I'm glad you guys used the Q liberally. When it comes to running anything priourity one (or code 3, depending on your first due's definition!), it's good to keep the public on alert and notified that you're coming. EVOC definately rules. :)
hi there,, im from the UK. Just wondered why u sent out fire trucks to medical calls?? is it because you closer to where the call is and therefore quicker (cos it looks like your really moving!!)??? It happens rarely in our country, we always send out ambulances,, but only fire engines if they are like 3 minutes away and quicker than an ambulance :L
@fattyabbo In our county area if a fire engine is closer than the nearest ambulance then they get sent. If it's what is deamed an Advanced Life support call, in this case a person who stopped breathing, then it's sent to assit the Paramedic unit that's going to the call.
@tomlillie317 in virginia and at my station we send a engine and a medic for not breathing or ca or and other major call the engine is like a blocker truck just so that the medic gets there safely
@fattyabbo In Nothern Europe and North America, Fire Engines respond to Medicals on a daily basis. In some of the departments the medical runs take 80 percent of the engines day.
In most cases the Engine is equipped in the same way as the ambulance, minus the capacity to transport the patient, so why not use an engine to treat, thus requiring an ambulance only at the transport? Also, some engines have ALS gear, while ambo only has BLS. In these said countries, FFs are trained to medicine.
@fattyabbo So, the engine, or aerial truck or heavy rescue, can be considered as an medical resoursce, either BLS or ALS. It can provide a resource to the scene of an injury or illness in the same way an ambulace can. The firefighers spend half of their time in the ambulance anyway, so why waste their skill while in the red truck? And, since ambulances usually drive all the time, and trucks do not, they ease the burden of the ambulances quite a fair deal. Many places have 80-90% medical calls.
@fattyabbo Its different for every State. Here in California, Fire Fighters are trained Paramedics, so they will always be called out even when theres not a fire and will usually arrive before or with the Ambulance.
@fattyabbo In large counties like mine, multiple stations will respond to one call just because of traffic. It may take our closest engine longer to get to our house that the furthest just because of traffic. In my neighborhood, we have 3 pd's and 3 fd's/ems that will respond. Usually fd will always respond with ems around here, Or a POV will respond.
@fattyabbo Im from Michigan, and we Send the FD on all Medical Calls. We do this to reduce the response time.It varies depending on where you go. Even in my county its a little different. In the bottom half of the county our police have an E unit which is a paramedic unit that goes with ambulance instead of FD. In my department. we have a rescue fire truck that responds to all Priority 1 and 2 calls with the ambulance for assistance. Better service to community and more man power.
@fattyabbo In U.S. Westcoast, it's regularly practiced that first ALS on scene is often fire crews, considering every communities will have a fire house, but not necessary an ambulance, the ambulance may responding from far away, up to 1-2 hours if the area is extreme rural. In this case, the ambulance arrived before fire crews which is quite uncommon.
@fattyabbo i'm a paramedic in the southen US and i think i might have some insight for your question. in the US, fire responds to all medical calls. most firemen are trained emt-basics, meaning they can initiate cpr, assist ventillations via bag-valve mask, shock via aed, provide O2, spinally immobilize, (etc.) when indicated. There are more fire engines covering any given area, that i know of, than ambulances. they can initiate basic (and sometimes critical) treatment until paramedics arrive.
@fattyabbo Down here in South Florida, most "fire trucks" are ALS units equipped with Firefighter Paramedics. The emergency "ambulances" are called Rescues and belong to the Fire Rescue Departments, and are also staffed with Firefighter Paramedics, and are equipped with ALS gear, fire gear, scba, extrication tools, and fire hose/appliances. Hope I helped clear it up a little lol
@fattyabbo It all depends on where you are. In Los Angeles, A fire truck or Fire engine is sent on almost every medical call, with an ambulance. This is because off Firefighters are EMTs (Emergency Medical Techs). Rarely do you see an ambulance without a Fire engine with it.
Good response!! i dont see anything wrong. the driver( which btw can see alot more then we can) slowed down enough and could see it was safe to go through..
I dunno, if a member of my family wasnt breathing, I would be cool with them running the red lights fast, if they felt safe doing so. So how can I not be cool with it, just because it's somebody elses emergency? after 5 minutes, theres really not much to save after that. So a minute or two can make a huge difference. :-)
NO matter what city or state your in, you have to stop for red signal, then you can procede if safe. I made the almost fatal mistake once for blowing a light with just my overheads on, if it wasnt for my evasive move, I would have be T-boned. After I thought about it , I said why, would it have been worth it ? Gotta think. Unless its a brother officer needing help, its almost not worth driving nuts to get there, your no good, if you dont make it there remember.
The area which i live in states that all emergency personnel have the right away in any intersection no matter what color the light is.I guess all counties are different but oh well. Oh and for all you bashers out there, how about you get hurt and call 911 and then we will take our sweet ass time gettin to your location making sure we stop at every damn red light.
I have to agree that a little more care could have been used at some points in this video, but I also have some understanding because of the nature of the call. Overall nothing to get upset about like some people are.
Listen, look, then react to the situation. All emergency personnel must do this. All other vehicles on the road must pull over regardless your position on the road to the right side.
