In this episode of Fleet Friday, Engineer Steve Alred and Lieutenant Chris Phipps provide a tour of Brush 22 and Fan 3 at Station 22 located in Aurora, CO.
I'm a Firefighter in Alberta Canada and our brush trucks responds to more calls then our rescue truck. We've been super busy and I love being able to do my job and come home to my wife and son. When we are done a call or just around the station I love watching these videos
Thanks Mate to address this! I also want to ask you if he can do co-narrating, nareate l some of your films? Consider to ask him a few times. Great voice!
Hey, Hi Conner! This was another great Fleet Friday with Fan 3 to ventilate buildings and Brush 22 for Wild Land Firefighting. Nic e to have the front bumper nozzles to protect the apparatus's tires and provide a safe passage out of the fore zone too. Just another way to provide the public with great service and protection. Great video coverage as well.
Hi Connor and Erik, just wanted to say I’ve been interested in joining the fire service and this channel really made me even more committed in doing so. Over here in Oklahoma I’m actually planning to do their explorer program which they are starting to meet soon during COVID. Also congrats on almost reaching 100 thousand subscribers. Best of luck to your future endeavors! 🎉
Can I just say every single time I hear that pulse point notification I check my phone thinking my pager ( volunteer ) is gonna go off lmao starting to get into these episode more watched 2 full episode so far
As a firefighter from Europe, a good majority of these compartments are really large compared to what they actually seem to carry. And I'd be almost scared to drive with the unsecured heavier tools loosely stored inside.
Also interesting to see them use hoses with a thread, instead of the Storz-Coupling we use. Seems like a waste of time to have them as screw on, especialy on a brush engine, were you may have to decouple hoses quickly to get the vehicle away from fire...
Yeah, though I imagine the problem of coupling issues might be less frequent and severe with simple threads. Damn hard to close/open a Storz hose coupling sometimes!
Benjamin Köppler threaded couplings are very secure and have fewer moving/breakable parts. they're just reliable. they're also the standard in the US. also, this brush truck would almost never be attached directly to a hydrant as a water supply, it would probably draft off of a porta-tank or body of water, both of which would likely be relatively far from flame fronts.
BFF. I got the "B" (Big), and the second "F" (Fan), but i wonder what the first "F" stands for... i think i saw the entire state of Colorado move a few feet when you cranked that BFF up. I think I figured out what the first "F" stands for.
Do any of the brush trucks at south metro have burnover shields or roll bars equipped to protect personnel during a burnover or if a truck is to rollover.
Amirul Sufyan If you watch the very end of RED3s Fleet Friday video there is a reference to a new addition of RED4 with the inference that it will be featured in Fleet Friday.
Amirul Sufyan I see. I thought about sending a message to the PIOs and asking. I doubt there would be a future episode dedicated to a bucket. Lol If you watched the very end of the video and what is said then you’d understand how I understand it the way I do.
Yeah are we starting to get into the more rare units HaZmat and so on, non rare in my mind if airport, dive, brush since those are not called out less then once a month
Colorado has its own wildfires that are separate from the wildfires on the west coast more than 600 miles away. Typically west coast refers to the states of California, Oregon, and Washington. Some media outlets might be reporting it as the western United States wildfires, which Colorado would be part of since that covers the western half of the United States.
Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) are not worn on wildland fires because they are quite heavy and not very useful as a single tank is usually empty within half an hour. Wildland fires are usually endurance battles which can last hours or even days and requires firefighters to be mobile and move quickly. While the air might be smokey, it is still somewhat okay to breath and some firefighters will use a mask to help filter out some of the smoke from a wildfire. SCBAs are typically only used where the air is not safe to breath such as a structure fire where the air can be several hundred degrees or toxic due to the materials like plastics being burned.
