Now all we need is day in the life of a Bureau Chief or investigator

"Prepare like you're new, perform like you're not." Love that!

Each time I watch this I so want to share the importanve of each and every first responder. You are all trained the same for a reason this allows you to be put into any role or capacity where needed. You can see after arrival how Eric went from PIO EnRoute to First Unit or Aparatus on Scene, to giving a size up or 360. Then went to FF Ground Support. Grabbing a 5” line for hydrate access, then asking where the hydrant bag is as he is unfamiliar with the layout of this specific apparatus, to aiding in anyway possible, back to PIO and giving out updates on this trash fire. It just shows why everyone does the exact same training. Great job Eric and SMFR

Eric seems to have a pretty strange luck with being first on scene as a PIO. Back in the days he was first on scene of a working residential in his neighborhood

Very cool to see Eric running around getting hose lines ready and stuff, not very often we get to see that

7:38 when your PulsePoint went off I grabbed my phone and was confused when I didn’t have an alert lol.

This episode is particularly interesting for me in that I have over 20 years of communications experience (a good bit of which working in media relations and public information management), but also serve as official photographer for a small volunteer fire company in Central New York. As a PIO, Eric's job requires much more 'realtime' engagement than in my case, being both proactive and reactive as it relates to the exchange of information be it via social media, in person, or more traditional media. It's also interesting to learn what types of incidents they respond to as a PIO which are not unlike those I respond to as 'Photo1.' I very much appreciate his efforts, not only bringing attention to the fire service, but packaging the information in such a way that it is easily accessible and understood by the general public.

Eric, yet another 5 star video from SMFR. I got the hint with the product placement of that KZfaq plaque. Nice work. I've showed our team locally your subliminal challenge. Stay safe out there to all of you.

Awesome video. In my opinion you have taken social media in the fire service to a new level.

Of course the time you decide to turn the camera around on yourself it turns into a First Due vlog, which frankly are the best ones. Another great video Eric! Keep up the good work! Thank you from Georgia.

Awesome video, really would love to see "Fire Investigator - A Day in the Life"

Love it! Thanks for inviting us into your day Eric!

Love all of these day in the life episodes!

Great video! Always great to see

Thank you Eric for this series, especially this season explaining the various jobs and vehicles used in your fire/rescue service.

Awesome job on getting in there to help these guys out Eric!

Thanks for this great video, nice to see pio10 in action again.

Great video Eric. We love the day in a life of series.👍🚒

To South Metro Fire Rescue, Thanks for all you do. I can't say thanks enough to you all. Keep everything well and stay healthy. Can't wait for this amazing Day in the Life video. Greetings from Woodland Park CO. I do have a question. Why did you want to be a PIO? Thanks South Metro. Yall are my favorite dept in Colorado

Really interesting with the trash fire, you did an amazing job assisting the crew of that fire truck Eric well done

What a great video on your position! Very interesting and educational. Thanks Eric.

Great video, Eric.

I love your videos. Thank you!

Thank you and awesome job, Eric and SMFR. Bibi

Great video Eric, love seeing how you guys operate

This is the best way to tell your story, and ultimately inform the community what they are paying for.

Good video and view into a day in the life. Glad to see you had that rare chance to get your hands dirty on the trash truck fire. Thanks for all your work.

Great work and great video! Have been looking forward to seeing one like this

Great “day in the life” video Eric! You and your colleagues in the PIO department do a wonderful job representing your department and presenting factual and interesting information! Keep doing a first rate job! 🇺🇸

Again Great Job, thanks for all the interesting videos. Greetings from Germany Michael

Great information, thank you for sharing. Stay safe.

Wow! This is powerful. There is a story everywhere and everyones stories is important! Thank you South Metro PIO Team!

Great video Eric! Keep up the great work your team is doing!

Hey Eric, you are awesome keep up the good contact

I love seeing these videos Eric as a firefighter from New Zealand we don't have things like a PIO and that kinda stuff so it's really awesome to see how you ladies and gents do things in the states but please be safe my friend and keep up the amazing work 🥰 ps. You'll have a few patches coming your way 😎

Awesome to see Eric in his day job! Huge fan of both channels!

