Fire Engines From The 21st Century

[bruuno117]

Are you guys seriously battling it out on firetrucks!? man, I just love the new man and scania trucks we got operating these days!

[Nilldal]

We all have different budgets from country to country when it comes to the Emergency Services and we do manage to get by with what we got.. Sure it would nice to get a new pumper every now and then but again see which stations need what and what it can afford..

As DLuccia327 "a fire fighter is a fire fighter"

[JjOoNnNnYyBb]

Awsome peices of equipment there and remeber people check your smoke alarms !!!!!

[SPCLPONY]

Wow, it 's a real shame all of the bad comments about each others equipment. I find fire trucks from other countries interesting, especially European Fire Appliances as they are called. I love the looks of the SCANIA trucks. I like to see the tools and pumps that are different than ours here in the USA. I agree with the guys who posted "We are all firefighters, we shouldn't fight with our brothers from other countries! I'd like to learn new things and ideas from our European brothers! Stay Safe

[georgieporge2]

Does anyone know what the white fire engines in London are for?

[DLuccia327]

I like the video you don't see anything like that around here. I could care less where you are from US or UK a fire fighter is a fire fighter

[comegetasample]

by the way ill think u will find these are all great brittish fire engines so all the comments about mainland europe ones im just gona ignore you FUCKHEADS!!!!

AMERICA CAN GO FUK ITSELF!!!!

[lorolla123]

every america firefighter thinks the better then any other in the world i bet!

[cammymcghee]

y are yous all saying ohh we have beter fire engins no wee have beter fire engins there all doing the same job so y argue

[EnjoyFirefighting]

@rhcengine3: I would pu ANY german, swedish or norwegian fire appararus against any american one!

[chasbanner]

i love these things :D

[rhcengine3]

I would put any American built piece of Fire Apparatus aginst any of those vehicles. The only positive thing european built trucks have goin for them is better gas milage.

[thekiwicanuck]

Better maneuverability in city streets, better acceleration, better handling...

[FederalQsiren]

Yes, you're apparatus are probably better to something then ours and ours are probably better to something then yours! In stead of bragging about how great your appliances are, why can't we just learn from each other? We are all firefighters and we all have the same job to perform, saving lives! We have High Pressure hoses that you can have operating 10 sec. after arrival, which is impossible with normal hoses! We have built in foam systems on all engines etc.

[EnjoyFirefighting]

... and going faster around corners, reach a higher speed and so on.

I would put any 20 year old german, swedish or norwegian fire apparatus against the modern american ones

[EnjoyFirefighting]

I would put any 20 year old german, swedish or Norwegian fire apparatus against any new american one!

[crazyror10]

America is crap!

[Tweet6969]

Why are the fire trucks so different in the UK vs the US?

It looks like the (UK) units are hiding things. Where in the US the trucks show alot more.

I don't know that's why I'm asking.

[ukfireandrescue]

its because UK brigades alot more equipment onboard the trucks, as the pumps also carry rescue quipment. US trucks carry only certain ie Engine trucks carry fire fighting quipment and nothing really else

[coltblack2613]

@ukfireandrescue

That is not true in the USA we have Engine/Rescues and Engine/Tanker/Rescues?

We carry as much equipment as our UK counterparts.

[XBBCX7891]

@ukfireandrescue It depends on where you go, actually. I'm a volunteer firefighter for a rural township in Pennsylvania, and we have rescue equipment aboard the Engine for weekdays when most people are at work. We are shorthanded on those days, so we have our trucks running double duty sometimes.

[SomeStrangeCritter]

@ukfireandrescue So even though the US ones are more shiny, it'd be best to bring a UK one to a 999/911 call do to the gear it can carry, am I correct?

[satchiakita]

what a handsome firetruck!

[joshyemm2008]

nice

[bsf06]

ok mate gd video anyways

[bsf06]

ant got no lfb machines on here they have loads of brand new machines

[ukfireandrescue]

ino but i hav no photos of them by me

[russhere]

cool vid cheers

[scally1288]

the quints off the run due to problems with the ladder an basket got told it will cost sumware i n the regon of £15.000 to get it sorted

[ukfireandrescue]

Having technical vehicles like ARP's/Quints are causing problems with Brigades now, like Strathclyde's one's as im told

[jonosyfr]

what is that pump on 1:02 it looks like a modern Turntable ladder but im not sure ... looks cool w/e it iz =]=]

[ukfireandrescue]

It is a Rescue Pump/Turntable Ladder. Known as a 'Quint' and was delivered to Bucks F&RS in 2005. It is based @ Great Holm in Milton Keynes

[jonosyfr]

oh cool... u've got some v good video's .. cheers =]

[scally1288]

nice u seen my vid of central scotland's iru (volvo fm)

[ukfireandrescue]

Yep

[PoliceMadBen]

Great Video!!, Well Done :D