Wildland hose is a smaller diameter single jacket hose that is lighter to carry and deploy, which is important where you may need to deploy several hundred feet of hose through difficult terrain where a truck cannot reach. At 6:33, Engineer Alred showed the progressive hose pack which has a 1.5" trunk line which supplies a 1" line that is they use to fight a wildland fire. The smaller diameter a hose is, the less water it can flow which is all that is needed to put out most wildland fires. A regular hose line is a double jacket hose that is more durable and heavier. Usually those kinds of hose only need to go a couple hundred feet into a building. Some of the typical diameters of regular hose are 1.75" and 2.5" which allows them to flow a lot of water that is needed to put out a large fire.
@@dfw_fpis7655 Also depending on what they choose to deploy, some wildland hose also weeps water through its jacket and soaks itself in water to protect the hose from burning out.
@@some0ne8 It is possible and Decon 17 is on the list to be featured one of these days. Since it was worded as "Former Littleton Hazmat-17," I believe they are most likely asking about the former Littleton Fire Rescue Hazmat 17 vehicle which was a 1992 Chevy Kodiak / SuperVac and a full hazardous materials unit. Hazmat 17 made a single run as South Metro Hazmat 17 in the very first month after the South Metro consolidation and was then replaced with the current Decon unit. The vehicle that was Hazmat 17 was sold this past June.
The answer is related to the historical numbering of south Denver metro fire agencies which is not as relevant these days. There were once many departments in the area, so it was agreed to at some point to adopt a uniform numbering system so that there would be no confusion of which units belonged to which department. Castlewood, which became South Metro, was given 3 and therefore all of their specialty units would have to have a 3 in them like Chief 3, Decon 3, Dive 3, Hazmat 3, Rescue 3, etc. and so Fan 3 was named following that tradition. You can still see the old designations printed of many of the specialty rigs like Decon 17, Dive 31, and Hazmat 38 even though they are no longer called that. I am not sure why Fan 3 was never renumbered to put it more in line with the other units, but it will probably keep the Fan 3 decal that ever happens.
Decon 10 is a dedicated COVID-19 decontamination unit that responds to hospitals and stations to decontaminate vehicles and equipment that may have been exposed to COVID-19. Decon 17 is a hazardous materials decontamination unit which carries all the specialized equipment to decontaminate people that may have been exposed to hazardous materials. Decon 10 is hopefully a temporary unit while Decon 17 is more permanent.
That is the most trouble sum 4 wheel drive ford ever made in them years. You will be stuck in the mud only to realize the 4 wheel drive front hubs striped out and are not working. I have had to fix's 100's of these at the shop I work at
TEMS was a term used by Littleton Fire Rescue and its meaning is in the link that Tim shared. While South Metro did inherit the former Littleton TEMS vehicle, I think that they do not call it that if it still around as South Metro's counterpart is their SWAT Medic team.
Gas engines are plenty powerful enough for what this truck is doing and for the amount of use it will get. There really isnt much weight on the brush truck so its capable enough. And you avoid the diesel regulations and dont have to worry about DEF and regen cycles.
As the other replies have named it, Advanced Resource Medic is a mobile urgent care clinic that can provide medical care for patients at home who are not very sick and do not need to be taken to an emergency room by an ambulance. You can read more about on South Metro's website at www.southmetro.org/348/Advanced-Resource-Medic-ARM as well as see this news article/video at www.thedenverchannel.com/news/front-range/centennial/arm-car-offers-er-services-at-homes-for-lower-cost which Connor happened to report on in a past life.
ok im a firefighter from sunshine fire department and i was late getting on here and i only got to see 30 seconds of the video if that much and i couldnt get anyone in the livestream chat to answer me.this makes me mad.
I am not leaving the channel or anything but I found it extremely disappointing that nothing was mentioned about 9/11 it is not a republican or Democrat thing it is an attack on America that seem to be forgotten I am just disappointed I still want to join the department but I just started high school and I am in California
You may want to consider that this is a Fleet Friday so the expectation of this video would be that it provides factual information regarding a specific piece of apparatus. Vlogs and Incident Reviews are the only videos that are intended to provide retrospective updates of events that occurred in the past weeks. TH-cam is not ideal for covering events in real-time since these videos require a lot of hours to record and edit, but it is very good for communicating older information. South Metro held a ceremony for 9/11 and the whole organization observed a moment of silence. If you would like to see real-time updates where they did post how they remembered 9/11, you will want to follow @SouthMetroPIO on social media platforms like Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.