Awesome look into the very important job you guys do. Side note: That Sutphen tower is an awesome rig.

awesome job, great luck in being first on scene, and assisting

Another great video, really enjoy watching your videos. Stay safe everyone.

Y'all are so good as y'all do the videos

Thank you for educating the public on Red day. In MD this we were under Red flag warning for the last three days. It is so important for everyone to do their part to prevent fires.

I enjoy all the SMFR videos, I find them informative and very well put together. I live in Florida and follow our city's fire rescue on Twitter, which is how I get most of my news about what is happening. So social media is an excellent way of getting the info out!

I love watching your videos

More day in the lifes please

You’re a great fit for your position and it shows in your production. I liked the switch of the intro music/radio traffic in today’s video. I don’t know if you might have multiple intros but I personally like the dispatch traffic in the background. I did volunteer fire for a few years and EMS for a dozen years and I do miss listening to dispatch but so much of the radio traffic nowadays is 800 mhz.

Hello Eric love your videos it teaches in-depth look at how to prevent fires

Awesome! Nice work!!

YESSS FINALLY!!! IVE WAITED FOR THISSS

Great episode… would like to see a behind the scenes of a IDT activation. And a following of the SMFR IMT during a response. Keep up the great work! Stay safe brothers and sisters. From Ohio

You do your job very well. I haven't seen a single video that I did not like. They are always very informative and entertaining at the same time even if you don't smile as much as Connor. Awesome job getting to use your previous skills to actually help out on this fire. I did recently subscribe once I found your channel. I have friends in the past that were fire fighters, 1st Responders, as I was, and really enjoy watching your work. I also have a young mom that is currently pursuing becoming a fire fighter and will be sharing this channel with her. She just might want to check SMFR oiut too.

Hey Eric i loved the video and today just made me want to be a firefighter even more when i get older love the videos keep up the great work

Great video!

This one is a long time coming! The hype is real.

Greetings from Denmark. Great video, Eric! Keep it up:-)

Eric putting in work!

As usual, very well done, informative and educational. Also, neat to find out South Metro sent a brush crew out here to assist us with our fires here in Arizona high country,. I am in the southeastern outskirts of the Phoenix metro area, well far from those fires. It also our windy season and that can play a disastrously danger role in what ordinally would be a simple structure fire. Case in point six years ago there was a major structure fire in the center of The Town of Gilbert at an apartment complex under construction. A roofer's torch was identified as the cause. Even with fire crews only a couple blocks away the combination of high winds and exposed lumber the fire quickly spread and consumed the entire complex including finished buildings. Embers also carried across a large street igniting the roofs of a garage and main office building of a neighboring complex across the street. Luckily the complex had yet to open and there were only minor injuries to some police officers and firefighters. Also, no occupied structural loss other than the Leasing Office of the neighboring complex. There were many single family residential structures behind the neighboring complex as well as across from the incident site, fire crews (many from neighboring cities) were able to protect those exposures. Would love to see a 'day in the life' of an investigator. It was mentioned in one of the prior PIO Vlog videos there was going to be more information in a future video about a residential structure fire caused by spontaneous combustion. There was a residential structure fire out here earlier this week that was believed to have been caused by Linseed Oil soaked rags. No injuries, but the home was a complete loss.

Great to be informed about your role on the other side of the world. Your unique approach compares well with Australians down under. Keep up the great work and interesting videos.

Can you do a day in the life of a firefighter, but follow them for the whole 48 hour shift? Be interesting too. See how they manage it and what they go through.

Just some info....as a trash truck operator, dumping a "hot" load is standard practice. Doesn't matter if they're diesel, CNG or alternative fuels. Easier to clean a burnt trash fire then replace a truck. Awesome work on that fire btw!!!

watching from Australia

Hey from norway Stay safe every firefigthers

I saw some pretty nice gear! Pretty certain a Sony A7C, G Series lens, and I know that Peak Design tripod isn’t cheap! Glad to see an organization that takes the PIO role seriously and will happily equip y’all with great stuff! Great video!

