Fleet Friday - Tender 34

On this Fleet Friday the crew from Firehouse 34 in Lone Tree provides an in-depth tour of Tender 34. The tour gets interrupted by calls twice and at the end, Tender 34 responds to a fire!
Tender 34 is a 2018 Kentworth T800 with a Pierce body. It features a 3,000 gallon water tank and a 1,000 gpm pump.

[@kadebruce295]

Finally, a tender fleet Friday.

[@bondservantministriesinc.672]

This has to be the best Fleet Fridays yet! The truck gets toned and then the tender! Way too cool!

[@connoryancey3261]

Thanks all of y’all who are saving lives. Especially during this time. Thanks.

[@tyman4106]

Probably one of the coolest fleet Friday's yet!

[@LtKernelPanic]

Oddly enough the video about the tender rollover was what led me to this channel. Glad this tender video was about a much happier subject!

[@paulw.4834]

Absolutely love and impressed by the flexibility and team work. Capt. Pickford giving an excellent presentation... opps. Has to respond with tower to a fire... NO PROBLEM. Jame Vasquez (Paramedic Firefighter) steps right in, picks up and completes the presentation PLUS takes us to the brush fire. Great to see the equipment in use. Thanks again to all. BRAVO ZULU!

[@Pepeshogun1]

This Chanel finalized my mind and now I’m gong to fire school for my junior and senior year half the time!

[@MinistryOfMagic_DoM]

Good luck. It's super hard to get into the good fire districts. Hiring season you'll be competing against several thousand candidates for 1-2 slots per district on average. There is a reason the pay is comparatively low for fire/ems. The supply of people willing to do the job who can pass CPAT far outweighs the demand. Don't let that be a deterrent though. Be willing to move to a new community or another state or work private fire/ems.

[@ltpinecone]

How to tell if a tender is full: it overflows.

[@jordanlazo7468]

atleast on this one there a gage on the valve and in the cab so they know when to stop

[@ericawurster6128]

LOL my station has a tanker and u can’t tell

[@justanotheraviator2357]

@@jordanlazo7468 nobody uses it, ya just fill till it spills.

[@jordanlazo7468]

@@justanotheraviator2357 i guess you can do that

[@nocofirephotography2303]

They have a gauge and it tells them when their empty and full or half way

[@jamesdillard3583]

I enjoy watching your Videos because I was a volunteer fireman for St.Helens Oregon for seventeen years and I can't believe how things have changed since I was a volunteer. Back in 1984. Miss those days.

[@71Gilligan]

Thank you for your service and giving me an overview on water tender operations. Greetings from Germany.

[@NVConservative]

Congrats PIOs on finally getting some Fleet Friday responses and an actual bonafide tender response to an incident. Color me shocked.

[@sporttrac32]

That’s awesome. Y’all have some really cool equipment. I like watching. Keep them coming. Would like to see even more.

[@cmcer1995]

That was really cool to see how the Tender actually operates and how versatile it can be too refilling and fighting fire at the same time. It is good that there are so many pieces of equipment available to deal with a variety of different types of fires. These videos are probably of real value to those seeking out information about what it is like to be a fire fighter.

[@petemac7969]

Probably one of the most interesting videos yet! I can see where almost every fire department could benefit from this type of equipment and the "porta-pond", especially in areas where no hydrants are available or great distances from the fire! Great job, guys!

[@scottl3789]

Rural Virginia here > it's BYOW. Bring Your Own Water!

[@mackie252007]

Finally, we get the Tender that was promised last winter! Thanks and Be Safe

[@310to703]

This was awesome, love fleet Fridays

[@markfryer9880]

A very interesting and informative video. Good handball of the narration job.

[@ilovemygrill]

I love watching these videos keep it up

[@thatonekid407]

Definitely would love to see the med 1 vehicle or even fleet on a fleet Friday

[@joelr2214]

I have to say the production quality is on point really feels like a TV documentary series

[@scottie47h]

Beautiful fire tanker!

