A Day in the Life - Tower Engineer 

They already done a Station Saturday on station 45, I doubt they would do another for a while

@@unknown.unknowingly I see you can't read

Likewise lad "I doubt they would do another for a while"

Calm down ladies.

@@Code3NEPA lad this was 2 weeks ago, we're calm 🤣

Thanks for watching and sharing your suggestion!

theres alotta excessive bravoda here .

@@culbyj3665who’s gonna help the person that’s hanging out of a window during a fire ?

Thanks for your feedback!

Thanks!

Thank you! Ritter has reflexes like a cheetah!

@@SouthMetroFireRescuePIO stroke them glasses aye??? im sure they have the stats but really . ?? ur pr PIO wow. thats whats this channel is about. be real...

That's awesome!! Thanks for watching!

@@SouthMetroFireRescuePIO do you guys do ride alongs for citizens ?

Thanks for watching, we're happy you enjoyed it!

It looked intense! SMFR and I'm sure many other FD's have been using that scenario for training.

Thanks for watching!

@@SouthMetroFireRescuePIO is there any website or anything where you can buy a house shirt from Tower 45?

Without Fleet, we walk! If you haven't already had an opportunity to see it, check out this in depth video about them! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-IadGyxbmUnE.html

Thank you!

Thanks for your suggestion!

Thanks for the suggestion, we'll see if there's a collaboration opportunity in the future!

Coming from a fellow smoke eater, we definitely all do 🤣🤣

Thanks for your suggestion, we've been talking with Mike and there might be a collaboration in the future!

@@SouthMetroFireRescuePIO Awsome!!

It ain’t even out yet

@@NWEmergencySpotting all there video a great so

@@patrickhickey6731 so true

They don't have a Tiller atm, they have one on order but at the very least it won't be here until the end of next year.

"Rough and Tumble" by Will Harrison

The tiller will likely have a Pierce Velocity cab with seating for 5. Once SMFR receives drawings from Pierce Engineering we'll share them in a vlog.

The Lt. asked Dispatch for the next available ER. Metro Denver hospitals have a web based system that lets Dispatch know when they're on divert, close to capacity etc. When several hospitals have that occurring at once the system goes to "load leveling" where non-emergent transports are evenly distributed to hospitals across the geographic area, rather than always transporting to the closest facility. The goal is evenly distribute patients as much as possible so more serious or critical ones can be taken to the closest hospitals without overwhelming them too much.

@@SouthMetroFireRescuePIO Oh wow, sounds like a great coordination tool. It would’ve taken at least 4 attempts to get that precise information over here… 😅

SMFR's Hazmat and Tech Rescue units are cross-staffed by the Engine or Tower at those stations because those type of incidents don't happen very often. Because of that, it's challenging to show those specialty calls while riding along.

@@SouthMetroFireRescuePIO ok

@@SouthMetroFireRescuePIO are you guys able to see if you can do a training or stage call

@@ftlnatp4924 if the weather is that harsh, why doesn't FDNY spec their engines with pump controls inside the cab (some northern FDs use them)?

@@ftlnatp4924 sorry, it's the strange psychological effect that people are more likely to remember the last part of information they received. I saw FDNY, and my brain automatically excluded the "not" thing. Also I recalled my experience of being near 911 monument (the pools) in winter, it was miserable (cold + wind + high humidity), I genuinely felt for the police officers, that were patrolling there (they were wearing lots of warm clothes and still looked to be extremely cold), I believe a fire pump operator has a similar experience in winter. As for ability of FDNY to use enclosed pumper panel, I believe, it is possible if they would slightly step off traditions. Besides engineer comfort enclosed controls allow one more benefit - space for additional storage on the sides of the engine (no need for control panel on a pump house, so additional compartments can be added above the inlets/discharges). Basically put inlets/discharges behind rollup shutters and put removable shells above them. And here comes stepping off traditions: instead of using extremely deep hosebeds they could use German style hose carry racks ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-SnuIaJajTjc.html they seem to be great for highrise firefighting. As for the cab layout, they could use something like this ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-uf5dg-HrAls.html 2 man in front and 5 at the back. Of course there is also Rosenbauer RTX with space for 8, compact and extremely manurable, and with ability to control pump form the tablet, but 1.2 million is a steep price. Or maybe something based on Freightliner (Mercedes) Iconic, with the ability to have 4 people in the front row.

South Metro currently uses the Motorola APX series radio. We operate them on a statewide digital trunked radio system on the 700/800MHz bands.

South Metro defines a "Tower" as an aerial with a platform and a "Ladder" as an aerial without a platform. Technically both are classified as quints since they have a water tank, pump, hose, ground ladders and an aerial ladder.

9:00 It is having work done to it, it is normally at Station 45

Cool thx

Thank you! Usually Collapse 45 is at Station 45 but on this day it was being worked on at Fleet. There's a Ford F-250 in the Collapse Rescue bay with some equipment for immediate response and if the Collapse rig is needed, someone will go to Fleet and respond with it.

Ya they said that those vids are hard because they are special ops and don’t happen often

Like he said, sometimes it be like that, and sometimes it's not.

I WAS ABOUT TO SAY THE SAME THING

Very interesting! Most of the fire departments in the Denver, Colorado area use Alpha as the officer and Bravo as the driver.

They have a LP15 in the cab so I would assume they are ALS

@@brandonberger9082 Seems like a lot of them are ff/medic

SMFR's Towers don't have any dedicated ALS staffing, but some personnel assigned to the apparatus could be Paramedics and perform the ALS functions.

The crew will bed the ladder and pick up as quickly as possible. Usually the unit is placed on a 3-minute delay in the dispatch computer which may result in a neighboring Engine or Ladder being dispatched instead.

Great question! The mics inside the mask only transmit to other masks when the individual presses the push to talk button on the radio. It's not like the intercom system in the trucks which are live all the time for everyone.