Responding POV to a Barn Fire

[LambtonAlerts]

@ffjwhite what type of vehicle are you driving?

[ffjwhite]

@LambtonAlerts My impala as you can see it in my other videos.

[u1s1m1c]

Love the guy in the shorts and a fire jacket xD

[ffjwhite]

@u1s1m1c Yeah, thats one of our Late Fire Police Members

[u1s1m1c]

Lights?

[firefighter58PA]

Feel like I'm watching NASCAR.

[EnjoyFirefighting]

@firefighter58PA you can imagine how it looks like on our highways: response speeds between 75 and 120 mph are completly normal (in traffic).

[firefighter58PA]

We (my dept) have a very big area too over 175 square miles.

[dude8941]

so you guys didnt get any severe thunderstorm warnings?

[ffjwhite]

@dude8941 No not in our area we didnt. 

[pruitt3507]

u in a ford exploder?

[stitches211]

what town in the Adirondaks? i am a FF from just outside of Albany but im in the ADK a lot.

[ffjwhite]

@stitches211 This is in Bombay. Between Massena and Malone.

[msartori2011]

is the barn fire that thick black smoke in front of you?

[ffjwhite]

@msartori2011 No those are some dark cloud's mixed with the blue tint on the top of my window.

[stormchaser0777]

cool video thanks for sharing... i was a vol ff here in colorado and i grew up on LI NY i remember the vol fd running blues with no sirens. i have an extra whelen red strobe if anyone on your dept is needing a light. also im a storm chaser and loved the storm.

[HardRockCafeNJ1992]

I feel bad for you guys it must suck responding so far away but must be kool cuz u can fly shit where i am u fly u hit a pole or a building

[ffjwhite]

oh idk, it was a bad storm coming but it just missed us. The big cell just headed north of us.

[danny25824]

yeah flyingbassman i see a wall cloud.was it a wall cloud?

[scruffythewild]

That is definately upstate right? Im from long island and here its no sirens, all blues, one dash light(no one obeys it) and have to go to station. You are lucky they let you run sirens. I wanna move off the island anyway. To many rich stuck up snobs and careless hs girls in there mercedes texting... What town is that? Its so rural (in a good way)

[ffjwhite]

@scruffythewild Yea, I am way up north in the Adirondacks. The only reason why I am allowed to run red lights and sirens in cause I am an assistant chief of my department. The only reason why we have them on our POVs is because our towns up here don't have the money to buy chiefs vehicles.

[scruffythewild]

@ffjwhite oh, okay here to. My town is less than one square mile and so is the fire district. We dont even have a chiefs car for the main chief all povs with some strobes and a whelen siren. I think we are geting a tahoe though for our chiefs car soon

[dgraves7129]

Thanks for clarifying that....I was a FF in Onondaga County from 03 to 04 and I was wondering how you had a siren when the state law was blue lights only lol. My dept had designated Chiefs' vehicles, but there were a few smaller departments in the county that didn't so they had to use POV's too.

[alextothehbro]

Given the tint changed its appearance, that was still a great looking storm in this video. Great response, loved the country drive and the siren. You were hauling ass!

[flyingbassman5]

@8:10 anybody else see a possible wall cloud to the left after he clears the trees?? To my eyes it looks like its raining to the right indicating the downdraft area so the suspect wall cloud would be in the correct place (back edge of storm near updraft tower and rain free base). I know its tough to tell in the vid without any other info on the storm track, but hey, thats why i'm asking :D

[stormspotter67]

@flyingbassman5 either that or a mean ass shelf. i see what ur sayin. lol

[MrCopepouches]

i like the old man gettin out of the implala with the long socks gettin geared up !

[countryfirefighter]

you must have a big fire district.great video keep them coming.

[EnjoyFirefighting]

nice driving. But here fire-fighters never respond with a POV to the scene. Obeying (almost) all traffic laws they go with their private car to the station, and then respond code 3 with the fire trucks

[ffjwhite]

@EnjoyFirefighting Some areas are like that in the US but most here in NY allows you to do that.

[dubcars101]

@EnjoyFirefighting Same thing where I volunteer in Palm Beach County, FL

[CCWSig]

Who was the old guy running only blues? I see ho showed up after you did, and put on a hard hat and jacket....

[ffjwhite]

@CCWSig He was one of our oldest members. He has now since passed away. He was one of our fire police members. That is one of the reasons why he let me pass. besides its the law to allow a red light to go by.

