Super nice to see Jens again! Spent a very cool day with him at Station 17 back in 2018 when it still was Littleton Fire Rescue! Greetings from Germany :)
That was awesome having that German EMS Captain do the German Patch shoutout. I absolutely going to buy the truck type shirts as they come along. Awesome PIO Vlog, thank you for all the updates.
So happy to hear engine 23 is being replaced. Velocities have always been my favorite engine, and my favorite station is always been 23, so now my favorite rig, and my favorite station.
WOW*** Hi Eric 😀😀👍Congrats to Connor that is very cool 😮😎👍 Thanks for allowing us to really watch how all the Apparatus moved into position and worked this fire *** Fascinating news about all the Engines, and Tower, etc 😎👏👏 I am sooo glad you put together a Vlog to watch and provided great narration ***
Really loving this new season intro and congrats on the new additions to the fleet. cant wait so get a sneak peak at the new heavy rescue. also im so glad merch will be open all year. And finally CONGRATS Connor on the promotion!!
That's great! I came to the United States when I was 21 also. I became a firefighter at a local volunteer fire department! I have been in the fire service for almost 23 years!
What a great video! Jens, my omi was from Wurzburg and my mom came from Giessen, so I love all the German Feuerwehr patches! Great news about the new Tiller 34!
Speaking of Germany, I get a kick out of all the young kids on my department when they use our hose washer. Its so old it says "made in West Germany" on it. They don't remember a time when that was a thing!
That first fire reminds me of one we had in my hometown when I was law enforcement. A homeowner brought fireplace ashes that were originally outside in a metal coffee can to a trash can in the kitchen to dispose of them. He thought they had cooled enough. They went to a movie and came back home to their kitchen on fire. Lukily they weren't gone to long and our fire department got the fire extinguished quickly. Main damage was smoke damage, some fire and water damage but not much.
huh that pretty cool to see my next town over fire department on here, saying hello to anyone from New Jersey, Warren Township checking in. Hi to anyone from Green Knoll/Bridgewater Township New Jersey. As always a great video, cant wait to be back in Centennial state again, watching South Metro do what they do best.
Ok so you have 2 houses on fire side by side lol i love your videos as a emt/firefighter i love watching your videos as a investigator i love watching and telling the video where it started or close to where it started thank you for sharing and you both stay safe
Eric: You say the new tiller for 34s will retain suppression capabilities. Since SMFR's engine fleet will be PUCs across the board once the new units are delivered to 23, 40 and 47, is that pump a consideration for the new tiller, or is the plan to stick with a traditional split-shaft to maintain some sort of continuity among the truck fleet? Tiller quints are rare birds to begin with and South Metro makes things even more challenging by asking that apparatus to also replace a heavy rescue. I don't know how far along in the build process South Metro is on this rig but you might give Riverside FD (the city, not county) in California a call. They run a couple PUC tillers that fill the same role SMFR is shooting for.
War mal sehr lustig was auf Deutsch zu hören in euren Videos, danke Jens und Grüße aus Niederösterreich 😁 Okay, now back to English language 😉 Was pretty funny to actually hear something in German language on your videos, thank you Jens and Greetings from Lower Austria 😁 Congrats to Connor for the promotion and have a nice time all together at SMFR Oh by the way I am pretty sure Jens could pronounce one German dialect/slang word correctly: "Oachkatzlschwoaf" (Jens, it has to be)
Great Vlog, as a Australian Volunteer Firefighter, it is really cool to see the different from what us Aussie do and you American do, still trying to get my head around the radio languages you guy use, Well anyone love the channel and kept up the amazing work, Question for the next video, What is the normal service life for a brush truck?
Thank you for watching! The normal front line service for a brush truck has been about 20 years. After recent fire district consolidations and new apparatus replacement plans, they'll likely be replaced sooner than that moving forward.
Great video. I would recommend that if you use two simultaneous synchronized videos, to only use 1 of the 2 video’s audio tracks to prevent echoing such as in the first call.
Great video! Super excited to hear about the apparatus updates. I’m curious, what is the reason South Metro is moving away from the tandem Axel setup for engines 40 & 47?
Thank you! One of the big reasons to move away from the tandem axle engines is their size in the urban and suburban areas. After they leave front line service and become reserves, there are limitations on what stations they be housed in since the older stations have smaller bays.
