Sloping' It Ep 2. Firefighting on the oilfields of Alaska!

Welcome! On today's episode of Sloping' It I'll give you guys a quick tour of my firefighting apparatus, Engine 1
Check out my firefighting kit here!
• Sloping' It Ep.3 Basic...
#alaska
#firefighter
#oilfeild
#trades

[@jimmymurray7638]

Awsome patch logo would love to add your FD to my collection

[@Iceobelisk1]

And from firefighter to firefighter, RIT stands for Rapid Intervention Team. :)

[@finianbower8615]

Nice video, must be interesting work.

[@greenbuble3348]

not a fan on the helmet

[@trevorbrowne9408]

Do you guys run many calls?

[@lukasfuchs3386]

Mostly medical calls or vehicle incidents...
(Knocks on wood)

[@notobeanassbut]

How big is the department? How many men do you have on shift every day? How busy are you guys, are you by yourself or do you have mutual aid? I love firefighting, and I love Alaska so you have a new sub

[@lukasfuchs3386]

Hey man! The department is pretty large, probably around 70 to 80 firefighters! It's a volunteer department so everyday we probably have around 35, (most people work 2 weeks on 2 weeks off on the oilfeild)
There are a few more smaller departments scattered across the feild but we are the largest by a decent margin!

[@haroldenglish943]

A Volunteer department that works 2 weeks on and 2 weeks off? That sounds really, ahh, weird!

[@timmuller1567]

@@haroldenglish943 It sounds like all the oil field workers are also trained in firefighting. I'm guessing they all have regular jobs on the field and do this when an emergency arises.

[@lukasfuchs3386]

Not all the oilfeild workers are trained as firefighters, up here at Prudhoe Bay there are thousands of workers but only 3 fire departments with between 60 and 90 firefighters each...
Quite a few workers who work in high risk areas are trained on basic fire suppression but aren't firefighters

[@LindaFirefighter03]

What is the purpose of having doors on your turnout gear lockers? Does the door not get in the way of the next FFs attempt to get his gear on?

[@lukasfuchs3386]

Since we work on rotational shifts on the oilfeild (typically 2 weeks on 2 weeks off) we stagger the lockers so there is one between every firefighter who is on duty. Also our lockers are on wheels and we push them to one side of the station and pull the trucks and train inside when it gets super cold...

[@LindaFirefighter03]

@@lukasfuchs3386 My friends are mine rescue. They work 2 weeks on and 2 weeks off also like you. So do you work other jobs on the oilfield and get paged out when fire is need and respond like mine rescue does or is your job as a firefighter on the oil patch?

[@rogerdehaven5603]

Engine 1 is STUFFED. I have not saw a light like that in years. Circle D I think but not sure.