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Thanks for the up-update

Greetings, the renumber of Poway’s fire engines is more likely
due to San Diego fires own numbering system, with station 47,
coming on line soon and station 48, Black Mt, Ranch North,
and many more future stations already approved by the City,
Paradise Hills station 54 is one of these new station with numbers
in the 50s. And unofficially in my opinion with so much mutual aid
needed now days And really with no other fire department’s in sight
sticking with SDFD Is the smart bet
So you can see why they needed to make these changes.
And now maybe Hartland could fix there numbering by going back to a 4 digit identifier ?

I've been on fires with Lemon Grove units where the above units were all on scene. Plus Engine 11, Engine 13 and Truck 11. It gets fun.

And the Poway switch was absolutely due to SD needing the numbers in the future, though they won't be needed for a while.

And dont forget Battalion 4 and Battalion 4 on scene of the same fire (San Diego and La Mesa).