Firehouse 21 - Station Saturday

[@Joby1980]

You know Fire Medic Garrett owns a sick pair of Pit Vipers.

[@Blazingflashover]

You can tell this is the comedian station of the department, love the guy working out in the dark. Also thanks for bringing back the mullet man awesome.

[@metalhead6788]

Saw the mullet and immediately knew I want Fire Medic Garret coming to save me

[@natesiebert2840]

I love that the animal house even has a drum set

[@specialagentoso2227]

Hold up... at the end was that guy working out in the dark 😂 I feel like that was a inside joke

[@2Fast4Mellow]

He was demonstrating how to sporting equipment needed to be used. He was working out in the bay, they they moved to the main workout area and while the camera panned to show to equipment on the right, he was 'suddenly' use the stairmaster at the right side of the room. Then they continued to the kitchen and there he was cooking away. I loved that running gag!

[@watermouse9296]

@@2Fast4Mellow I spotted him at these times, lololol: 2:21, 7:29, 9:10, 11:43, 14:03, 14:32

[@BTL812]

I was not expecting the mullet 😂😂

[@imreallyseb2636]

Same

[@lethalspider3766]

Yeah lol.

[@colonelindianalongnuts]

He had to have lost a bet

[@e.g.o.m.e]

Oh wow, I never noticed how the description has all of the statistics for responses

[@limemonster2295]

LOVE THE MULLET! haha great!

[@ktar7189]

Thank you Kim Connor and Eric from your friend Kyle In north Springfield Missouri

[@tylerhulett521]

Missouri guy here to

[@lukeylovestrains3151]

That FF is working out in the dark

[@timk.2381]

And he is also working out in the downstairs room.

[@brandongustafson7497]

These are the folks I would want to work with! Thankyou for the laughs!! 😂😂 You are now winning for the best station Saturday video in my book!

[@thatonekid407]

When I became a paramedic (not in Colorado) I was assigned to my agency's M21 that was housed in a fire station so this video definitely was awesome!

[@connorblock3188]

firefighter and ems are the most amazing people ever and I am a firefighter from Minong Wisconsin USA

[@tylerhulett521]

Love the station but man love the mullet and Jesus sandals also what’s up with the random 80s style workout guy lol 😂 I can see why there called the animal house they are different for sure

[@cameronson3951]

That FF on the stair climber 😂🤦🏽‍♂️

[@schnemannfilms]

Best part of the video😂

[@geraldturner9764]

Nice headband.

[@1kalambre]

That’s an incredible Colorado Croptop sir! May you grow old with those flowing locks!

[@pterydactyllys]

I need to know how long that guy was working out in the dark for hahaha

[@joeymcgillin5256]

Gotta love the mullet you know when he’s cutting cars he’s wearing pit vipers

[@franklewis6943]

I realize SMFR absorbed the old Cunningham district in 2018 but I still don't understand why 21 remains a South Metro station. It's this little secluded island in metro Denver, surrounded on three sides by DFD territory and Aurora Fire on the fourth, completely cut off from the rest of the district. Indeed, Aurora 11 is literally one mile east of 21s and usually runs 2nd sue on most of 21's working calls. The 2-alarm multi-family on S. Quebec Way this past Friday (15 April 2022) is the perfect example: It wound up being DFD's turf but the first-due was 21s, with Aurora 11 also arriving well before DFD Engine 13. Not only that but SMFR District 1 filled the card for a full working response for a fire that wasn't even the department's responsibility, which left other areas of the district vulnerable when assets were allocated to this fire. Don't get me wrong--all three agencies did an outstanding job to contain a fire that could've easily and quickly gotten out of hand, what with the wind conditions that day (maybe it helped having seven(!) white helmets from two different departments on the fire ground) but, to be blunt, SMFR shouldn't have been involved in anything more than a mutual aid capacity, and if that little island where 21s sits wasn't part of South Metro's district--if it were instead part of either Aurora or DFD--that would've been the case. All told, South Metro dispatched 7 structural pieces (though Tower 18 was cancelled en route) and DFD sent 14, plus Aurora Engine 11. Not saying that's overkill but probably more than SMFR needed to allocate. Maybe SMFR and Denver can discuss realigning their territories, and even draw West Metro into the discussion since they have a similar situation with their Station 15 down in Roxborough Park, in what should be SMFR's district. You get that station, Denver gets your 21, and West Metro gets Denver's Station 30 in Marston. All three districts' territories then make more sense, the residents of each still get outstanding service and everybody lives happily ever after.

