SJS Fire Engine 2 responds code 3 - a Lot!

This week I was at a meeting at San Jose Fire Station 2, which is the busiest Fire station in all of Santa Clara County. While I was only there for 2 hours, San Jose engine 2 responded to three EMS calls from the Station, and another while they were out.

San Jose Engine 2 is the busiest piece of Fire Apparatus in the County (and by that I mean they get more calls than anyone else). It is a 2009 Hi-Tech built pumper.

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[niterider460]

how many calls per year

[ZBeeb]

@niterider460 Last year I saw stats for was 2008, when it was 2641 - One would think with 10% less companies in San Jose since then it has gone up some.

[quadkid4]

is this a paid or volunteer station?

[ZBeeb]

@quadkid4 San Jose is a full time professional fire department

[wannabenj]

Beautiful station.But,They need to dedicate a smaller truck to respond to paramedic calls.That truck should be dedicated to fires.That truck uses a tremendous amount of gas responding to medic calls.

[ZBeeb]

@wannabenj There are arguments to be made for smaller EMS response vehicles, wear and tear on a $500K rig is a big factor, it shortens the life of the vehicle, as well as the gas costs you point out. But when determined over the 15 year life of the vehicle it only costs about $35K a year... the fire fighters to staff it are more like $1.5M a year. If they go out in a small vehicle and then get sent to a fire, they have to go back to the station to the get the engine, that doesn't work either.

[Griffin596]

The tax payers money go to building nice fire stations I see lol

[fireNYbuff]

Great video please sub back

[horrormoviefan82]

nice video

[TheEMS41]

very very very nice video well done god bless y and the rigs on every run ! :-) greez Chris FDNY Ladder CO. 4

[FirekidE62]

I love this town and FD when I visit California we always stay in San Jose. I visited that station once it's very nice and so are their apparatus I think I recognized one the the fire fighters from my visit to that station. Nice bid BTW

[niterider460]

thats not bad one closest to me from (07/01/2009 - 06/30/2010):

5,697 calls for service

[MrDyson01]

@ZBeeb how come it doesnt pride of the east side?

[MrDyson01]

@ZBeeb e-2 yet again looks like a 2003 smeal/spartan gladiator