Ride along with the crew of South Metro Engine 44 during blizzard operations in Douglas County, Colorado on March 13, 2019. Links to preparedness kits - www.fema.gov/media-library-da... www.redcross.org/get-help/how...
Sta. 44 is a great group of folks, well trained and very helpful as they helped me after I was involved in an accident after being rear ended, great people, thanks
SOOOOOO thankful you didn't have any fires that day. Made it so much easier to work in that day. Did a helluva good job holding everything down and making sure everyone was safe that day. Glad to see everyone in your station made it through the day and that everyone went home....safely.
Thank you from the bottom of our hearts to all the First Responders! We are still here and we still appreciate you each and every day. Our prayers and our heartfelt thanks are yours each and every day. Thank you! Stay Safe!
Thank you for risking your lives for others every single day! How do your moms and significant others NOT have mini heart attacks every time you guys step out the door to go to work?? LOL! Appreciate all you do and glad to see you all made it through safe, as well!
Thanks Eric..... it looks like you were fairly busy with a lot of calls... KUDOS for a job well done .... good luck and Prayers for you and the firefighters.......
For all the men and women out there on the storm please stay safe and think u for all of you'll hard work and think u for keeping every body safe think you
9:20 Even in northern germany we recommend for winter getting salt, some water and food and a shovel in theyre cars. We had some hefty colds so always be prept. Thanks for the nice videos.
Don't forget blankets!!! Many people get stuck on the side of the road during blizzards and are discovered the next day frozen to death in their vehicles. A few thick blankets will help you get through the night.
We all have our rough conditions, in various parts of the countries. Thanks for sharing how you handle snow conditions, but ended up covering a record setting weather event. Thanks!
Good dame that looks like hell.. but a nice feeling to be able to help people in the worst weather.. 👍 nice job.. half of my family are Fire fighters her in. Sarasota
Awesome work first responders! I'm on the other side of the mountains and it's easy to forget the crazy weather you guys get too. Looks like you guys handled this as well as possible though! Thank you!
euro sirens are effective but will kill the nyc aesthetic. besides its for fast speeds, nyc transit is slow as heck. would be nice to have those styles for highways- but same tone for example.
We don’t get as much snow as you guys do here on the western slope but our rigs have the auto snow chains on our type 1s and type 3 engines but we run our type 6 engines a lot when it snows to med aids even on fires since we run 500 gallons in our 6s and our tenders are 6x6 which helps, But the type 6 engines seem to work better in snow and easier to move around. I’m one of the BCs So luckily I drive a 4 wheel lifted Tahoe and don’t go to much med aids more wildland stuff for me these days. Glad to see everyone was safe after that Blizzard
We occasionally get weather like that in Connecticut. My dad works for public works and his crew is always phenomenal at getting the roads cleared for other first responders. In my opinion, public works are also first responders as they are often out in the public and see things.
Same with our department in New York we always fill up at a local flying j truck stop because it’s way easier to get to the pumps but most places I know big and small use local fuel stations to fill up . Some city departments use the Department of transportation or city works pumps however
One thing if blizzard is coming or maybe coming, put a shovel in the car/truck. yes have food in car/truck. at least min of 72 hours worth is a good idea.
Would having completed 16 FEMA Independent Study courses, including ICS 100, 200.b, 200.c, 700, and IS-2000 look good on a resume? I'm graduating high school in June and have all the above certifications, and I am working on even more.
Does the Medic have those chains that rotate just in front of the rear tires? I've seen and heard them on some apparatus, they rotate up and out of the way when not needed.
Chains are very effective at improving traction in deep snow. However, most of the time what looks like snow causing problems is actually snow on top of ice. While chains are also useful to get you out of ice, the best solution is studded snow tires. There are some non-studded snow tires out there that approach the performance of studded snow tires, and if your state does not allow studded snow tires you could look in to those. If you are going to do snow tires of any kind, I recommend getting 4 steel rims to put the snow tires on, and keeping your summer or all-season tires on the rims you got with the car (probably alloy rims these days). This is for two reasons. First off, if you do this, have the proper knowledge, and the proper tools, you can do the swap from summer to winter tires by yourself. Secondly, and perhaps more importantly, you eliminate the chance of breaking a Tire Pressure Monitoring System sensor (part of the valve stem most any car built since 2007). Considering that those sensors cost the mechanic about $150, then there's the markup on the part, the hour or so of labor it takes to get the sensor installed and talking to your car's computer, and you're looking at something like $300 every time one of those sensors breaks. When you have a set of summer tire/rims and a set of winter tire/rims, all you might need to pay for your mechanic to do is get the sensors talking to your car's computer. If you don't trust your mechanic to get the lug nuts (or if it's a VW, lug bolts) tight enough, first off get a new mechanic, but secondly you can always spend $50 on a 1/2" torque wrench and $5 on a correctly sized socket, and check it yourself. Look in your owners manual to see what the recommended torque is, as well as the special pattern to tighten the lugs in (should be somewhere from 85-110 foot-pounds torque for most vehicles).
I love taking pictures,video and editing. Is that what the position is called? "Public Information Officer" ??? If so this would be something I would love to do. I currently work at a Call Center and I've hated it since i started. 7 years now... much rather be helping and making a difference.
