Running tanker, I think this should always be seen ahead of tankers for added safety, they need to get somewhere fast but they can't stop anywhere close to short and they take forever to get back up to speed, so this practice really helps all around to protect people and get the tanker there sooner.
that is the sort of partnership that should be run in fire stations right across the UK and the USA, oh and the choice of music of the the top of smokey and the bandit, brilliant!
@EngulfedSix Indiana use's red/blue for police. Also the Kentucky road department as started using red lights on their trucks light bars.. Who was the one that said this was ok...... I personally know there not an emergency vehicle but yet run red. Just another reason for motorist to ignore red. Any how random rant their for you.
@EngulfedSix It may look like a cruiser (crown victoria) but it's definitely fire dept. Most fire departments use crown vics for company commanders, majors, chiefs, etc. Hell, around where I live (KY) the FD takes the old decommissioned crown vics for their own use.
@cscahi01 i know where your coming from,but there is actually a state that uses all red lights for their state patrol.i dont remember which state it is but i could find out.i dont know if your on this department or not but ill take your word for it i guess,because the cities department next to mine has a crown vic
@EngulfedSix well, their older cars did, the newer cars went back to the old 80's style paint job and graphics....and they don't have that red-lens halogen lightbar, they use clear-lens led lightbars
This right here is called reckless driving,that kind of behavior would no be tolerated in the State of Connecticut.Not enev local police have the power to drive like that......just state police drive like that when warrented.
@belly100874 hey stupid a fire chief or a fire truck is an emergency vehicle just like the state police are and when lives and /or property are in danger you get there as quick as possible. get your fat lazy stupid local cops out of the donut shop and on a traing track they might be able to learn how to drive fast and safely too
Our dept still would not approve any vehicle doing this. You respond single file and request permission to pass slower response vehicles. Only when safe to do so.
Great video.... We need more officers like this in the fire service. most would rather stay at the station and be someplace they don't have to make any decisions. that's the best way for some of them to keep there jobs.
That Chief spend some time overseas? That's some nice Route Clearing - send the more maneuverable car to check the intersections to ensure traffic is stopped so the Engines can roll right on through. Excellent work!
This should be a on going thing for all fire company's in the world. 1. It save time. 2. It make truck's get there safer. 3. The fire truck driver has less stress from traffic. 4. This keep the trucks from not getting hit buy some bone head not stopping pulling over. 5. The chief can stay behind for a short time to report a problem when a bone head don't stop then having to call more trucks to the call. 6. The cost to replace the chief car is cheaper then a fire truck. Safety first.
this would NOT be tolerated in our department. All vehicles are REQUIRED to stop at all red lights, clear the intersection and proceed. It is not worth putting our lives, and the public lives in danger in order to save a few seconds on response. Arrive Alive is what we follow. Thankfully in our town we use an opticom system which is installed on our trucks.
@shadowbnz If you do watch the video, it looks like the engine, or the DC car, does have an Opticom system, as every light they roll through turns green or was green before the engine moved through, so they were in compliance with your dept's regulations, which I would agree is a safer method for today's fire service.Even if they do not have a system, the DC car trips each light to give the engine the right of way, so they are, yet again, in compliance with your dept. regs.
Great Video. maybe not the smartest or safest but who fuckin cares. Great to know your cheif has your back. Helps raise morale. Made me smile the whole video.
@MFD400 Disagree, this is the smartest and safest way yo get to an emergency. UFD in Union, KY now had 3 dedicated "Blocker" SUV's. I happen to be a driver of one of these SUV's. Our response time has improved greatly, we haven't had a single incident since this position was implemented, and my SUV was a shit ton cheaper than a truck. We now have other surrounding FD's following in our steps.
@gtasalova6969 I can believe that in some spots of the country. Here, I run with a volunteer department and we often have 2 or 3 trucks responding at the same time. People see one truck go through the intersection and then think everything is over. I have never ran blocker, but i cant see its effects. Thankfully we dont have too many intersections and only one light in our town. I approve. I wish the city would do this. But it is not supported in my area.
@MFD400 I live in a city of about 200,000. Our Fire/ems services the entire city. Sometimes we have to go from one end of the city all the way to the other side. We get great support from pd blocking intersections. But we will usually run two blockers if we have more than two trucks/buses responding. On a normal day shift there are 5pd cars out that give us a lot of help.
MIoldtimer.........you need to relax....we know your dept is the best In the world at everything.......but give it a break man......by the way this video is AWESOME! Nice feeling knowing chief is there watching your back
Stupid and dangerous move......Lets just confuse the other drivers even more. You do this in our dept, you`d get written up at least......If not fired if you kill someone.