[@SouthMetroFireRescuePIO]

Station 21 protects 3.6 square miles of unincorporated Arapahoe County where original residents did not want to be part of Aurora or Denver. If South Metro wanted to forfeit that geographic area to Aurora Fire Rescue or Denver Fire Department, the 3.6 square miles would either need to be annexed into one of the cities or fall under a paid contract for service, assuming Aurora or Denver would be interested in such an arrangement. Those residents would also have a change in EMS and rely on Denver Paramedics or Falck Ambulance, and likely wouldn't have 2 dedicated Paramedic transport ambulances like they do with South Metro. Ultimately there would need to be community agreement and perhaps even a vote / changes to the tax structure. For those reasons, trading district territory is very complicated. Automatic aid agreements between Aurora and South Metro certainly help with area coverage, but Denver does not have automatic aid agreements with any neighboring fire districts. Mutual aid can be requested and requires approval from a chief officer. Regarding the S. Quebec Way incident on April 15, 2022, multiple callers reported the fire at different addresses, both in Denver and Arapahoe County. Since some callers provided an address in South Metro's jurisdiction and smoke was visible from miles away, DC1 upgraded the SMFR response to confirmed. SMFR Engine 21 and Medic 21 were the first units to arrive, they discovered the main fire building was located in the City of Denver at 1885 S. Quebec Way. Fire from the main fire building extended into and destroyed the Charlie 1 exposure located at 1891 S. Quebec Way (in South Metro) and extended into vehicles located at 1970 S. Valentia St. (also in South Metro). With fire involving one structure in Denver, one structure and two properties in South Metro's area of responsibility, SMFR maintained a full response until unified command made an updated resource determination. A three-way switch between West Metro 15, South Metro 21 and Denver 30 is easier said than done legally / contractually, but in concept it does make sense. The easiest solution for everyone involved would be an automatic aid agreement like South Metro and West Metro have, which now includes GPS based closest unit dispatching. Hopefully that answers your great questions, please let us know if you have more!

[@franklewis6943]

@@SouthMetroFireRescuePIOLike every other division of the department, SMFR's communication/PIO team is top-notch. A big thank you to Kristen, Eric, Connor and the entire PIO staff for your detailed reply. The description of the Quebec incident was especially informative. Since I'm not familiar with the location, I wasn't aware that the incident literally occurred on the border between DFD and SMFR's districts. With that in mind, District 1's decision to upgrade the South Metro response makes much more sense now. At the same time, it also reinforces my original point--This 3.6 mi² shouldn't be SMFR's responsibility to begin with, and incidents like this illustrate why. But that's what the tax-paying residents within want, so I'll shut up about it. You do make a good argument about the availability of having 2 ALS ambulances dedicated to covering that territory--as opposed to DFD providing only BLS, with Denver Health providing transport and ALS care; and Aurora staffing EMT-Ps on all their frontline apparatus but contracting Falck for transport--and I've argued for years the advantages of fire department-based EMS, but to be fair, 21 runs two ambulances _because_ they're isolated from the rest of the district; when the next available ambulance in the district is 7 miles away (at 31s and 32s), you can't afford to have a single unit out of service. Lastly, about the headaches associated with selling voters on the benefits of redistricting: I get it. I started my firefighting career in St. Louis County, where there are 43 different fire departments/fire protection districts. covering (or not) 7000+ mi², and not including the city fire department, because the city and the county are entirely separate entities and mostly don't want anything to do with one another. In St. Louis County, *_every_* working call requires mutual aid because no single department (except the city) has the individual resources to fill even a first-alarm card. By comparison, the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood MSA encompasses 8,344 mi², and is served by 15 agencies. My point is, the professionals in the Denver area have figured out how to convince voters in the districts they serve that redistricting and/or consolidation is a good idea, something that at worst provides the service they expect and maybe for a few bucks less, or better service for only a few bucks more. I picked those three stations because it seems to me that it would be an easy sell if you clearly spelled out the advantages to the stakeholders in question. Once again, thanks for indulging me, and keep up the good work.

[@JanitorIsBack]

business in the front party in the back. nice mullet Paramedic Firefighter Stowall :)

[@alexknight8297]

Can’t wait for the videos

[@QemeH]

It's really interesting to me how sometimes the little things form an entire culture in a specific station. Like here, where they built on this idea of being an "island" and being on their own a lot - when in reality they are in the middle of Denver suburbs and the next unit is about 5 to 7 minutes over just like everywhere else, it's just not a unit from their own departement. So the entire island thing is more a culture thing than any real impact to or from emergencies.

