Denver’s HISTORY house
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- Denver, Colorado Station 3 has Unprecedented History, Cultural Significance, Dedicated Personnel, and even Ghost Stories - all within 400 square feet. It is DFD's only single-engine station with 4 person crews that run 24/7 and answer nearly 4.5k calls a year. The building is a historic landmark and remains the oldest active house in the department. DFD Station 3 is the first and only fire station in Denver to be staffed by all African American members until it was desegregated in 1957. The Station is located in the Five Points neighborhood and thus became known as "The Pride of the Points" as well as "in the Eye of the Storm" due to its unwavering commitment to providing a safe and secure place in the community. Today you see multiple new construction projects and revitalizations going on all around it. Due to its location, rich history, and diversity this station is considered a favorite among the firefighters. Members claim the station is haunted tracing back to an entire crew that perished in a hotel fire in 1895. HND might just agree.
A big thank you to Chris for showing us around and the rest of the crew for contributing your thoughts and expertise as we toured your fantastic station.
If you are ever in the Denver area you MUST stop by and see this house for yourself. It was amazing!
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Great seeing these old stations still standing and not forgotten like most around the world have.
Yeah my towns around 150 and year old fire station is out of service but they have it standing and they do use it for storing equipment but it is really cool
I love and miss these old styled fire stations! There was such nostalgia working out of old fire houses! They had a particular smell and ambience that just can't be replicated in modern built fire stations!
I just love this fire house. It's got it all, history, style, home feel, and I hope it is still in service for another 100 years.
Love this station and what they bring to our community. There are lots of festivals and cultural celebrations in our community and they are always outside interacting with neighbors and showing kids around the house. Also, the station is so cool and truly an anchor in this area. This crew is the best! (From a neighbor who lives just down the block and has had to call them in the middle of the night)
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I have been in that Station many times. I did almost 32 years in the Denver Fire Department. The new doors were built in the DFD Repair Shop. By a Denver Fire Fighter.
my dad was there too in the 70s
My dad was a Denver firefighter. He died in ‘58. He wasn’t stationed at No. 3 though. Denver is also home to the Denver Firefighters Museum which is also great attraction to visit while visiting. Great video! 👍
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Spent the most rewarding years of my career there. Thant you for featuring it.
The picture of the African American firehouse crew was something special. I really like the history of this station and the fact that they preserved it. History, good or bad, is interesting and something everyone should learn about.
This really old Fire-Fighter worked that house in early 1970s, and it was a bad hood back then. City put up a tall fence around our parking area in back and we would lock it up at night and next morning there would be footprints across the top of some cars, the little stinkers still got in but usually minimal car damage. We ran 5 men in those days and used the same bunker gear continually. When it was a black manned firehouse the men would give haircuts to the neighborhood kids on Saturday on the front apron. The black Captain was Shorty (?) and he ran the station like military and was well liked, and in his day the shifts were 1 on 1 off. We had no air horns until about 1972 and no blue lights as those were saved for snowplows. The basement was department storage for helmets and I always questioned why everybody needed his own bed throughout the department when most of America just changes sheets when coming on shift. The Washington park station, being old had a small bedroom with 17 beds in it, and one would have to clear a small lane just to reach your bunk. Engines were called Pumpers back then and first arriving pumper would have to lay an incoming supply line (21/2) on any fire call, even false, wrong address, no fire, fire out, wrong alley or whatever, and boy did we reload a lot of hose daily, but the truck companies usually helped. When I think back, those were some of the best times of my life. I left in 1974 and finished out at Miami-Dade Fire for 43 years total. Ah the memories.
Thank you so much for sharing your story we appreciate your service that you’ve given and thanks for watching you truly are the definition of a hero next door
From a smoke eater just starting out, thanks for the story and your long-standing service. o7
I was a proby at this firehouse 24 years ago, and Chris's Dad was my senior FF.
that is just so cool seeing old peices of history like this no matter if it's a old fire haul a old engine unforms etc.
It is just so neat and just a fantastic sight to see and also know that Denver still values and preservers it's older history and knowledges it as a historical place and its legacy i find that just a fantastic way to honor it.
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Old is gold!
Cool video. I’m retired from the DFD, so it brought back a lot of memories.