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I wonder how fast the trailer would go with the fan at 2500rpm 😈
I'm a Firefighter in Alberta Canada and our brush trucks responds to more calls then our rescue truck. We've been super busy and I love being able to do my job and come home to my wife and son. When we are done a call or just around the station I love watching these videos
Alberta strong bro
Alberta strong but our rescue truck goes to every call we get
Hahahah the BFF, BIG F*CKING FAN.
Without question a fitting name!
The real question is when the pio will show rehab 12 or their decon unit...
Chris Phipps played in a tv show called American Guns Episode 9 i remember watching that tv series all the time
Hey Eric and Connor, does Lieutenant Chris Phipps go to public education and schools His voice is super calm and friendly and articulated!
Thanks Mate to address this!
I also want to ask you if he can do co-narrating, nareate l some of your films?
Consider to ask him a few times. Great voice!
@@kovigyurka South Metro's?
@@torontofirebuff8004 yes. :D If he doesn't change his career. :D
@@kovigyurka Probably not. Haha
I saw Connor’s reflection!
Hey, Hi Conner! This was another great Fleet Friday with Fan 3 to ventilate buildings and Brush 22 for Wild Land Firefighting. Nic e to have the front bumper nozzles to protect the apparatus's tires and provide a safe passage out of the fore zone too. Just another way to provide the public with great service and protection. Great video coverage as well.
Another fantastic Fleet Friday. Thank you for posting this SMFR. Hope you all stay safe. Thank you for all you do to keep our communities safe.
Looking forward to it.
@SouthMetroFireRescue- Centennial, Colorado Connor thank you for the the video today and also for the information awesome job.
Interested to see Station Saturday for this station! Definitely looks different than others we’ve seen!
love this channel. i want to be a firefighter when i’m older and this is super motivating and cool to see
Yeah same reason why I watch this channel too
@@stacybearss2606 awesome man
This was awesome
Congrats on 100k subscribers!
i am glad that Mrs. Connor is back
Hi Connor and Erik, just wanted to say I’ve been interested in joining the fire service and this channel really made me even more committed in doing so. Over here in Oklahoma I’m actually planning to do their explorer program which they are starting to meet soon during COVID. Also congrats on almost reaching 100 thousand subscribers. Best of luck to your future endeavors! 🎉
lookin forward to it
Can I just say every single time I hear that pulse point notification I check my phone thinking my pager ( volunteer ) is gonna go off lmao starting to get into these episode more watched 2 full episode so far
You guys have by far the best PIO/PR division!
im excited for the video
Fan 3 looks homemade 😂 I love it
My friends dad is in this!
would the friend so happen to be @Southwest Fire Buff?
@@joestractorshop8040 Yessir
Colorado Fire Buff I like you and your friend and I like SMFR PIO
Congratulations on 100k subs
2 day early I’ll be waiting for my favirote channel!
I'm a big fan
😂😂😂😂 🥁 😂😂😅
Excellent video......stay safe
Do Firehouse 17! Engine and Medic 17 are the best, always super super friendly. Love them they are great in the community
As a firefighter from Europe, a good majority of these compartments are really large compared to what they actually seem to carry. And I'd be almost scared to drive with the unsecured heavier tools loosely stored inside.
Most trucks in the US have full compartments. This is a pretty bare-bones rig.
Also interesting to see them use hoses with a thread, instead of the Storz-Coupling we use. Seems like a waste of time to have them as screw on, especialy on a brush engine, were you may have to decouple hoses quickly to get the vehicle away from fire...
Yeah, though I imagine the problem of coupling issues might be less frequent and severe with simple threads. Damn hard to close/open a Storz hose coupling sometimes!
