2nd Alarm Fire and Special Ops Incidents - PIO VLog

On this VLog we follow South Metro Firefighters to a 2nd Alarm town home fire in Lone Tree and watch them battle the flames with combined views from a news helicopter and helmet cams. Follow along as SMFR responds to a trench rescue, a horse rescue, a submerged vehicle and a bear rescue! Assistant Chief of Operations Jon Adams also selects the first location for the Station Saturday video series.

[@plant_trees_kg]

Holy moly this episode is PACKED with unique calls!

[@snoopy9292]

Props to that Engine 33 crew and Captain! They got that line laid, charged and effective so fast. That was impressive.

[@snoopy9292]

Good job by the safety officer as well.

[@mayprohaska3234]

Congrats to Connor on her marriage/honeymoon!! like others I noticed the name change in the intro. I love the PIO vlogs!

[@PalmBeachCountyFireBuff]

I am so glad I suggested station Saturday! Thank you for taking my suggestion. Can’t wait to see a tour of staton 18!

[@yannikstaiger1250]

This footage and editing of the 2nd Alarm was just brilliant. Very good capture of the scene and also your POV from the interviews was great!

[@matthewassell6471]

I can’t wait to see what station chooses. You should let chief Turner choose the next one

[@kirksmith3149]

When will fleet Friday’s return

[@zachtaylor6094]

I love ty south metro fire rescue for every amazing thing you have done to make this my dream job!

[@RedEyedJack]

That was a good stop, the 2.5 did good work on the Charlie side. Great job SM!

[@prestonmermis8425]

That trench scene happened in my town about four of five (4-5) years ago, they were working on a city street, the trench collapsed on top of three men. My father was one of the first on scene, he was a firefighter for the city at the time, 2 fatalities, and I think the third person died in the hospital. If you're still here, these were the units on scene: Hays Kansas Fire department: ladder 1 and 2, engines 1,2,3, utility 312, 313, special operations trailer of Hays fire and Ellis County fire, Car 300, 301, 302. Ellis County Rural Fire department Company 5, and maybe company 6, Hays Police Department, Ellis County Sheriff's Department, Kansas state Highway Patrol, there may have been more, but that is all I can recall.

[@cmcer1995]

Another great episode with awesome footage of apartment fire. Glad to see only minor injuries to a couple of people. Good advice on what to do with your BBQ after using it before putting it away. It was good to see several agencies come together on animal rescues. Never a dull moment but being a fireman can be a very exciting and rewarding career. A career where people actually appreciate the help.

[@michaelb2749]

You can tell how proud the members are of this department. Everything from dispatch, ems to fire seems fantastic. I’d love to make the transfer to this departments communications!

[@johnharrison2010]

I don't live in Colorado but I'm showing you guys and girls love from Oklahoma

[@mccuenoirfilms]

Love seeing videos where fire fighters are actually hustling! Well done.

[@smokecheck03]

Love the channel, been trying to tell my son about you guys, hes a medic in the Army. Hes about to get out. You guys have your @@@@ TOGETHER.

[@aportman58]

Great knock down and rapid fire control on what could have been multiple structures had it not been for rapid attack intervention! Thanks for sharing! (retired firefighter captain)

[@cjkokay]

I can see why Connor is away, she's got married - noted the surname name change.

[@LtKernelPanic]

I noticed that too. Congrats to her and her hubby!

[@lucaschneider1]

The people who are responsible for the name tags and the clothes hate this trick😂

[@iamReddington]

Her hubby is a VERY lucky man.

[@lukiwan6709]

You guys make great videos and do amazing work! I look forward to each and every one of your videos. Thanks for all your hard work and dedication.

[@michaelderamo1115]

We had that exact thing happen on 12/24/10. The person had been cleaning their grill and left it near the house. Needless to say they lost everything. God bless from fire district 10 Sea Isle City, New Jersey.

[@kevrapp44]

LOVE SIC!

[@Hurst6969]

Amazing job of deploying larger hose and initiating knock down Wow, someone even covered the POV

[@brandongustafson7497]

Great job everyone and Thankyou so much for your service!!

[@Brandon.1521]

@South Metro fire rescue PIO thank you for a great vlog on my birthday

[@TheRebelOfWot]

Happy Birthday man

[@Brandon.1521]

@@TheRebelOfWot Thank you!!

[@Brandon.1521]

@@SouthMetroFireRescuePIO Thank you!!

[@evanmiles7252]

What an interesting week for south metro lol. A week full of great stories for the firefighters I am sure.

