American Reacts to Dutch Emergency Vehicles

[@RobBemelmans]

That Volvo unit had a portocabin on the back that can be lowered. They are usually dispatched when there's been a big incident. It is actually a remote command centre.

[@gamingtonight1526]

Exactly what I was going to say. We have them in the UK too! :)

[@matsv201]

Looks like it's 3 meters wife.. and probobly decently long. We just use the normal container size unite over here. Or at least that is the only one i seen

[@Sheppart92]

Those container units are pretty common in most european countrys.. they transport Container for various special purposes, like a command center, container with Water tanks or for transporting a lot of Foam, equipment for heavy rescue operations, Oil spill removal etc. Fire Departments in Germany, Austria and some other Countrys have in big citys dozens of containers for all purposes and at least 5 to 10 or more hooklift carrier.

[@flashback0994]

The truck was a hooklift truck a volvo fm. But not the current i think from the headlights a volvo fm mk2.

[@avigdonable]

Command-control unit.

[@sennheiser1986]

I live in Belgium but you're right about the Netherlands, they really mastered urban planning. The way the entire country is so organised, it's wonderful.

[@williebrort]

Dankje!

[@Jari-95]

Thankyou for this 🫡 This is why we always dread going over the border 🤣

[@deezet9518]

Now they just have to find an alternative for those damn speed bumps.

[@Jari-95]

@@ramon3897 wat let je?

[@user-pc5qj2ix2c]

​@@ramon3897 Kinda depends where though. Malburgen Arnhem for sure (in the video) But that's just a poor/bad neighbourhood. I'm regularly in Germany I'd say the large cities are a lot more ugly concrete etc. (But their villages and small cities are beautiful)

[@Schachtschabel]

Cars/Trucks: Yellow = Ambulances / Medical Red = Brandweer = Fire Dept. White = Police

[@MrTatiaan]

wit=politie xD

[@puarterquonder]

Blue/yellow = douane (border control)

[@lollywoodproduction1]

White front blue back = Military police

[@eelco1982]

There's also white black, usually narrow windowed vans is the minestry of justice. Mostly transport of convicts and suspects between correctional institues or towards courthouse.

[@aukegrnd431]

Green = safety region

[@Jeff_P-1988]

4:22 that is a mobile command unit, The reason the door looks too high is because they don't use them on the back of the truck like that. They deploy them like a roll-off dumpster.

[@stijn5783]

"Hooklift"

[@jasperkramer5693]

I drive the man truck. Its a rescue unit and its alarmed for a variaty of incidents. It has a arm wich has an reach of 32 meters long wich is really handy in case of a house fire to extract people from other levels. We can handle it from the ground or from inside the smal box attatched on the end of the arm. We also get people down whrn the ambulance is not able to. Like dificult staircases. Within minutes we have the patient out of trouble. We can also fight fires with the hose on top wich gives us 3000 liters of water a minute and 50 meters far. We can even protect the cage your in with a spray underneath it. Relay cool car!!😊

[@joasveenstra-db3dl]

Thanx voor de uitleg.

[@theunknownking5330]

In America these are called aerial platform or hydraulic platform units if I remember correctly.

[@jasperkramer5693]

@@theunknownking5330 amazing! Thanks. I will look into it!

[@ce17ec]

This incident were all these vehicles were going to, was an explosion and subsequent fire in a car repair shop in the middle of a residential area in the city of Arnhem (January 26 2024). Because of the dense surroundings they called in all emergency services, but at the end the fire was not that big and only one person in the repair shop was slightly wounded. But the video maker had a good chance to video a lot of vehicles close by.

[@wietzevanderwijk3169]

True! I live in Arnhem. I imeadiately recognised it

[@chrissmith8773]

Hook loaders in fire departments are common in Europe. They can be kitted out with many modules, hose layer, command post, foam tender, water bowser, equipment flatbed and many more.

[@Tiger313NL]

This particular Volvo had a command post loaded.