I used to play on a serious roleplay server on San Andreas Multiplayer and sometimes when i was taking someone to the hospital my cousin, who was chief of police, would do that...it looked like i was taking the president to the hospital there was so many cars.
thats the kinda job i do as a volunteer i own a crown victoria so the department let me get a led lightbar and i run blocker four our latter and engine rigs i volunteered to do cause hey everyone likes to go fast lol
to everyone that says its dangerous or the rig should have stoped just rember that when its your heart that stoped or your house burning down motherfuckers!!!
im on a volunteer fire dept. and we use our personal vehicals as blockers mainly because my town ot cheap to buy a real blocker so if your ever going through a town with a bunch of pick ups blocking the road your in my town... we even drive ahead to block the other side of traffic so we can have a straight shot to the scene
@JTACIJ If There Is A Chief Running Block ! And He Is At The Intersection,,,, He Is Blocking Traffic There Is No Point Of The Driver Of The Rig To Stop At The Light Then Proceed.. Especially If It Is An Important Call, The Chief Becomes Block So They Don't Have To Waist Needed TIme Stopping They Just Have A Straight Shot. My Uncle Is A Chief And I've Rode With Him To A Fire, He Was Blocker. And That's How I Know.
I see this all the time in Baltimore City.Quite often, when an ambulance/firetruck is heard or seen, nearby vehicles that have lights on them (be it PD, other ambulances, or even City utility vehicles that have yellow light strips on top) will light up so people around them would notice and move out of the way :) Brings a smile to my face seeing everyone working together to allow lives to be saved.
i can only speak on my own experience but the times i have seen this done it was because the chiefs buggy runs an electronic siren and the engine/ladder runs a cue siren the electronic traffic light preemption devices do not always respond to a cue because of the variations in tone and volume so the chief or officer proceeds through the light or sometimes stays at the light to guarantee that the larger apparatus has gained the green light and there for right of way to proceed
I dont know if Fire rescue does this anymore is larger cities and counties but where I was from in NC if a ambulance was running a code any vol. units in the general area would run a blocker but I only saw this once However Law enforcement if any officer is down you best bet that the main fastest road to the hospital will be shut down and police will be blocking the hell out of intersection seen this done many many times.
Wow like the spots where he forced the truck to have to cross intersections on the opposing side and then cut back to avoid stopped cars while there was an open lane until the DC blocked it.
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Horrible driving. That chief should be fired. He blew through intersections without clearing them. Drove into oncoming lanes at high rates of speed. Very dangerously cut off a car. Had to be some overexcited volley.
@Bleedgreen1265 yep jackson is most def not volunteer and if im correct that truck in the video is engine 3 responding past the westland plaza shopping center
Oh what the hell do you know. All the intersections he 'blew' were green, the ones that were red he slowed and proceeded through with DUE REGARD, driving on opposing lanes with no traffic; save for the cars traveling the same direction (hence the opposing lane travel), and cutting off a stopped car which I'm sure isn't actually possible.
Yeah, he's a real bad driver. What else you got, Wonderboy.
@aweird1 Actully, he followed every law to the letter. Not only that, he put his own ass on the line to protect his trucks and men. I wanna see you do something as brave as us firefighters you prick. :]
@aweird1 Ok no offence, but cops have it easy. Everyone fears you, you have complete rights to shoot if threatened, and you don't even have to be fast. I've been shot at at a fire call. No one damn cop was there, we had to cover the scene alone for 3 minutes till they showed up. and what do you deal with thats 10 times worse? drunks? dom violence? it's actully very very rare you come to a "dangerous" situation. We run into burning houses, put our asses out in moving traffic, and thats every day
@thecatyoukai Wow, 3 whole minutes. How did you survive? Prior to being a cop I was a firefighter/paramedic in a large urban area. Nothing I ever did as a FF/P came close to the amount of dangerous situations I have to deal with as a police officer. Both the chief and the truck driver were in the wrong here. The fire truck driver did not clear a single one of his intersections before proceeding through. Which is something you are supposed to do whether someone is escorting you or not.
@thecatyoukai OMFG another "hero" with a chip. How original. Get over yourself. Let me ask you, how much work do you see in a year. How many feet of 1.75'- or 2' lay on an average week? How many feet of ladders do you through? How many workers above 3 stories did you go to last year? Please get over yourself. You make the rest of "us" look like j-offs. Fuck*n poser.
ok you firemen i have a question why dont engines have reel hoses anymore seems like it would be a lot faster to use one in the case of car, trash, and other small fires than having to pull out and sometimes untangle a couple hundred feet of normal hose.