Haha, I work in Ft Worth, Tx, if we left the doors on our box open when we were in on a call, wed come back to find our ambulance missing. Thats funny, good to see there are some decent places left
It's happen up in alexandria virginia, about 20-25 miles away. A private ambulance company had a unit taken by a mentaly unstable person who "Just needed a ride to church"
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As the driver of that fire engine your job is not to place the public at risk by blowing red lights. You did not cause that person to stop breathing so your job is to get on scene as quickly and as SAFELY as possible. Enough said.
What did this driver do wrong? I am sure when he blew the lights he could see traffic was stopped. He could see very much more than what you can see in the video.. I thought the driver did everything perfectly
on a fire truck, police, ambluance vechicles they have stobe lights to tell the light signals to turn green and the side liughts turn red so they can go thu. go fuck urself
@haloist1 - may i ask WTF your smoking? iv been on alot of calls where we come to an intersection and the lights stayed red, and our trucks are only 3-4 years old. Did we forget to ask about this special light signal package? DUMBASS!! dont comment on shit you dont know about
Not enough said... its dumb comments from people like you who aren't firefighters that make us want to run reds even more! As you can CLEARLY see... all people have stopped knowing a Truck was coming through... ALL FIRE DEPARTMENTS HAVE THE RIGHT AWAY AT RED LIGHTS... GRANTED THEY HAVE TO CHECK THE INTERSECTION BEFORE BLOWING ONE... BUT ALL DEPARTMENTS HAVE THE RIGHT AWAY AT A RED LIGHT WHEN RESPONDING CODE 3...
Go look up the Highway Traffic Act and you will see that we (and I say we because I make my living as a professional firefighter) only have a conditional right of way on a red. The driver will still be at fault if he becomes involved in an accident while crossing an intersection on a red light. Maybe the camera doesn't show the big picture.
schinks333 is correct, it's only a conditional right of way on a red and if you're involved in an accident when you have the red then you will get a ticket and probably a lawsuit as well out here. At the intersection with the red light you can see about a good 1/4 mile to the right, which is the problem direction for that intersection, and everyone was stopped.
I'm not hammering your statement but there are an ever increasing amount of ff's around the USA that can contest this after being charged with serious offences regarding MVC's at intersections.
I dont know what state you are from but in Texas we dont. If people dont want to yeild at an intersection we dont have the "right away". The driver of the apparatus could face criminal charges if they cause an accident.
I totally agree with the driver of the ambulance, as a first responder were going to call's that take's an ambulance 15 mins to get on scene if one in our county is avaiable. You gotta haul ass to get to a call especially one that's not breathing becuase of brain death exactly what he said. Nice response hopefully you were en scene in time.
I agree who ever is driving is an absolute idiot!!!!, they only slowed down a little at intersections because there where cars in front of them.....Dont forget you cant help someone if you dont make it there
How fast, if your a driver, would you go to the far end of your first due for someone not breathing? And refresh my memory but the last time I checked brain death starts to occur at the 5 minute mark last I checked. Oh yeah thats how long it took us to get there and, if you look at the end of the video, for the medic to gain access to the locked doors. Please see my responce to the post by firelawems.
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Blowing red lights without a stop? Not good at all. Wait until he broadsides someone blowing a red light, that city/county/township will be paying a hefty settlement. Common sense here guys just because the driver has lights and sirens doesnt give us the right to "blow" red lights. They help to basically "ask" permission to go through. All of those saying what a cool response this was are obviously rookies or all volunteers. I work for Orlanda FD for 12 years now on a rescue company..
Um, only one red light "blown" after slowing way down to make sure every vehicle was stopped and watching us. Volunteer company with a crew of Usmc Crash fire rescue as driver, Washington Dc firefighter as officer and two Arlington firefighters in back as firefighters. I'll take it that the rookie part is intended for the driver who at the time of this video was the most "inexperenced" on the crew with 7 years (9 years now) in the fire service. And the responding comments are basic Evoc stuff
Thank you for making such good time getting there. But now, why? Ambulance is already on scene! 3:52, seemed too fast, but you probably had good view and could see there was no traffic. Was nice when you did not rev siren when not needed. Powecall is a worthless POS. Can't hear it with the Q sounding. Be careful about horn only. Some people are deaf at speciic frequencies and may not hear it. Nice, steady video. Nice area.
We have to ask if they're available for mutual aid to come off base (Quantico marine corps base) and if so then they're dispatched. Had to do that 2 weeks ago for a shooting since they were the closest medic unit.
in uk we have rapid response paramedics in cars and on bikes, who go on ahead with the main ambulance following behind, so that treatment is started as soon as possible, once the person is on the ambulance on way to A&E the paramedic clears for the next job
Sometimes in our county they do that but it's rare. Other more rural counties they may have a medic use a chase vehicle like you're saying and meet the ambulance at the scene or if it's that serious meet them while thier enroute to the hospital.
We have them in Loudoun. The western rural end of our county during the day has a career regional ALS provider who runs chase. At night a few volunteer ALS providers are available.
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Holy crap they are flying. That is ridiculous. Uncalled for speeds. Look at me I have a Q2 siren get out of my way. Do you realize how long it takes to stop a truck that size going that fast. SLOW DOWN DOUCHE
And how fast, if your a driver, would you go to the far end of your first due for someone not breathing? Oh yeah, only one red light eaten and that was after we slowed to make sure everyone was stopped. Keep in mind that all the lights that we went flying through were traffic controled and were green in our direction. And yes I'm well aware of how long it takes to stop a engine going the speed we were going, about 500-600 ft roughly. Anything else? Oh and veary childish calling someone douche
I will pose the same question to you. How fast, if you were/are a driver, would you go to the far end of your first due for someone not breathing? Oh yeah the caller was refuseing cpr instructions and wasn't starting cpr efforts either. Oh yeah like I posted earlier only one red light was eaten and that was after we slowed to make sure that everyone was stopped.