[@davidbates7429]

Living in Aurora,CO. from 1969-1980 and having a daughter that still lives in the same area too, I am glad that I found your channel. I have sinced moved and then have retired to the Philippines but I can still see places and streets that are still familar to me. I have not made it thru all the videos, but plan to. Stay safe, keep up the great work, and again thank you for the channel. Already subscribed and waiting for new videos.

[@MomentumGary]

I love every single thing that all u do to protect the us and the state of Colorado

[@ltpinecone]

Love that you guys still run with the manual Q.

[@Fatcat-racing]

I love how you guys always help animals Evan if it’s a horse in a ditch

[@highmoderator]

South metro, the real modern day heroes

[@stephenbritton9297]

that 2.5" line sure knocked down a lot of fire quickly! Good choice by the Capt to have it pulled. Also love seeing the old school Grip Hoist in action!

[@scottmiller9490]

Big fire, big water.

[@zachtaylor6094]

Who else wants this to be their dream job?

[@offimoo9995]

Feel ya brother

[@zachtaylor6094]

Thank you

[@derekli4985]

Who else is 22 hours early

[@foxhd9886]

me lol

[@offimoo9995]

Derek Li noooii slept

[@alexandersalarms5380]

It says posted 1 hour ago for me...

[@wrench697]

I'm 23 hours early

[@nathankaufmann2925]

Love the black on red over the white and red.

[@rogerp4230]

Love the videos! Thank PIO Hurst!!!

[@aaronbrown7530]

My favorite videos are the ride along/day in the life!

[@jeffpatch5]

Thank you again Eric!!

[@owenbarber1446]

This is so cool 😎 I love all your vids

[@billjenkins687]

My eyeballs were spinning with the PIP stuff.

[@davidboettcher6802]

Hi Eric my name is David Boettcher you are a very good pio reporter

[@SouthMetroFireRescuePIO]

Thank you!

[@jdtractorboy1258]

That happened to my family 10+ years ago. My dad said it was like 10-12 at night, and someone stopped, banging on our door, yelling that our garage was on fire. The guy grabbed our hose and started spraying the garage while my dad called the fire department. Garage is still standing today, by 3 walls. Glad it was on the other side of the driveway so our house and second garage was okay,

[@The000chirag]

Love the videos guy’s great to see how you guys do it in the us compared to Australia

[@jarrythskeen8336]

Amazing video footage of the first two alarm fire with the news chopper.love your guys's of logs keep up the great work and stay safe⚕️🚒

[@dottieocaspianhorsesrock3643]

It’s so odd to see a blizzard response team when you live in the Texas desert where we get 1 or 2 inches of snow all year long that’s usually melted by noon. Thanks for a great channel.

[@culbyj3665]

Yeah , I lived in Austin coming from The north east part of the country it was wild to see the city shut down over 4 inches at night only to have barely any sign of snow by 10 am the next morning a few times.

[@Rtrstormghost327]

I hope that person has home insurance and my up most thanks to all the first responders and firefighters who active right now

[@sethreynolds6661]

Great video, as always! Thank you for your timeless dedication to show us a glimpse inside your daily job!

[@c165vin]

LOVE THE HELMET CAM. Clear nice photos. Good job by the first line off (blue). That drop off would be a great surprise at night. Still a very good job👍🤗👏

[@dottieocaspianhorsesrock3643]

Noticed the natural gas meter on the back of the residence, is gas service shut off as soon as the call goes out. I’m retired LEO started in 911 telecommunications we would dispatch fire and then gas co. and electric. Great job on the horse rescue, such a limited time and a precarious situation for that rescue.

[@dottieocaspianhorsesrock3643]

South Metro Fire Rescue PIO Very cool thank you for answering my question. Be SafeOUT There fellas

[@aportman58]

Great video! Thanks for sharing!

[@jamieramsay7327]

Awesome show again!

[@rlm98253]

First-time viewer. Great stuff. I subscribed.

[@troytrotter9751]

@SouthMetroFireRescuePio Eric Great job as always keep up the good work. Hope you are doing well.

[@reymundorivera4000]

Congrats Connor

[@davidglaum2538]

Lightweight construction cheap to build and it burns fast.

[@mackflickerson6722]

Fantastic decision by E33's captain to switch up to the 2 1/2" hardline at the last minute. The blitzfire was a solid choice, but staying mobile to knock down those exposures was a solid move.

[@francoispelletier9441]

Very good move from him. As a LT, I trained my guys to use more often 2 1/2 hardline.

[@Tdogkicker3]

I was leaving chat field when the dive team was entering the park.

[@Cherryjonva]

Connor last name changed in intro and she's off on vacation? Honeymoon? Congratulations! You both do an excellent job with the VLOG. You serve your community well. Great knock-down with the 2½. Capt. made excellent call to go hard at it and then coached his FF on the attack methodology. Well done.