@truckerjay1 there are reels out there, but the fact is that you can't get good waterflow with hose diameters that small. theyre mostly used on brush, and trash fires, and their length varies from 50' to 150'.
@truckerjay1 simple kinked line does not flow. All discharge hoses have lay flat capabilty. If you put a hose on a reel it all has to be unspooled anyways. Fire apparatus has long flat areas where the hose lays. The hose is layed in zig zag pattern so that when you grab the hose coupling, its literally like you are straighting the letter "Z" into a straight line _____. This hose is now kink free and ready to use.
Wow! That was some incredibly awesome driving. Where is this exactly? I wish they'd let them do that here in Washington State. Half the people here just keep driving or stop in the middle of the road like a deer in the headlights!!
Guys should check out "the Road Hammers" great driving music. and they do a cover of this song.....guys are lucky to have a chief to do that. I remember the police used to do that here, like 15 years ago. I've never seen it since.
I'm curious as to what they were responding too??? Y would the first due engine need the escort???Were people trapped?? I do agree alittle reckless....and he clearly cut a car off at the RED light!
Responding to Vincent65301. I know your intentions are good but you are quite wrong. I'm a retired cop and I ran many blocker/escorts, usually for ambulances. this chief did everything right. He got far ahead of the appaaratus and stopped at the intersections to stop traffic. He also used the right lane to pass the engine, endangering no one. As for SOP's. What ones did he violate? Good job Chief.
Read all the comments and there is one that puts this in perspective!
"bailey9971...fast moving vehicle ... drive safe at high speeds ... completely erratic some civilian drivers..."
Key words here FAST MOVING, HIGH SPEED, ERRATIC. Hmmmm. Love the video, and wish life was so simple but really? We have our head that far in the sand. Where is DUE REGARD as he is flying by the engine? One car pulling in front of the engine from the left, he has to swerve, kills chief.
@tsavodiner I think I hit a nerve. WOW. I really just want everybody to go home in one piece. I have been to too many funerals. It's a shame that the ego's are so big that they don't care who they hurt or who they leave behind. I have been in the service for over 22 years and a instructor for over 15 years. I work for a station that has three trucks in it and takes almost 7000 runs a year, in a major metropolitan area.
I love this video!! I've only seen this procedure done twice, & the last one I saw was years ago. To everyone that says this tactic is dangerous, & un-necessary... Well, I got news for them! EVERYTHING Firefighters do in the line of duty is dangerous, but something like this is definitely a necessary risk when people's lives are at stake as far as I'm concerned. Thanks to that Chief, the engine was able to get to the scene that much sooner, & protect his apparatus & Engine crew at the same time
OK, look at it this way though.. This procedure is rarely done anymore unless there's a multiple alarm fire, or many lives are in danger at the scene being toned out to. Well, this tactic is fairly dangerous, because if someone along the route isn't paying attention where they're going then the squad, or unit running blocker might get hit. Like I said, this tactic is typically only used in extreme cases, and usually at the senior responding Officer's discretion.
outstanding! couldnt help but smile from beginning to end, awesome choice of audio makes it even better two thumbs up!
federalqman 2 weeks ago
wouldent work in my district i have the parkway
MultiFirefighter34 2 weeks ago
AHMEN !!!!
fiafighterdude 1 month ago
Running tanker, I think this should always be seen ahead of tankers for added safety, they need to get somewhere fast but they can't stop anywhere close to short and they take forever to get back up to speed, so this practice really helps all around to protect people and get the tanker there sooner.
SanghaOnline 1 month ago
I like his D-fense!
SlickSpencer8live 1 month ago
This is in Jackson, MS.
MSfirenet 2 months ago
If i could floor the V8 in a crown victoria with lights going like he did, i wouldn't give a damn about what i was doing.
Badchoicesmade 3 months ago
The soundtrack makes this video. Was literally smiling the whole way through.
rockinmycountry09 3 months ago
sooo awesome u should be proud to have him as a cheif!
TractorWorld 4 months ago
now thats dedication!!!!!!
woody71130 5 months ago
that is the sort of partnership that should be run in fire stations right across the UK and the USA, oh and the choice of music of the the top of smokey and the bandit, brilliant!
Brunders08 5 months ago
hell yeah, go chief!