I'll pose this question to you, What "reckless acts" where there in the video? Were we going fast, yep, reckless driving weaving in and out of lanes and traffic pushing people through intersections and blowing red lights without slowing down, nope.
To take your commment as it was intended it means, we were going to fast to the call and need to slow down. But lets say we slowed all the way down at each light, about 30 seconds per light lost time with getting back up to speed at least we'll say, that would mean that the run would've taken about 8 1/2 mins not 5. And lets not count that for the 20-25 intersections inbetween the station and there or else you wouldn't arrive for 15 to 17 1/2 mins for someone not breathing.
You still haven't answered my question that I posed as to what your intended meaning was so I'll give you another chance. "It does not matter what you are going there for if you dont get there in one piece." To refresh your memory, oh and how long does it take brain death to start in someone not breahing oh yeah that's right 5 mins the exact time it took us to get there and the medics to gain entry into the building if you look at the end of the video.
All of you folks here who are complaining about the way the driver was driving, REGARDLESS of how they were driving, they are an EMERGENCY VEHICLE. When they have their lights and sirens going, it means pull over to the right and get the hell out of their way. I am astounded at the amount of arguing and whatnot in these comments in regards to what this video shows. I'm sure that if this person who wasn't breathing was a loved one of yours, you sure as hell wouldn't be on here talking trash!
Slow down? Why don't you just do the rest of us a favor and shut your cakehole?! They were inside whats called an EMERGENCY VEHICLE, with their emergency lights and sirens going (as you can obviously tell), so that means that they aren't out running around for the hell of it, it means that they are on a run, and it means pull over to the right and stop. Maybe you need to go to the library and read up on this. By the sounds of things, it may do you some good.
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Emergency Vehicle or not. You drive according to traffic conditions. Not just roar the siren and pound the gas. I was a FF/EMT for 20 yrs. If that was me driving like that, I'd be suppended for a long time
I'll play devil's advocate. Conditions were mostly okay for the speed. However, Lights and sirens often don't get the attention of drivers. I personally would never run a red light like that at this time of day. God forbid if I did and some idiot came off the cross street and I hit him; I'd be 100% liable in Virginia. But the camera only shows us a small slice of the view, and I'm certain the driver felt comfortable enough to be driving like he did. Good video nonetheless.
It depends on the area, if you go to freewebs dot com/engine502, they have a map of our county with each stations area our station is 3fire and 17 fire as well. we were comming from 3fire for this call
How much area does one station cover? I am a volunteer at a combi department but there would be no way that we could reach the 5 minute response time that our department has in place. Excellent driving, luckily we don't have as much area per station.
are you serious? my staiton trys to be there while there still on the phone with 911 we uslu get there in about 2 min tho
but were are kinda a small town just 30000 when i say that im campring to tronto new york ect,ect wat im getting at we have 16 satitons each with 3 trucks 2 have ladders
Lets be realistic is it fast yes, a little to fast maybe at the lights but you know what our job is dangerous, its part of the job. The only bad thing i saw about the whole thing was that you didnt leave atleast an electric siren on. That poercall should have been on from start to finish. Overall well handled sir!
Gotta love Saskatchewan. Here, any emergency vehicle displaying lights, sirens, or combo must be yielded to, 500$ fine if you dont, doesn't matter the cricumstances. They can run a red and get hit and it's the other drivers fault, no matter what. They get undue care and attention, and failure to yield tickets.
I'm afraid that's how it is supposed to work, but it rarely does, anywhere. And, it may be worded so you have the right of way in an intersection, but if you get hit, you can count on being screwed over.
Combination. Career staff, in most stations, from 6am-6pm monday to friday. A few stations have 24hr staffing as well as about 8 career medic units. Vollies cover at night, weekends, and federal hollidays. We can staff with career or staff another unit. Any other questions feel free to send a message.
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legally your sapose to do the speed limit... lights and sirens only ask for the right-a-way, it gives you no power to speed or shove people out of the way...
Ok, that's in evoc and the basic traffic laws. The point being what, there was only one light eaten and that was only after slowing down to make sure that everyone was stopped.
Good job on the sirens. I wish more departments were as professional as you guys. Too many departments think that people will move out of the way twice as fast if you sound like two vehicles (Q and electronic siren on WAIL). Powercall was used only when needed, Q otherwise. Excellent!! My brother just retired from the Fire Dept. in neighboring Fairfax County.
i didnt mean to bash you guys you do a great job as i have seen your other videos. and i know that in less populated areas there is a longer first due
If one of my family members wasn't breathing, this is how I would want the FD to drive. Enough said.
JNHstudios 2 weeks ago
Its amazing these people actaully got out of his way!!!
NYPD265 3 weeks ago
great video! i'm a cadet and havent been out on a not breathing call yet, though i'm sure i will be one day though lol. keep up the great work guys!
stevefisher123 4 months ago
great response video dude.
flames41418 4 months ago
so wat was the outcome?