[@offended9081]

Love the videos, my towns fire department is building a new career fire department next to the old one just down the road from where I live so I’m excited to see it finished and if they’ll get any new vehicles since the ones there are quite old now

[@offimoo9995]

We all appreciate u all around the world much love from me and my fam god bless u all. Amen

[@davidweston6653]

Tks to the PIO’s for these

[@issacnoman1022]

FINALLY TENDER!

[@43loudman]

very very cool, thanks guys,.

[@chrisbatten2432]

Great looking tanker

[@risktaker7455]

Badass truck men! Low Angeles has one too! So damn cool!

[@owenbenjamin1739]

Tenders are honestly some of the nicest looking trucks.

[@overthebridgefiremedia]

Very nice job

[@Mravilet18]

I want that hat, looks amazing! Cheers.

[@stevenscott6002]

Good job!

[@Rebel-qi5ne]

Good looking trucks.

[@TrainsOnGoPro]

Cool Video! 21:44 The pool is full!

[@georgeobrien7099]

well in Perry County ,Pa we have no fire hydrants so we have tankers but thanks for the heads up

[@nicholaswood5180]

Everyone from city’s “wow this truck is so cool I never knew how these worked” Me from upstate New York in small towns “I see these everyday”😂

[@QemeH]

Yeah, the apparatus can vary by quite a bit from rural to big city fire fighting. When I moved from the 2k souls town I learned to be a firefighter in to a quarter-million city, I constantly was like: "One tender? How do you run shuttle?" or "Three rescues? When are you ever going to need more than one simultaneously?" :D

[@Lite.offical565]

I have known how they work but I have never seen one

[@firemarshal8538]

I feel that....lived in Rural NY for a while...then I got a slap to the face when I moved to UT where wildland was much more prevelant.

[@Badbhoys]

Just realised that the intro is on for exactly 1:00

[@derKarl_stp]

this is a good vid and it has some probie humor in it... "how do you know when the tender is full?" "oh you'll see" 21:45 #showerfromabove

[@adventuretonothingness7554]

I always look back on this video and im waiting for a fleet friday on tower 33

[@adventuretonothingness7554]

I accedentally wrote tower instead of engine

[@SJMorgan7]

Damn it this starts at the same time I start work 😒, oh well I’ll watch it later

[@timschnaidt5071]

I propose skipping work

[@ethandunlop7395]

Probably my favorite fleet Friday if not tower 45

[@christopherstone9046]

Vasquez has a nearly perfect firefighter mustache

[@cadenwarhawk8348]

Did some flagging by station 17 in Castle Pines the other week

[@jarrythskeen8336]

Great video thank you guys. Did have one question. Noticed how are 34 crew was putting on blue jumpsuits is that an additional piece of their turnout gear?

[@salt8161]

Covid suits

[@RON81993]

That's a nice tanker

[@erinplocinski7590]

Fleet Friday suggestions: Foam Unit or Collapse Unit

[@evanurso7739]

Hey man I see you a Roblox fire fighter too try first responders coastal heat it’s a good game and tons of game passes and no I’m not trying to get people to play it

[@brettamelia3281]

@@evanurso7739 lmao I was wondering

[@viibesmanga3503]

@@evanurso7739 it is a very good one

[@evanurso7739]

@@viibesmanga3503 thx!

[@joshuahenry4303]

@South Metro Fire Rescue PIO Great job at producing another informative video on your special apparatus. Also, one question for you Eric. In regards to the Garmin GPS screen in Tender 34: does that screen auto load the address of the incident from the MDT when the call is dropped, or does the crew manually enter it before responding?

[@joshuahenry4303]

South Metro Fire Rescue PIO Ok thank you!

[@EA-3208]

Love south metro fire department, all love from Washington DC .

[@483.49]

A perfect tour getting interrupted

[@Yardieboss]

Love that intro song, anyone know what the name is or is it specially produced? Great show, keep it up

[@robp3681]

Awesome rig, was some painful things to watch though during the second half of the demo as a driver engineer myself.

