing down dispatch time.
While I'd love to see it as feasible - I can't see how it would be calculable by the system without a major hit to performance.
You can get equipment using the storage feature in the fire department and that will allow you to add HazMat equipment to the vehicle.
Correct - but Hazmat equipment can't be assigned to ladders/quints.
Can we please get ladders and quints added to the list of allowable units for HazMat equipment?
There are countless departments out there where the ladder cross-staffs that hazmat unit and/or the ladder is your hazmat company (not to mention FDNY's CPC ladders).
No airport POI in the area
You may not have an airport POI there but if your settings are set to use other's POIs you have no way of knowing what random places someone has placed a POI.