417Aw 5 months ago
wtf is that cartoon
NikkiNikole11 6 months ago
I'm glad you guys used the Q liberally. When it comes to running anything priourity one (or code 3, depending on your first due's definition!), it's good to keep the public on alert and notified that you're coming. EVOC definately rules. :)
KenisuIchojari 7 months ago
had this same kind of call 5 days ago
emsFireman2011 7 months ago
In my area it is routine that a fire truck and ambulance responed to the same call. Fire trucks are faster and get there faster then the ambulances.
ashep91 8 months ago
hi there,, im from the UK. Just wondered why u sent out fire trucks to medical calls?? is it because you closer to where the call is and therefore quicker (cos it looks like your really moving!!)??? It happens rarely in our country, we always send out ambulances,, but only fire engines if they are like 3 minutes away and quicker than an ambulance :L
fattyabbo 1 year ago
@fattyabbo In our county area if a fire engine is closer than the nearest ambulance then they get sent. If it's what is deamed an Advanced Life support call, in this case a person who stopped breathing, then it's sent to assit the Paramedic unit that's going to the call.
tomlillie317 1 year ago
@tomlillie317 Yes, most of our fire fighters are trained medical responers too. It's just so they can all work together to get to you fast!
RevanDelta2 11 months ago
@tomlillie317 Yes, most of our fire fighters are trained medical responders too. It's just so they can all work together to get to you fast!
RevanDelta2 11 months ago
@tomlillie317 in virginia and at my station we send a engine and a medic for not breathing or ca or and other major call the engine is like a blocker truck just so that the medic gets there safely
firefighter4400 3 months ago
@fattyabbo In Nothern Europe and North America, Fire Engines respond to Medicals on a daily basis. In some of the departments the medical runs take 80 percent of the engines day.
In most cases the Engine is equipped in the same way as the ambulance, minus the capacity to transport the patient, so why not use an engine to treat, thus requiring an ambulance only at the transport? Also, some engines have ALS gear, while ambo only has BLS. In these said countries, FFs are trained to medicine.
pomppa85 1 year ago
@fattyabbo So, the engine, or aerial truck or heavy rescue, can be considered as an medical resoursce, either BLS or ALS. It can provide a resource to the scene of an injury or illness in the same way an ambulace can. The firefighers spend half of their time in the ambulance anyway, so why waste their skill while in the red truck? And, since ambulances usually drive all the time, and trucks do not, they ease the burden of the ambulances quite a fair deal. Many places have 80-90% medical calls.
pomppa85 1 year ago
@fattyabbo Its different for every State. Here in California, Fire Fighters are trained Paramedics, so they will always be called out even when theres not a fire and will usually arrive before or with the Ambulance.
loveless3138 11 months ago
@fattyabbo in my area for medical calls fire gets paged out for medical calls if there closer or its bad & medics need help
CI321 11 months ago
@fattyabbo In large counties like mine, multiple stations will respond to one call just because of traffic. It may take our closest engine longer to get to our house that the furthest just because of traffic. In my neighborhood, we have 3 pd's and 3 fd's/ems that will respond. Usually fd will always respond with ems around here, Or a POV will respond.
gtasalova6969 5 months ago
@fattyabbo also fire men are trained to be paramedics to i believe. they have medical equipment onboard
texas9ish 5 months ago
@fattyabbo Im from Michigan, and we Send the FD on all Medical Calls. We do this to reduce the response time.It varies depending on where you go. Even in my county its a little different. In the bottom half of the county our police have an E unit which is a paramedic unit that goes with ambulance instead of FD. In my department. we have a rescue fire truck that responds to all Priority 1 and 2 calls with the ambulance for assistance. Better service to community and more man power.
loonlaker67 3 months ago
@fattyabbo In U.S. Westcoast, it's regularly practiced that first ALS on scene is often fire crews, considering every communities will have a fire house, but not necessary an ambulance, the ambulance may responding from far away, up to 1-2 hours if the area is extreme rural. In this case, the ambulance arrived before fire crews which is quite uncommon.
pattarit 1 month ago
@fattyabbo i'm a paramedic in the southen US and i think i might have some insight for your question. in the US, fire responds to all medical calls. most firemen are trained emt-basics, meaning they can initiate cpr, assist ventillations via bag-valve mask, shock via aed, provide O2, spinally immobilize, (etc.) when indicated. There are more fire engines covering any given area, that i know of, than ambulances. they can initiate basic (and sometimes critical) treatment until paramedics arrive.
m2inla 4 weeks ago
@fattyabbo Bro, go back to school, i learned this in the 7th grade, gosh man
lawdog53 3 weeks ago
@fattyabbo Down here in South Florida, most "fire trucks" are ALS units equipped with Firefighter Paramedics. The emergency "ambulances" are called Rescues and belong to the Fire Rescue Departments, and are also staffed with Firefighter Paramedics, and are equipped with ALS gear, fire gear, scba, extrication tools, and fire hose/appliances. Hope I helped clear it up a little lol
squrt29batt12 3 weeks ago
@fattyabbo It all depends on where you are. In Los Angeles, A fire truck or Fire engine is sent on almost every medical call, with an ambulance. This is because off Firefighters are EMTs (Emergency Medical Techs). Rarely do you see an ambulance without a Fire engine with it.