Thanks for watching. We have some more to come. Also thank you for your years of service it’s deeply appreciated
That is so cool all around!
Beautiful station! I have seen pictures online of the house. I am glad we got a full video tour! Thanks Mike!
Awesome station and history, THANK YOU! I love the nostalgia and honor to service those old cribs represent… Keep up the old “big city” tours, that was cool!
Excellent video. Love the older stations. Keep up the good work.
Love it. Great to see a building of this age still being used
It is wonderfull to see that historic building, so well kept in order, clean and functional, among those modern ones nearby. I hope that even if it gets replaced, the city of Denver finds a way to keep it there to maybe serve the community in a different way.
That is one very very nice fire house full of history nice
What a cool old Firehouse ! Thanks guys ! Stay Safe .
Love learning about history, especially fire service history! Great video!
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Thanks for coming to Colorado! try while your still here, Boulder mountain fire and rescue station 1, the brush trucks are absolutely insane. Insane looking station too.
One thing, it’s Mountain View station 2.
Thanks for watching. Next time we are there we should stop to see your station
@@thenightshadeplayz8065 You were close in your original comment: Rocky Mountain Fire District (in Boulder County) merged with Mountain View in January 2021. If that's who you're referring to, I'm guessing you mean the station on Baseline? Another interesting fact about that house: It used to be Cherryvale FPD's Station 3 until they merged with Eldorado Springs-Marshall FPD in 2007 to become Rocky Mountain FD--and the station before 1999 and 2013 remodels looked nothing like it does today. Lastly, I assume by "brush trucks" you're primarily referring to Tender 2242--the one built on the Czech-made Tatra chassis, and the last one S&S built before they went bankrupt in 2008? It's definitely a beast, and you should check out Grand Valley (Parachute, CO) FPD's Tender 32 and Kremmling FPD's Tactical Engine 414-2016 and 2005, respectively, Pierce Hawk Extremes--and Ault-Pierce FPD's Brush 2031 & 2032--one housed at each station, and both 2020 H&H *_Big Dogs_* on a built International HV507 4x4s--if you're into that sort of thing.
@@franklewis6943 I very much am, into that sort of thing. I am referring to the one on baseline. And thats interesting. BME also has cool brush trucks, tactical ones to. I’ll look into it.
@@HeroesNextDoor Thanks for responding, and I recently toured a fire station with a total of 19 vehicles. Some of which are a utv, 2 atvs, a snowmobile. Ask me for more.
GREAT EP ON DFD!!
that cat wanted to make sure he left his "PRINTS" in history lol
Love seeing these old fire houses.
Reminds me of the firehouse that was by my grandparents house I Milwaukee growing up!
It seems like this would be most interesting to other firefighters, but I used to live a block from there so I watched to the end for the history and to know the workings behind what would occasionally wake me up :) Thanks for the video.
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One of my favorite episodes love that station
thanks for watching
Great video mate, shared it to my fb group 🧑🏻👍🏻🚒
You are awesome thanks
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Right in my neck of the woods, all the guys over there are phenomenal. Sun up till sun down you need em they’ll be there!
This was a sweet video guys.
I love this station crib! I'm definitely visiting next time I'm in Denver.
Glad to hear.
That’s crazy. My family and I live at 2555 glenarm pl, in the early 90’s when we moved to CO. It’s basically diagonal from the firehouse and behind the yellow bannered building. CRAZY!!!!!!!!!!
Love the house
that is an awesome little station.
Beautiful Old Fire house.
Looks like the City Should send some more Funding their way for some better repairs to their Bathroom and Bunkroom though....
Wow, funny how one of their oldest stations are the same designation numbers as one of our oldest stations here in Washington D.C., which is engine no.3! Both have those narrow doors, except ours were made for horse and buggy fire aparatuses, similar to their original firehouse across the street! Just like theirs, ours is also in the midst of newer structures, etc. Ours is older than their, though! Ours is over 100 years old. I myself am not a Firefighter, but my father was, except not for Washington D.C., but for P.G County, MD, which is right next door to D.C.! My father was a legend, and i always wanted to be a Firefighter. I made an attempt which failed, and I ended up as a Trucker! I still dream to make a second attempt at being a Firefighter, and if so it'll be here in Washington D.C.!
