Connor was great in the blue card segment and I love watching this channel, and it shows me what the other departments show us what they do at the fire station.

As an ICS instructor. This is amazing. The amount of investment the Dept has placed for education and training I truly wish I had a partial of the equipment the South Metro has.

Woke up right at the right time. This CMD trg is very important skill. Loved to see it.

GOD BLESS All Who Do This Service!

I started watching this channel a while ago, and I really want to be a firefighter now. (I’m 12) I just wanted to say thanks for posting these videos and inspiring me and many other young people to choose this career.

@deputycampbell

4 жыл бұрын

Uncle Ed no no dont do that

@landen2934

4 жыл бұрын

I do too but I’m a little older than you

@rAndy_883

4 жыл бұрын

Best job ever

@yap1882

3 жыл бұрын

Get your classes done and become a reserve at 16🙌🏼🙌🏼 hmu if ya wanna know anything about reserves

@EricWhiteTheGamer

3 жыл бұрын

Move to that area, you can get in job in no time after high school or college.

Absolutely incredible operation. Kudos!

Liked this a lot. I've been watching Chief Decker at the Newark FD for a few months. He parks his vehicle with the best view of the scene he can get and then we hear all the audio while we see the firefighters working. Gave me a much better idea of all the pieces and how they all work together. Between that and your firefighter training school videos I think I'm ready to take a BC spot. ;-) Nice job!

@robertlamberth6586

4 жыл бұрын

Chief Decker is awesome. I discovered him through South Metro and ended up on a 4 hour binge lol

Very cool. ICS taken to a whole new level. Looks like a lot of fun. Well done.

looking foward to the video will have to watch after work this evening. Keep up the great work

This was a great video getting to see how training is done at SMFR and it appears it can be really intimidating with so many moving parts, just like in real life. A safe way to gain experience and think on your feet while maintaining control of the situation. It is better to experience it here in a safe environment where mistakes can made and noted and corrected so in the event one is dealing with the real thing they will know better how to act and react. Great video and it appears Conner did well in this situation. Thumbs up girl!

This was a very educational video. I'm a probie in the volunteer fire service. It showed me a role on a fire scene I've never got to see.

Yay your doing station 23! I'm so excited, thank you both!

This is good information given by professionals, you guys risk everything to save the public, being grateful is not the half of it. It takes a special calling to be a fire fighter or police officer, one responds to dangerous fires, while the other responds to bullets flying!! In my eyes both are Heroes......

Awesome. Thanks. I'm sending you a patch from my former U.S. NAVY fire dept.

Awesome video! Really enjoy the ins and outs of SMFD. Wish my local FD's had a channel like this 👍🏽👍🏽

Brilliant Video! Hope you got your card, Connor. I've run Incident Command at exercises and a number of incidents. It can be quite challenging as there are a lot of things to consider & evaluate. Being a single-cert EMS agency, there can be a lot of other agencies to interact with jointly.

SMFR seems like an amazing Department to work for. The never ending training and continued education they provide is just amazing. I wish every Department had the means and ability to operate like SMFR.

@ki4nge4

4 жыл бұрын

I was just saying that when I scrolled down to your Comment...

What an awesome channel in youtube which worth following 100% . Greetings from Greece and a greek firefighter... Keep going BROTHERS

Wth... Why didn't my Department think of all this stuff when I was on the job... That is Freaking Awesome...

@Gruging

3 жыл бұрын

I know, its so cool!

This will be great!!!

That is an amazing training center. Would love to have that at our dept, great way to teach the way of different jobs to be prepared for the real deal!

I wonder if it’s the tremendous Blue Card Incident Command training. . . Definitely worth the time and money!!

O M G how things have changed since the 60s. Most people have no idea what goes on at a fire it is a lot more than putting water on the fire. Thank you for this video I have been wondering how the command post works.

That is cool! Never been to a class quite like that before.

@South Metro Fire Rescue PIO thanks so much for the Patch and the Card! Todays my bday. lol great job Connor! great video!!

@redheadeddude6863

4 жыл бұрын

@@SouthMetroFireRescuePIO thanks! if i get any good patches from az ill send' em your way. lol

Ay my little town recognized! Clover Represent!!

