24 Hour Ride Along - Fort Worth Fire Station 2

Join me on a ride along with Fort Worth, Texas Fire Department at "The Big House" located at 1000 Cherry Street Downtown. The firehouse was built in 1930 and features Zigzag Moderne Style of the Art Deco era. Originally serving as fire headquarters, Station 2 is now home to a Battalion Chief, Engine, Truck and Squad Company with 13 total personnel.

[@Matt_TX]

Found my love for the fire service sitting outside of The Big House every Saturday night with my mom and dad in the early 2000s. We used to sit across the street in the bank lot and watch for an hour or 2 waiting for them to respond. My dad was a retired cop and new a couple ffs at 2s. Chief Tim Hatch came out one night and greeted us, asked us to come inside and check it out. Got to ride around the block in the officer seat of Truck 2 while my dad rode backwards behind me. Dad said he instantly regretted it when we made the right and then left out of the station. Core memory that sent me on my way to the career I have now.

[@DistrictFire]

I think a ton of us little fellas had the same experience...or watched EMERGENCY!

[@David-sm5ne]

Come back and see us!

[@nuriavilalta2931]

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[@jamieo8653]

Janno seems to very knowledgeable of the city, station and Fd. Except way to educate the public as to what really happens within a Fd. Thank you Eric!🇺🇸

[@David-sm5ne]

Thank you!

[@regilee9003]

As a fellow firefighter I really appreciate your videos. They give a lot of insight to departments around the nation. Coming from a small town with not much action most days, it can intensify pretty quickly. It’s nice to see other stations working! Keep ‘em coming

[@donkey-xd9fh]

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[@WorkingFirePIO]

Thanks for watching!

[@ALBUQUERQUEFIRERESCUE]

Keep it up Eric! These videos are awesome. Great job capturing the history of the house and crew dynamics.

[@WorkingFirePIO]

Much appreciated!!

[@brettminkin1620]

A long time ago, I was BCFD for a while.

[@dfwcodecatcher]

Amazing video! Great to see what the Fort Worth Fire Department does! Thanks for your spectacular videos!

[@David-sm5ne]

It's a great city! Thanks for watching!

[@douggriffin2910]

This video is probably one of the BEST I've ever seen.....great job guys !!!

[@davidbehrend7054]

It’s been a while since I’ve been in Fort Worth, but I used to always try to detour to downtown and go by Station 2 as it is just an awesome building. Thanks for the video!!

[@David-sm5ne]

Come back soon and say hi!

[@RobbYarber]

As a wheelchair-dependent person myself I know the feeling of that poor guy with the dead chair batteries because I've had to actually call 911 for a similar situation.

[@WorkingFirePIO]

It's a situation I hadn't ever thought of until that moment. It's bad enough on a warm night, but certainly life threatening in worse weather conditions. This person said it would take about 30 minutes to get enough battery charge to get home, which must have seemed like an eternity.

[@vickyschnorbus4166]

That happened to a friend in the middle of a shopping mall. I had to push her through the mall and back to the car. I definitely got my exercise that day.

[@chrisdagoat9736]

mann glad to see my city out there specially with the nice fleets they have !!

[@HeatherLedford-s3p]

Thank you so very much for your service as a Firefighter. Your hard work and dedication is outstanding. May God always keep you safe and healthy where ever you go

[@RA10089]

These videos are great. Love the ride alongs and seeing different departments

[@Ethantheunwatchedboy]

Love the Tone out! Red Alert Warning from Star Trek! Anyway, AWESOME VIDEO! Loved every second of it. Glad you did not Have to slide the pole while half asleep! We had a guy visit our firehouse YEARS ago, early to mid 90’s, was not used to sliding the pole and tried in the middle of the night half asleep. He was fine, just did not grip the pole right and wrap his legs the way he should have. He had a hard landing and ended up on his pride. AKA, butt. Please keep these AMAZING VIDEOS coming!!!!!

[@WorkingFirePIO]

Thanks for watching!! Why is gravity so much stronger at night? 😆

[@mccuenoirfilms]

Historical fire stations are so cool! Great video!

