Collapse, Dive, and FIRE FIGHTING

Denver Fire Department Station 1 is the final station we visited during our first (but not last) trip to Colorado. Station 1 sits directly next to the Colorado Convention Center in Downtown Denver. Locating it at the busy intersection of Colfax Avenue and Speer Boulevard. In its history, this is the third location of Station 1 which was built in the 1970s. The house is the home to Engine 1 and Tower 1, but also their Special Operations units, along with the District 2 fire chief, and serves as headquarters for the Denver Fire Department. Due to the location and the specialties this station has to offer it is one of the busiest stations within the department. Engine 1 runs on average 5,500 calls while Tower 1 runs about 3,300 calls per year. Those kinds of numbers are closer to a full station call volume rather than a single unit. Their main coverage area is District 2, meaning the downtown area of Denver, but being part of the Tech Rescue Taskforce they can be called all over the city. Neil Bunker does a great job of walking us through the stations showing us everything from the living quarters to the weight room, and the trucks. We love the fact that these guys are not your typical firefighters but also accept the training and responsibility of the Tech Rescue disciplines.
Whenever you are in the Denver area please take the time to stop by and say hello to the crews at this station. They would love to hear from you and show you around. Station 1 is a unique place in which the camera just does not seem to capture the feelings you get standing in it. It's a MUST-SEE location.
Thank you to Neil Bunker and now Chief Greg Paxley (former PIO) for allowing Heroes Next Door to film this unique and special station. You all are the true definition of Heroes Next Door.
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[@franklewis6943]

Station 1 was built in 1975, and its 3rd or 4th iteration. Its predecessor is located at 1326 Tremont Place--roughly three blocks east of the current house--was built in 1909 and today houses the Denver Firefighters Museum. (Hopefully you had the chance to visit while you were in Denver, Mike.) Prior to that, there was the Broadway Fire Station, built at the northwest corner of Colfax and Broadway (where the Pioneer Monument Fountain now sits) in 1881, and was home to Broadway Hose Co. #6 until that volunteer organization disbanded in 1884. And before that, the first organized fire company in the Colorado Territory--Pioneer H&L Co. #1, who began service on 25 March 1866--called 1534 Lawrence St. home. Technically, that was the first "Station 1" (not only in Denver but all of Colorado), and predates Denver Fire Department proper by 15 years. During that period, six more volunteer companies were organized to protect the city, and the Lawrence St. location became known as "Central Station". The first DFD paid crews went into service on 1 September 1881 (Happy 141st Birthday, DFD...a couple days early), manning three city-owned apparatus: Steamer 1, H&L #1 and Hose #1. Steamer 1 shared quarters with Volunteer H&L Co. #1 at Central Station, Hose #1 shared quarters with Archer Hose Co. #2 on Curtis St., and DFD H&L #1 lived the bachelor life at City Hall Station. When Broadway #6 disbanded, Steamer 1 relocated to their vacant house, followed not long after by Hose #1 moved from Archer House to Steamer 1's vacated spot at Central Station, joined by H&L #1 when Pioneer follows Broadway in disbanding to give way to the growing municipal department. When they arrive in their new home, Steamer one renames their barn, "Engine House #1". Jump forward several decades, after Steamer 1 combines with Hose #1 to become Engine 1, and DFD H&L #1 evolves into Tower 1. Those two companies now call the present Station 1 home. So, is it the 3rd generation on the family tree because a bunch of nozzle-jockeys snagged the title early, or the 4th because real firefighters know who does all the ass-busting, back-breaking work on the job, and firefighting in Denver began with a single truck on Lawrence St.?

[@HeroesNextDoor]

I just pinned your comment. Thank you so much for the information

[@BACONndEGGS]

i was at the museum in may and its awesome

[@brandondefend1133]

Love the lamp on the table

[@HeroesNextDoor]

Nice catch

[@rp1645]

Thank you for all your Hard work going around showing us Different Stations in Different States, something that some of us Lovers of Fire Station might never see. The bunk room really brings back memories of LA County Station #51. That TV show started so meany Paramedic Program's around the US. Jack Webb, sure had a great idea as a producer in Hollywood.

[@HeroesNextDoor]

Our pleasure! and thanks for watching

[@FriendlySkies1K]

Another great video! I grew up in Denver and used to go past this station all the time, though never got a chance to see inside, so this was awesome.

[@HeroesNextDoor]

Thank you for watching. Are you subscribed now. We have a lot more cool stuff to come 😉

[@FriendlySkies1K]

@@HeroesNextDoor sure am!