[@speedyjago]

I worked a fire as a volunteer firefighter where the career firefighters brought a SCBA bottle and refill module...biggest incident I've been at.

[@stephensmith4480]

What we call in the UK RO-RO ( Roll on- Roll Off )

[@Tiger313NL]

@@stephensmith4480Hrm... that to me sounds more like a shipping term. This is a multilift/hooklift system.

[@stephensmith4480]

@@Tiger313NL You are correct, it is a shipping term, it also relates to a Vehicle body that can be swapped for different options or just rolled onto the floor for loading or unloading purposes, unlike a skip that is lifted off. At least that was what we called it when I served my Engineering Apprenticeship back in the day.

[@henrischutte1968]

In the Netherlands (and in Germany too) the fire services use a small variety of specialized first response vehicles like the basic "tankautospuit", a ladder truck, a water rescue vehicle and a "hulpverleningsvoertuig" which is dispatched to car crashes. When additional bigger or specialized equipment is needed at an incident location the fire service has a variety of pre packed containers which are transported to the incident location and left there as long as they need to be there. You saw the mobile command unit on the Volvo, but there are containers with heavy tools for train and truck accidents, for forest fires, hazmat containers and many others. They can be so specialized because they don't each need their own chassis to go with them.

[@Wrecker3D]

I believe there are even some departments with crashtenders as they can displace a large volume of water in case of a disaster, at least I remember seeing a few 'in the wild' outside an airport

[@henrischutte1968]

@@Wrecker3D Crashtenders are exclusively stationed at airports and some industrial plants, but they can and do offer assistance when called upon outside their home base. Another thing are tankers. because drinking water is becoming more scarce, the fire department wants to be less dependant on hydrants and is more and more introducing tankers in it's fleet. They carry up to 18.000 liters (4,755 gallons) water.

[@jamegumb7298]

@@henrischutte1968 Military airbases too.

[@MeteorMark]

And a Haakarmbak can be transported by any truck with a "hook arm", so a transport firm can handle them as well if needed, Red Cross has a couple of them as well.

[@k34xy4wmnb]

@@jamegumb7298Absolutely!

[@blue_light_photographer421]

00:31 first car is a regular police car the second car is a rapid responder (ambulance) and indeed a RAV 4 01:10 its a mercedes B-klasse (B-class) 01:55 this is a chief officer of the fire brigade. The number on the back (07-9395) tells you which region this car is from and what function it has. You can only see this with fire brigade and ambulance vehicles 02:17 This is an ambulance, the color is not pastel yellow but RAL 1016 Sulfur yellow. In this video the white balance is not good, which makes it appear lighter 03:03 there are 2 different types of these 1 the aerial platform 2 the car ladder If you want to know the difference, look it up, otherwise it would be too much typing 04:13 this is a duty officer, he has a management position in larger incidents, just like the chief duty officer, only the duty officer is lower in rank compared to the chief officer oh and yeah its a land cruiser 04:54 This is a command container where officers from different disciplines can consult with each other, for example to discuss a plan of action. This consists of 2 types, the container, but also, as here in Rotterdam, as a permanent truck 05:43 some of the firetruck has a bullhorn thats even louder haha 06:40 The unmarked Volvo V60 B6 (B6 only indicates what type of engine is in it) is not a Dutch vehicle but of German origin with a European license plate (Germans like to be difficult about license plates). The siren you hear here is therefore a German siren. 07:23 the black ford mondeo appears to be crashing into something 07:36 the regular police cars are diesel, but we also have a large number of petrol cars such as the DSI (swat) 08:00 line splitting is not allowed, but in some cases (actually more regular than exception) it is tolerated unless you deliberately cause danger and action can be taken by the police 08:30 its a Dacia cheap but strong car 08:52 The reason you didn't see it in the video is because this is a Belgian fire truck, just like the Vito that comes behind it. This filmmaker used Belgian vehicles in his outro I hope this has answered all your questions

[@Auriraka]

Damn, you know your shit! Even I didn't know all of this!