Benjamin Köppler threaded couplings are very secure and have fewer moving/breakable parts. they're just reliable. they're also the standard in the US. also, this brush truck would almost never be attached directly to a hydrant as a water supply, it would probably draft off of a porta-tank or body of water, both of which would likely be relatively far from flame fronts.
You guys got a misting attachment for that fan? I know some departments do have fans that can blow high volume air / mist for various purposes.
Much be nice to live in a nice district with cool firefighting equipment
his helmet shield is SWEET
I have been wondering what Fan 3 is. :)
Fan three is a literal large fan on a trailer
@@andrewrepkin4001 Yes I meant I wanted to know more about it. :)
BFF. I got the "B" (Big), and the second "F" (Fan), but i wonder what the first "F" stands for...
i think i saw the entire state of Colorado move a few feet when you cranked that BFF up. I think I figured out what the first "F" stands for.
Do any of the brush trucks at south metro have burnover shields or roll bars equipped to protect personnel during a burnover or if a truck is to rollover.
My Dad is going to be in this Steve Alred
Cool
Awesome
I love SMFR PIO and I like you and your friends Colorado fire buff
Southwest Fire Buff cool
Southwest Fire Buff he seems so chill
if only they [Eric /Conner] could plan to do STATION SATURDAY AND FLEET FRIDAY OF THE FIRE APPARATUS at the STATION FEATURED FOR STATION SATURDAY
A coordinated effort. Two videos-one visit. Great idea.
I thought Fan 3 was an airboat 😂😂😂
Good job.
I was waiting to see if they had Connor filming behind Fan 3 when they started it up
Good thing it has the gas engine. Thats the only way to go with the super duty since the demise of the legendary 7.3
Please do more the day in the life of.
Did you get the boat and Jetske
thats a nice Jeep in the Thumbnail
I want fan 3 for my room in the summer
Cool trucks
Is it bad when a fan has more HP then my truck
CAnt wait
Deacon Unit next!
Could you add metcom to the "station" Saturday bag?
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Manual shift in USA? I thought you use only automatic one😁
When will you all start accepting applications
I wanna know who decided to put a Chevy V8 on a fan. I love it and and I think I need one
That would be SuperVac in Loveland, Colorado. It makes quite a sound!
@@SouthMetroFireRescuePIO oh man, I bet!!! All it needs now is a nice Borla exhaust!
Could Fan 3 be used in conjunction with Hazmat vehicles and gear to create a pressurized area for a MCI involving biological contamination?
Hi from Australia
Me: watches these and suddenly wants to become a fire fighter even more
Same
What happened to RED 4? Thought that was supposed to be the video after RED 3. ... or did I misunderstand the ending of the RED 3 video?
there is no RED 4 @Walter
Amirul Sufyan
If you watch the very end of RED3s Fleet Friday video there is a reference to a new addition of RED4 with the inference that it will be featured in Fleet Friday.
@@walterpalmgren6873 hes referring to the bucket
Amirul Sufyan
I see.
I thought about sending a message to the PIOs and asking.
I doubt there would be a future episode dedicated to a bucket. Lol
If you watched the very end of the video and what is said then you’d understand how I understand it the way I do.
Nice airplane you got there...
Yeah are we starting to get into the more rare units HaZmat and so on, non rare in my mind if airport, dive, brush since those are not called out less then once a month
Eric White what you talking about
Rare, not seen or heard about much out in the areas serviced plus for me since we don’t have them I also consider that rare.
Just wanted to ask I know you guys are in Colorado are you currently fighting the west coast wild fire?
The only reason I ask is because I heard it had spread to Colorado. Correct me if I am wrong
Colorado has its own wildfires that are separate from the wildfires on the west coast more than 600 miles away. Typically west coast refers to the states of California, Oregon, and Washington. Some media outlets might be reporting it as the western United States wildfires, which Colorado would be part of since that covers the western half of the United States.
Spitfire8520 ok thank you for letting me know. I wasn’t entirely sure
If you guys have a RAC please do it.