[@WorkingFirePIO]

They are my absolute favorite. Thanks for watching!

[@David-sm5ne]

It's a fun place to live!

[@johnlebzelter4208]

Another AWESOME video Eric!! Really have been enjoying these. They are a perfect length and you do a great job “interviewing” the member/s. Always feel like “I’m there.” Keep up the outstanding work! Thanks man

[@WorkingFirePIO]

Thank you so much!

[@johnlebzelter4208]

@@WorkingFirePIO You’re very welcome.

[@David-sm5ne]

It was great having Eric here! Hope he comes back soon!

[@rrodak]

Much respect to those men. Thanks for the video.

[@AnnaRuby23]

Lived in Fort Worth my whole life (most across from FWFD station 26) and passed by station 2 hundreds, if not thousands of times. So very neat! Thanks for the ride along.

[@ktar7189]

Thank you Eric keep up the good work I miss you kim Connor and Lauren your friend in Springfield Missouri kyle

[@Redbird274]

Had the pleasure of having Brad as an instructor at TEEX last year. What a wealth of knowledge and incredible asset to the FWFD!

[@joegaito702]

Doing there jobs taking care of business let's stop and honor and appreciate the paramedics and firemen who proudly serve us your service and time and efforts are deeply appreciated great job great catches as usual still going strong great looking tower very impressed way to go you guys rock thanks ! Joe

[@edsmetaldetecting31]

Incredible!! Amazing keep these videos coming!! You are off the charts!!

[@WorkingFirePIO]

Thank you!

[@bm7151]

That tone is uh... peculiar

[@WorkingFirePIO]

Not gonna lie… It’s uncomfortable to wake up to.

[@whiplashfirephotography8348]

@@WorkingFirePIOThere’s a few lol

[@ninjabugy]

That’s sounds like start trek show

[@andrewilliamsii353]

That is 1 of 3 tones we have. That one is definitely the most annoying.

[@QuebecBuff]

Montreal FD’s Tones are > Prove me wrong 😊

[@DB-pn7ui]

Love the videos! Very interesting to see how other departments run day to day as well as the history and traditions

[@kishascape]

That was the widest electric scooter I've ever seen holy cow. Thank God he didn't need a lift assist call.

[@Lucyblacklab]

Beautiful fire station

[@trevorsmathers9952]

This is awesome keep up the ride alongs. Love seeing the different departments and houses nation wide!

[@David-sm5ne]

It was fun having Eric here and showing him around our great city and house!

[@joegaito702]

Excellent job let's stop and honor and appreciate the paramedics and firemen who proudly serve us your service and time and efforts are deeply appreciated thanks great job great catches as usual still going strong way to go great looking tower very impressed you guys rock thanks ! Joe

[@LEOjw82]

Wow! Wish I knew you were down here!!! North Texas is home for me....Instant my FR career as a volunteer in Roanoke Texas.

[@FireRescueTV]

Great video! I like the color of FWFD rigs.

[@WorkingFirePIO]

Me too! There's just something about that white and blue combo with the steer horns.

[@David-sm5ne]

Thank you!

[@dallascode3880]

Awesome man. You should hit up Dallas if you're still down there. Some great guys and a busy department

[@Endlessflames_]

Facts dallas is awesome

[@northtexasfireresponses]

Dallas should definitely be on the list!

[@joedunn1390]

Love the videos. Keep them coming I can watch for hours

[@trob0914]

Awesome video series, keep up the great work Eric!

[@My_travels911]

Thanks for your video Eric. After 25 years on the FWFD and maybe 10 shifts spent at station 2 i still learned a few things.

[@jess23288]

Love your videos my friend keep up the awesome work you do ❤😊

[@SMcCaskill]

Rescue 2 responded to all three of my downtown accidents. People if you have cataracts get them removed! I haven't had any accidents since I did!

