London Fire Brigade - Poplar on two tones

[brushtraction]

So you were a firefighter hey I want to join the westyorkshire fire and rescue service and I really want to be a driver any tips

[mortgagewizard40]

it would be interesting to find out where these guys are now,probably retired



[chuckfireswift]

@mortgagewizard40 Hello, the Driver retired in 20905 and sadly died in 2011, the Lfm in charge retired in the late 1990's. I was on the back with the cameraman and I'm still serving.

[chuckfireswift]

@mortgagewizard40 sorry, typo... I meant 2005.

[lisa2helpu]

whooooo-hooooo!!! ;)

[brushtraction]

i love the dennis rs

[s34n93]

@brushtraction its an SS mate LFB never had any RS's the only RS's were the London's Burning ones

[onionpoo]

Hearing the two tones makes me feel reassured. Good old british two tones none of this european standard frenchy sounding warbling crap we have now lol

[oldtimesoundfun]

have to say the L.F.B CLASS 2 DIVERS ARE THE BEST IN uk.

lets look at there skills ok?

class 2 goes up to gross wait of 22 ton.

public thats 22 ton of truck on the road.

class 2 has a goverment mpa due to the tonage.

the lfb drivers are the best of the best,

remmber when you hear that blue tone sound as you drive,look ,think and do it,give them way .dont delay do it to day.

[MickeyFKNMouse]

Best Siren. New ones are crap and can't hear them too well

[chuckfireswift]

That was a Shelvoke HP which was on the run as a spare at Poplar when the Dennis/Camiva TL was away at Workshops... The Fire was in the upper floors of a disused Peanut Factory off of Abbot's Road in Poplar.

Great bit of Driving Stimpo... sadly no longer with us, you'll always be remembered fondly by the old Boy at F22 Poplar R/W.

[mortgagewizard40]

aal49, steering wheel on the right side,,,i presume you must come from a country that drives on the wrong side of the road...

[train672]

"I can smell it "

Sorry Gov, I got over excited  ;-)

[FuryFeatherFun]

Awesome! I live in LA and on rare occasions we use two tones on our emergency fire vehicles!

[GMSTANDARD]

a chelvoke dennis and is the video filmed in an old dennis hp???

[mortgagewizard40]

Nice to hear the growl of that engine,,and good driving..

[jamieisthebest100]

he leans like hes on a motorbike

[Smithyards]

i wounder what a american "Q" wound do to drivers in the uk, great driving btw

[ShelvokeSPV]

@frontline88888888 Looks like its filmed in a Shelvoke HP.

[PaulieMac77]

it would be good if they could have 2days engines and things with the old two tones on them  two tones rock

[MrJasonSmarts]

@PaulieMac77 fire engines still use the two tones regularly in liverpool!

[PaulieMac77]

@MrJasonSmarts i so wish they would use them here in new zealand they so rock better than some new tones

[MrJasonSmarts]

@PaulieMac77 yeah i hate the electric two tones!!!

God knows why they replaced them... they were the most effective siren imo..

[PaulieMac77]

@MrJasonSmarts i know the new electric ones sound like crap if ya ask me lol

[djensze]

nice video! Bring back the good old two tones!

[crownvic71]

Thanks for posting this. Having grown up in the 80's, this just reminds me how much I miss those old 2 tone air horns. I would favour these any day over the newer electronic ones.

[pterobsven]

I love these videos, I can't wait to joining the LFB eventually when I finish my service in the army. Bearing in mind the year of this video, did the camera you were using to film take up half the cabin?? lol

[allspp]

@vesski

Great videos..reminder of happier days..nothing beats that shout...heart racing watching it!! Super

[vesski]

great makes me wish i had pursued a career in the fire brigade had dreams too but fittness lets me down me thinks.

[hz6761]

I was so touching that I couls hear two tones! :_-)