Im in the UK but still like to watch this channel

I live in Seattle Washington and am currently applying for SFD. We don’t have as good of a KZfaq presence as south metro. Your channel has been amazing in applying and how the training and career track will go. Thanks for all you do.

Eric thank you so much for inspiring me to become a pio

That was really cool 😎

Hi, I'm from Poland, it's great to watch your materials.

Hi from New Brunswick Canada 🇨🇦

Love All Your Videos I am In Vancouver BC Canada

I love the video was waiting for the pio vlog now we need a day in the life of Connors new job by the way I watch from Edmonton Alberta Canada

I am from Jamaica, Disaster Tough Podcast led me here, and this is strong work and awesome stuff!

Being as I was in PAO for the U.S. Army here in Europe, I can really relate to this story. No day was like any other day. We were responsible for 52 countries and had PA stringers all over Europe getting stories along with getting information to us for all media outlets world wide. This was a very well presented story and South Metro should be proud to have such a professional on hand to get the command message out there and let the community know what is going on right away. Well done.

Good job I love your videos

Can you all do more videos on the wildland aspect of South Metro? Such as videos on the supervisors and what a typical seen would look like. Thanks and as always great video.

Way to go Eric! Great hustle on the water supply! Question: why was the ladder used to get water on the truck? Vs establishing another line or unit for ground attack? Just curious...you guys all rock!

the funny thing and the thing i understand but the first brush fire you guys about dispatched the entirety of my fire department but i totally understand why you guys do it

I think you have my dream job. My dad was a firefighter and I’ve always loved chasing shiny red trucks.. but my career took me into the arts as a designer. Looks like you encompass playing with fire trucks, helping people and get to use your creative side every day. Yep, that would do it for me, but not much call for that here in in the U.K.

You guys should do a day in the life of either a fire chaplain or a fire investigator

Great video. Would love to know more about your volunteer fire fighting career and to see more of your preserved airport truck

Are there any plans for doing ride alongs with various stations/apparatus beyond the day in a life series? To me, daily operations are the most interesting thing to watch and learn.

I'd be interested in more PIO, day in the life videos especially during more busy seasons like a red flag day etc.

It would be cool to hear your story Eric of how you got to be a PIO sometime

It was last week there was a red flag warning with winds up to 30-40 mph and there were evaluations and I could smell smok about 3 miles away while in school

3:07 JOB TOWN!!!!!!

6:11 outside of Prescott you say? (It makes me remember the granite mountain hotshots rip)

Hello from Tulsa,Oklahoma

I love your video

I live in NJ today they had a brush fire in Morris County NJ I was listening to it on my scanner and it was the first time I heard them using a helicopter to do a water drop scary times but they contained it nice job by all

As a TV news producer, I definitely appreciate how proactive you are with getting out information. The on-call response expectation is incredible to me since most inquiries at my last job disappeared into a black hole with no response from the PIO.

You guys have to be the best organized Dept I’ve ever seen . Y’all hiring ? I’ll leave Jersey lol

WOW that was incredible ! ! How you handle calls is very interesting 👍. that was very informative about the trash truck fire 😮 😳 👍 it was also incredibly interesting about you arriving on scene of the fire first, then for you to be put into service on the call 😮 😎 👍 👍 Thanks for sharing your day ! !

You guys really do expire me because when I get older I wanna be a firefighter what I think I can never make it but you guys help me and I then you guys expire me that I can do it

inspireing

what a interesting video

Yes, I am not from the US, and I hope one day my country will have this strcture

19:36 east troublesome was in my county and back yard I was not effected cause it was going to grand lake but my fire department for my town worked till they were good to go for a bit.

Do you guys ever cross train alongside the coroners office? Btw low key love the way this video is produced, feel like this should be something done every once and a while, just a ride along with a PIO.

Can you do another firefighter day in the life soon

Hey Eric, at 17:36 you mentioned your pass in fire fighting. Do you mean you have been with the department for a while. Or were you a fire fighter at one point? Love the video thank you for doing a day in a life!

Can you do a startup and put the lights on tour of one of your new fire truck