Wheels Wednesday | Ep. 10 | Type 6 Engine (Brush Patrol)

Welcome to another episode of "Wheels Wednesdays," where we talk about the many interesting vehicles that the San José Fire Department uses during firefighter operations! In episode 10, SJFD's Firefighter PM Jeff Heald shows us a wildland apparatus that has extreme off-road prowess-the Type 6 Engine (Brush Patrol).
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[@elenalit6377]

Thank you for creating a series of such useful and informative films!

Glad you like them!

[@AlejandroRamirez-sc1ql]

This has to be my favorite engine

Agreed, it's pretty awesome!

[@elenalit6377]

you can create a series of films about what happened in the Canta Clara at a week, how many fires, how many visits to fire extinguishing sites. even show the place of the incident. How many cars burned down on the roads.

[@azzaz905]

i find this very amusing. please do more fire-station, car, or anything else that is super interesting!

Don't worry, we have many more video ideas for down the road!

[@-_Donut12_-]

Did brush 627 respond to the fire on the San Jose and Milpitas border

Yes, 627 responded to that vegetation fire; however, they were only assigned to fire watch while some of our other Type 6 engines worked on more direct operations.

[@elenalit6377]

make a movie about how people get the specialty of a fireman !! What education is necessary to get!

Thanks for your recommendation! We'll looking into recruitment-related video in the future.

[@jmWhyMe]

Everyone in SJFD drank the koolaid and loves this new type 6, but... it has a huge number of safety and design flaws. It looks like a plumbers truck, and lighting on the side is just not adequate. Sooner or later, and it may be another department with this design, firefighters will get killed by bad drivers due to the awful design of this rig...

[@Qblues941]

Let’s see you do better

[@ronamatlow7716]

@@Qblues941 I was an engineer before I was a rabbi. I guarantee I could have designed a far safer rig. And I guarantee I could make this rig safer. But nobody in the department wants to listen, so that's on them.

[@Qblues941]

@@ronamatlow7716 curious as to how you can make this better, please explain

[@ronamatlow7716]

@@Qblues941 first off, add a bumper on the rear. SJFD's policy of always having a Type 1 protecting it is vacuous because Type VI's operate independently all the time. When Engine 24 was rear-ended by a small Nissan, it broke 24's frame. If the engineer is standing back there they are toast. If they aren't,, the entire operation panel is toast. At least with a bumper, the panel and storage drawer are protected. Further, the lowest step for climbing to the top of the box is too high for safe climbing and will lead to injury. Putting on a bumper will add a lower step for a person to climb up on, reducing the risk of injury. As I stated in my initial comments, adding more striping to the side of the aluminum box and more lights either on top of the box or with running board lights ala chief buggies, will make it more visible and not look like a plumber's truck from the side. From the front, the light bar is obstructed. It needs to be raised up so it is visible. Those are just some of the things. But... I would never have put the engineers panel and the equipment drawer in the rear in the first place. It's just too vulnerable. There is a reason Type I's have them on the side, or between the cab and the box... to protect the engineer!

[@alfheib]

I have a problem with this video you show guys fighting the fire in the fuel everyone always tells you to fight the fire from the black or at least have one foot in the black with vehicles you have one set of what side of the tires in the black you don't totally run everything from the fuel source and you have plenty enough room in that video to film from the Black.. I'm sorry I don't like to see people put themselves in a dangerous situation when they don't have to.. there are times where you need to be in the fuel because that's the only other way to attack the fire say it's on a very steep incline and you can't get the vehicle in the black you need to get your stuff in the black..