Love the training videos

I'm a fire fighter in a small town in Thailand. We are just getting this technology. So exciting

@idkooff6114

4 жыл бұрын

i'm a fire fighter in Pheonix Arizona and we got this like 1 day ago

@idkooff6114

4 жыл бұрын

nvm it was 4 days ago

@Rettungsdackel

4 жыл бұрын

I am a paramedic in Germany.

@supakitnegrnmoung3633

4 жыл бұрын

ที่ไหนมีครับเอ่ย ผมอยากไปศึกษาจังครับ

@shelbyhays2299

4 жыл бұрын

I want to be one

Congrats Connor, looks like your training is going well. Is the blue card training class the base level of command training and are there other levels? Connor, did you choose to take this training class on your own or is this a requirement for PIO's? Your channel is amazing and I have learned so much, I wish every department was able to have a channel like yours. Thank you for your service and stay safe. God Bless.

that was soo cool to watch

hey Eric and Connor , cool vlog video very informative , I hope that Connor , gets her Command blue card . The Battalion sim looks cool and fun . Be safe guys :0)

This was very interesting, I've been looking into becoming a medic or a firefighter. Thank you for the insite

Awesome Video Guys.

Hello greetings from Colombia I love your blogs and all the videos of SOUTH METRO FIRE RESCUE and I will try to send my patch my fire station thank you very much for everything

Excelente . Muy completo 👌

Can’t wait

As someone who likes strategy and tactics would love to see a couple of videos on your I.C.S tactics. Whether its a mock scenario or you's follow a D.C or B.C around and film the command post.

I watch your videos every day you guys have a new on out

This is awesome training!! The dispatcher all the way to the batt. Chief should get something out of this.

He guys, great vlog again. I was wondering where eric got his radio strap. I am interested in one of those for my job.

You guys rock

8:25 - Working Multi Residential Structure Fire Call. Working Fire on All 3 Floors. 10:14: South Metro Medic 31 on Dispatch Reports on the Scene: "I Did Not Complete A 360 And Apperars To Be A Possible Firewall but You're Getting The Written Word As Well".

Great video

In our rural Fire department Alpha Side is always where the First due Engine in parked

Well done Connor

We over here chilling for it to come lmao

@idkooff6114

4 жыл бұрын

its not this big tho

@csn6234

3 жыл бұрын

Chuch

PLEASE do a day in the life of a Fire Marshal!

can't wait you guys are inspiring me to take photos and videos of the department i volunteer at

@lindanwfirefighter4973

4 жыл бұрын

You should ask your dept if that is allowed. No need to get in trouble.

@fishnbuckjr02

4 жыл бұрын

@@lindanwfirefighter4973 they are fine with it thanks though :)

@centralnewyorkresponses7887

4 жыл бұрын

NorthWest Firefighter depends on the department. My city does not allow it. Volunteer department which I am apart of allows us to do so.

well done working South Metro Fire Rescue PIO all people

Hello Connor and Eric. GREAT set of programs and a great way to get your message out to the community. I have a few questions if you would let me: 1: were the two of you first firefighters with SMFR and worked your way into your current positions or were you hired as PIOs? 2: are you considered lieutenants or captains in the organizational chart? 3: what training do you have - other than fire training - i.e. degree in public relations or communications 4: do you do any active/immersive outreach programs for the local community, media, politicians? 5: do you video operations at active scenes to later review for training purposes and do you operate a drone over major incidents as a tool for the incident commander? I was a firefighter with the Alpha Fire Co., of State College, PA (Penn State) for 21 years and we did a lot of active outreach. I have a degree in telecommunications from Penn State and 8 years with PBS and enjoyed mixing the two. In my early years I did a lot of video & still documentation of investigations and operations besides being an active firefighter. For example, before I received my state vehicle rescue cert, I would ride out on the rescue and video the operations so we could debrief and review afterwords and look to see were we may need more training. But I digress. Our immersive outreach goes back many years. I would put fire demonstrations on at our training site for the news media. The biggest was Christmas tree fire safety combined with residential sprinklers. We burned 2 trees in separate rooms to show how fast a Christmas tree can burn. The second one was in a room with a functioning sprinkler head in it. One of the news videographer jumped out of his boots when teh sprinkler head popped off. One of the largest and longest lasting programs was our Firefighter For a Day Program, up to 5 members of the community would stay with us for a 26-27 hour to see what being a firefighter was like. The FFDs would meet at the station on a Friday at 5 PM to get assigned gear, taught how to put it on and then taught how to put on an SCBA. They would then join in the dinner and get assigned a bunk and spend the night with the crews at the station riding to calls throughout the night. In the morning they would then go to our SCBA training maze, then do 2 hours of vehicle extrication, fallowed by a few hours of fire operations. After the fire operations they would then each have the chance to put out car fires. The day would end with a family meal at the firehouse were the FFDs families would be invited to join us for dinner. Participants ranged from college students, local residents, news media members and politicians. The latter two groups were very helpful to the department. It let the media members and politicians see and feel what it is like to be firefighters giving them more understanding of out job and why we need them to help us do that job. The first two groups, students and local residents would lead to new members of our department. We didn't get 100% of the participants to join but close to 50%. I forgot to mention, we are all volunteer protecting 4 municipalities and Penn State's University Park Campus. In all, about 100,000 people. Have you ever done any programs like our Firefighter For a Day?