LAFDExplorer58 2 weeks ago
was this an ambulance or what?
creamyfilling102 1 year ago
@creamyfilling102 It's our primary engine for the station we were responding from. It's a 2000 E-one Cyclone II
tomlillie317 1 year ago
@creamyfilling102 youcyou cant tell its an engine,you might want to let this to the professionals,the shadow of the engine says it all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
tinktoo0791 1 year ago
This is OWL isnt it lol. I am in Fairfax.
lawnboy1010 1 year ago
@lawnboy1010 It's actually Dumfries-Triangle, comming from our station on route 1 in triangle.
tomlillie317 1 year ago
@tomlillie317 - It seemed like an area OWL covers. Nice dude, Stay Safe out there
lawnboy1010 1 year ago
@lawnboy1010 ha holy shit me too how the fuck did I find this
skatamasta 10 months ago
@lawnboy1010 fairfax virginia?
MrDyson01 2 months ago
@MrDyson01 - Yep.
lawnboy1010 2 months ago
Powercall.
HaloHedgehog22 1 year ago
Sounds weird, Have any ambulances ridden stars to the hospital?
CalamityBentriniti 1 year ago
Ew, gross siren at 0:50
What is it?
chargers2960 1 year ago
Good response!! i dont see anything wrong. the driver( which btw can see alot more then we can) slowed down enough and could see it was safe to go through..
WEFC43 2 years ago
because the light turned green
SGTRaffaele 2 years ago
I dunno, if a member of my family wasnt breathing, I would be cool with them running the red lights fast, if they felt safe doing so. So how can I not be cool with it, just because it's somebody elses emergency? after 5 minutes, theres really not much to save after that. So a minute or two can make a huge difference. :-)
jsj297 2 years ago 12
NO matter what city or state your in, you have to stop for red signal, then you can procede if safe. I made the almost fatal mistake once for blowing a light with just my overheads on, if it wasnt for my evasive move, I would have be T-boned. After I thought about it , I said why, would it have been worth it ? Gotta think. Unless its a brother officer needing help, its almost not worth driving nuts to get there, your no good, if you dont make it there remember.
mustangdrew 2 years ago 3
watch the driver at 1:28
NVA003 2 years ago
we don't have to stop we just have to be sure the intersection is clear. Sometimes that takes a full stop sometimes it doesn't
adam022695 2 years ago
i did like how u blew through that intersection at 40 ish lol
FireFighterrock24 2 years ago
i really thought for about 30 seconds that some one else really knew how to go code in an engine....gotta kill the electronic siren
that makes me wonder if ur engine is pink? purple or even yellow or white damn
FireFighterrock24 2 years ago
Turned the electronic on as a hint to the officer to use the powercall instead. I hate that electronic too....
tomlillie317 2 years ago
sry dude but the only siren that should be used on an engine is a growler
power call is annoying also lol
FireFighterrock24 2 years ago
@FireFighterrock24 yellow is a good color for rigs.
colchesterfd328 1 year ago
The area which i live in states that all emergency personnel have the right away in any intersection no matter what color the light is.I guess all counties are different but oh well. Oh and for all you bashers out there, how about you get hurt and call 911 and then we will take our sweet ass time gettin to your location making sure we stop at every damn red light.
gtasalova6969 2 years ago 5
LOL old person home!
LAcoFIREguy 2 years ago
I have to agree that a little more care could have been used at some points in this video, but I also have some understanding because of the nature of the call. Overall nothing to get upset about like some people are.
DTMRM8 2 years ago
The first one was clearly yellow upon entering the intersection. Not really blowing the light.
idigghx 2 years ago
Listen, look, then react to the situation. All emergency personnel must do this. All other vehicles on the road must pull over regardless your position on the road to the right side.
SkullakaAce 2 years ago
Love that powercall mixed w. q
GTFD71 2 years ago
Is that a Whelen 295sla1 or 295sl100??
CCFRPUMPER111 2 years ago
the call must have been way far out
94exporlerboy 2 years ago
is that in Hudson New York?
haloist1 2 years ago
nope, woodbridge virginia. About 30 miles outside of Washington d.c.
tomlillie317 2 years ago
Haha, I work in Ft Worth, Tx, if we left the doors on our box open when we were in on a call, wed come back to find our ambulance missing. Thats funny, good to see there are some decent places left
canadianboy40 2 years ago
It's happen up in alexandria virginia, about 20-25 miles away. A private ambulance company had a unit taken by a mentaly unstable person who "Just needed a ride to church"
tomlillie317 2 years ago
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As the driver of that fire engine your job is not to place the public at risk by blowing red lights. You did not cause that person to stop breathing so your job is to get on scene as quickly and as SAFELY as possible. Enough said.
schinks333 2 years ago
Go fuck yourself. Enough said. This was a perfect response. Not sure what video you are watching.
jonasbrothersisfags 2 years ago
Very professional
schinks333 2 years ago
What did this driver do wrong? I am sure when he blew the lights he could see traffic was stopped. He could see very much more than what you can see in the video.. I thought the driver did everything perfectly
Finallap 2 years ago 3
on a fire truck, police, ambluance vechicles they have stobe lights to tell the light signals to turn green and the side liughts turn red so they can go thu. go fuck urself
haloist1 2 years ago
And very few departments actually have these systems.