Based on the most recent Medic Unit purchases the new ones will likely go to M11, M13 M15, M16, M17, M18, M211, M23, M31, M34, M37, M41, M42, M46. Those are in numerical order, but probably not the order in which they'll be replaced. Yes, an ARFF apparatus committee just started meeting to discuss replacement on Red 1 and Red 3 which should happen in the next few years.
@SouthMetroFireRescuePIO RE: A Day In The Life: Fleet, 3 questions: 1. What type of motor oil do you use on your heavy diesel apparatus? 2. What type and voltage of batteries do you guys use on your heavy apparatus and your lighter vehicles? I.E. marine deep cycle yes/no, total voltage and individual voltage if multiple batteries are used 3. Do you guys disconnect your vehicles and apparatus from shore power before servicing them, and if so, then would you please describe the process of disconnecting and reconnecting shore power during servicing operations? Thanks!
i was expecting something more like pdx fire rescue squad 12 for rescue 34 when i heard it was going to be a tiller not a replacement for tower 34 and rescue34
Here's a vid on the 2020 AIR 1 that SVI built for Greensboro (NC) Fire Dept. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-9BXxYIPflPQ.html There's also five additional videos on SVI's channel about the unit's 6600 psi Bauer Compressor fill station.
To protect the not so innocent, I am leaving out the name of the town where this incident occurred. The tiller truck rolled out without the tiller operator on board. On the first turn the rear of the truck went wild and hit some cars (no injuries) and a lamppost.
We haven't done a Fleet Friday on the mobile command unit. A couple years ago Greenwood Village Police Department took possession of the joint command unit that SMFR housed for over 10 years. We have several other large law enforcement command units that may respond and assist with incidents, also.
South metro should have automatic ticket writers on there vehicles for those who fail to pull over for fire and EMS vehicles in the 1st part it seems people dont know how
In regards to the merch store will it be possible for foreign nations such as New Zealand to purchase and ship over here? Without making it hundreds and hundreds for one shirt?
Hello! I’m Thai, I have plan to move to US (or Canada) when I and my gf is ready. One of the job that I feel I have passion for is firefighter. I would like to ask that what knowledge that required in order to become firefighter? Thank you!!
As of now minimum staffing will still be 4 personnel. Occasionally when there aren't many firefighters on vacation or sick time some suppression units with get a 5th firefighter and Tiller 34 would likely be one of those.
Question as I'm just curious: Is Tiller 34 going to be first out on medicals as well in their area? Or are there plans on adding an engine or some sort of squad/Quick Response unit to station 34 to cover medicals, alarms etc.? Seems like a very expensive and large apparatus for wear and tear on "routine*" calls. *Routine as no call is routine, but you know what i mean :)
Tiller 34 will respond to all calls in the area even though it will be bigger, if very necessary 34's have stations 33, 17, and 44 with Engines who could assist if necessary
@@centralcofirebuff7830 Thanks for the reply!!! I was just curious as I know many places that have gone with single Truck/Ladder/Quint as the only suppression unit in a station (which I know Tower 34 has been for quite some time) have also placed a smaller vehicle, but not additional personnel, so guys have to cross staff which is a pain. I was on a dept with Just an Engine, Heavy Rescue and QRU (Suburban) and we would have to take the Suburban on medicals and to the store etc. and never fail you get an auto accident or fire and have to respond code back to the station to get the appropriate piece of apparatus, which I did not make any sense at all, but by golly we were saving $1.00/day on fuel and never lost a foundation lol
@@pc6400 As call volume continues to increase it's possible that an Engine Company could be added to Station 34. For now, the model of dispatching the aerial to all first-due incidents will be maintained. As you highlighted, the challenge of cross-staffing apparatus is a difficult one to manage. The intent of the Rescue Tiller is to prevent the need for Tower 34 to respond back to the firehouse to pick up the Rescue, especially since those rescue incidents can be quite high risk and time sensitive.
SMFR is purchasing land this year to relocate Station 15 and Station 16 in the next few years. Long term plans include one or two additional stations to serve new communities.
At this point there are no plans to add additional staffed units at any stations. Response time statistics are carefully watched and if they reach a threshold where SMFR needs additional units, they will be added.
Yes, Colorado does have a move over law but enforcement is a challenge. Colorado State Patrol provides a lot of public messaging about the importance of moving over.