@edball4906

2 жыл бұрын

1. WERE THE TWO OF

looks like an awesome training facility. All new since I retired. I remember when the chiefs in the video not only were not chiefs but also had no gray hair. Ha.

That sim training is cool.

Love that command board! Is that one you made or did you purchase it from somewhere?

@johnrichardson2632

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Keep up the awesome videos!!!!!!!!

Greetings from South Florida. What is the name of the training simulator and is the driving program part of the simulator or separate? Would like to look into this training for my department. Thank you.

Hey! I just recently stumbled across your channel and all the amazing videos you have here. I love what you're doing! I am applying for the SMFR and am wondering if you have any advice about the process? Also, one question about all your units, I noticed that they are equipped with blue lights. Why is that?

@CCFB01

4 жыл бұрын

They do the blue because in other places because they are easier to see in the daylight as of what I heard.

@Snoopysam123

4 жыл бұрын

@@CCFB01 Cool! Thank you! I was just curious because where I'm from, only police have the blue lights.

good day south metro, Can you please tell me where you got that command board with all the cheat sheet

I'm surprised your BCs don't have aides! BC aides are incredibly valuable. They not only drive the chief to the scene, but they at some other departments also work as either inside or outside safety officers on fire grounds. I have also known where the aides can operate as staging officers as well as in an EMS Duty Officer. While responding to the incident, the BC can concentrate more on the incident while the aide operates the buggy safely. BTW, where BC Vargo get that jacket? I'm asking for a friend...

@dpm-jt8rj

4 жыл бұрын

@@SouthMetroFireRescuePIO Do you guys have an Email address for the general public? I started typing out a followup and the next thing I knew I was typing paragraph three. It is very positive and I hope a supportive response.

Please keep the two fallen firefighters in ur prayers from here in Porterville,Ca in mid to late Feb two juveniles set the Porterville library on fire and during the efforts of fighting that fire two firefighters one a newly named captain and a firefighter where both killed it took around 12 hrs to contain the fire and get it put out it has been a lot to process for this small city of just over 60,000 people.

Just noticed that rock on her finger. 😔

@iamReddington

4 жыл бұрын

Disappointing. :(

@timc5301

4 жыл бұрын

You probably couldnt handle her anyway :)

@Prophesional_Doc

4 жыл бұрын

S i m p

@hurtswhenitrains

4 жыл бұрын

It is time to simp

@zfortenb1237

3 жыл бұрын

SIMP

Whats the command structure of a fire incident? The board looks really complicated. With a box and a bunch of org chart structures...

All we had was an Old Atari game at our station... it was Frogger..

My dad used to work at south metro fire rescue

Do you send out your own department patches? My 3 year old would want to start his own collection

@southmetrofirerescuepio Do you guys have any patches from Indianapolis Indiana with the state of Indiana is a whole

Very nice

Hi guys. Can you tell me the make of that wooden command board

Where does the FD get their steering wheel command boards? Very interested in finding something similar.

@lindahoff7391

4 жыл бұрын

Check IDLH Technology. Developed by a SMFR Battalion Chief.

Oh boy

OMG I WANT TO TRY THAT SIMULATOR SOOO BAD

Here from Jersey

Where do I send patches to you guys at South Metro Fire so I could get a shout-out

so does this mean connor will be able to take command on a incidents

What is the side designation for structures that have more than four exterior walls? Is that the number that followed the designation, or is it something different?