[@blue_light_photographer421]

@@Auriraka I am a professional press photographer and am involved daily with emergency services. I used to do a lot of ''spotting'' when I was younger this is mainly where I got my knowledge from.

[@vj6986]

Isn’t the German plate with EU simply Euskirchen, which is next to the border? ;-)

[@HeavyFuel_Junkie]

Did you know we also have Audi A6 Estates in the Netherlands, the Dutch Highway Patrol calls them “Quick Response Vehicles” in and they are used for high speed persuits. They are really cool.

[@woutervanwijk4369]

Better translation would be "fast intervention vehicle".

[@Eis_Bear]

But we used to have Porsche 911's for that, back in the 70's. Can't really beat that.

[@deezet9518]

@@Eis_Bearnot on the cool part, but these Audis are a lot faster then those 911 were

[@ThaJay]

Yeah the reason we don't use sports cars any more is because the practical cars have gotten just as fast. Same deal with the BMW 5-series Touring in Germany which sport a 3 liter inline six turbo engine. Factory limited at 250kph but without limiter they wil do 280 with ease.

[@dark-shadow_]

I don't know what brand it was but there was a high speed chase at the store i work at. They were all black cars with sirens and they drove with such a high speed, I've never seen anything like that before.

[@dikkiedik53]

The fire truck you were questioning how they get up there.. It's a container transporter (haakarm = hook and arm) type. There are many types of operational containers, like foam, high volume water (5" hoses) that's still in inches here, catering and command center etc. They only transport the container and drop it where it's needed and get another one from the fire station. About the striping nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/BZK-striping (in Dutch). Also the sounds are scientifically developed the frequencies of the twintones are the ones that prooved the most destinguishing and most far away recognisable tones and rithms.

[@Truckspotterappelscha]

You mean hook lift.

[@dikkiedik53]

probably... I tried to explain. I'm Dutch. From your answer I understand you understood me. Now I know it's hook lift ;-) @@Truckspotterappelscha

[@Truckspotterappelscha]

The Volvo truck with the strange container on the back is a mobile command post. It is used if, for example, there is a very large fire.

[@Visvangmeneer]

It can get twice as wide.. it can litteraly extend sideways...😮

[@Truckspotterappelscha]

Wat bedoel je

[@Visvangmeneer]

@@Truckspotterappelscha toen bij mij in de flat 2 appartamenten boven mij ontploften kwam er ook een mobiele commandopost. Deze kon in de breedte uitelkaar schuiven. Vervolgens ondersteunt met hydrolische steunpalen.

[@Truckspotterappelscha]

Ja klopt heb ik ook weleens gezien.

[@Visvangmeneer]

@@Truckspotterappelscha moai spul

[@daphnelovesL]

The Dutch police used to drive Porsche in the past😃

[@CobraChicken101]

​​@@M3g4tr0nyep, so did the Belgian police. At least in the 80's 😂. I believe the dutch had the 911 or 912 with targa roof. No idea how they got that approved for the budget 😂. Getting the golf GTI's back then was a real good idea tho.

[@tomverheijden712]

​@@M3g4tr0n de snelweg politie heeft inderdaad zo'n dertig jaar lang porsches gehad. Ik geloof vanaf 1961 tot ergens in de 90's.

[@carlosmarkiet5391]

The Dutch police had the largest Porsche fleet in the world at the time, 911 Targa's

[@PinnacleNL]

@@CobraChicken101 They actually had budget to burn, but still had to give an excuse for it, so in submitting the paperwork they argued it would make their work easier if they took the top off to direct the public by just shouting at people.

[@Swagmaster-si1he]

@@PinnacleNL and the aircooled engine is ideal when they have to drive in reverse at high speed for a long time. 😏

[@6ren7]

as a dutch person I gotta say, your videos are awesome! love how much interest you have in our and other countries’ emergency units. I’ve been bingewatching your channel the past few weeks, very cool and interesting stuff! keep it up!

