Thank you so much!

@@SouthMetroFireRescuePIO Your welcome! Keep up the great work. Stay safe.

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Thanks for watching!!

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Such a wild afternoon! Thanks for watching.

Thank you so much!

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@@Rick-mg1nv No that smoke chaser lol

Not a title I ever thought I'd write at South Metro! Thanks for watching!

Excellent, thanks for watching!

We appreciate you watching and thank you for sending such a nice package!

Tell them thank you for watching!

Thank you!

Thanks! We're grateful the storm wasn't worse!

Thank you!

Thanks for watching and sharing! I just visited the Alpharetta Fire Corps website and it looks like a great way to volunteer. Stay safe! - Eric

@@SouthMetroFireRescuePIO Thanks Eric! Your channel is actually what inspired me to join!

Many of South Metro's most busy days are a direct result of severe weather. We'll include more of those days in upcoming vlogs.

Thank you! I try to be as thorough as possible to make everyone's life easier.

@@SouthMetroFireRescuePIO You succeeded!

Thank you!

Thanks Conner!

Wow! Talk about a ton of work for you all! Stay safe out there.

@@SouthMetroFireRescuePIO thanks you too!

Those damaging hail events are just awful. Thanks for watching!

Thank you 😊

Thanks Mark! The training tiller will be mostly used on at the training facility but it will probably make some appearances on the streets from time to time, also.

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it.

We share your excitement!!

Thank you for watching!

Thanks Conner!

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Thank you!

Thank you so much! The golf cart experienced some type of mechanical failure minutes after being driven by the maintenance team. They parked it in the driveway, went inside to do some work and it caught fire shortly after that.

Radar Scope is what I showed in the video, but I also have Radar Omega, Storm Shield and a few other weather apps that I regularly reference. Can never have enough intel!

It has been an unusually active severe weather season along the Colorado Front Range. Thankfully we don't have to worry about the higher end EF and nighttime tornadoes here, like you regularly face in Kansas. Scary stuff.

@@SouthMetroFireRescuePIO ya, tho luckily those are still rare, mostly just gotta worry about hail damaging crops here in southeast Colorado and western ks

For sure! We've had the most Tornado Warnings I can ever remember in South Metro's District this year.

I believe they go into spear fleet

When Brush 33 and Brush 43's new vehicles go in service, here's how the ripple effect will look... Old BR33 -> BR42 Old BR43 -> BR47 Old BR42 -> Will be sold Old BR47 -> Will be a reserve BR2231 (current reserve) -> Will be sold

Thank you! We want to share Day in the Life of Fire Investigator and Logistics next, just working out some scheduling to make those happen.

We are, too! Hopefully your city will continue to stay out of the tornado crosshairs.

What an unpleasant surprise! May, June and July can get a little sporty in the afternoon.

Thanks! SMFR purchases the seat covers from Tiger Tough. The sunglasses don't have a brand name, but I bought them at a Shell station off I-70 in Baxter, Kansas! - Eric

@@SouthMetroFireRescuePIO, thanks for the reply Eric! I appreciate the answer to both questions. I love sunglasses and have a ton of them. Always looking for some new ones to add to my collection! Thanks buddy! Stay safe!

We will definitely feature a new Brush and highlight the differences from the last generation. Day in the Life of Fire Investigator and Logistics are high on our list.

@@SouthMetroFireRescuePIO Awesome to hear, as someone that is looking at becoming a fire investigator in my Country love to see the difference

He did get a new vehicle and is planning to do a fleet Friday

Yes, I have a 2020 Ford Expedition now and since a few people have asked for it, I'll make a Fleet Friday for it. Training Bureau didn't mention adding emergent driving to the EVOC course, we only activated the warning lights when a vehicle on the course stopped to reset cones.

@@SouthMetroFireRescuePIO Did they take your truck from you or was it an upgrade you wanted? Saw you guys out in the Expedition right after the storm (and later at Station 17) and thought it was a new vehicle for the other PIOs. I liked that truck!

I don't think we have any patches from that region, and definitely not from Bonney Lake. Thanks for sharing, we always enjoy learning about other FDs and PulsePoint is a great way to do that.

I'll start including more severe weather related activities in our vlogs. If we have a damaging hail threat, vehicles will be moved inside whenever possible. During the tornado warnings anyone not involved in emergency response will go to an interior room away from windows to shelter.

Since PIO's respond to incidents that have high community and media interest, I knew we would end up in the damage area eventually anyway. Since I take vacation time every year to chase storms, it was a good opportunity to provide a rare look into severe weather operations.