[@user-hw1cr5uq4z]

I remember when this house opened in 1975. I had a few of the FF's who worked there ride my RTD bus that went by there. They got to ride for free as was and still is the RTD's policy so it was a win win situation for them and they didn't have to worry about parking. They were a great bunch of guys! Always wondered what it looked like inside. Thanks for the tour!

[@themcmillens3511]

I would love to see more of big blue and that collapse rig

[@rp1645]

YES, the Equipment they carry. like the color coding paint style. when I was a young Explorer scout. The station we meet at for Drill/ meetings the Rigs were all white.

[@HeroesNextDoor]

Make sure to hit notifications cause there coming 😉

[@rp1645]

@@HeroesNextDoor YES have your notifications in my Favorite. Love the way you carry yourself all through your videos. Always positive note on Lay outs. Do like that they have a Fridge with left overs. Nothing goes to Garbage. Might as well eat it.

[@emmanuelawosusi2365]

@@HeroesNextDoor nice

[@emmanuelawosusi2365]

@@HeroesNextDoor do wildland firefighters next

[@midwestdumpster]

Those Citations all being unleveled would drive me up the wall.

[@HeroesNextDoor]

😂😂. Me too but not my house 😉. It works for them and being as busy as they are those are not high priority

[@chriswilson9230]

Reminds me of Houston FD Station 1 many years ago in downtown Houston (no longer in existence); HFD has a combined station on the south side of downtown. The old one had at least twice the apparatus.

[@austinspringer5153]

Wow, this is awesome, after living down the street from this house getting an in depth tour was awesome. Actually this is even more a coincident as Tower One and Engine One along with DC2 responded to my building last night for a person trapped in an elevator. One question though you mentioned the call volume on the engine and tower just wondering what the call volume per year is on the Collapse Rescue and Water Rescue? Cant wait for the videos coming up! Thanks again, and awesome video!

[@HeroesNextDoor]

Glad you liked it! thanks for watching

[@emmanuelawosusi2365]

Great job

[@timmuller1567]

That's a lot of disciplines to have to know in one station. I'm sure it's far from boring. As far as bunking, I'd be happy just to have a warm dry place to lay down when I had the chance. At 5500 calls a year that averages out to a call every 1.6 hours. Not ideal numbers if sleeping is your thing.

[@awhite3218]

Thanks for the content it’s awesome seeing all the different locations around the country. But the one thing I can’t stand is to see in the apparatus bay doing training that the guys have taken out the ceiling tiles and grid to install chains from an SFRM protected beam that is 100% part of a rated assembly due to separation of occupancies. This folks is why inspectors are hated. Even within the fire house they can’t even comply.

[@John_Montefalco]

Great video!

[@HeroesNextDoor]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@iamReddington]

We discussed it before, but I don't understand what KZbin is doing with your channel. This is very clearly something a large majority of people enjoy and would enjoy. Not to mention, it's not some fake shit you'd find on tv. Thanks for sticking with the videos even with YT being stupid. We really appreciate and love the content.

[@HeroesNextDoor]

🤣😂. Thanks we appreciate the support. We will keep plugging away as long as we can. We will even start to show some mid week reviews of products from sponsors that are helping us as much as possible. We are waiting for the one big video to take us a little viral. We are satisfied that most of our videos meet the same views as our subscribers. This means we are putting out content that people like to see week after week.

[@iamReddington]

@@HeroesNextDoor Oh really? I'm glad that most [if not all] of the subs are active, even if they don't comment. A little idea that might promote some engagement: With the Mr Potato Head firefighter, instead of putting him somewhere obvious, make him slightly hidden, and tell the subscribers to comment below if they could find Mr Potato Head.

[@CharlesSoden]

Cool tour, unique station! Tiny, editing suggestion, the music is a bit too loud/high energy, might be better suited for an action montage as opposed to an interview format

[@HeroesNextDoor]

We will be making a note. Thanks for the in put. And thanks for watching

[@BACONndEGGS]

i hope you stopped by the Denver Fire Museum i was there in May and it was very well done and beautiful display of trucks

[@HeroesNextDoor]

We did not have the chance on this round but we will be back

[@robertshepard7756]

Just about to graduate from Hutch Community College with Associates in Fire Science. 😎👌Great video

[@HeroesNextDoor]

Thanks for watching and joining heroes next door family. We wish you many years of service

[@NeilM01989]

Excellent video Mike, liked and shared 🧑🏻👍🏻🚒

[@HeroesNextDoor]

Much appreciated thanks for watching

[@NeilM01989]

@@HeroesNextDoor No problem 🧑🏻👍🏻

[@johnnysbricks483]