[@Autofleet4429]

It is effectively a island, of the two neighbouring districts, Denver Fire Department doesn’t have a Automatic-Aid agreement with SMFR (or anyone for that matter) and Aurora Fire Rescue they only have Automatic-Aid specifically for Station-11 only, any other non-SMFR stations are Mutual-Aid only and would require SMFR dispatch to physically call up the respective dispatches and request specifically which stations/units they require and then their dispatches would need to call the Tour-Commander (or other designated officer) and they would need to approve the request, then their dispatch can tone-out the requested units, the time it takes to do that when compared to dispatching other SMFR units is minor, SMFR generally only requests either DFD or AFR (excluding AUE11 which is Automatic as described above) when a second alarm is struck or when SMFR units are stretched thin and the response times are longer. A typical working structure fire response for a standard residential fire in 21’s area would typically consist of. Initial reported fire response E21, AUE11, T32, M21/211, BC5, SAF35/18 Working fire response E22, E31/38, M211/21, BC3, MED1/2 + PIOs, Fire Investigators, Rehab etc.

[@MrIanrocks]

Will you guys be making a video about your response to the midair collision at Centennial?

[@e.g.o.m.e]

How many reserve engines, and reserve ariel units do yall have?

[@centralcofirebuff7830]

2 reserve towers 1 reserve ladder and 7 engines

[@ClaireBrammall]

I INJOY STATION FIRE LOOK ROUND GOODS ❤🇬🇧

[@jarrydgrimes515]

That mullet tho hell ya

[@45aviation34]

Any idea where the public can get the shirts the firefighters are wearing? That SMFR shirt with the animal house logo on it is awesome

[@SouthMetroFireRescuePIO]

Currently the fire station shirts are only available to SMFR personnel, but we're looking to create a new merchandise store this year that will have community versions of the station shirts. Stay tuned!

[@3catfirephotography374]

What happened to battalion Chief 5 Because battalion chief five is in the same place as brush 21 and I didn’t see the battalion there so happened to it

[@natesiebert2840]

Battalion Chief 5 is stationed at Station 22

[@corycollier]

Can't lie..I am envious of that patch wall!

[@BuildItBricks]

That’s a beautiful fire house. I can’t wait.

[@Redchew10]

My man needs a Stache to match the mullet energy.

[@EricWhiteTheGamer]

I know you have the engine and I am going to guess there’s not many tall buildings around that area since there was not a tower and from what he said seems like they would have one out there, even just housing it as a reserve that if needed they could use.

[@Spitfire8520]

Station 21's area has many 3+ story buildings due to a high density of multi-family and commercial structures and the area sees a lot of aerial work when there is a fire. I cannot speak for South Metro on their exact choices, but the goal is to control the fire as quickly to minimize the spread and damage which an engine is better at. If the fire has reached the point where they need to use an aerial, then the building is almost certainly already lost. As the saying in fire service goes, "when the ladder goes up, the building comes down."

[@EricWhiteTheGamer]

@@Spitfire8520 personally I’d say switch the engine to an ariel (all of SMFR ladder and towers are quad so they have engine capabilities as well). That being said I don’t know the area and department one day Aurora or any of the others could not be available just giving my opinion not trying to start an argument.

[@eriksand9262]

How come it seems like non of your stations are staffed with separate engine, and truck companies? I'm answering y own question by say it's probably budget reasons?

[@iRodriguez_18]

Stairmaster + Dumbbell curls + Completely dark room = GigaChad energy

[@lurategh]

Nice to see Garrett again in Michelle Khare's new paramedic video lol.

[@tylerhebert6931]

That hair tho…. 🤣. Great video! I love the training prop. We need one!

[@kjbrimm1]

That mullet is glorious!

[@bradleypryor5586]

Business in the front, Party in the back.

[@kevinwilliams9166]

The Stache and Mullet combo!!!🤣🤣

[@omantoodle2437]

Let’s here it for Mr. Mullet

[@firetruck1988]

Station 37 will be interesting when it gets picked since it only has a medic unit

[@ocscards9]

and Arm 37

[@anddrewb1367]

@@ocscards9 Arm?

[@ocscards9]

@@anddrewb1367 Advanced Resource Medic staffed with a paramedic and nurse practitioner, it's like a mobile urgent care.