Yall should do a fleet friday on a fire helicopter, one that dumps water on the wildland fires :)
@@SouthMetroFireRescuePIO Thanks for considering it!
I noticed the Brush Truck, unlike other engines had no spare oxygen tank, is this because they don’t deploy with them? Is it not needed?
Scba isn't worn during wild land fires. They aren't oxygen they are only compressed air.
Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) are not worn on wildland fires because they are quite heavy and not very useful as a single tank is usually empty within half an hour. Wildland fires are usually endurance battles which can last hours or even days and requires firefighters to be mobile and move quickly. While the air might be smokey, it is still somewhat okay to breath and some firefighters will use a mask to help filter out some of the smoke from a wildfire. SCBAs are typically only used where the air is not safe to breath such as a structure fire where the air can be several hundred degrees or toxic due to the materials like plastics being burned.
What's the difference between the wildland hose lines and the regular hose lines on the other rigs?
Wildland hose is a smaller diameter single jacket hose that is lighter to carry and deploy, which is important where you may need to deploy several hundred feet of hose through difficult terrain where a truck cannot reach. At 6:33, Engineer Alred showed the progressive hose pack which has a 1.5" trunk line which supplies a 1" line that is they use to fight a wildland fire. The smaller diameter a hose is, the less water it can flow which is all that is needed to put out most wildland fires.
A regular hose line is a double jacket hose that is more durable and heavier. Usually those kinds of hose only need to go a couple hundred feet into a building. Some of the typical diameters of regular hose are 1.75" and 2.5" which allows them to flow a lot of water that is needed to put out a large fire.
Spitfire8520 Thank you for the detailed explanation, I appreciate it.
@@dfw_fpis7655 Also depending on what they choose to deploy, some wildland hose also weeps water through its jacket and soaks itself in water to protect the hose from burning out.
JR:FIT Now that’s really smart.
Will Former Littleton Hazmat-17 be featured?
The former Littleton Hazmat unit was retired and sold.
@@Spitfire8520 Probably talking about their Decon 17. The white International crew cab box truck.
@@some0ne8 It is possible and Decon 17 is on the list to be featured one of these days. Since it was worded as "Former Littleton Hazmat-17," I believe they are most likely asking about the former Littleton Fire Rescue Hazmat 17 vehicle which was a 1992 Chevy Kodiak / SuperVac and a full hazardous materials unit. Hazmat 17 made a single run as South Metro Hazmat 17 in the very first month after the South Metro consolidation and was then replaced with the current Decon unit. The vehicle that was Hazmat 17 was sold this past June.
BFF = Big F**king Fan
Why is it called fan 3? Why not fan 22? Are there two more fan units?
The answer is related to the historical numbering of south Denver metro fire agencies which is not as relevant these days. There were once many departments in the area, so it was agreed to at some point to adopt a uniform numbering system so that there would be no confusion of which units belonged to which department. Castlewood, which became South Metro, was given 3 and therefore all of their specialty units would have to have a 3 in them like Chief 3, Decon 3, Dive 3, Hazmat 3, Rescue 3, etc. and so Fan 3 was named following that tradition. You can still see the old designations printed of many of the specialty rigs like Decon 17, Dive 31, and Hazmat 38 even though they are no longer called that. I am not sure why Fan 3 was never renumbered to put it more in line with the other units, but it will probably keep the Fan 3 decal that ever happens.
Do they actually dispatch out fan 3 or is it just a tool?
I am guessing that they will send it out in the “clean up” faze of fires rather then dispatch out to active calls
Firefighter ❤👨🚒🚒
What's the difference between DECON 10 and DECON17?
Decon 10 is a dedicated COVID-19 decontamination unit that responds to hospitals and stations to decontaminate vehicles and equipment that may have been exposed to COVID-19. Decon 17 is a hazardous materials decontamination unit which carries all the specialized equipment to decontaminate people that may have been exposed to hazardous materials. Decon 10 is hopefully a temporary unit while Decon 17 is more permanent.
@@Spitfire8520 Thank you!