[@nagranoth_]

Look at all those roundabouts he said... it's basically the same 3 roundabouts in the entire video LOL

[@Beekmans_765]

All in Arnhem 😂

[@Chtud]

@@Beekmans_765 Drieslag

[@luciferfn]

not even 3. those are all the same roundabout in Arnhem south. just different angles. first shot i thought: hey I live close to that. Third shot i though: must be a CPR call if they send both police, ambulance and a firefighter car. Sixth shot: yeah this is a very very major fire event

[@andreestolle9121]

5:14 This is a swap loading bridge (Wechsellader in German) and there are countless different containers that can be unloaded at the deployment site, for example: respiratory protection, decontamination, hoses and pumps and operations control centers etc.

[@HrLBolle]

if seen big emergency power too

[@Fantaman900]

At 5:00 the Volvo is a hook truck. Under the big red box is a black frame it rollers at the back and a loop for a hook. The truck has a big hook that you slide and rotate backwards. Back up the hook up inder the loop of container and you pull it on the chassis, on location you do the reverse to put it back on the ground with not even having to leave the cab. It a great system for hauling all kinds of containers. Even these mobile office boxes.

[@SKRWildfire]

it seems like at 5:06 the firetruck is carrying a movable emergency HQ, usually its used when there is bigger fire and mulitple companies needs to be dispatched from multiple regions and that is than the HQ for officers. its ofc placed on the ground when they are on location

[@michellaeharmsen4084]

At 8:58, that is a Belgian firetruck (I can tell by the livery and plates), The Country identifier (in the blue part of the plate) says B for Belgium and the letters are red on white, which is a telltale sign of being Belgian, Dutch plates are black on yellow with NL identifiers

[@ignacevandaele]

So is the Mercedes Vito van behind it. A while ago, Belgian fire departments adopted a livery similar to the Dutch one. Nowadays, new police vehicles in Belgium sport a Battenberg scheme that is very similar to the UK one (blue and yellow fluorescent rectangles). Ambulances have had yellow and green Battenberg for some time now.

[@renemeyer256]

I sometimes see Dutch ambulances with Belgian license plates driving in Belgium. I know they must be Dutch because they still have Dutch stickers on them. I've always wondered what is up with that.

[@michellaeharmsen4084]

Probably far closer tham a belgian ambulance, I often see german ambulances in my neighborhood, mostly because they're the closest unit@@renemeyer256

[@joffryvangrondelle]

they were sold form Nl to Belgium and mostly deployed at private ambulance firms, they kept the Dutch color scheme and decals.@@renemeyer256

[@Casey5181]

Maybe a belgium lease vehicle​@@renemeyer256

[@RekaCath]

Since you mentioned being interested in Dutch Urban Design,a great channel to start with is "Not Just Bikes" a channel by a Canadian who moved to the Netherlands who has been making videos on the differences between Dutch Urban design and the typical urban design in North America

[@polkadot6429]

I always recommend this to people as well! It's a great channel, very interesting :)

[@jasperbaba]

as a dutchie im just sitting here wondering what apocalyptic thing happened that needs all these emergency units, im from arnhem and i cant remember hearing of anything this massive in recent years lol

[@fedde7232]

arnhem is wild

[@DS-xd9iu]

It's probably a compilation of footage over time/months.. maar bedankt dat je Arnhem zegt want ik herkende de plaats niet, het zijn dus trolley bus lijnen die ik zie?

[@fedde7232]

@@DS-xd9iu klopt, Arnhem is de trolleystad van nederland

[@quickwimnl]

Huge fire on 26 januari in a garage with an elementary-school nearby. Google for more info. Forelstraat, Arnhem.

[@wessltov]

Other comments mention an explosion of sorts on January 26th this year

[@andreestolle9121]

7:00 German Numberplate on the undercover police wagon xD

[@DenUitvreter]

It's the secret EU police....

[@suicidalbanananana]

Its from stations near the border, same with the firetruck a bit later, the Dutch government doesn't really care what plates EMS vehicles have, while the German government does, so this way they can easily hop across the border to help German EMS services without there being a lot of paperwork afterwards.