@@SouthMetroFireRescuePIO Job well done as always by you and Lauren keep up the good work.

One of the big reasons SMFR is purchasing a Tiller, which will have a 300 gallon water tank, pump and attack lines, is combine the equipment from the Heavy Rescue with the Ladder Company. This will allow Tiller 34 to respond as an aerial and or heavy rescue as needed without the need to cross-staff a specialty apparatus. Both Tower 34 and Rescue 34 were due for replacement in the next couple years so there's a cost savings in purchasing only one apparatus instead of two.

@SouthMetroFireRescuePIO smart move! I currently live in a city that seems a little spoiled with their budget. All engines and trucks have 4 man crews. They have a fully staffed heavy rescue unit. And a fully staffed hazmat/CBRNE unit. Plus all their 2 man rescue units(paramedic ambulances). Wish all departments could have such big budgets!

Staff Chiefs, additional Safety Officers, Fire Investigators, Incident Dispatchers, and PIO's don't respond emergent very often, but policy does allow it. Those units will initially respond non-emergent unless upgraded by Incident Commander/Officer, or the incident warrants and justifies their immediate/emergent response or involvement. Most commonly emergency lighting/sirens are used when approaching a closed road or traveling through an incident scene.

Great observation. Yes, now I drive a Ford Expedition.

Rescue 34 will be auctioned/sold once the new tiller goes in service.

The PIO role is part of the incident command structure and always filled at major incidents, sometimes by a fire / police chief or sheriff. Most medium to large size fire departments do have career communications staff with designated PIO's. South Metro is among the few that have a KZfaq channel featuring vlogs hosted by PIO's.

@@SouthMetroFireRescuePIO thank you for the information. I wish we had PIO's like you guys but we might not be big enough to be honest. It was nice to see you receive a patch from our local firefighters a while back, Halifax Regionals Fire and Emergency from Nova Scotia Canada, it has the Bluenose sailing ship in the middle 🤗❤️

Colorado averages 40 tornadoes per year. Most occur east of the Denver Metro area and Interstate 25 in less populated areas.

Thanks for your interest and suggestion! SMFR has CAD to CAD capability with West Metro, both fire districts can automatically dispatch automatic aid resources and share MDC data. Currently, SMFR does not share that capability with any of the other neighboring fire districts. Auto and mutual aid requests are phoned in by the dispatch centers, they check the status of the unit(s) needed and dispatch them if they're available.

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@@Autofleet4429 I'm guessing he doesn't show his storm chases on KZfaq?

@@tbuff91 No, he occasionally posts pictures on his Instagram.

Right!? When I heard that statement I was southeast of the storm and the tornado was rain wrapped. Our Douglas County meteorologist shared that Reed Timmer made the tornado report and it certainly heightened the reality of the situation for me. - Eric

Yikes! Did the damage force the station to be out of service?

@@SouthMetroFireRescuePIO Yes, I t is still out of service.The township is trying to work through all of the beuracratic stuff with insurance, building inspectors.

Hello, Station shirts are only available to South Metro employees.

We do not have a Montreal Fire patch yet.

Thankfully everyone was ok!

At South Metro, support personnel including Incident Dispatchers, Fire Investigators and Public Information Officers have vehicles that are code 3 capable. By policy, those resources respond non-emergent unless their immediate involvement justifies an emergent response, or the incident commander requests an emergent response. Support staff almost always respond non-emergent but routinely activate their lights/sirens when accessing controlled scenes. In this video example, an emergent mode was used to follow an Engine Company through a closed intersection, rather than sit in traffic just outside the scene for an extended time while traffic was diverted.

@@SouthMetroFireRescuePIO wow thanks for your good and quick reply! It makes sense to me now! Thankyou!

Thanks for asking! You can mail a patch to this address and we'll send one back! SMFR PIO Office 9195 E. Mineral Ave. Centennial, CO 80112

Hello! You can schedule a visit at Station 12 at this link if you'd like to app.smartsheet.com/b/form/2354d99c9a4546cabb6ba4cb62e827fa

PIO is short for Public Information Officer. The job includes being a spokesperson for the organization which includes television, radio and print interviews, social media content creation and management (including KZfaq) and responding to major incidents that occur.

It's a 2020 Ford Expedition.

We're scheduling that with Station 44 right now, so it'll probably be up in a couple weeks.

Dang I enjoyed seeing it every month you guys do such a great job with it...