24 Hour Ride Along - Fort Worth Fire Station 2

[@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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[@douggriffin2910]

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

[@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!

[@chrisdagoat9736]

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

[@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!

The architecture and beauty of that fire house is incredible. To think it was built 100 years ago and still in use and that today we do not spend the time or money to build such beautiful long lasting structures is really sad. Thankfully this one is well preserved and still in use. Not only that but the fact modern large fire equipment fit inside the garage doors (height) is amazing.

[@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!

[@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]

hero

[@WorkingFirePIO]

Thanks for watching!

[@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

[@rrodak]

Much respect to those men. Thanks for the video.

[@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

[@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.

[@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!

[@Lucyblacklab]

Beautiful fire station

[@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.

[@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? 😆

[@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 😊

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@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!

[@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

[@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.

[@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!

[@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!

[@edsmetaldetecting31]

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

[@WorkingFirePIO]

Thank you!

[@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!

[@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!

[@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

[@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!

[@trob0914]

Awesome video series, keep up the great work Eric!

[@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!

[@Dispatcher-kv2im]

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

[@henryjt2377]

That upstairs gym is awesome!

[@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

[@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

[@indianawxbuff3186]

Another great video!!

[@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.

[@eastvalleyfirebuff]

Great video Eric!!!!

[@joedunn1390]

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

[@JadedFett1138]

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

[@shadesilverwing592]

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

[@reutzelfred]

Great video. Hope you get to Austin some day.

[@jimmymurray7638]

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

[@tscrain8277]

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

[@David-sm5ne]

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

[@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.

[@jonathanbair523]

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

[@masonhartley5865]

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

[@AllenPortman]

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

[@mosseys01]

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

[@QuebecBuff]

Amazing Eric!

[@hihfty]

Awesome video! great quality.

[@LakesRegionEmergencyPhoto]

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

[@ryanwhipple7275]

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

[@214jef]

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

[@David-sm5ne]

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

[@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!

[@jess23288]

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

[@teddyhawkins318]

Thanks for your service

[@JoelBulger]

Many blessing to you all thank you for your service

[@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

[@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

[@eriksenactual]

Awesome video! Excited to see pt2 with FW!

[@cristiansanchez3360]

Try Oklahoma City! Would love to see that video.

[@1topfueldrag]

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

[@nmfdchris]

Well those tones are gonna take a toll on their hearts

[@rayd1511]

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

[@chrisklassen3217]

Love your videos man! Keep up the great work!

[@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!

[@northtexasfireresponses]

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

[@classicgaming9765]

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

[@nate18268]

That bell is so cool!!

[@David-sm5ne]

Glad you enjoyed!

[@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

[@AllenPortman]

Great video coverage!

[@RealJeep]

Glad to see fireman mustaches are making a comeback.

[@Fmrlt9a]

What a beautiful house

[@whereuatduckgirl]

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

[@chrisb9363]

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

[@denflyr]

Love it as always....only hoping you got BBQ at Hard Eight or Cooper's while there in Ft. Worth!

[@sssthird]

Nice video Eric!

[@jacobkeppler1984]

Awesome video

[@scotsemmens596]

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

[@workinghardusa]

Great video!! Well done.

[@nwflfireresponses]

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

[@alex_1798]

A ride along with Carmel Indians Station 44 would be cool or one of my local Fire Departments

[@Seif_Ahmed.]

I can smell the freedom out of these trucks

[@patspencer5649]

Good editing Eric. Keep it up.

[@konrad6594]

This was such an amazing video! Keep it up!

[@mooseriddle]

Excellent Video!!!

[@MrJoeairman2000]

Love that 70's stache

[@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]

@@David-sm5ne your welcome boss chief david support to you and support forth worth fire station,awesome cool fire truck like pierce favorite and rescue fire truck.philippines but second hand japan surplus fire truck because small japanese fire truck i dont like it.pierce fire truck love it.for me plan business fire volunteer fire tanker but second hand japan surplus i dont care second hand fire tanker i wont bnew fire tanker like(mack,pierce,perterbuild truck head tractor with trailer stainless steel tanker love it truck,volvo,mercedez,scania )

[@Mark-yd1qs]

That was awesome. Thanks!!

[@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.

[@evanwiedemangaming1741]

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

[@Nebraska68134]

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

[@bradgowins4812]

Good stuff!

[@warehamfirespark]

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

[@WorkingFirePIO]

I would definitely like to do that!

[@Antonioxx81]

Keep up the good work!! Love the videos! Let me know if your ever in California and maybe you can swing by my department !

[@gumbysbeats3679]

One of only 2 stations left in the city with fire poles.