@EngulfedSix Indiana use's red/blue for police. Also the Kentucky road department as started using red lights on their trucks light bars.. Who was the one that said this was ok...... I personally know there not an emergency vehicle but yet run red. Just another reason for motorist to ignore red. Any how random rant their for you.
pcfd20 5 months ago
thats not a fire chief thats a state plice officer
EngulfedSix 6 months ago
@EngulfedSix It may look like a cruiser (crown victoria) but it's definitely fire dept. Most fire departments use crown vics for company commanders, majors, chiefs, etc. Hell, around where I live (KY) the FD takes the old decommissioned crown vics for their own use.
cscahi01 6 months ago
@cscahi01 i know where your coming from,but there is actually a state that uses all red lights for their state patrol.i dont remember which state it is but i could find out.i dont know if your on this department or not but ill take your word for it i guess,because the cities department next to mine has a crown vic
EngulfedSix 6 months ago
@EngulfedSix did you think it was Minnesota State Patrol?
chpman2013 3 months ago
@chpman2013 i think it is,minnesota has that type of decals
EngulfedSix 3 months ago
@EngulfedSix well, their older cars did, the newer cars went back to the old 80's style paint job and graphics....and they don't have that red-lens halogen lightbar, they use clear-lens led lightbars
chpman2013 3 months ago
@chpman2013 right,but you gotta figure this video is 2 or 3 years old
EngulfedSix 3 months ago
@EngulfedSix yeah, before 2008, that's what most of the State Patrol squad cars looked like
chpman2013 3 months ago
epic. yall know how to run shit and put in the badass music that makes the video!!
pntblmrkr 6 months ago
5 stars!!!!
thisisbullcrap101 6 months ago
Car is a Crown Vic
uprrslo 6 months ago
This right here is called reckless driving,that kind of behavior would no be tolerated in the State of Connecticut.Not enev local police have the power to drive like that......just state police drive like that when warrented.
belly100874 7 months ago
@belly100874 Would you like to foot the bill for 25,000$+ then?
joeu5431 6 months ago
@belly100874 How is that wreckless driving?
WhiteboyOfUS 6 months ago
@belly100874 hey stupid a fire chief or a fire truck is an emergency vehicle just like the state police are and when lives and /or property are in danger you get there as quick as possible. get your fat lazy stupid local cops out of the donut shop and on a traing track they might be able to learn how to drive fast and safely too
truckerjay1 6 months ago
REDNECKS!
redriderforlife 7 months ago
Great soundtrack!!
Marengo2534 7 months ago
I like that chief, he lets them know get the hell out of the way too.
selfmade6694 7 months ago 2
lmfao thats great
rombout62 7 months ago
GD thats funny
kansasjake1223 7 months ago
what type of car is it the chief drving?
LoveReflectiveTape 7 months ago
MFD is the same way nice vid
Waddle5blue 7 months ago
I wish we had a cheif like that nd plus he had the right of way cause all lights were green
Jbealexx13 7 months ago
Nice!!!
883police 8 months ago
We did this we had all 15 of our brush trucks in a line going around 55mph with batt chiefs blocking didn't stop once this Is great
theatomicfart1001 8 months ago
Great!!!
crazyfireman85 8 months ago
Our dept still would not approve any vehicle doing this. You respond single file and request permission to pass slower response vehicles. Only when safe to do so.
shadowbnz 9 months ago
i love the vid and the music from smokey and the bandit is perfect
stickshiftsonly93 9 months ago
Great video.... We need more officers like this in the fire service. most would rather stay at the station and be someplace they don't have to make any decisions. that's the best way for some of them to keep there jobs.
myryder29 9 months ago
That Chief spend some time overseas? That's some nice Route Clearing - send the more maneuverable car to check the intersections to ensure traffic is stopped so the Engines can roll right on through. Excellent work!
darkangel31314 9 months ago 2
the chief lights suck and is this a quint or an engine
wowitsthatkid1029 9 months ago
This should be a on going thing for all fire company's in the world. 1. It save time. 2. It make truck's get there safer. 3. The fire truck driver has less stress from traffic. 4. This keep the trucks from not getting hit buy some bone head not stopping pulling over. 5. The chief can stay behind for a short time to report a problem when a bone head don't stop then having to call more trucks to the call. 6. The cost to replace the chief car is cheaper then a fire truck. Safety first.
livecrosswire 9 months ago 50
@livecrosswire
Amen, Brother!!
THaulk 9 months ago
@livecrosswire And, 7., the chief's siren should play "East Bound and Down" on command.