My old EMS station near Pittsburgh we all know was haunted. We would hear doors slam, static on the station speakers from the Minitor resetting, and spare tires falling off the wall.
At the FD I was at, they have those garage doors, one of the windows got busted out. I asked my captain what happened to the door and he said someone was inspecting something on the tower and left something up, tower went out on a call, and whatever was left up on that tower busted out the window on the way out of the firehouse. That is one cool firehouse with very interesting history, great video sir.
Thank you for watching
amazing how the new truck still fit in the old stations we still have a lot of old station in the UK loads of history
Great video, be glad they have a small FH, all the new FH being built don’t have the charm of the smaller houses.
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Dallas Fire Station 11 was built in 1909, great station, great crew, you should check it out if you come to texas!
old school is so cool
Awesome video. Will you guys be visiting more stations in Colorado?
Yes we did a whole series
In Colorado there is a place called Creede and their fire dept is underground
I love old fire stations
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Thanks! Wish I could give more.
Please come to Lexington, KY sometime. I would love to see our local heroes!
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@@HeroesNextDoor No sir, but I will contact our Fire Chief. I'd love to facilitate.
I have emailed our Mayor and Fire Chief. Let's see what happens. It would be so awesome. Keep on mission and doing what you are doing! Take care! Thanks!
Hey if u are still in Colorado south metro fire department has ambulance service and fire in the same department.
Love this video for capturing the history. Stations like this are so rare. I wish I stopped here when I was in town. Swing by station 11 they’re the second oldest if I remember right, and house an engine and rescue 1
Make sure to subscribe cause we hit two more stations and did a couple stations rigs videos. One just might be 11🤔
@@HeroesNextDoor already done, sounds great! Love what you guys do. Hope to see you make it out west. LA county 103s would be an hour long if you came.
at some point in the future you should try and see if you could go to south metro fire rescue
I'm heading to Denver in October, sure going to pass by this station!
Ghost adventures was the paranormal activity show that reviewed that hotel. They’re known for checking for paranormal activity around the world, and they are on the travel channel
I lived in five points for a short time in early 00s but ya it wasn't that great still even then it might be a little better nowadays but I'm sure it's still got it stuff that happens I mean it's five points you can dress up the hood but it will still be the hood they did the same thing when I lived in Phoenix I lived in a really bad part of Phoenix they changed some stuff up make it look nice but it's still the ghetto and you're still going to have shootings and stabbings and drive-bys nothing's going to change except for the look to dress it up. Good video it's kind of cool to see how the old station still works.
My dad was stationed there! it had bullet proof windows! in the late 70s.
Hopefully you check out south metro fire at some time
I live in Denver I think you should tour the station
That’s what this series is about
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I’m a big fan! Firefighter in Mobile AL. Come by and see us!
Just email us those official invites so we can get it scheduled
If you like the history of this firehouse and make sure you check out the museum located in downtown denver. The museum is the first original Firehouse for Denver very cool to see!!
We will have to hit that up in our next trip
Since you made it to Denver, you should look into doing a collab with SMFR or their neighbor, West Metro. I know they already have a content filled channel but im sure you could come up with something.
All we need is an invite
Go Broncos and love DFD! Check out Colorado Springs fire department station 10 on medowland and academy
We just need those invites to get them scheduled. Are you part of the company to help us with that?
Can you please do Toledo Ohio station 5 on downtown Toledo Ohio it’s one of the old and biggest stations
Can you come to frederick county maryland, we have,the oldest station in maryland, independent hose company, station 1, its over 200 years old
So does the ‘Engineer’ always drive? Or do you change places on the engine each shift?
Engineer always drives and pumps. It’s a promotion for most departments
@@HeroesNextDoor oh wow, that is very different to here in the UK. Your riding position, and even assigned vehicle, changes each shift here. You could be driving the Pump one shift and be the second firefighter on the Rescue Tender tomorrow.
Awesome video as always! Y’all should definitely check out South Metro Fire Rescue
We need that invite first
You should to a South Mentro Fire Rescue
We hope to get there in the fall.
old station next to modern apartment building.. you can see the style differences
Kind of cool isn’t it
Could you come check out a fire station or two in Lynchburg Virginia or the surrounding area
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what was the vibe like
They crew was really chill, the house felt warm and cozy but there was something different that we could not put our finger on.