[@jacobjoosten16]

Got love his Kentucky Waterfall

[@andrewjamesspencer5934]

Can you do a station Saturday for station 15 or 16

[@jackoff8919]

Firefighter Garret definitely lives by business in the front party in the back

[@jmchinch]

Watching this from my firehouse in Boston...where the “youngest” station was built in the 70’s

[@jmchinch]

@@SouthMetroFireRescuePIO they all look so nice

[@jmchinch]

@@landonpalmer7662 on ?

[@burgerfatty]

@@jmchinch fired from biatlion chef

[@uplinktruck]

Can those t-shirts be purchased?

[@deadghost1964]

No Closed Captioning for the deaf will gets you trouble!

[@kovigyurka]

Now thats a fun house for sure! :)

[@AIFInfantrymen]

@2:07 Photo of Johnny & Roy From the Tv show Emergency!

[@omantoodle2437]

Love the black socks and sandels

[@shay611]

I can’t wait for the station Saturday for station 32

[@3catfirephotography374]

Agreed I want to see station 32 is it well but they also did a PIO Vlog where they toured the station and it’s gonna be a long time for the station Saturday to come out so if you get very bored waiting they have a Vlog

[@shay611]

@@3catfirephotography374 ik I see the perimeter in 4 days

[@shay611]

@@3catfirephotography374 the vlog

[@3catfirephotography374]

It on in vlog 5 s1

[@shay611]

@@3catfirephotography374 oh

[@baptiste9017]

Hey guys, do you know if your dept is looking into the MSA/CAIRNS XF1 helmet as a potential improvement both for safety and cancerous substances exposure ? Also it helps bidding mullets ;) Cheers

[@brandonedman1578]

euro helmets... gross lol

[@macofire]

he looks good !

[@wildboys19]

That’s one heck of a mullet

[@joshuatyrrell4765]

How do you get patches from the stations. I collect them as a hobby.

[@henryjt2377]

Who I’ve never heard of this station, very nice tho Edit : WAIT WAT ON A ISLAND

[@3catfirephotography374]

The reason they say it is kind of an island is because it is surrounded by aurora in Denver so it’s impossible to get to the main part of the fire district without going through those cities so it’s not one piece so Station 21 is between aurora in Denver

[@GregsWorkshopOregon]

Business in the front, party in the rear.

[@evanmiles7252]

Okay… so I may actually be stupid but please walk me through the shift schedule I am driving myself crazy lol. So it is a 48/96 schedule right? So there are three shifts A B and C. Say shift A works 6am monday till 6am wednesday. B does the same wednesday through friday. C works friday through sunday… what happens between sunday and monday? Is there another shift? Does C shift work friday through monday? Please explain😂

[@Spitfire8520]

Shifts will continue to rotate through a pattern of A, then B, and then C. The shifts do not have a set day of the week that they work on. In your example, the A shift would do Sunday through Sunday to Tuesday, B shift would do Tuesday to Thursday, C shift would do Thursday to Saturday, A shift would return and do Saturday through Monday, and the pattern would continue. Because there are 7 days of the week, it will take 7 weeks until the shifts work the those same days of the week again.

[@wilson4180]

How many fire departments merged into South Metro and are they still separate towns or did the municipalities merge into one city?

[@Spitfire8520]

Eight departments have combined to make up what South Metro is today. No changes were made to any municipalities as a result of the mergers. Most of the departments that joined were their own organization separate of the local municipal government.

[@prescottosegie]

🔥🔥🔥🔥let go!!! Keep up the great content thank you for y’all service I’m hype up!!!🔥🔥🔥💯💯💪🏾

[@dd43740]

What city/municipality is this station in? I’m not particularly familiar with the Denver area,but the maps I’ve looked at don’t show a city.

[@SouthMetroFireRescuePIO]

This fire station is within unincorporated Arapahoe County. It's a small 3.6 square mile area of county land surrounded on 3 sides by City of Denver and on the east side by City of Aurora.

[@jacobh3594]

Does south metro fire have a arson investigation division? That would be cool to see.

[@Zboomafu]

the fcking mullet LOL

[@flameohotmanstudio7504]

His mullet is wild just like there calls

[@msiebert1567]

Great show. Best one yet! 😂🤣

[@mooseriddle]

Nice rigs!!

[@schnemannfilms]

Do Medic 21 and 211 always respond alternately to the calls? They have very similar call numbers.