[granvilledrummer]

@ffjwhite Its great to see the ol timers still going. Even if they are Fire Police, or Auxillary (AUX here brings food and water). Shame He passed on.

[ffjwhite]

@msartori99 it was a storm cloud but the window tint made it look darker than it actually is.

[15firefighter15vfd]

RAISE HELL, HALL ASS, AND BUST IT IN THA ASS WHEN WE GET THERE

[coty734]

if you had a crown vic it would of sounded way better

[VFVFCo68]

7:01 poor blue lighter, i bet at that moment he wished he too had red lights

[suffern2]

Textbook wall cloud at 3:41-3:43

[2300firefighter]

wicked storm there great driving

[069751]

Hey man nice response vid by the way its me Station 3 from ELB

[ffjwhite]

@069751 sweet. Thanks

[lawman6199]

Nice driving and thats one angry ass looking sky..

[AtoeMarksman]

What state are you in? good video,nice driving

[ffjwhite]

@AtoeMarksman NY

[AtoeMarksman]

@ffjwhite are you an Officer since your running Reds and Sirens?

[ffjwhite]

@AtoeMarksman Yep you would be correct, seeing how I am responding with my dept, if I wasnt then I wouldnt be able to have them

[MRSYCOSQUIRREL69]

@ffjwhite where in NY are you guys from?

[ffjwhite]

@MRSYCOSQUIRREL69 Northern NY up in the top of the Adirondacks.

[MRSYCOSQUIRREL69]

@ffjwhite must be fun responding in the winter then

[ffjwhite]

@MRSYCOSQUIRREL69 It can be sometimes.

[ffjwhite]

We have 1 engine, and 2 ETAs, otherwise known as Engine Tankers. No ladders.

[MyCrazykid14]

@ffjwhite oh k are they all engines or do u all have ladder  trucks or any tankers just wondering

[granvilledrummer]

so if you miss an engine, you cant go help?

[ffjwhite]

@granvilledrummer No we can go to the scene. Unlike LeSedici's comment we all have our PPE with us. It is a very common practice in our area. There arent enough room in trucks to respond with 5 guys. It will take more than 6 guys to put out a fire so IDK how LeSedici says that they cant respond to the scene for a fire. It take alot of manpower to put one out.

[granvilledrummer]

@ffjwhite Up here we carry all our PPE with us. I understand going out of the way to go to the scene instead of the station. I will not go to the scene unless it is on my way to the station

[MyCrazykid14]

How Many truck does your station have and how many stations do u all have

[ffjwhite]

@MyCrazykid14 We only have one station and 3 trucks plus one Ambulance. Those Yellow trucks are from a neighboring department. They were apart of our Tanker Task Force, Seeing how they are only 3 miles from the scene we called them in.

[kirkendol]

the way you drive changes my mind about impalas.

[ffjwhite]

@kirkendol Why is that? This car has been a very reliable car.

[kirkendol]

@ffjwhite i meant the way you drive the car makes me like them more and more.

[ffjwhite]

@kirkendol Gotcha, I thought you were saying it was something negative.

[LeSedici]

Sooo, what's the point of POV's responding to the scene again? Unless of course, it's the officer in command's. I don't see how a pickup truck that has no fire suppression or rescue equipment and a firefighter without any PPE is safe, necessary, or practical. POV are absolutely not allowed to respond to the scene in my dept, same with neighboring depts also. Search firefighter SUV on Youtube, it'll help you get my point.

[kylesgrandam]

@LeSedici well this isnt your department, so....... dont worry about

[ffjwhite]

becuase here in NY blue lights are just a courtesy light. they have to obey all traffic laws. i am a red light and have the right of way. all line officers in NY have red lights

[michealtex]

why did you pass up that car with blue light running here your department will get a fine for passing a pov running same call

[darknemesis48]

where do you live in NY that you are allowed to have sirens in your POV?

[ffjwhite]

@darknemesis48 anywhere in NY where a chief or asst chief uses his or her POV to respond to calls. you see this a lot in more rural areas

[KosukiFire]

6:58 your like SEE YA BLUE BOY!!!

[Theroofable]

Oh ok. He looked like he was going pretty fast, it took you awhile to catch up. Oh ok, can the blues go faster than the speed limit? Doesnt seem like much traffic will be on that road :p

[ffjwhite]

@Theroofable Yea the truck was going pretty quick. Yea blues have no right to brake any laws. Even tho most of the time cops will let them speed a little bit, but they cant blow and stop signs or pass cars unless they are letting them pass. You'd be surprised on how many cars go down that road. There is a school down the road just after I passed the other impala and all the school traffic goes down that road instead of going through town.