[@johnhlamp]

I love this and as a Retired So Cal Firefighter ... So many great memories of the camaraderie and traditions for "who is in the tank" for Dishes. I can't stop laughing at "Brad" the cook! love that guy ..everyone has a Brad

[@rwik123]

Awesome station and crew. They need some less abrasive tones to wake up to along with some night adapted lighting. Plenty of research shows the detriment of startling alerts. Cant wait for the next episode!

[@indianawxbuff3186]

Another great video!!

[@tscrain8277]

Love the history component of Station 2, "The Big House"....AWESOME!

[@David-sm5ne]

It's a great place! Come see us sometime!

[@P-J-W-777]

I’m really surprised they haven’t updated the dorms with sleeping pods yet like so many other departments have considering the mixed company now. They need to find a firefighter thats a history buff and get them to go through that attic and go through and archive all that history.

[@joshw1687]

The game at the end for kitchen duties is funny

[@WorkingFirePIO]

Definitely the funniest and most intense station chore game I've ever witnessed!

[@David-sm5ne]

Never a fair game when you're top whip!@@WorkingFirePIO

[@northtexasfireresponses]

Another amazing video! Its awesome to see you in Texas! In my territory 😆 Take care!

[@eylchris]

Ayeee this , my hometown lets gooo. My pops just retired from FWFD love y'all

[@CharlesBarnette-tj2vs]

My great uncle, Jerry Hood, was a captain at FWFD. He was an inspiration and role model to me and the man who made me become a FF also.

[@jimday1121]

great video Eric

[@eastvalleyfirebuff]

Great video Eric!!!!

[@JoelBulger]

Many blessing to you all thank you for your service

[@ryanwhipple7275]

I need to learn that game they did. Looks like fun

[@gdub350]

Another couple tidbits; the gym area use to be the old truck shop, and if you go to the back parking lot near the entrance gate you can see metal squares in the ground that use to hold the poles for the safety nets for the old drill tower.

[@LakesRegionEmergencyPhoto]

Loving these videos! I really like their white/blue color scheme, very unique.

[@AllenPortman]

I love and miss the old fire station environment and feel!!!

[@Dispatcher-kv2im]

Hey buddy you’ve probably already thought of or planned it but a Dallas FD visit would be awesome as well.🧑‍🚒🇺🇸

[@JadedFett1138]

One of the only fire stations Ive seen with a fire pol. Cool!

[@MrJoeairman2000]

Love that 70's stache

[@214jef]

Interesting to hear Jano speaking in a heavy Pittsburghese accent in Fort Worth, TX!

[@David-sm5ne]

Ha! Thank you...I think...

[@hihfty]

Awesome video! great quality.

[@jonathanbair523]

This is really cool to see. I am in Fort Worth Tx!

[@EnjoyFirefighting]

interesting station for sure. Pretty average size to what we're used to. Thus e.g. I live in a village of 10,000 inhabitants and the volunteer FD has 10 vehicles 5 containers and 3 trailers. Staffed stations in the cities usually come with 20+ vehicles. Largest in state was just upgraded from 47 to 55 bays. One thing which I think looks really odd is the common room at 1:10 in the video, with the beds scattered throughout the room Love the color scheme on the apparatus!

[@jimmymurray7638]

Cool video been to FWFD Station 2 & it's always seeing something new

[@shadesilverwing592]

I love how the station alert call is the Star Trek Enterprise battle station alarm!

[@chrisklassen3217]

Love your videos man! Keep up the great work!

[@nmfdchris]

Well those tones are gonna take a toll on their hearts

[@whereuatduckgirl]

The slowed down yelp sirens are somewhat nice but also scary its crazy

[@scotsemmens596]

We also have the bomb squad at Las Vegas Fire and Rescue.

[@QuebecBuff]

Amazing Eric!

[@masonhartley5865]

It would be awesome to see Houston fire Station 51 or 68s

[@terin1862]

Was this filmed on a Sunday? There seems to be a lack of traffic.

[@WorkingFirePIO]

This ride along was on a Thursday. I'm not sure what normal traffic is like in downtown Fort Worth, but it never seemed very congested even during typical "rush hour" times.

[@teddyhawkins318]

Thanks for your service

[@i.ak.1684]

Just interested, is what's the call tempo in american firestations? Does it differ greatly or how is it?

