Hazmat Team - A Day in the Life 

Thank God he said the "S" word at 2:20 otherwise it would be a day in the life of waiting 96 hours for the next hazmat call 😂

Captain wells said the s word and now they get back to back hazmat calls 😂😂

"This apparatus has a lot of technical powered equipment that needs to be calibrated." While the video is showing a guy loading a bucket and shovels haha

"Slow day" YOU DO NOT SAY THAT!

I knew once capt said the S word yall wasn’t gonna be doin what you planned🤣

That is so typical. The day of the hazmat apparatus switchover is the busiest day of the year for hazmat calls lol

As a German firefighter with dangerous goods training, I find this post very interesting. There is only one serious difference: Radiation protection (i. e. accidents with radioactive material) are extra assignments for which you have to take a radiation protection course. We also have an extra fire truck for this purpose, the equipment truck respiratory protection/radiation protection.

All I can say is a simple "She is a beaut Clark!" Good Luck and love her.

As always Eric and the PIO team, your videos are second to none. Excellent work on showcasing this specialized unit of SMFR. Looking forward to seeing it more in the future. Keep up the amazing work. Hands down the greatest PIO content on RU-vid

Congratulations on the new truck may it serve your department and the community for many years to come

It is a good day for the addition to South Met's Hazmat and PIO teams! I think it is safe to say for everyone that many good days are ahead.

Another day in the life, mixed with one of the trucks i've been waiting for, mixed with my boredom HELL YEAH

Thank you for the service❤

Nice rig, hopefully Fleet replaces that garbage light bar before it goes to its new house. Those old strobe bars are off more than their on.

Gotta love that the old Hazmat has more seating and this new rig only seats 2. The old Hazmat is going to 17 even though 17's it like like 16 year's newer then the Spartan.

Wow looks great! Keep it up.

I knew he jinxed it as soon as he mentioned a "slow day"

it never fails. You get half way into the move and a rescue call drops .

Thank your for sharing your perspective on the daily life of such an interesting response team. Certainly much to learn from you, even for other areas of service.

That new rig looks AMAZING 😍 Amazing video tho. I'm a long time subscriber and I love your guys videos.

Yayyyyy finally, a New Day in a life, and we finally get to see the new Hazardous Material Unit 🙌🏻 👏 she's a beautiful Rig Eric ❤❤🎉🎉🎉

Wow. Finally the new truck in service that is awesome

Would love to see more footage with the new hazmat and would be cool to see dashcam footage of different events they go to. All around great job with this video!

Looks great

Awesome fire truck I love the video ❤

Thank you for your service appreciate it very appreciated 😊😊😊❤😊❤😅😅

Looking forward to tour of this new rig

As always, a great video. Well done South Metro.

Sweet Hazmat Unit

A Day in Life …. Always good

Nice hazmat rig hope we can see a fleet Friday on it

That S word will get you 😂😂

Congratulations on your new Hazmat Truck. It is always sad to retire an apparatus, but an upgraded apparatus is always an acceptable trade off. This new vehicle sounds amazing, and I am sure the taxpayers will be happy to know their tax dollars will be put to good use a big plus. The fact that another Hazmat incident occurred right after reinforces that need. Good coverage as well. Go SMFR.

Y'alls fire logo is really fire 🔥🔥🔥

A very nice unit hope you get a good use out of the new equipment

That logo is awesome!!! Congrats on new truck!

Always expect the unexpected.

thanks for posting these kinds of vids i really like to watch them i am a big fire buff i love this stuff

Derek Jordan is my little brother he works for the South Metro Fire Dept. love you and proud of you little bro!

Man thats a nice rig the old one and NEW one!

blud said "slow day" and immediately got 2 back to back hazmat calls 💀💀

New hazmat truck!!

Oh wow, the day this uploaded I actually went to that Hobby Lobby looking for model cars. I doubt that happened the same day this video was uploaded.

The "old" HazMat 38 needs some lighting upgrades

The device hit was a troxler nuclear density gauge. Someone said “they’re not designed to get hit” while that’s not the intended use the boxes are “type A” meaning the box is designed to be beat up and protect the source material. The top shell cracked but that’s not what it’s trying to save. Some notable issues, the box is severely lacking the required markings. The yellow 2 label is worn well beyond what is acceptable, it’s missing a cargo aircraft only label and I can only assume the UN number and Type A label are missing. The box appears to have fallen out of the truck, something that wouldn’t happen if they followed legal guidelines that require a lock and physical attachment to the vehicle via chain or lockbox. I deal with the disposal and calibration end of these gauges so there’s a fair chance I’ll see this exact gauge. I’ve seen gauges that have been smashed into 50 pieces on multiple occasions and the sealed sources are still intact. Be careful out on the road yall, you never know when that truck you’re trying to pass is carrying radioactive material. If it’s marked or placards are displayed, give them plenty of room, markings mean they have A LOT of material. Theres a fair chance the NRC will be fining the truck driver regardless of fault, there’s a fairly good chance the gauge would be undamaged if the basic procedures were followed.