Natesmodelrailroad 3 months ago
@Natesmodelrailroad chances are that's probably what's playin' on his car radio
chpman2013 3 months ago
this would NOT be tolerated in our department. All vehicles are REQUIRED to stop at all red lights, clear the intersection and proceed. It is not worth putting our lives, and the public lives in danger in order to save a few seconds on response. Arrive Alive is what we follow. Thankfully in our town we use an opticom system which is installed on our trucks.
shadowbnz 9 months ago
@shadowbnz If you do watch the video, it looks like the engine, or the DC car, does have an Opticom system, as every light they roll through turns green or was green before the engine moved through, so they were in compliance with your dept's regulations, which I would agree is a safer method for today's fire service.Even if they do not have a system, the DC car trips each light to give the engine the right of way, so they are, yet again, in compliance with your dept. regs.
glumspore 9 months ago
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very goood drive and careful
bestamerica 10 months ago
A real life Smokey and the Bandit
bbsl1967 10 months ago
Great Video. maybe not the smartest or safest but who fuckin cares. Great to know your cheif has your back. Helps raise morale. Made me smile the whole video.
MFD400 10 months ago 11
@MFD400 Disagree, this is the smartest and safest way yo get to an emergency. UFD in Union, KY now had 3 dedicated "Blocker" SUV's. I happen to be a driver of one of these SUV's. Our response time has improved greatly, we haven't had a single incident since this position was implemented, and my SUV was a shit ton cheaper than a truck. We now have other surrounding FD's following in our steps.
gtasalova6969 1 month ago
@gtasalova6969 I can believe that in some spots of the country. Here, I run with a volunteer department and we often have 2 or 3 trucks responding at the same time. People see one truck go through the intersection and then think everything is over. I have never ran blocker, but i cant see its effects. Thankfully we dont have too many intersections and only one light in our town. I approve. I wish the city would do this. But it is not supported in my area.
MFD400 1 month ago
@MFD400 I live in a city of about 200,000. Our Fire/ems services the entire city. Sometimes we have to go from one end of the city all the way to the other side. We get great support from pd blocking intersections. But we will usually run two blockers if we have more than two trucks/buses responding. On a normal day shift there are 5pd cars out that give us a lot of help.
gtasalova6969 1 month ago
MIoldtimer.........you need to relax....we know your dept is the best In the world at everything.......but give it a break man......by the way this video is AWESOME! Nice feeling knowing chief is there watching your back
ffal139 10 months ago
Im Diggin the song, love it
PainKiller1773 10 months ago
Best. Video. Ever.
KOOLAIDman872 10 months ago
NOW THATS MY KIND OF JOB!
TheCardwellshow 10 months ago
Stupid and dangerous move......Lets just confuse the other drivers even more. You do this in our dept, you`d get written up at least......If not fired if you kill someone.
MIoldtimer 10 months ago
HAHAHAHAHAHA That song made the video
MusicisPassion1678 10 months ago
I used to play on a serious roleplay server on San Andreas Multiplayer and sometimes when i was taking someone to the hospital my cousin, who was chief of police, would do that...it looked like i was taking the president to the hospital there was so many cars.
Black2612 10 months ago
@Black2612 what game?
agentwade 10 months ago
@agentwade Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Multiplayer
Black2612 10 months ago
ha ha ha ha love this one need a chief like that at our fire dept
duckbillc05 10 months ago
nice job.....
truckingman26 11 months ago
all fire chief's need to do this
ericgrant 11 months ago
thats the kinda job i do as a volunteer i own a crown victoria so the department let me get a led lightbar and i run blocker four our latter and engine rigs i volunteered to do cause hey everyone likes to go fast lol
crazymarshin 11 months ago
Now that's a man doing his job to help others
Cephussnowden 11 months ago
It's just like football, how the hell could you not understand???? And why would 10 people not like this? They must be foreign..
str8piped79 11 months ago
to everyone that says its dangerous or the rig should have stoped just rember that when its your heart that stoped or your house burning down motherfuckers!!!
wqdy949 11 months ago
@wqdy949 espically if you have a blocker if they didnt yeah slow down but really you sound like a bunch of little girls
wqdy949 11 months ago
Love it. Great tatic.
SPEEDINGemoKIDD 11 months ago
whats the point of this video i dont get it
LilRanDy920 11 months ago
@psteele35 more specifically special white strobe units.
nitruswolf 11 months ago
its quit the sight to see a pickup going about 75mph passing a firetruck on a raggigidy old dirt road
wowitsthatkid1029 11 months ago
im on a volunteer fire dept. and we use our personal vehicals as blockers mainly because my town ot cheap to buy a real blocker so if your ever going through a town with a bunch of pick ups blocking the road your in my town... we even drive ahead to block the other side of traffic so we can have a straight shot to the scene
wowitsthatkid1029 11 months ago
broke every law possible period, you have a red light the rig stops than proceeds.