DTMRM8 2 years ago
@haloist1 - may i ask WTF your smoking? iv been on alot of calls where we come to an intersection and the lights stayed red, and our trucks are only 3-4 years old. Did we forget to ask about this special light signal package? DUMBASS!! dont comment on shit you dont know about
WEFC43 2 years ago
Not enough said... its dumb comments from people like you who aren't firefighters that make us want to run reds even more! As you can CLEARLY see... all people have stopped knowing a Truck was coming through... ALL FIRE DEPARTMENTS HAVE THE RIGHT AWAY AT RED LIGHTS... GRANTED THEY HAVE TO CHECK THE INTERSECTION BEFORE BLOWING ONE... BUT ALL DEPARTMENTS HAVE THE RIGHT AWAY AT A RED LIGHT WHEN RESPONDING CODE 3...
CCFRPUMPER111 2 years ago 14
Go look up the Highway Traffic Act and you will see that we (and I say we because I make my living as a professional firefighter) only have a conditional right of way on a red. The driver will still be at fault if he becomes involved in an accident while crossing an intersection on a red light. Maybe the camera doesn't show the big picture.
schinks333 2 years ago 2
schinks333 is correct, it's only a conditional right of way on a red and if you're involved in an accident when you have the red then you will get a ticket and probably a lawsuit as well out here. At the intersection with the red light you can see about a good 1/4 mile to the right, which is the problem direction for that intersection, and everyone was stopped.
tomlillie317 2 years ago
@tomlillie317 in louisiana we have to stop at a red light with due regard
bigd2907 1 year ago
I'm not hammering your statement but there are an ever increasing amount of ff's around the USA that can contest this after being charged with serious offences regarding MVC's at intersections.
Roree403 2 years ago
@CCFRPUMPER111 hell all the codes
coltonpayne95 1 year ago
@coltonpayne95 lol
CCFRPUMPER111 1 year ago
@CCFRPUMPER111
I dont know what state you are from but in Texas we dont. If people dont want to yeild at an intersection we dont have the "right away". The driver of the apparatus could face criminal charges if they cause an accident.
adambrink20 2 weeks ago
I totally agree with the driver of the ambulance, as a first responder were going to call's that take's an ambulance 15 mins to get on scene if one in our county is avaiable. You gotta haul ass to get to a call especially one that's not breathing becuase of brain death exactly what he said. Nice response hopefully you were en scene in time.
Tarvis15 2 years ago
I agree who ever is driving is an absolute idiot!!!!, they only slowed down a little at intersections because there where cars in front of them.....Dont forget you cant help someone if you dont make it there
yamahalightning 2 years ago
How fast, if your a driver, would you go to the far end of your first due for someone not breathing? And refresh my memory but the last time I checked brain death starts to occur at the 5 minute mark last I checked. Oh yeah thats how long it took us to get there and, if you look at the end of the video, for the medic to gain access to the locked doors. Please see my responce to the post by firelawems.
tomlillie317 2 years ago
You wouldn't be saying that if it were you or a relative that stopped breathing ;)
tommyboi16 2 years ago
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Blowing red lights without a stop? Not good at all. Wait until he broadsides someone blowing a red light, that city/county/township will be paying a hefty settlement. Common sense here guys just because the driver has lights and sirens doesnt give us the right to "blow" red lights. They help to basically "ask" permission to go through. All of those saying what a cool response this was are obviously rookies or all volunteers. I work for Orlanda FD for 12 years now on a rescue company..
firelawems 2 years ago
Um, only one red light "blown" after slowing way down to make sure every vehicle was stopped and watching us. Volunteer company with a crew of Usmc Crash fire rescue as driver, Washington Dc firefighter as officer and two Arlington firefighters in back as firefighters. I'll take it that the rookie part is intended for the driver who at the time of this video was the most "inexperenced" on the crew with 7 years (9 years now) in the fire service. And the responding comments are basic Evoc stuff
tomlillie317 2 years ago
Yes, it does have have a unique sound.
But it is not heard as well as the more gradual frequency rise and fall of Wail.
Why even have it at all when you have the Q - the best siren ever made?
robertgift 2 years ago
robertgift 2 years ago
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got to slow it down a bit maby treat a red light as if it was a stop sign??? our job is to save lives not kill people
03redfiretruck 3 years ago
very good"très bien!
chrisfeu 3 years ago
No doubt the best response ive ever seen so far!
PanicXRevXCr 3 years ago
very good driving love this video
emtff357 3 years ago 2
good response time fellars!!!
dodgetruckn15 3 years ago
HEY EVERYONE kgcwhazup IS A POSER...he never was a FF/EMT for 20 years so son't listen to him he doesn't know what he is talking about...
shadddey5 3 years ago
another thing that happens over here is that if an army/navy/airforce base ambulance is closer and available they will respond first
markusgl1 3 years ago
We have to ask if they're available for mutual aid to come off base (Quantico marine corps base) and if so then they're dispatched. Had to do that 2 weeks ago for a shooting since they were the closest medic unit.
tomlillie317 3 years ago
and if ya think about it, throw a few marines on board for the shooting call :D. dont gutta worry about anyone else with guns.