I do love an old fire station with alot of history only thing that would look better in the bay would be an old school Mack or American LeFrance
We do too. Thanks for watching.
Or an old Seagrave!
What about the engine?
That Fire Station Is Currently 91 Years Old.
What u guys need to do is visit South Metro Fire Rescue Station 34 south of denver
We need that invite from South Metro to make those trips happen
U can reach out to SMFR and ask tho
Hoping you can keep making your way west to California
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it would be cool if you could visit a station in Miamisburg Ohio
We need those invites to make that happen
SMFR Collab coming soon?
NEXT MEMBER THAT WANTS TO REMOVE THE DESK, MAKE THEM DO PUSHUPS ! COUNT EM OFF ! THE OLDER THE BETTER, KEEPVTHEM COMING BROTHER MIKE !🇺🇲❤️
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Hey come to north Alabama
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my bad station 18
When you guys were out there you should’ve stopped at South Metro
It was a full week of filming barely had time to rest between shoots. We are definitely going back and maybe we can next time
The sad thing is all the gentrification around that area
There were some beautiful old homes there, back in the day.
Check out Kentland 33 in Landover Maryland
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The guy that runs this page is not a hero not a hero at all. He definitely cares more about himself than others
Why do you say that? What have I done that make you feel that way? The whole point of the channel is to highlight others in the service.
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WHY are firefighters good people that HELP people and cops do nothing but look for ways to harm people? Question, was this all AF/AM in the way back as it was in 5 points ( which was a majority black neighborhood) planned or just happen? I'm a denver native and never knew that about this firehouse - interesting. Glad to see it still functioning. Go have lunch at the Creamery - great mexican food while you're in the neighborhood.
We just might have a video in the making that could change your mind on police. 🤔
Chicago Fire Next?
Do you know someone to get us invited ?
Mike if ya want c'mon down to Erie tell the chief Brice sent ya
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I mean your right next to south metro come on
Yeah close but we need the invite to go. So maybe next trip we get that invite
It very sad that no black fire fight work there..... I know I live there!
But there is. And it use to be all African American for years.
I doubt it no horse back lol
Wish I'd known you were coming to Denver, Mike. I would've invited you over for a cup and talked your ear off. Lots of history in this old house--the Fabulous Baker Boys at 11s (built in 1936) and the Zombies at 14s (built in 1937), too--but did you know that the busiest truck company in the United States is Denver's 4 Truck? Or that Littleton FD (now part of South Metro Fire-Rescue, the next largest department in Colorado after DFD, and sharing a border with it) was one of the first in the country to cross-train firefighters as paramedics and integrate pre-clinical ALS as a primary service provided by the department? Or that Littleton was the first department in the nation to utilize 5" LDH, but had to import it from Germany because nobody in the states made hose that big? Or that the aforementioned South Metro is the only department in the country to hold an ISO Class 1 rating in their hauled water (_i.e._ tanker shuttle) areas? Yup, we respect and appreciate our firefighting history around here, but we don't let it get in the way of progress and innovation.
Dude next time we are there, because we will do another trip we definitely need to catch up. What department are you with?
@@HeroesNextDoor CoDFPC, presently, but I'm moving to Texas at the end of the month to take a job with a more prestigious title. Too bad I missed you in Colorado but maybe after I get settled into the new gig we can connect if you swing through the Lone Star State in the future.
Do South Metro Fire Rescue Station 13 in Centennial, the oldest station in its district
Oldest South Metro station is 37’s or 33’s I believe.
It is 13, opened in 1969
We need the invite to make that happen
@@HeroesNextDoor Will notify South Metro, thanks.
It’s station 37. It was built in 1963 and opened in 1964.
You should team up with south metro fire rescue's PIO team for a video
Why? They have many station tour videos, apparatus videos…
We just need an invite. Collaborations are always fun and good for business for both
I was told a long time ago, "when visiting a station, knock with your elbows"
Should go do hudson volunteer fire department in ny..oldest active volunteer in state of ny