[@reutzelfred]

Great video. Hope you get to Austin some day.

[@teejaybunag9746]

awesome bell since 1883.nice fire station (forth worth fire station)

[@teejaybunag9746]

shout out sir eric hurst

[@David-sm5ne]

Thank you! It's a great place to work!

[@teejaybunag9746]

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[@mosseys01]

awesome eric! love the video of smfr in fort worth texas, where i live and my home town

[@cristiansanchez3360]

Try Oklahoma City! Would love to see that video.

[@Ryanb1998]

Hey I have a question isn’t the truck with the bucket on the end called a tower truck?

[@RealJeep]

Glad to see fireman mustaches are making a comeback.

[@eriksenactual]

Awesome video! Excited to see pt2 with FW!

[@mikelloyd3108]

33 years in the fire service and we had a Claxton bell that was ruff on the heart ! Before retired they changed the tones a much more Easier and light sound to let you know you had a call

[@Seif_Ahmed.]

I can smell the freedom out of these trucks

[@richfabian6534]

God Bless my Brothers and Sister's, Retired Firefighter

[@matthewdouglas4817]

Come to Sacramento Fire Department and ride along at Station 4 MidTown Sacramento. Oldest operating fire house west of the Mississippi. Built in 1933! They ran 41 calls in just 28 hours yesterday and part of today. Still have 20 hours left of the shift. Typical call volume for that station. Sacramento, California. Love your videos!

[@WorkingFirePIO]

Thanks for the great suggestion! The left coast is definitely on my list of places to ride along.

[@njguy81]

And great video @WorkingFirePIO!

[@EnjoyFirefighting]

41 calls in 28 hours? That's more than largest station here does in a week

[@konrad6594]

This was such an amazing video! Keep it up!

[@markbenson488]

Thank you for your service, and I love if I may, how the house alarm or the station alarm sounds like something from star wars. Sorry not trying to make fun of a video that's supposed to be serious, but I couldn't help but notice that lol

[@nate18268]

That bell is so cool!!

[@David-sm5ne]

Glad you enjoyed!

[@Fmrlt9a]

What a beautiful house

[@classicgaming9765]

Allen Texas has a big fire station. Their central station has a training tower and such. It’s pretty cool

[@RobbYarber]

I wonder if someone at that particular station is a Star Trek fan because that alarm tone is very distinctly the Star Trek Red Alert sound.

[@Mark-yd1qs]

That was awesome. Thanks!!

[@rayd1511]

Way to represent Chief Davis and the rest of your department!

[@Nebraska68134]

Good video. Surprised, the chief didn't say anything.

[@nwflfireresponses]

You Should Ride Along with Escambia County Fire Rescue in Florida. ride with Ladder 12 and you will get an incredible experience

[@patspencer5649]

Panther City. Never knew that. Good history fact.

[@David-sm5ne]

Lots of fun history here in Fort Worth!

[@Hampchiller]

Let’s gooo! Love these!!

[@allen480]

Bummer! Ft. Worth Fire looks like a spiffy dept. Apparatus that have Q2bs but appears to never use their Q2bs. lol ! (bty, superb podcasts. Subbed and thanks!

[@chrisb9363]

Gotta give Eric credit out here making these videos and pio videos by the way eric still waiting on that pio10 new car 😉

[@1topfueldrag]

pretty cool vid and i didn’t know the correlation of towers

[@JordanThomas-n3m]

When will the next Fort Worth video be posted?

[@AllenPortman]

Great video coverage!

[@sssthird]

Nice video Eric!

[@evanwiedemangaming1741]

The fire in the grass in Wichita today was wild to look at

[@workinghardusa]

Great video!! Well done.

[@seancollier3781]

Eric awesome content! I know that this venture comes second to work at SM but have you considered heading to the East coast? There’s lots of hard charging northeast departments that I’m sure would love to have you

[@warehamfirespark]

You should come up to the Northeast if you get a chance Eric

[@WorkingFirePIO]

I would definitely like to do that!