[Theroofable]

I noticed the guy in the pickup truck stopped on scene, was he a member? Why did you pass the other impala/ why was he going so slow?

[ffjwhite]

@Theroofable The guy in the white truck was the renter of the barn, as for the impala I passed him cause In NY Red lights have the right of way, even when its members responding to the call, beside that member always directs traffic.

[Thatuptownguy]

nice i own a 2005 impala love them

[cook4015]

Great video, i like the sound of the engine keep the videos coming

[PaganFirefighter]

Gotta love the roar of that Impala! One of the reasons I fell in love with mine. Stay safe out there!

[DTMRM8]

@PaganFirefighter What year Impala is he driving if you know by chance?

[PaganFirefighter]

@DTMRM8 Sorry, I don't know...you should ask him.

[widowsmaiden1336]

I have two questions:

1. I saw that your an assistant fire chief, what was your role in this senario?

2. Also, do you have a NAV in your car?

[ffjwhite]

@widowsmaiden1336

1. I was the Third Asst chief to arrive. I really didnt have a role other than search the barn with the Thermal.

2. I do have Nav in my car. Why do you ask?

[widowsmaiden1336]

@ffjwhite I asked because it seemed a long way to drive, also because I didn't really know if emergency vehicles are fitted with them. Do you know if the fire trucks are equipped with them?

Also, great video BTW, really enjoyed it!

[ffjwhite]

@widowsmaiden1336 Actually the Fire happened at one end of town and I live at th other end. Just outside of or town limits. Depending on where the call is, it can take a little bit to get there. Most of the time we get calls on my end of town, so I am usually pretty quick. Most fire trucks dont have them cause they know their way around. I just have one cause I travel alot.

[widowsmaiden1336]

@ffjwhite Yeah, I presumed that thy would know their way. So, for future reference, why would you go to a fire (as assistant chief)?

[ffjwhite]

@widowsmaiden1336 Because its my job. When ever we get called out its our job to respond, and fires are usually a full membership turnout. Need I remind you that we are volunteer and only have to go if we want to. Usually Chiefs are required to make the majority of calls, however we do understand that most people have jobs.

[widowsmaiden1336]

@ffjwhite OK, I am sorry to have hassled you. I just wasn't sure of what a fire chief does, thats all.

[ffjwhite]

@widowsmaiden1336 Not at all. Usually chiefs are the ones in Charge. Sometimes there will only be one chief around and sometimes there will be more. Depending on the call, its always good to have more than one chief there to even out the responsibilities.

[NicolaiBavnbek]

Very nice driving, nice and wide roads for response driving.

[lightbarlover]

woooo! more please!!! =)

[10twrecker]

hay we have yellow trucks 2

[ffjwhite]

@10twrecker The Yellow trucks isnt ours. It was the next town over. We called them in mutual aid to give us a hand.

[JPorkins88]

Nice footage. New camera a HD? looks to be. And those clouds look awesome.

[ffjwhite]

@JPorkins88 Yea its a New Sony HD camera. The clouds look dark cause of the tint on the top of the window. I mounted it too high.

[Marineinftry]

Who was the guy with the blue light? a volly?

[ffjwhite]

@Marineinftry Yep, I am an Asst chief, Only chiefs can have reds and sirens. Everyone else is allowed blue only.

[FirefighterEmt4Life]

Nice response!!

[ffjwhite]

@FirefighterEmt4Life TY

[jeanphilippeg]

What kind of siren is this? I don't think I've ever heard this model :)

[ffjwhite]

@jeanphilippeg It is a Whelen HHS2200. Its brand new. I have since removed it. It does sound funny inside the car, however outside of it, it sounds like any other Whelen Siren.

[zootoo63]

@ffjwhite Why did you remove it?

[ffjwhite]

@zootoo63 Remove the Siren?

[zootoo63]

@ffjwhite "Its brand new. I have since removed it."

[ffjwhite]

@zootoo63 I thought you were talking about the siren. I took it out cause I needed a siren with more outputs. It only had 4 and I needed at least 6. I havent taken videos in awhile cause I was having software issues with my new camera and the software. I will be making more here soon. I now have a Federal Signal SS2000.