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I was wondering if anyone knows what these units are and where they are stationed at.

DEP 1 Deputy Chief What station does this unit respond from.
SAFT 2 Safety Officer What station?
MAR 5 Marine Response Van what station?
BUFF 3 What is it and what station?
BUFF 4 What is it and what station?
M80 What is it and what station?
OPS 1 what is it and what station?
PATRL 4 what is it and what station?
PIO public info officer what station?
RECON 1 what is it and what station?
SAFETY safety officer what station?
SPOPS what is it and what station?
SPOPSA what is it and what station?
U85 what is it and what station?
U87 what is it and what station?
U88 what is it and what station?
U89 what is it and what station?
FOAM 1 what is it and what station?

Nick Welch

Dep 1 probably responds from Headquarters Station 10.
Safety 2 responds from Station 2.
MAR 5... I thought this is the fire investigator. I don't know where they respond from.
BUFF 3 and BUFF 4 are fire buffs who provide some rehab type support at large incidents.
M80 Medic 80 is a Medic Unit put in service for large events. It doesn't have a specific station to respond from.
PATRL 4 what is it and what station? I believe Patrol 4 is a harbor patrol boat. It might be a SPD Unit.
PIO public info officer what station? Probably the HQ station.
RECON 1 what is it and what station? I thought I read somewhere that Recon 1 was used to investigate HazMat incidents before sending out Unit 77.
U87, U88, and U89 are designators for Technical Rescue. The Unit is actually Rescue 14. It is the second piece of a two piece company. It responds with Ladder 7 from Station 14.
FOAM 1 what is it and what station? Foam 1 is a foam supply truck housed at Station 36.

The information I provided is mostly from memory based on conversations with Seattle fire fighters and reading about it on the internet.

MAR 5 is the on duty Fire Investigator at Station 5 (Marshal 5)
MarVan is the Marine FF unit and it is stationed w/E36


Shane

According to the City of Seattle Fire website this is what the abbreviations mean.

A - Aid Van (similar to a Medic Van)
AIR - Air supply truck
B - Battalion chief vehicle
COMVAN - Command/communications van
E - Engine
L - Ladder
M - Medic Van
MAR - Marine Response Van So MAR 5 would be a marine response unit
PIO - Public Information Officer
SAFT - Safety officer

DEP 1 Deputy Chief What station does this unit respond from. - Station 10

SAFT 2 Safety Officer What station? - Station 2

MAR 5 Marine Response Van what station? Mar 5 = Marshal 5 on duty fire investigator - Station 10

BUFF 3 What is it and what station? Fire Buff rehab van - Kept at volunter's house

BUFF 4 What is it and what station? - Same as above

M80 What is it and what station? - Extra medic unit used when big events are going on in the city - Various locations

OPS 1 what is it and what station? - is actually Special Operations chief - Sta 14

PATRL 4 what is it and what station? - SPD harbor patrol - Lake Union

PIO public info officer what station? - Station 10

RECON 1 what is it and what station? - Used during big events in city as a back-up Haz-Mat team

SAFETY safety officer what station? - Station 2

SPOPS what is it and what station? - See Ops 1

SPOPSA what is it and what station? - See Ops 1

U85 what is it and what station? - tech rescue Station 14

U87 what is it and what station? - tech rescue Station 14

U88 what is it and what station? - tech rescue Station 14

U89 what is it and what station? - Is actually U99 Marine Van - Station 36

FOAM 1 what is it and what station? - Truck loaded with several gallons of foam concentrate - Station 36

http://www.seattle.gov/fire/photoGaller ... seMenu.htm

MAR 5 - Is the boat crew that responds from Station 5 / Engine 4 (Fireboat Chief Seattle) to man Engine 3 which is the fireboat that is stationed at Fisherman's Terminal to handle any fires in the Lake Union area from the east end of the Ballard Locks to Lake Washington.

Marshal 5 is the on duty investigation unit which is manned by 2 firefighters with police authority and are dispatched by both the Seattle Fire and Police dispatchers.

Buff 4 was once kept at Station 25 on Capitol Hill but I believe that Sgt.Bilko is correct and it is kept at one of the buff's house for quick response.

And just one more teeny clarification. Indeed, MAR 5 is the marine response vehicle at Station 5. It's a red suburban with MAR 5 on the placard. Marshal 5 also has a suburban and it is not marked with any indicators. (Marshal 5 used to have two unmarked Dodge cars and on police frequencies USED to respond with the unit numbers 777 and 778 but now they are on police radio as Fire Marshal 5). Years ago when there was no police politics and everything worked well, Marshal 5 was assigned to the police General Assignments Unit (Bomb squad) and thus the 700 radio numbers even though their office was in Station 10. Just a little history lesson here. I'm getting my notes together and plan on writing a book on Marshal 5..."The way it was".