Nice

[@afsar4681]

🤟

[@emt0714]

Awesome video Mike if you get a chance to check out Nassau County NYC they have police EMS service I was reading about it very interesting

[@HeroesNextDoor]

That would be cool to see. We just need that invite from there to start working on the schedule

[@hihfty]

With 24 hour shifts and 48 hour shifts being the new standard in the fire service individual dorms are becoming more prevalent. The lack of privacy and ability to “get away” is almost 0 in these old stations. After running all day and hanging out with the guys all day it’s nice to have your own spot. Add overtime and swaps the allure of big bunk rooms go away. They’re a cool concept when you first start the job but they are an outdated legacy feature that is going away.

[@HeroesNextDoor]

Yeah there is definitely a paradigm shift going on with bunks vs rooms.

[@hihfty]

@@HeroesNextDoor Absolutely. Currently in a house with 12 personal and an open bunk room and we are totally jealous of the newer more spacious stations in city with dorms.

[@hammerlane3871]

Not gonna lie I'd hate having to share a bedroom like that, I like having my own space

[@iamReddington]

Also, that HND shirt you're wearing is SICK

[@HeroesNextDoor]

Order yours on watchheroesnextdoor.com. All the support helps us see the next station

[@iamReddington]

@@HeroesNextDoor Don't mind if I do! Think I'll get a hat as well. #HatLife

[@emmanuelawosusi2365]

@@HeroesNextDoor nice

[@camgrant2264]

You should check out reedy creek fire department in Florida

[@HeroesNextDoor]

We need that official invite.

[@firebuffandrewphotography]

You should come to Buffalo NY

[@HeroesNextDoor]

We are working on that currently. We hope to get up there at the end of November or December of this year but a lot needs to be worked out on the logistics. Was there a company you want us to see? Send the contacts and invite to make sure it gets on a schedule

[@psrperlc9594]

Do yall's think you could try a Station in Bethlehem PA? Lehigh County. Or Freemansburg PA, Lehigh/Northampton Counties?

[@HeroesNextDoor]

We would love to. We just need the invites from those stations

[@psrperlc9594]

@@HeroesNextDoor Understood, I had thought that yall's had asked Stations to tour, not the other way around

[@HeroesNextDoor]

@@psrperlc9594 we use to but with so many request it’s much easier to get the invites. Also that cut through a ton of red tape with administration

[@psrperlc9594]

@@HeroesNextDoor Makes sense

[@Sucknutz_]

I just couldn’t do dorm style rooms.

[@razvandobos9759]

Do what is inside a mobile cath lab next!

[@HeroesNextDoor]

Where is one? Have them send an invite and we will try!!!

[@roccophilips3562]

You should visit my protective services vo tech we ar e in PA

[@HeroesNextDoor]

Send us invites to [e-mail]

[@thomascrimlisk7223]

Wait only 9 people on shift

[@saltamar]

He means only 9 on shift at station 1. Denver staffs their engines and trucks with 4 each. The Collapse Rescue and Water Rescue are cross-staffed by Engine and Tower 1. The additional person is the Shift Commander (Ops 2).

[@arthurlarose924]

It makes sense though. You would have 4 on the engine and 4 on the tower then you have your shift commander

[@thomascrimlisk7223]

@@arthurlarose924 yes but no aid for the shift Commander and considering it’s a Special ops station to my understanding I thought they staffed rescue companies with five

[@dalepratt9707]

@@thomascrimlisk7223 from my understating, unlike Rescue 1 and Rescue 2, the collapse rig and dive rig are not hard staffed 24/7…. They are cross staffed with the members of the Engine and the Tower

[@thomascrimlisk7223]

@@dalepratt9707 ya I have heard that before but the deputy chief with no aid still makes no sense in a city to me

[@petemitchell4218]

You should try to tour San Manuel Fire Department in Highland California

[@HeroesNextDoor]

Send us the invites

[@gary3690]

Unfortunately these guys at station 1 keep getting harassed by a KZbinr named Regan Benson. Apparently she has nothing better to do than harass these guys.

[@HeroesNextDoor]

There is a proper way to approach this and her way does not seem to work. She makes it hard for all of us who do it the right way. Ambush is not it.

[@gary3690]

Agreed Mike

[@MrJRod891]

Why is she harrassing them?

[@gary3690]

Probably cause she’s got nothing better to do with her life. You can watch her videos. She’s a horrible person

[@emmanuelawosusi2365]

Nice

[@HeroesNextDoor]

Thanks

[@emmanuelawosusi2365]

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