999 Frontline Norfolk Fire & Rescue Service (pt 2)

[thebarrettgod]

yes it does ,thanks i hope to be in the firebrigade when im older.

[GooGyAV]

4. most modern cars are very well sound insulated. If a car fails to respond to a particular siren then a change of tone may alert them. (if all else fails there is always a bull horn)

Sirens can be operated by both the driver and OiC) using either a foot switch. The road horn on the featured appliance also doubles as the siren changer.

Hope this answers your question

[GooGyAV]

3. It is not uncommon to have two appliances en route. varying the siren tone can warn of a second appliance (matching sirens can and have been mistaken for a single appliance causing vehicles to pull out into the path of the second appliance).

[thebarrettgod]

why do you have different sirens and how to u change them?

[GooGyAV]

sirens vary for several reasons...

1. The 'wail' siren is allegedly more distinguishable on open roads and allows for better judgement of direction that the appliance is approaching from.

2. The 'yelp' siren is more suited to built up areas where the echo from buildings renders the 'direction sensing' obsolete.

[statenislandboi]

oh damn i was looking at this video like huh.... this is not Norfolk, Virginia fire department lol. i forgot there was a norfolk in canada.

[GooGyAV]

your geography has let you down again... Norfolk (the original one) is in England

[tidewaterfd19]

Same here..

[joelwhitaker]

This is Norfolk in England!... not Canada!

[joelwhitaker]

this is england.....United Kingdom......not canada

[sdscon]

To answer the question about the weight of a fire appliance they are generally taken to be about 12 tones so when ever planning permission is being granted the plans show that the roads around the building can take 12 tones and that the road is wide enough for one appliance to park on will that's the regulation in Ireland good videos try to upload more thanks.

[FFpinto]

does this show come on BBC?

[GooGyAV]

no, it was originally commisioned by ITV and is currently doing the rounds on satellite TV

[FFpinto]

oh thanks

[gazzatractor]

how hever is a fire truck

[GooGyAV]

guess you mean 'heavy'? ... odd question but around 17 tonnes fully laden give or take a few hundred kg

[mutley38]

a good vid tells you about chemical unit

[gazzatractor]

they are all good vids