@zacharyanonymous5170

4 жыл бұрын

Nick my department we use Side 1, 2, 3, 4 instead of A, B, C, D and adding additional sides is up to command and safety officers.

@Nick-bb4nk

4 жыл бұрын

@@SouthMetroFireRescuePIO What about for something like a + shaped building?

@Nick-bb4nk

4 жыл бұрын

@@SouthMetroFireRescuePIO Thank you for taking the time to explain.

Wait you can't play need for speed 😂😂😂... You guys are awesome though keep up the amazing videos .

Our the two that start the vid married

Gonna need a bigger wall.

wow they using the ferrari 458 spider racing wheel for training

This video has left me with an interesting question with a PIO being command trained where if anywhere would the PIO sit in the rank/command structure or would they exist outside the rank structure

@lindahoff7391

3 жыл бұрын

The PIO. Is part of the command staff along with safety and agency liaisons. A PIO such as Eric would not normally command a fire, however Eric was actually put in this situation when he responded to a fire very near his house.

@adamthebulldog2738

3 жыл бұрын

@@lindahoff7391 this is why I was asking as where I’m from we don’t really have pio’s so don’t really know all the intricacies of it so they would be able to take command of a fire scene if absolutely necessary even if it was just for a short time until an actual command officer (for lack of a better term) arrived

@lindahoff7391

3 жыл бұрын

@@adamthebulldog2738 Simple answer is yes.

@adamthebulldog2738

3 жыл бұрын

@@lindahoff7391 granted I understand that it would be an extreme circumstance and a rarity rather than the norm and there’s a lot more to it such as fire ground experience etc. But the skills would be there?

It has to be her blue car training

Cool

where can i find your adress to send a patch from Germany ??

How do you pick to chose what station you go to for day in the life.

@tannerb4109

4 жыл бұрын

Usually department's are assigned shifts, each station has a shift roster each shift, which are usually made by the station's assigned battalion chief. My guess, since BC's are in-charge of staffing usually, they make contact with a Battalion and see when they can ride out, then ask the crew if they can make a video with them. Just my guess.

These guys have so much money

What role ? Battalion Chief? District Chief? Safety?

Hi I'm from PA I was wondering if I could get a look at your guys command board in further detail I think it is very unique and would love to implement something similar into our department

@lindahoff7391

2 жыл бұрын

Don't know if you ever got an answer but here it is. tacticalworksheet.com/

You guys can’t seem to not shock me, you have everything you can think of, how you can’t be ranked number one in the U.S I don’t know. Now quick question, the front door is Alpha side, right? And how does the side labeling work for a house on the corner?

@lindahoff7391

2 жыл бұрын

In that case it will be the side when command is located will be alphs. Actually this is most often determined by the first arriving unit, not necessarily a BC.

My state South Carolina

@7:52 "I wish we could always plan fires this way" I think that's called arson :)

Am I the only one who wants to try out the battalion driving and command simulator? Would be cool!

What happened to E33’s Pierce? They’ve had the Eone for awhile now.

@davepettersen6847

4 жыл бұрын

@@SouthMetroFireRescuePIO thx!

@chaoszombie9995

4 жыл бұрын

South Metro Fire Rescue PIO that sucks, hopefully everyone was ok!

Do y’all want a Baton Rouge Fire department patch

@Jacloch

3 жыл бұрын

Can I have it?

I have that steering wheel it’s great

She’s so beautiful 😍

Connor is so beautiful and perfect, it's insane.

@DaGrumpyTaco

2 жыл бұрын

profile pic checks out

Can you do a day in the life of the fire chief

Iv been with the fire service 30 years 15 years old rode my bike to the station even at 1am ! in snow ! South Metro is a fire department that knows its stuff ! I wish we had that command in my department

Is that IC sim available to the public if so what is it called?

@CCFB01

4 жыл бұрын

@@SouthMetroFireRescuePIO Thanks Eric!!

@EricWhiteTheGamer

3 жыл бұрын

Sadly you need to be part of an FD to buy one, before I knew they have it I actually looked up the training simulator.

dang thats alot of time to spend doing a stc training

Gotta be smoke inhalation

Whats a good address to send a patch too, i have one waiting for an address to send it to

@kennethtrice705

4 жыл бұрын

@@SouthMetroFireRescuePIO awesome!!! Should be sent soon