JTACIJ 1 year ago
@JTACIJ If There Is A Chief Running Block ! And He Is At The Intersection,,,, He Is Blocking Traffic There Is No Point Of The Driver Of The Rig To Stop At The Light Then Proceed.. Especially If It Is An Important Call, The Chief Becomes Block So They Don't Have To Waist Needed TIme Stopping They Just Have A Straight Shot. My Uncle Is A Chief And I've Rode With Him To A Fire, He Was Blocker. And That's How I Know.
MS2MAN 11 months ago
here we always respond in convoys (from 3 to 8 vehicles normally) and then we don't need someone that goes ahead to stop traffic at intersections
EnjoyFirefighting 1 year ago
great support....real pros
flatbikkie 1 year ago
Yeah its great till someone runs the light and t-bones his car.
insanebass09 1 year ago
I see this all the time in Baltimore City.Quite often, when an ambulance/firetruck is heard or seen, nearby vehicles that have lights on them (be it PD, other ambulances, or even City utility vehicles that have yellow light strips on top) will light up so people around them would notice and move out of the way :) Brings a smile to my face seeing everyone working together to allow lives to be saved.
BlackKnightDelta 1 year ago
i can only speak on my own experience but the times i have seen this done it was because the chiefs buggy runs an electronic siren and the engine/ladder runs a cue siren the electronic traffic light preemption devices do not always respond to a cue because of the variations in tone and volume so the chief or officer proceeds through the light or sometimes stays at the light to guarantee that the larger apparatus has gained the green light and there for right of way to proceed
fyrwoker 1 year ago
I dont know if Fire rescue does this anymore is larger cities and counties but where I was from in NC if a ambulance was running a code any vol. units in the general area would run a blocker but I only saw this once However Law enforcement if any officer is down you best bet that the main fastest road to the hospital will be shut down and police will be blocking the hell out of intersection seen this done many many times.
Howard892 1 year ago
I love this :)
SilentEchos 1 year ago
Um Yea Right
SKYPEKB1QHM 1 year ago
LOL this is beautiful xD
ManderMurduh 1 year ago 2
Wow like the spots where he forced the truck to have to cross intersections on the opposing side and then cut back to avoid stopped cars while there was an open lane until the DC blocked it.
DroppingTheRightTone 1 year ago
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Horrible driving. That chief should be fired. He blew through intersections without clearing them. Drove into oncoming lanes at high rates of speed. Very dangerously cut off a car. Had to be some overexcited volley.
aweird1 1 year ago
@aweird1 - not a volunteer department; Jackson, MS is the largest department in the state and all "career". Any more comments ?
Bleedgreen1265 1 year ago
@Bleedgreen1265 yep jackson is most def not volunteer and if im correct that truck in the video is engine 3 responding past the westland plaza shopping center
fireman050 1 year ago
@aweird1
Oh what the hell do you know. All the intersections he 'blew' were green, the ones that were red he slowed and proceeded through with DUE REGARD, driving on opposing lanes with no traffic; save for the cars traveling the same direction (hence the opposing lane travel), and cutting off a stopped car which I'm sure isn't actually possible.
Yeah, he's a real bad driver. What else you got, Wonderboy.
nwvfd22 1 year ago
@aweird1 Actully, he followed every law to the letter. Not only that, he put his own ass on the line to protect his trucks and men. I wanna see you do something as brave as us firefighters you prick. :]
thecatyoukai 1 year ago
@thecatyoukai I'm a cop, dealing with situations 10 times more dangerous. No he did not follow every law to the letter.
aweird1 1 year ago
@aweird1 Ok no offence, but cops have it easy. Everyone fears you, you have complete rights to shoot if threatened, and you don't even have to be fast. I've been shot at at a fire call. No one damn cop was there, we had to cover the scene alone for 3 minutes till they showed up. and what do you deal with thats 10 times worse? drunks? dom violence? it's actully very very rare you come to a "dangerous" situation. We run into burning houses, put our asses out in moving traffic, and thats every day
thecatyoukai 1 year ago
@thecatyoukai Wow, 3 whole minutes. How did you survive? Prior to being a cop I was a firefighter/paramedic in a large urban area. Nothing I ever did as a FF/P came close to the amount of dangerous situations I have to deal with as a police officer. Both the chief and the truck driver were in the wrong here. The fire truck driver did not clear a single one of his intersections before proceeding through. Which is something you are supposed to do whether someone is escorting you or not.
aweird1 1 year ago
@thecatyoukai OMFG another "hero" with a chip.
