Gimme firetruck please

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Hi,

Am I missing sth because I just can't seem to find a firestation.
There is nothing on the GTA map, nothing on the internet. And I really
want to do the firetruck missions

I spent 2 hours last night with the hunter searching for a firestation
.... *sigh* still didn't find one.

I know there are firestations, I've seen some passing by, but I'm just
wondering if there is an easy way to see how you can spot/find them ?

 

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>From Grove Street, get onto the main road to the north, heading West.
Come off to the right (north) after you pass the hospital and the cycle
park. The building in front of you as you exit might have a fire engine
parked. If not, go past it heading due west fora couple of blocks, turn
around, and come back to the East. You should see a fire engine parked
on the right.

If you have got to San Fiero, immediately south of the garage there is
a fire station. Sometimes it has the engine that has a ladder and no
water cannon, sometimes the 'proper' one.

I don't know about LV, I don't recall seeing one.

If all else fails, hold a 'cocktail party', and one should come along
shortly.

Phil Hibbs.

 

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In message <oph0i15up3vje8r9ogugnaksq8nfjjelbb@4ax.com>
Pietje Puck <pietje@puck.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Am I missing sth because I just can't seem to find a firestation.
> There is nothing on the GTA map, nothing on the internet. And I really
> want to do the firetruck missions

In Los Santos, head down to the BMX park (Right next to the hospital)
and then head along the road going west. A Fire Truck is normally
parked up next to a building. If it's not there, go away and come back
(It's a permanent spawn).

In San Fierro, simply head south from your Doherty garage hideout and
you'll find the Fire Station. The Fire Truck is in the south-west of
the Fire Station area.

I'm not sure if anybody else has noticed this, but sometimes the Fire
Truck parked in SF doesn't allow you to do the fire missions. Reason?
It doesn't have a hose, and instead is the same style Fire Truck
Tenpenny drives in 'End Of The Line'.

> I spent 2 hours last night with the hunter searching for a firestation
> ... *sigh* still didn't find one.

I'd give up using a helicopter, objects often don't appear as the game
doesn't need to spawn them what with you being so high up and
everything.

> I know there are firestations, I've seen some passing by, but I'm just
> wondering if there is an easy way to see how you can spot/find them ?

They're not marked on the map sadly, one thing I'd love to see in a GTA
is random fires with the service getting called out properly. I'm a
stickler for extra realism )

An easy way to get a Fire Truck is to blow up a car (Which gives you a
wanted star) or throw molotovs at the same spot for a while (Ditto).
When it comes along, jack it, but watch out as the firemen really don't
like their vehicles being purloined. After that, drive to a hideout and
save it in the garage.


Cheers,
Rob
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> In Los Santos, head down to the BMX park (Right next to the hospital)
> and then head along the road going west. A Fire Truck is normally
> parked up next to a building. If it's not there, go away and come back

It's funny how different people give different directions to the same
place - I would have said:

Head straight out of Grove St until you get to the only direct highway
access (the off ramp into Idlewood - so be careful). Cross the carriageway
and come off at the next ramp- the truck is at the top.

In real life, I don't often give directions involving driving the wrong way
down a highway ramp. Depends who's asking...

 

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"Rob White" <mflt35@dsl.pipex.com> wrote in message
news:b6d83da74d.Rob@aqus02.dsl.pipex.com...
>
> An easy way to get a Fire Truck is to blow up a car (Which gives you a
> wanted star) or throw molotovs at the same spot for a while (Ditto).
>

Jump up on the hood and start stomping. If there's a cop in the vicinity,
you'll get a star -- otherwise, not. You can pile a whole bunch of cars
together and light one this way, blowing them all to hell, and not get a
star.

If there's someone IN the car, yank 'em out first. Otherwise, they'll
usually take off at high speed and eventually knock you off. (That makes
for a fun game, actually. Climb on an occupied vehicle and start stompin'.
See if you can light it ablaze before you get knocked off. Try a semi
tractor. They go nuts, and it's harder to get knocked off because you're
behind the cab. Pretty funny.)

--cleve

 

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In message <NY_Te.72024$Ji4.69990@fed1read03>
"Cleve" <clevens@cox.net> wrote:

> If there's someone IN the car, yank 'em out first. Otherwise, they'll
> usually take off at high speed and eventually knock you off. (That makes
> for a fun game, actually. Climb on an occupied vehicle and start stompin'.
> See if you can light it ablaze before you get knocked off. Try a semi
> tractor. They go nuts, and it's harder to get knocked off because you're
> behind the cab. Pretty funny.)

You can have a lot of fun with a minigun or satchel charges by standing
, or in the case of machine guns kneeling, on the back of a truck cab.

It's especially funny getting the FBI after you, as they all jump out
of the car when it catches light from ramming or gunfire and most of
the time they get mowed down by country traffic going in the opposite
direction!


Cheers,
Rob
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"It's probably a tradition, or an old charter or something"