[@Autofleet4429]

Medic-21 and Medic-211 generally alternate when toned-out (assuming both are available) along the lines or Call1-M21, Call2-M211, Call3-M21 Etc, if/when both medics are needed (for example a structure fire in 21’s 1st-due) then they would be toned out in the order of who’s next for calls.

[@SergeyManakov.]

hello. enable subtitles

[@panzergren9255]

Hi, you have a great fire station. How can you get hold of a slap and a shirt of yours? With kamaratschaflichen greetings from Germany. always come safely from your missions.

[@dustintabor9045]

Can y'all do a flea Friday on the new ambulance

[@dustintabor9045]

@@SouthMetroFireRescuePIO ok thank you

[@hpflyboi]

Didn't hear a single word you said. I just kept thinking OMG GET A HAIRCUT!!

[@peterbarlow7781]

*sees Mullet* well that was unexpected! 😆

[@hunternading9278]

I love your mullet I have one to

[@crusader8626]

How does he get his flash hood over his mullet😂

[@grantpurdy4137]

The poor paramedics must be busy running calls constantly while the FFs cook, work out and sleep......

[@pamelaosche5221]

South Metro fire and Rock scale

[@keeganklepper1301]

At first it may look like a single story house, but it may be a 2-story firehouse.

[@JohnSmith-fs8bu]

Did you not see him walk up the stairs lol

[@keeganklepper1301]

@@JohnSmith-fs8bu I said that the yesterday. Lol.

[@JohnSmith-fs8bu]

@@keeganklepper1301 oh my bad

[@keeganklepper1301]

@@JohnSmith-fs8bu Bro you're good.

[@kmmgaming4434]

is it possible to donate a local patch from germany to the station?

[@kmmgaming4434]

@@SouthMetroFireRescuePIO thank you

[@alex_1798]

Woooo Backdraft poster

[@dedlyrabbit3334]

Yoooooo my name is Garrett

[@andyd9199]

Sweet mullet

[@EricWhiteTheGamer]

For anyone saying that the closest station is really only 7 minutes away no really it’s not... Station 38 is about 25 minutes away and station 31 is about 19 minutes away and station 22 Google Maps could not find a route to give a time and now I can’t get a time for station 38 buts it’s somewhere in the 20s.

[@Spitfire8520]

The closest station that would respond to assist would be Aurora Station 11 which is only a mile down the road and a drive time of 3 minutes. There is a call transfer delay of 2-3 minutes, but they would still arrive before any of the other South Metro fire suppression units.

[@elilacey9743]

dope mullet

[@melaniedemattia661]

Hi

[@Jacob-mm8xq]

How did south metro come to be? Did a person just say I want to make a new fire department lol?

[@burgerfatty]

ok

[@burgerfatty]

ok

[@burgerfatty]

ok

[@lindahoff7391]

Yes about 2 weeks ago.

[@CherylBeatrice-j4x]

Cheryl b24 love ❤

[@luisvazquez4309]

SWEEEEEEEEET MULLET

[@stipz5694]

7:53 Peekaboo Window on door

[@MickAv8r]

Someone lost a bet with that mullet lol

[@whinev6]

hi guys

[@sirensofdauphincounty4003]

Are they Volunteer

[@burgerfatty]

yup. a department that is there 24/7 and 29 Stations is volunteer.

[@franklewis6943]

@@burgerfatty I know you're being snarky, but just because a department is big doesn't mean it's career. Consider Boone County (MO) FPD: Covers a territory of roughly 500 square miles out of 15 stations with 200 (give or take) firefighters--ALL of them volunteers. They're also the host department for FEMA MO-TF1. Or, Montgomery County (MD) Fire & Rescue Service: Though officially a combination department, nearly all of the 42 independent fire companies under their umbrella are staffed--24/7--by over 2000 volunteers. Oh, and MCFRD also hosts Maryland's regional FEMA USAR task force--MD-TF1.

[@EHawton1]

Garrett/Eric/Connor, awesome video at Station 21!!! I would like to mail you my department patch (Sandoval County Fire) for your “The Wall”. Can you send Station 21 address? Does all your stations in SMFR has a station patches to trade?!?

[@3catfirephotography374]

yes finally the animal house

[@tmthsth41]

A,B,C shift 😊

[@sadiemeal2050]

Can you tell me our address

[@GVS-]

the hair dude... no....

[@zeincexxx1285]

The hell is going on here?

[@medic1rn12]

A mullet? Really?????

[@inherentnature5938]

His hair...why??

[@stipz5694]

7:53 Peekaboo