HME CAL FIRE Type 3 Engines featured at 2012 Firehouse World Exposition

Tuesday, March 6, 2012

HME CAL FIRE Type 3 Engines featured at 2012 Firehouse World Exposition

This HME 34C CAL FIRE Initial Attack Truck is destined for duty in Riverside County after the conclusion of this year's 2012 Firehouse World Exposition in San Diego, California.

HME was quite literally at the center of the 2012 Firehouse World Exposition in San Diego, positioned in Booth #1537. With such a central location, at the hub of the San Diego Convention Center, action swirled around HME fire trucks during the five day show which concluded this February 23rd.

This year’s Firehouse World Exposition drew over 5,000 visitors – including firefighters, friends, family and spectators. In addition to the display of the latest in fire apparatus and equipment, the Firehouse World Expositionalso offered a wide range of hands-on training exercises as well as seminars.

In addition to HME 34C fire trucks (pictured above), destined for CAL FIRE service with Riverside County and Anaheim fire departments, HME also featured its affordable SilverFox™ Custom Pumper, HME Type I Interface, and the versalite HME Type 6 MUV.

If you’re interested in learning about more about HME CAL FIRE trucks and other great HME fire apparatus built for battling wildfires in the wild, wild west take a look a these past HME blog posts here and here.

California Fire News 2011

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Every year in California thousands of wildfires start throughout the state. In most cases, the dispatch center sending the initial resources to a wildland fire will designate a name for the fire, but the first on scene engine or fire official can also name the incident. Fires are usually named for the area in which they start – a geographical location, local landmark, street, lake, mountain, peak, etc. Quickly naming the fire provides responding fire resources with an additional locater, and allows fire officials to track and prioritize incidents by name. For example during the Southern California Fire Siege of 2003, the largest wildland fire in California history, the Cedar Fire in San Diego County, was named after the Cedar Creek Falls area where it started. The destructive Old Fire, which burned during the same time period in San Bernardino County, was named after the road along which it started - Old Waterman Canyon Road.

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Tuesday, March 6, 2012