VIDEO: A new alerting system has been installed across all Spokane Valley Fire Department stations, with the goal of reducing response times and improving overall firefighter health.
“It’s easy when you love the job. We love what we do, certainly there are stressors,” SVFD Station 7 Firefighter/Paramedic Jeff Smetzler said.
Being a firefighter isn’t an easy job, you must love it entirely to stick with it, and that’s something Smetzler knows well – he joined the SVFD team in 2001.
After a few months of installation, a new alert system is up and running across all ten valley stations. It’s called Phoenix G2; the difference between the previous system and this new one is that instead of speakers and lights coming on abruptly when dispatch calls come in, they are gradually increased under the G2 system.