CTFD13 3 years ago
in uk we have rapid response paramedics in cars and on bikes, who go on ahead with the main ambulance following behind, so that treatment is started as soon as possible, once the person is on the ambulance on way to A&E the paramedic clears for the next job
markusgl1 3 years ago
Sometimes in our county they do that but it's rare. Other more rural counties they may have a medic use a chase vehicle like you're saying and meet the ambulance at the scene or if it's that serious meet them while thier enroute to the hospital.
tomlillie317 3 years ago
We have them in Loudoun. The western rural end of our county during the day has a career regional ALS provider who runs chase. At night a few volunteer ALS providers are available.
MPD01605 3 years ago
16 million baby!
houstoncrawford 3 years ago
nice siren..where is this place?
cegoins25 3 years ago
dumfries virginia
tomlillie317 3 years ago
that's cool, i live in indiana and our fire truck siren is different than your, but i like yours better
cegoins25 3 years ago
People need to quit bitchin. Nice driving, how big is ur station?
SkylineSupra07 3 years ago
If you click on my name, or enter station 3 fire you can see the station we were responding from, our primary station.
tomlillie317 3 years ago
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Holy crap they are flying. That is ridiculous. Uncalled for speeds. Look at me I have a Q2 siren get out of my way. Do you realize how long it takes to stop a truck that size going that fast. SLOW DOWN DOUCHE
mnlhermance 3 years ago
And how fast, if your a driver, would you go to the far end of your first due for someone not breathing? Oh yeah, only one red light eaten and that was after we slowed to make sure everyone was stopped. Keep in mind that all the lights that we went flying through were traffic controled and were green in our direction. And yes I'm well aware of how long it takes to stop a engine going the speed we were going, about 500-600 ft roughly. Anything else? Oh and veary childish calling someone douche
tomlillie317 3 years ago
Hey, all you have to do next time mnlhermance isn't breathing, just remember that a routine response should do just fine.
jonasbrothersisfags 3 years ago 3
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I don't think insults are necessary, however, I will agree that speed is excessive, as seems to be the pattern in this user's posted videos.
Slow it down, or else "it" will happen and everyone will lose.
sourceoftruth 3 years ago
I will pose the same question to you. How fast, if you were/are a driver, would you go to the far end of your first due for someone not breathing? Oh yeah the caller was refuseing cpr instructions and wasn't starting cpr efforts either. Oh yeah like I posted earlier only one red light was eaten and that was after we slowed to make sure that everyone was stopped.
tomlillie317 3 years ago
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It does not matter what you are going there for if you dont get there in one piece.
morgzi 3 years ago
I'll pose this question to you, What "reckless acts" where there in the video? Were we going fast, yep, reckless driving weaving in and out of lanes and traffic pushing people through intersections and blowing red lights without slowing down, nope.
tomlillie317 3 years ago
correct me if im wrong but i dont believe i wrote the phrase "reckless acts" anywhere...
morgzi 3 years ago
To take your commment as it was intended it means, we were going to fast to the call and need to slow down. But lets say we slowed all the way down at each light, about 30 seconds per light lost time with getting back up to speed at least we'll say, that would mean that the run would've taken about 8 1/2 mins not 5. And lets not count that for the 20-25 intersections inbetween the station and there or else you wouldn't arrive for 15 to 17 1/2 mins for someone not breathing.
tomlillie317 3 years ago
You, my friend, are in dire need of a physics class, as well as some EVOC, and general common sence. Good luck with all of that.
morgzi 3 years ago
You still haven't answered my question that I posed as to what your intended meaning was so I'll give you another chance. "It does not matter what you are going there for if you dont get there in one piece." To refresh your memory, oh and how long does it take brain death to start in someone not breahing oh yeah that's right 5 mins the exact time it took us to get there and the medics to gain entry into the building if you look at the end of the video.
tomlillie317 3 years ago
All of you folks here who are complaining about the way the driver was driving, REGARDLESS of how they were driving, they are an EMERGENCY VEHICLE. When they have their lights and sirens going, it means pull over to the right and get the hell out of their way. I am astounded at the amount of arguing and whatnot in these comments in regards to what this video shows. I'm sure that if this person who wasn't breathing was a loved one of yours, you sure as hell wouldn't be on here talking trash!
errantego 3 years ago
exactly
weemantiny 3 years ago
Slow down? Why don't you just do the rest of us a favor and shut your cakehole?! They were inside whats called an EMERGENCY VEHICLE, with their emergency lights and sirens going (as you can obviously tell), so that means that they aren't out running around for the hell of it, it means that they are on a run, and it means pull over to the right and stop. Maybe you need to go to the library and read up on this. By the sounds of things, it may do you some good.
errantego 3 years ago
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Emergency Vehicle or not. You drive according to traffic conditions. Not just roar the siren and pound the gas. I was a FF/EMT for 20 yrs. If that was me driving like that, I'd be suppended for a long time
kgcwhazup 3 years ago
I'll play devil's advocate. Conditions were mostly okay for the speed. However, Lights and sirens often don't get the attention of drivers. I personally would never run a red light like that at this time of day. God forbid if I did and some idiot came off the cross street and I hit him; I'd be 100% liable in Virginia. But the camera only shows us a small slice of the view, and I'm certain the driver felt comfortable enough to be driving like he did. Good video nonetheless.
MPD01605 3 years ago 3
He's driving fine. Maybe you'd be suspended because no one likes you.
Untense 3 years ago
Damn Nice Responce. Didn't know you had power call on that truck...
dchrbac51 3 years ago 8
It was to bad that you guys did not get their faster!! Did the person die when they were on route to the hospital or at the hospital?