Glad to see you folks back on RU-vid

eric!! i ove the day in the life serise keep it going

Least old hazmat got one last call before being replaced by the new hazmat

As soon as he said the word, I was like “WELL NOT ANYMORE!!!!”

Of all the days yesterday I was working on the west end of town (I saw the CSP hazmat truck on 470 responding to that crash), too bad I wasn’t on the east side to see HM38 returning from its last call…

This is pretty cool. Edit: Gizmos everywhere!

Murphys Law kicked in again. If you needn't a call you'll get one. Just one thing on the audio: Some scenes are very loud and some are normal loudness or right below normal. If you could manage to level out the audio to the same level, then the video would be more perfect than it already is. ;) ;)

Slow day you say... The day will say otherwise.

I drove by the first accident on the way to work going the other direction and I wondered why there were so many responders for what seemed like a small accident, especially blocking the opposite direction that I was going. Here we are a month later and I come across an entire video about it. Small world.

Fantastic and informative video. 1 question, is there enough seats for all of E-38 to respond together or do they keep 2 on the engine and respond 2 on the hazmat?

As a firefighter, never talk about having a smooth day, you should never jinx it😂

Now wrecker companies are having haz mat show up when they are rolling over 1/2 ton pick ups because they have full gas tanks. He also rolls them with a 60 ton rotater. The company has bright yellow trucks and is on the east coast.

@southmetrofire that's a Freightliner cab not an International

I wanted to join a hazmat team so this just shows what I might go through

"Back to back hazmat calls, that never happens." Bro it is because someone said the "s" word bro!!! You brought that on yourself!!!!

Firefighters are good people they are amazing

Do the other shifts get a say in how the truck is set up?

As a camera operator at my last job, 4:29 is a certified butt-pucker moment.

You had to say slow 😂😂😂

I hope y'all cleaned and moved Marvin to the new rig

Cool

I may have missed this in the video, but what will happen to 17’s box rig?

Anyone remember the time Michele Khare came here and did training?

Why not run both HazMat trucks to the call if the gear is seperated between the two?

I'm curently at 4:45 I'm wondering if you guys have geiger counters?

Im really wondering why yall dont Attach E38 as well since theyre HazTechs. Is it even safe having HM38 standalone?

We have a county wide HazMat team that I’m gonna go through classes to become a Tech for

We need a fleet friday

I’ve honestly been curious does South Metro use leather helmets?

im quite surprised they didnt keep hold of the radiological event so it didn't become an orphan source.

The best way to make God laugh is to tell Him your plans ;-) In all seriousness, though, go get 'em, guys!

I’m confused you guys moved from the old truck to the fire looking aparatus back to the old one

So if engine 38 responds to a call and it turns into a hazmat and they need the hazmat 38 rig how do they get it

Fleet Friday?

He jinxed it

I noticed some Metro style helmets. Are you guys transitioning over o metro helmets?

Hi SMFR, hope y'all are having a wonderful day!

Nice video of course it had to happen on the one day your switching rigs. Can we have more information about that MVA and caint wait for a fleet friday

It seems odd to someone who knows nothing about fire trucks that the locker doors on the ousde open down, so you have to lean over open door to get the equipment out of the truck. Why not have a roll-up door so you don't have to stretch over the open door to get the stuff out?

how will it take a hazmat call😂🤣 like i watch it one?

Day in the life of tiller?

Using the term hammer makes me think of the secret service and their hammer unit

imagine if he said the quiet word

NEVER SAY THE S WORD!!! anndd there it is... a call

Everyone on the department getting the new helmets?

Eric did you get a new truck as well

2020👨‍🚒new york wendy

do a station rigs .

HI 👋

So, this shift moved all the gear & supplies over to the new rig & found places to put them. What happens when the other two shifts come on duty, do they have to paw through the new rig & figure out where everything got stashed? Some things like monitors & computers are obvious but it appeared the captain was making decisions about things like boots on the fly. [begin armchair quarterbacking] Having marshalled many office, laboratory & factory floor relocations, I developed a method of labeling every box, machine & piece of equipment with a floorplan of the new facility. The floorplan was marked with the new location of the item & the area supervisor, or supervisors when multiple shifts were involved, had to sign the floor plan to show agreement & knowledge of the item's future location. This saved 100's of manhours by ensuring the movers knew where to place items, the employees knew where to find them & an overall acceleration of the transition. [end armchair quarterbacking]

I dont see hazmat suit :( also Class C D E are hazmats :)

Oops! Accidentally put Blue lights on a fire service rig! Big oops!

What’s with the new helmets

Hi from East Lansing Michigan

This doesn’t have anything to do with the hazmat team but what do smfr safety officers do at the scene of incidents also the new hazmat rig looks awesome