krichards816 1 year ago
@thecatyoukai OMFG another "hero" with a chip. How original. Get over yourself. Let me ask you, how much work do you see in a year. How many feet of 1.75'- or 2' lay on an average week? How many feet of ladders do you through? How many workers above 3 stories did you go to last year? Please get over yourself. You make the rest of "us" look like j-offs. Fuck*n poser.
krichards816 1 year ago
@aweird1 fuck you you faggot ass "cop" probably a poser too....which is funny, cause who in the world would want to pose as a cop...
ownage1894 1 year ago
@ownage1894 quiet kid, the adults are speaking.
aweird1 1 year ago
lol
kyle3ify1 1 year ago
ever department should run like this. that is great.
TheResuce1 1 year ago 2
great tag team
wattstarr911 1 year ago 38
Excellent job !
pinouleke 1 year ago
This is Jackson fire dept. in Mississippi
dleflore 1 year ago
ok you firemen i have a question why dont engines have reel hoses anymore seems like it would be a lot faster to use one in the case of car, trash, and other small fires than having to pull out and sometimes untangle a couple hundred feet of normal hose.
truckerjay1 1 year ago
@truckerjay1
Sometimes they have beds of just 100 feet of hose. Typically called "trash line."
MedicPatriot 1 year ago
@truckerjay1 there are reels out there, but the fact is that you can't get good waterflow with hose diameters that small. theyre mostly used on brush, and trash fires, and their length varies from 50' to 150'.
PROJECT89PRIME 1 year ago
@truckerjay1 simple kinked line does not flow. All discharge hoses have lay flat capabilty. If you put a hose on a reel it all has to be unspooled anyways. Fire apparatus has long flat areas where the hose lays. The hose is layed in zig zag pattern so that when you grab the hose coupling, its literally like you are straighting the letter "Z" into a straight line _____. This hose is now kink free and ready to use.
love4guns700 11 months ago
"Oh hell, I got ta go!" -Snowman
JLil 1 year ago
W T F?!?!??!
231productions 1 year ago
Love this video!! Keep it up chief!
smokedyou13 1 year ago
Love this video!!! Keep it up C1!
smokedyou13 1 year ago
Wow! That was some incredibly awesome driving. Where is this exactly? I wish they'd let them do that here in Washington State. Half the people here just keep driving or stop in the middle of the road like a deer in the headlights!!
marinenut68 1 year ago 2
Hahahahahahahaha fucking hilarious. Excellent choice of music.
johnsmithy667 1 year ago
Guys should check out "the Road Hammers" great driving music. and they do a cover of this song.....guys are lucky to have a chief to do that. I remember the police used to do that here, like 15 years ago. I've never seen it since.
TravisDMeier 1 year ago
hell yea thats wat im talkin bout
hfdfireman25 1 year ago
haha thats sick i wish my chief did that
dodge0657 1 year ago
hahah GET DOWN WITH IT
SMOKENF250 1 year ago
thats the kind of chief every one needs
ericgrant 1 year ago
we actually play this song and many others of its type in our engine in route plus u always have to play bad boys after a mva with an ETOH driver
eng60nvfd 1 year ago
LMAO.......that was awesome and hysterical at the same time.
fatkid76 1 year ago
that is awsome hahaha thats great love it man haha i dont care who ya are dats funny right der
2300firefighter 1 year ago
lol
fisherman101100 1 year ago
That is the school I graduated from! My old neighborhood. My old stomping grounds. Love it!
layzdaze 1 year ago
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layzdaze 1 year ago
thats freakin awesome
heatwave2012 1 year ago
love it lmao
MPfreeze10 1 year ago
Fan-dam-tastic!!! Reminds me of a chief we used to have
kelly806 1 year ago
WICKED AWESOME!
u4ia420 1 year ago
Love it! Imma get convoy on my phone and play it on the PA next time we get somethin like that goin!
braxsbayou 1 year ago
I'm curious as to what they were responding too??? Y would the first due engine need the escort???Were people trapped?? I do agree alittle reckless....and he clearly cut a car off at the RED light!
frillybass 1 year ago
As a former Fire fighter .........I LOVE THIS CHIEF.if he was a woman I would kiss him lol ;-)
KukoBlutch 1 year ago
you guys are lucky to have that kind of chief
ilovemoney888 1 year ago
Responding to Vincent65301. I know your intentions are good but you are quite wrong. I'm a retired cop and I ran many blocker/escorts, usually for ambulances. this chief did everything right. He got far ahead of the appaaratus and stopped at the intersections to stop traffic. He also used the right lane to pass the engine, endangering no one. As for SOP's. What ones did he violate? Good job Chief.