[@Aprilsraven629]

A suggestion and as a fire-fighter I use my ideas,, put a smoke and or carbon monoxide alarm in your garage, tool shed and on a patio as a early warning system plus a extinguisher ... the cold test is best for heated appliance esp BBQs that take half to hour to fully cool, remember heat transfers and with the right conditions fires will ignite quickly

[@joshuamccarty4865]

wonderful engine response and Tower you guys did great hopefully speedy recovery for your firefighters good job guys keep it up

[@TheRebelOfWot]

South metro was busy

[@centralnewyorkresponses7887]

they cover 3 counties so of course they’re busy.

[@Spitfire8520]

@@centralnewyorkresponses7887 They cover parts of three counties to be more precise. The area that they cover totals to just a little over 1/3rd of the area of a single county.

[@gregorytalber2068]

Awesome superb outstanding excellent fantastic incredible job terrific great work amazing job you do on your videos and vlogs I will send you a patch from my cities fire department as soon as possible keep up your great work it is a learning experience for me.

[@unknown1238157]

Love the new truck at 7:15

[@northjerseyfirebuff1955]

My local fire department rescued 3 bear cubs from a tree last week

[@keithhaynes8079]

Looking forward to next week video until then everyone take care and free from the virus from Keith in England

[@johnardiff6229]

Eric, Thank you for sharing these wonderful videos. You should be proud of the extraordinary work of SMFR. In watching your vlogs, I am constantly impressed by your professional communications and ability to expand and control the ICS model. I was wondering if your incident recordings are made public, for training purposes. I could image that there are fire departments and other emergency response organizations throughout the country and the world who could gain valuable knowledge from simply listening to your responses and the continually impressive command and control that your leadership team has on the fire ground. Thanks in advance for any information.

[@authentic_apple3841]

I’m just going to be waiting here for a while, I have nothing better to do

[@cfol1382]

How about doing a few videos on the newest apparatus being delivered? Maybe start with how your department decides on what type of unit to purchase, if you go out to bid, or just purchase through one manufacturer, how long your units stay on front line service before replacement, and right up through putting them in service. I’ve been involved in this 5 different times during my career and would enjoy seeing your companies process. I’m sure you have certain years of service before units are put into reserve. Things change all the time especially now with technology, so it’s nice having a department that seems to keep up with that. Perfect example is it looks like most of your newer engines and tower ladders are purchases through Pierce Mfg, no doubt either the best manufacturer in the fire service, or at worst one of the top 3, they’ve come out with that new tower ladder design that has really become popular, I’m sure you’ve seen it and I was wondering if your ordering any in the near future. Also, how often do you replace rescue units? Just things like that are interesting and just a few ideas on new videos that should be very interesting to many of us. Hope I’m not wasting your time, you both do a great job keeping us informed on your department and please keep these videos coming. Thanks again.

[@nolensvillefire4646]

An excellent, aggressive attack! Love using your videos to teach tactics and strategy to up and coming firefighters.

[@AddisonEnglishhotmai]

Anyone else notice the Pulse Point tone in the intro?

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

I never realised it until a month ago, but yeah there actually was the pulsepoint tone in the intro

[@ninjabugy]

I just found their fire radio scanner is on 5-0 radio scanner app I love it

[@damofrench2304]

Hi Guys, Just wondering if more of the helmet cam/dash cam can be a feature of the channel as stand alone videos so put up videos of some big jobs. I've seen some others do it and I really enjoy watching them and I know so many other people want to see them also.

[@matthewgriffin4258]

Love the video

[@joshuamccarty4865]

Love how the ridiculous reporter said even though we know a fire grill was involved that's definitely the complete cause of everything basically I like how she insinuated that good job on the Pio

[@georgehodgson6179]

It would be cool if you could show us how they do overhaul after a fire is put out

[@lindanwfirefighter4973]

Here the vehicle owner is responsible to removing vehicles from water. In the winter time on frozen lakes helicopters are brought in to remove vehicles from rivers and lakes. Again, the owner or insurance will foot the bill. Great video.

[@evanmiles7252]

Neighbors: *grab their lawn chairs*

[@johnbratley6926]

They say variety is the spice of life, but I'm pretty sure we don't have bears stuck up a tree although Merseyside fire and rescue do rescue the odd cat LOL Stay safe bro.

[@echoverigan8825]

I am 7 hours early I sent an reminder

[@culbyj3665]

i wonder what the politics are like in this dept behind the scenes. Such a great front.. Not evrything can be rose colored but great PIO Channel...

