Thank you!

Thank you so much!

44 now?

Thank you!

Same for me in Germany

Thank you for watching! The normal front line service for a brush truck has been about 20 years. After recent fire district consolidations and new apparatus replacement plans, they'll likely be replaced sooner than that moving forward.

I’m a volunteer firefighter in Adams County and I was so pumped to see your patch! Worked with you guys once, great group of firefighters up there

Thank you! One of the big reasons to move away from the tandem axle engines is their size in the urban and suburban areas. After they leave front line service and become reserves, there are limitations on what stations they be housed in since the older stations have smaller bays.

Interesting! Thanks for the info!

Thank you for your suggestion.

I believe that is in the works.

Word of the day - "Quiller"

I am not sure on the first part but the second I believe the Reds will be replaced between 2023-2026

Based on the most recent Medic Unit purchases the new ones will likely go to M11, M13 M15, M16, M17, M18, M211, M23, M31, M34, M37, M41, M42, M46. Those are in numerical order, but probably not the order in which they'll be replaced. Yes, an ARFF apparatus committee just started meeting to discuss replacement on Red 1 and Red 3 which should happen in the next few years.

Thanks for your suggestion! SMFR just got a new medical director and I'm sure he'll be interested in this.

We haven't done a Fleet Friday on the mobile command unit. A couple years ago Greenwood Village Police Department took possession of the joint command unit that SMFR housed for over 10 years. We have several other large law enforcement command units that may respond and assist with incidents, also.

I'm not sure yet, but as soon as the drawings are done I'll share them! - Eric

Tiller 34 will be designed to fit at firehouse 34. The new firehouse 32 was built with an extra long bay to accommodate a tiller, also.

As of now minimum staffing will still be 4 personnel. Occasionally when there aren't many firefighters on vacation or sick time some suppression units with get a 5th firefighter and Tiller 34 would likely be one of those.

Tiller 34 will respond to all calls in the area even though it will be bigger, if very necessary 34's have stations 33, 17, and 44 with Engines who could assist if necessary

@@centralcofirebuff7830 Thanks for the reply!!! I was just curious as I know many places that have gone with single Truck/Ladder/Quint as the only suppression unit in a station (which I know Tower 34 has been for quite some time) have also placed a smaller vehicle, but not additional personnel, so guys have to cross staff which is a pain. I was on a dept with Just an Engine, Heavy Rescue and QRU (Suburban) and we would have to take the Suburban on medicals and to the store etc. and never fail you get an auto accident or fire and have to respond code back to the station to get the appropriate piece of apparatus, which I did not make any sense at all, but by golly we were saving $1.00/day on fuel and never lost a foundation lol

@@pc6400 As call volume continues to increase it's possible that an Engine Company could be added to Station 34. For now, the model of dispatching the aerial to all first-due incidents will be maintained. As you highlighted, the challenge of cross-staffing apparatus is a difficult one to manage. The intent of the Rescue Tiller is to prevent the need for Tower 34 to respond back to the firehouse to pick up the Rescue, especially since those rescue incidents can be quite high risk and time sensitive.

At this point there are no plans to add additional staffed units at any stations. Response time statistics are carefully watched and if they reach a threshold where SMFR needs additional units, they will be added.

SMFR is purchasing land this year to relocate Station 15 and Station 16 in the next few years. Long term plans include one or two additional stations to serve new communities.

@@SouthMetroFireRescuePIO Awesome! What will the numbers of the new additional stations be?

In that scenario Collapse 45 could respond if appropriate or a mutual aid heavy rescue company.

@@SouthMetroFireRescuePIO Makes sense, thanks!

Yes, Colorado does have a move over law but enforcement is a challenge. Colorado State Patrol provides a lot of public messaging about the importance of moving over.

Yes, we plan to feature a Fire Investigator later this year.

@@SouthMetroFireRescuePIO Awesome can’t wait!!

I would say a tower

In 2021 SMFR responded to over 46,000 incidents. 66% of those were medical and 2% were fires. The other common types are alarms and public assists.

There are a few part-time positions in Fleet that are held by firefighters.

New job , she had a baby

@@stephnvaxie she not with south metro fire rescue

@10:35 Eric tells you where she is - a change of job, promotion, to internal communications manager in SMFR

@@stevejones5824 thank for telling me have a nice day stay safe bey

Nearly all of the fleet will be E-450. Medic 36 which responds into more rural and mountainous areas will likely remain on a 4x4 F-Series chassis.

They will make a video to introduce the new PIO once the new PIO clears the background checks and is officially placed as a PIO

The dispatch voice says "map page" which references a 1-square mile grid. It's especially useful when the computers in the apparatus aren't working.