[@code3responsegorinchem]

is it possible to do a fleet friday about REHAB 12? am very curious about what that vehicle is

[@Hero1395]

Even has a trucker hat... cool

[@johnnewman732]

I like how tower 34 gets a call.

[@anddrewb1367]

Im curious how often it happens when their recording

[@stephenbritton9297]

Need to get a kick-ball to float in the port-tank and avoid that suction bubble!

[@commander_bottie1605]

More dispatch center videos please

[@rileyevans6744]

The next one's got to be the collapse unit and the mobile command unit I mean I think those are the only ones that you guys have left?!!

[@ocscards9]

With how many vehicle vs building calls, technical rescues, and working fires, and with how big your district is, is there plans to permanently staff rescue 34, and get new heavy rescue sense South Metro is an ISO class 1 department?

[@publicsafety8141]

Does South Metro still have a SWAT medic program? Are those firefighters still deputized by the Arapahoe County Sheriff? Thanks!

[@anddrewb1367]

Whats a swat medic?

[@robbland5088]

@@SouthMetroFireRescuePIO you should do a video about them

[@Fred_Burger]

Aye mobile pool party. I make the same drafting noise trying to drink a milkshake lol.

[@robbland5088]

You should do a day in life with captain pickford

[@b_barry_16firephotography77]

triple pull GO GET EM BROTHERS

[@givemespace841]

Could the tender fill from a lake or body of water if it was closer than a hydrant?

[@brandynspears359]

Can you guys do a fleet friday with the helicopters and planes. please and thank you.

[@marcoespinoza3468]

Question for Eric What is south metro SAF18 and south metro MIDT32 on pulse point

[@alexischapdelaine9476]

that happens all the time when we fill our tankers to. Its hard to tell usually what we do is watch the indicator light once the top light starts to blink we starting slowly closing the hydrant but most of the time the water over flows most fire engines and tankers have over flow valves on them. Most of our town does not have hydrants we have only 21 pressurized hyrants in town.Our tankers tend to go mutal aid often to other towns we have a large mutal aid agreement

[@anddrewb1367]

Do they have to pay for receiving mutual aid

[@hihfty]

Theres usually a tank fill valve that you can open and close on the pump panel that would make shutting down the 5 inch intake faster then spinning the hydrant closed. Although im not sure if the back inlet on this tender is just a straight waterway and is always open much like the back of ladder trucks.

[@EricWhiteTheGamer]

Most all areas do have to pay for mutual aid calls.

[@anddrewb1367]

What happens if the tender is needed but the medic and tower are both out at calls?

[@markstanwood6910]

thanks to pio Eric

[@box8215]

Where can I get a South Metro Fire T-shirt??

[@henryjanosick4519]

@SouthMetroFireRescuePIO What does MetCom Ops 3 mean?

[@camdenreeder7710]

Awesome can you guys do another one if there is a bigger tender

[@Spitfire8520]

South Metro has 6 tenders that all carry 3000 gallons of water. Tender 40, 45, and 46 are similar in design and specification to Tender 34. Tender 39 and 41 are older tenders that might have some differences in appearance and pump capacity, for example they both carry their portable tanks on the driver side and Tender 39 has a 500 gpm pump.

[@Carolinastrucks]

Nice kenworth peirce

[@ohiolaws6236]

So tender is kinda like a tanker?

[@paulfield1421]

Does south metro regonize advanced EMTs??

[@lorettaanderson777]

Can you do a fleet Friday on Med 1?

[@dakotamason93]

Where did he get the leather radio strap

[@daspicsman]

Instant swimming pool.

[@notjosh7573]

Would it be possible to see decon 10?

[@alex_1798]

Will dive 16 be featured? Also does south metro have two hazmat teams?