[@bghsfireman]

Eric, What helmet cam do you guys use? I am using a Contour Roam and it holds up pretty good in live fire but I'm just looking for a back up

[@sabrinariley7434]

I literally a block away! It was crazy! Being an EMT I wanted to run over and help 😂

[@Austin326]

Just a random question, when you guys receive a box alarm call do use MABAS or is that an Illinois or Midwest thing? So essentially regardless of “district” you have multiple districts automatically assigned through the Mutual Aid Box Alarm System. I’m just trying to understand if this is how everyone does it or if it’s all different systems.

[@Spitfire8520]

MABAS is largely a Midwest thing centered around Illinois and states that surround it. Box cards and alarms do not exist in Colorado, but a lot of agencies in Colorado participate in automatic aid agreements so the closest units are automatically requested. The specific units are determined through that agency's CAD system and if that automatic aid unit is not available, the CAD will determine the next closest unit available for the call. In South Metro's case, they have full automatic aid agreements with most agencies that surround them with the exception of their northern neighbor who does not participate in automatic aid agreements of any kind and their northeastern neighbor that provides limited automatic aid to certain predetermined areas. As I understand for MABAS, the box cards dictate that an agency shall provide a specific kind of apparatus, but other than that it is up to the full discretion of that agency to determine where it may come from within that agency's district so there might be a case where the unit might be coming from the far side of the district. Outside of the automatic aid agreements, there are standard mutual aid requests that require specific request and approval by the agencies involved. Most agencies are really good about immediately granting requests, although it is not perfect as some agencies have a lot of red tape and can sometimes drag their feet.

[@snowycarnivore]

So at 14:45 I see the shimmer of oil. Does the dive team assist in managing/cleaning that up? Or is that the park ranger's responsibility? Or was it such a minor amount that it was left there?

[@snowycarnivore]

@@SouthMetroFireRescuePIO Awesome! Thank you for the reply.

[@burkhardhahn6395]

Wow toll abgelaufen👍🚒

[@firemedic916]

What is the busiest South Metro station, and how many do they average day?

[@johnstephens3045]

I want to work for South Metro Fire Rescue

[@georgeklipfel906]

I have to ask... is Eric’s and his last name have any relation to Hurst Rescue tools or is it just coincide?

[@blained1973]

World class department.......

[@AEyeChris]

tower 12? was this before ladder 12 was a thing

[@Spitfire8520]

They were in a reserve tower while their ladder was out of service at the shop. The name of the apparatus will change to match the kind of truck they are driving at the time so that everyone on the radio knows what to expect when they respond to a call and arrive on a scene.

[@mynameisladder3481]

What mount is that for the GoPro?

[@anddrewb1367]

Are you guys stilk doing a video of fleet services?

[@megagames3605]

Does Station 12 now have a tower? I thought they only had a rear mount. 🤔

[@megagames3605]

South Metro Fire Rescue PIO Ahhhh that makes sense. Thanks!

[@the_trainman2334]

Hey South Metro, who is PIO13?

[@the_trainman2334]

@@SouthMetroFireRescuePIO Thank you

[@pjjuniorzokyzoky6641]

I think the should choose Hubbard Ohio’s fire station

[@offimoo9995]

Love ur vids can u tell me requirements and how long it takes to be a Fire Marshall k9 unit

[@offimoo9995]

South Metro Fire Rescue PIO omg u replyed

[@offimoo9995]

South Metro Fire Rescue PIO I am a HUGE fan

[@SGBUSES_EMERGENCYVEHICLES]

when is engine 15 going to be replaced

[@lucaschneider1]

Does South Metro has an agreement with the news that you can use their footage or is there a special law?

[@lucaschneider1]

@@SouthMetroFireRescuePIO Thank you!

[@Stevdubs]

i want smfr merch

[@nathanielsmith2926]

80 TO 100 pounds. I thought you said it weight 8200 pounds 😂

[@arlynmcadorey3044]

#thatnewslife

[@andrewswan2053]

Can you do fleet Friday on Collapse 45

[@andrewswan2053]

And rehab 12 is not on fleet Friday

[@keeganrobinson3680]

Day in the life of a safety?

[@robertoellison348]

WHAT DOES PIO MEAN???????????............07-28-2020-01:12HRS.......

[@johnbratley6926]

From the UK, no criticism excellent attack good knockdown, observations ...US construction sucks, timber or timber framed houses with poor separation disasters waiting to happen. UK first turn rescue pumps use hose reels for first attack using onboard tank, not ideal but will suffice until a hydrant is hooked up and a main jet can be deployed. thank you for an excellent job.