Ride Along - Fort Worth Fire Department

Join me on a behind the scenes tour of Fort Worth, Texas Fire Department with Public Information Officer Craig Trojacek. After completing a 24-hour shift with Station 2 Downtown, I visited the equipment shop where new and current apparatus are worked on, watched an emergency response at the Stockyards, got in-depth tour of GEAR 1, the Alarm Office, Texas Motor Speedway and finished off the long day with a working structure fire.

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[albertomercado]

I'm a 35 yr retired FF from FWFD. There were Questions about why not clean Bunker gear in house or include an extractor at each station. Plus all the contamination that would happen and exposure and waste contaminated water. The state of TEXAS does an inspection of our gear throughout the year at each station plus the cost of an extractor at each station$$$$. Having a gear truck just makes most sense for availability at a fire. He stated small airports, Alliance Airport is a very large airport with UPS and FEDEX! Great JOB MR HURST!

[Andyw]

Eric, i found your channel about a week ago and I’ve watched every video since. I’m a young guy in my early 20s looking for a career path and your videos have really got me hooked on the whole FD Scene and i thank you for that. Also being a native to Fort Worth born and raised, this video has been really cool to see some local stuff. Keep up the great work!

[davidbehrend]

Eric, as a retired Fire / EMS…..and police dispatcher (civilian), I am glad you are showing the dispatch side of the Fire departments. Although, I was a volunteer firefighter and EMT, it was not required for the job. It is interesting to see some of the dispatch centers. As a former dispatcher, I tried when I visited other cities, to visit their communications centers, and Fort Worth was one I got to see (many years ago). I heard the Captain in dispatch say that they can pull up the traffic cameras which I think can be a good thing. Hearing that, if you ever get the chance or the invite to visit Austin TX Fire department, try to see their communications center, as it houses Police, Fire, EMS, Sheriff and part of Texas Department of Transportation (TXDOT) all in one room. The reason I suggest this, is that TXDOT has a lot of their camera monitors on a large screen visible by the entire room. As I was mainly observing the fire guys, they said that sometimes if they happen to look up at one of the monitors, they have seen wrecks before the 9-1-1 calls ever start coming in and can already have calls entered for at least police units to start responding. They can also pull up any of the cameras on their screens directly, or request a specific camera be put on the large screen. Anyway……just a suggestion.

[valonvickers]

So cool, can't wait to work for Fort Worth FD some day

[morganviola]

I grew up in a firehouse because of my dad. 21 years and I still learn something new!

[northtexasfireresponses]

One of my favorite videos yet! I'm just loving these videos in the North Texas area! Great work, and stay safe!

[nicholasloftin]

Eric, it would be awesome if you could do a ride along with DFW airport FD or some large airport FD. I always wonder how a large airport FD functions.

[indianawxbuff]

Another great one Eric! Thanks for sharing. That Gear truck was unique!

[garnetmiller]

the gear exchange is a wild concept, any other departments doing this on scene like this?

[bdndogs]

That was the second time that building caught on fire and had to be rebuilt. Glad you got to come visit but be sure to come back and spend some time!!

[metalhead]

Gonna miss old truck 14. She’s a beast

[HeatherLedford-sp]

Thank you so very much Eric for everything you do on this channel. I also want to say thank all of the Firefighters for there service to our Country as well. May God always keep you all safe and healthy where ever you go

[RaiseTheBoot]

I do rideshare in DFW and there was a large fire near Lake Worth once and that GEAR 1 passed me on 820. I am used to Dallas Fire-Rescue's red engines, so Fort Worth's white engines are neat.

[chriswilson]

Great videos. I remember when E-One first came out with the 135’. There are a lot of the high water vehicles like this in the SE Texas area.

[crazyoran]

great video and channel - enjoyed learning about GEAR 1. can you cover more about risk benefits of gear swap. which fire house started this kind of thing?

[themajesticvalkyrie]

A station I recommend is a Virginia Beach Fire & EMS station! They have a super unique setup for their rescue squads, check it out!

[chadhaddox]

My family and I were at the Stockyards when a medical emergency occurred right along the cattle drive. Saw FWFD respond. Crazy

[iLauu-xi]

I love those designs for the fire trucks they make in the USA 🙌

[kariz]

Love that you are showing some of the behind the scenes information! So many including myself that don't know this side of things. As a medical personnel I find it very informative to see how all rescue departments function. Thank You!!

[chadpowell]

That's gotta be the coolest PIO ever!