12715159 1 year ago 2
This is the best video i have seen of a run. The music is a great pick
torgeorge 1 year ago
I love it. I cracked up when i heard that song start.
kcartersta60 1 year ago 15
@kcartersta60 mee too i thought i was gonna piss my pants our chief doesnt do this im in Pa
MRBEEF1000 10 months ago
@kcartersta60 i did the same thing lol
minimanColby 10 months ago
He really loves his job, cool :-)
webmasterFFN 1 year ago
Damn they know how to use the q.
cutiger3115 1 year ago
Instant classic lol and the world would be a better place with a hand full of chiefs like that
PauletteVFD671 1 year ago 2
Awsome as all hell
pituchabag 1 year ago 2
awesome
shawnster26 1 year ago
Read all the comments and there is one that puts this in perspective!
"bailey9971...fast moving vehicle ... drive safe at high speeds ... completely erratic some civilian drivers..."
Key words here FAST MOVING, HIGH SPEED, ERRATIC. Hmmmm. Love the video, and wish life was so simple but really? We have our head that far in the sand. Where is DUE REGARD as he is flying by the engine? One car pulling in front of the engine from the left, he has to swerve, kills chief.
And I do work in a city!
fang151 1 year ago
@fang151 pardon the fuck out of the rest of us while you think everything to death
Get your due regard out of the damn way
tsavodiner 1 year ago
@tsavodiner I think I hit a nerve. WOW. I really just want everybody to go home in one piece. I have been to too many funerals. It's a shame that the ego's are so big that they don't care who they hurt or who they leave behind. I have been in the service for over 22 years and a instructor for over 15 years. I work for a station that has three trucks in it and takes almost 7000 runs a year, in a major metropolitan area.
fang151 1 year ago
This is Engine 6 of Jackson, MS if I'm not mistaken
NC403Firefighter 1 year ago
This is great to see, wish this happened more often to cut down on intersection collisions...
1521S 1 year ago
HAHA I love this its great !!! This reminds me of my fire department .
john35411761 1 year ago
HAHA this made my day
giterdungal 2 years ago
thats a big 10-4! lol
rockinrollfan37 2 years ago 3
This is GREAT! LOVE THE MUSIC!!! Cued perfectly!! Gotta share it with the firefighters in my life!! God Bless!!
MsC1953 2 years ago 5
I love this video!! I've only seen this procedure done twice, & the last one I saw was years ago. To everyone that says this tactic is dangerous, & un-necessary... Well, I got news for them! EVERYTHING Firefighters do in the line of duty is dangerous, but something like this is definitely a necessary risk when people's lives are at stake as far as I'm concerned. Thanks to that Chief, the engine was able to get to the scene that much sooner, & protect his apparatus & Engine crew at the same time
GP9railfan 2 years ago 16
@GP9railfan
I don't see how this could be dangerous. It's much easier to maneuver a small car in an intersection then a truck.
squallz13 1 year ago
OK, look at it this way though.. This procedure is rarely done anymore unless there's a multiple alarm fire, or many lives are in danger at the scene being toned out to. Well, this tactic is fairly dangerous, because if someone along the route isn't paying attention where they're going then the squad, or unit running blocker might get hit. Like I said, this tactic is typically only used in extreme cases, and usually at the senior responding Officer's discretion.
GP9railfan 1 year ago
Awesome whish we had someone to do this for us.
redbullfire19 2 years ago
hahah this is soo awesome. Wish our chief did this.
343HFD 2 years ago 4
need to see more like this so good and funny
mrchevrolet01 2 years ago 4
now can you amagine that if they play that song while they was on a run that would be so funny but great good timing this is this best
mrchevrolet01 2 years ago 2
note the stupid son of a bitch at 1:29 who won't pull over.
tsavodiner 2 years ago 3
hahaha amazing video i love it
gskizzle1025 2 years ago 4
ive watched this over and over and still love it... awesome video!
swmocardsfan 2 years ago 4
awesome
bigdigone 2 years ago 2
I smiled lol
garf1eld029 2 years ago
sweet wish i had that done for me
joshuashelton2001 2 years ago
He's Bookin After Each Intersection.!
LincolnDrifter 2 years ago 3
Jerry Reed - East Bound And Down
ellenborovfd1934 2 years ago 8
He also happened to be the truck driver in the Smokey & The Bandit movies.
psteele35 2 years ago 4
@psteele35 who?
franktonfire 2 years ago
@psteele35 he made the song for the movie
bob611 1 year ago