[@marcuscornell2144]

SMFR has two HAZMAT units but I may be wrong as I am looking at their fact sheets from last year

[@rjfilliben107]

So how long would a truck like this stay in service? I assume anywhere around 10 years due to the call volume, I know my department's tankers tend to be replaced around 15+ years due to lack of use since they tend to have a more urban interface and the lack of need for them.

[@chakagillis]

There are several tankers 30-40 years old still flying the skies so 15 years is nothing for a tanker

[@midproductions1529]

Didn't the District-1 Fleet Friday say this rig was new?

[@SGBUSES_EMERGENCYVEHICLES]

does South metro have a Recuperation and care unit #FDNYRACUNIT for firefighters after a big fire

[@troytrotter9751]

@SouthMertroFireRescuePio Hey Eric are there anymore fleet Friday’s that will be shown?

[@danieltakawi9919]

@@SouthMetroFireRescuePIO I hope you never run out.

[@salt8161]

@@danieltakawi9919 With 29 soon to be 30 stations worth of apparatus and countless other vehicles I highly doubt it ;)

[@box8215]

Where can I purchase a south metro work t-shirt??

[@JayMandel]

Finally

[@timothypollock628]

I would like to use some of your depts design ideas for our new one. Can I ask what the Pierce Job # is to help us with our spec

[@Spitfire8520]

Tender 34 is Pierce Job # 32692.

[@belgarion89]

Do you have to worry about debris getting in the porta-pond? Imagine if you put it under the wrong tree in fall it might clog the pumps, unless they're just waaay too powerful for that.

[@davidbates7429]

A question about tires. Are firefighters trained to change the front tires in case of an emergency. Like what happens if at a rural brush fire the front tire blows? Is this unit then out of commission or is there some procedure to fix it and get the unit back into service ASAP? Thank you for all the hard work that you all do to protect us.

[@EricWhiteTheGamer]

Some cities have field mechanics but with SMFR I don’t think they do and if they do they did not list it.

[@JenandBrianVids]

South Metro does have mobile fleet trucks, they are dispatched to extended incidents or when requested.

[@EricWhiteTheGamer]

Thanks for confirmation. I looked everywhere and could not see it. Wikipedia, your home KZbin channel page, the website and just could not find it. Thanks so much again!

[@jdtfarming2370]

I need this truck to fill up my pool

[@MB12116]

I’m driving thru Engle wood right now

[@luschmiedt1071]

Is there a volunteer system in South metro or are there only paid fire fighters?

[@Spitfire8520]

South Metro is career fire department with only paid firefighters.

[@Lite.offical565]

Probably a dum question does the tender have a jake brake since it is a kenworth

[@garrettfreyberg5166]

Do you every go swimming in it

[@JJ-bi5qx]

What is your guys intro song? So catchy.

[@JJ-bi5qx]

@@SouthMetroFireRescuePIO thanks :)

[@robertkaliszewski4363]

Hey, Do a Day in a life of a Battalion Chief

[@joestractorshop8040]

Is that the Tender that the recruits used in Week 12 or something?

[@Spitfire8520]

Tender 45 and Tender 46 (twins) were the tenders seen in the Fire Academy video. They are a little bit older 2015 models, but have similar specifications as Tender 34.

[@nfldbuff4016]

What happened towards the end when all the water started overflowing on the truck? Was that an accident? What happens when you overfill the tank?

[@citrus_fire2078]

Thats basically what happens when you fill the tank to capacity. Thats how you tell when to stop. It just purges water so it doesnt overfill and cause pressure a pressure buildup.

[@brandongustafson7497]

Thankyou I was wondering the same thing!

[@ocscards9]

that is when you know your rig is full.

[@thepathlighter8874]

You also want the tank to be full so there isn't any weight shift when going around a corner. A less than full tank can cause the truck to tip over when the water shifts.

[@wademolzahn8870]

Are you hydrants labeled on water pressure.

[@SouthMetroFireRescuePIO]

No, none of the hydrants in South Metro's district are painted to match their flow.

[@fabeiontatum205]

That's the one i want

[@romonlovell3895]

Like the video