Firevideoliker01 3 years ago
They were Dead prior to anyones' arrival. It was an obvious doa and cpr wasn't done.
tomlillie317 3 years ago
Okay I see what you mean!
Is that the only truck that you have at the hall that you shot this video from?
Firevideoliker01 3 years ago
they are lucky to run every red light. where is this located?
j6282 3 years ago
Were you able to recue the person?
90sBlade 3 years ago
Nope, they were an obvious DOA.
tomlillie317 3 years ago
thx ;-)
90sBlade 3 years ago
Lookin at your website.... That H-1 Brush truck is awesome!!
lowfords22 3 years ago
yes, route 1 comming from dumfries going to "south woodbridge"
tomlillie317 3 years ago
what is that wooping noise i hear?
Coverdillem 4 years ago
It's a powercall siren. I would much rather use that than the standard electronic siren.
tomlillie317 4 years ago
im not talking about the siren. im talking about somthing in the cab.
Coverdillem 4 years ago
I had the electronic siren on for a few seconds before the officer got the hint and put the powercall on
tomlillie317 4 years ago
just wondering did they live cus we dont get alot of calls were they live after stoping breathing
zamerock 4 years ago
Nope, they were DOA
tomlillie317 4 years ago
ahh shit that fuckin sucks:(!!!!!!!!!!!
firedude201234 3 years ago
Outstanding!!!!! Nice video!!!
dchrbac51 4 years ago
It depends on the area, if you go to freewebs dot com/engine502, they have a map of our county with each stations area our station is 3fire and 17 fire as well. we were comming from 3fire for this call
tomlillie317 4 years ago
How much area does one station cover? I am a volunteer at a combi department but there would be no way that we could reach the 5 minute response time that our department has in place. Excellent driving, luckily we don't have as much area per station.
PSFDstation46 4 years ago
are you serious? my staiton trys to be there while there still on the phone with 911 we uslu get there in about 2 min tho
but were are kinda a small town just 30000 when i say that im campring to tronto new york ect,ect wat im getting at we have 16 satitons each with 3 trucks 2 have ladders
zamerock 4 years ago
Lets be realistic is it fast yes, a little to fast maybe at the lights but you know what our job is dangerous, its part of the job. The only bad thing i saw about the whole thing was that you didnt leave atleast an electric siren on. That poercall should have been on from start to finish. Overall well handled sir!
wehx76 4 years ago
i could tell by the shadow of the mirrors, only e-one has em like that.
wehx76 4 years ago
e-one i take it?
wehx76 4 years ago
yep. go to dumfriesfire dot com and go to appratus. we were in wagon 503 for this call
tomlillie317 4 years ago
Gotta love Saskatchewan. Here, any emergency vehicle displaying lights, sirens, or combo must be yielded to, 500$ fine if you dont, doesn't matter the cricumstances. They can run a red and get hit and it's the other drivers fault, no matter what. They get undue care and attention, and failure to yield tickets.
JonTron11 4 years ago
I'm afraid that's how it is supposed to work, but it rarely does, anywhere. And, it may be worded so you have the right of way in an intersection, but if you get hit, you can count on being screwed over.
nagrom12 4 years ago
all i got to say to all of you guys posting this videos on youtube is thanks i enjoy watching them
pel123459 4 years ago
Nice response. Is this a paid or volunteer department?
captivemrhanky 4 years ago
Combination. Career staff, in most stations, from 6am-6pm monday to friday. A few stations have 24hr staffing as well as about 8 career medic units. Vollies cover at night, weekends, and federal hollidays. We can staff with career or staff another unit. Any other questions feel free to send a message.
tomlillie317 4 years ago
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legally your sapose to do the speed limit... lights and sirens only ask for the right-a-way, it gives you no power to speed or shove people out of the way...
joecool224488 4 years ago
Ok, that's in evoc and the basic traffic laws. The point being what, there was only one light eaten and that was only after slowing down to make sure that everyone was stopped.
tomlillie317 4 years ago
Fast driving again!!!
Cessna154 4 years ago
It was the fire service wide 1 in a million shot, everyone moving to the right for you while your responding.......................
tomlillie317 4 years ago
Good job on the sirens. I wish more departments were as professional as you guys. Too many departments think that people will move out of the way twice as fast if you sound like two vehicles (Q and electronic siren on WAIL). Powercall was used only when needed, Q otherwise. Excellent!! My brother just retired from the Fire Dept. in neighboring Fairfax County.
seagravefan 4 years ago
Not twice as fast, but they will be more inclined to get out of your way and let you pass the more you annoy them....
Rofocowboy84 4 years ago
lol
RAFISRAFI 4 years ago
i didnt mean to bash you guys you do a great job as i have seen your other videos. and i know that in less populated areas there is a longer first due
RAFISRAFI 4 years ago
that's fine. I'm one of the faster drivers, there are some with us that are alot slower.
tomlillie317 4 years ago
That is the extreme far end of our 1st due. Another station is slated to open about 3/4 of the way there in the next year or so.
tomlillie317 4 years ago
cause it took 5 mins for the cfr engine to get there lol
RAFISRAFI 4 years ago
cool video, love it, hope the person was ok
jtoatoktoe 4 years ago
The person, come to find out, was Dead On our Arrival
tomlillie317 4 years ago