Can you get a five ton and convert that to a fire vehicle because it would very rarely get stuck.
Are there any roles in the fire dept that a person can have hearing loss? (BTW I can hear normal since hearing aids)
That is the most trouble sum 4 wheel drive ford ever made in them years. You will be stuck in the mud only to realize the 4 wheel drive front hubs striped out and are not working. I have had to fix's 100's of these at the shop I work at
Everyone say Colorado!
What is south Metros “TEMS” Vehicle?
www.littletongov.org/city-services/city-departments/fire-rescue/special-teams/tems
TEMS was a term used by Littleton Fire Rescue and its meaning is in the link that Tim shared. While South Metro did inherit the former Littleton TEMS vehicle, I think that they do not call it that if it still around as South Metro's counterpart is their SWAT Medic team.
It looks like the fan was taken off an airboat.
Wow guys! Lt. Phipps should really narrate sometimes your videos too. Really good voice!
Those chaps need to see some action.
why dont they use a Diesel?? one more power/torque and more fuel efficient.
Isn't this enough? He mentions what the blades can bear but the motor could do more right now too.
Gas engines are plenty powerful enough for what this truck is doing and for the amount of use it will get. There really isnt much weight on the brush truck so its capable enough. And you avoid the diesel regulations and dont have to worry about DEF and regen cycles.
@@hihfty maybe. and def is a royal pain. diesel is just a byproduct of gasoline
What are ARM units ive been listening on Pulse point and they either stand by or respond to a lot of medical calls
LEGO
Advanced Response Medical ...ARM...
Arizona Fire Buff 1 I stand corrected, you are correct. I just love the auto correct that is wrong 90% of the time. Lol
As the other replies have named it, Advanced Resource Medic is a mobile urgent care clinic that can provide medical care for patients at home who are not very sick and do not need to be taken to an emergency room by an ambulance. You can read more about on South Metro's website at www.southmetro.org/348/Advanced-Resource-Medic-ARM as well as see this news article/video at www.thedenverchannel.com/news/front-range/centennial/arm-car-offers-er-services-at-homes-for-lower-cost which Connor happened to report on in a past life.
Thanks everyone
day in the life of a safety officer ??
bff lol we call our at our dept ( boff) big ol' f****** fan
I’ve never heard of a truck called a fan??
I’d buy that fan off of you and either hook it to a tow hitch and make a super truck or use it as some white noise while I’m sleeping.
Do feet management
Hi
Alien tool? I find that term offense!
Always stay safe when you are working and also remember today 9-11
My face when I see your videos (😱) me realizing its premiering (😦)
ok im a firefighter from sunshine fire department and i was late getting on here and i only got to see 30 seconds of the video if that much and i couldnt get anyone in the livestream chat to answer me.this makes me mad.
Wot
I’m a big fan of SMFR PIO and I like Connor and Eric PIO and I love SMFR PIO
Rouge hoes are a tool custom made by the department you merged with? I’m pretty sure they’re made in MO by Rouge...
I think he was saying that they were custom made for the dept, not that the dept itself made it.
I am not leaving the channel or anything but I found it extremely disappointing that nothing was mentioned about 9/11 it is not a republican or Democrat thing it is an attack on America that seem to be forgotten I am just disappointed I still want to join the department but I just started high school and I am in California
You may want to consider that this is a Fleet Friday so the expectation of this video would be that it provides factual information regarding a specific piece of apparatus. Vlogs and Incident Reviews are the only videos that are intended to provide retrospective updates of events that occurred in the past weeks. TH-cam is not ideal for covering events in real-time since these videos require a lot of hours to record and edit, but it is very good for communicating older information. South Metro held a ceremony for 9/11 and the whole organization observed a moment of silence. If you would like to see real-time updates where they did post how they remembered 9/11, you will want to follow @SouthMetroPIO on social media platforms like Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.
Spitfire8520 thank youi did not see that it makes a lot of sense
F-550 gas instead of diesel? Sounds like a waste of tax payer to me.
hi
Hi