[@seifenraspel2382]

@@DenUitvreter Nope. Its the German district of Euskirchen, quite near to the NL/D border. And there are some units with mixed crews on both sides.

[@Naanhanyrazzu]

@@suicidalbananananaAs long as it is a European license plate, no one within the EU cares which EU country you drive around with it in. Especially Germany, as the EU's main transit country, is not.

[@dutchman7623]

@@DenUitvreter Eustapo?

[@Arhey]

1:02 it is Mercedes B-Class 6:44 Interesting this Volvo V60 has german license plates from Euskirchen 8:30 it is old Dacia logo. 8:32 it is VW Touran, it is small van from VW. In Netherlands you can drive with scooters on bike lanes, i believe they are limited regarding top speed however.

[@MrTatiaan]

true depends on the plates. blue 25 kmp ore Yellow 45 kmp.

[@module79l28]

1:02 - For Ian: the only hatchback Mercedes has is the A-Class.

[@Arhey]

@@module79l28 But those are B-Class :)

[@automation7295]

@@module79l28 Mercedes B-Class: *"Am I a joke to you?"*

[@automation7295]

@@module79l28 Funny how some people can't tell the difference between the A-Class and B-Class. Mercedes B-Class is also a hatchback. And Dutch police don't seem to use A-Class, those are B-Class.

[@JustEriTV]

The unit at 5:11 you speak of is a Commando unit for Police, Amulance and Fire depertment. It is kitted with all the needs, like desks, AC, Internet for situations that need a commando unit to controle all emergency responders. They roll them off the truck as a temp comandpost, they also have it build in differant sort of container units. Example: for extra materials, waterstorage units for electric cars to put into, even a kitchen / food court to make food on location for long and big emergencies.

[@hanshomesteading1276]

The Volvo V60 had a German license plate, its a B6 or a D6, either e gasoline hybrid or diesel hybrid. In the Netherlands (and Europe) the bluelight is the only light the emergency services use. White cars = Police, Yellow = Ambulance / doctor, Red = Fire department. The Volvo truck had a container loaded, it is possibly a mobile center of command unit.

[@ThaJay]

The plate started with EU so it's from Euskirchen District in North Rhine-Westphalia. It is not a special Europen Union (as you may think from the EU letters on the plate) force, although it is secret service of some kind.

[@hanshomesteading1276]

@@ThaJay many countries have a regional marker, Poland for instance, but also France (with a number per region). EU is Euskirchen, so it can't be also dedicated to EU from European Union.

[@daanmetsemakers5089]

The volvo on 5:00 has a hook system on the back that can pick up containers and little units with suplies for the ambulance to help wounded

[@Anthony_15]

The last two fire vehicles with the music is from Belgium I noticed it by blue and yellow stripes instead of blue and white stripes. Also number plate being red on white instead of black on yellow

[@mrselwin1]

4:48 the big unit is called the (commando unit) which is rarely used but when its used its either for a big incident like a big car crash, a fire with the sign (grip 1) or for example with a shooting. And the unit is basically a small like 911 centre where the leading people of the police, ambulance and fire department on scene come together to make a plan on how to work. And they roll it off the back onto the ground like a sort container. There should be a few videos on youtube about how its used might be interesting to take a look at.

[@MickeyStartraveller]

5:00 it looks like some kind of a mobile office / field command center they use when some big guys have to be on the spot :)

[@BenjaminVestergaard]

I thought it was one of those new fancy containers they use to put out a fire in an electric car... Basically drown the car for 3 days to make sure that the battery doesn't reignite by itself. Not sure if it's water or some other liquid they use to fill the tub. Edit: But I see a heat pump and windows now, you're probably right.

[@Sheppart92]

In Germany they transport burned electro cars under supervision of a fire truck with a normal tow truck to a fire department where a big, water tight container is placed and filled with water, the Car then gets lowered into the Water and stays in it for 7 days and only then it gets taken out. Only Problem is thousands of liter of water are polluted and they have to bring in a company for pumping out the polluted water and send it to a specialized company who filters and clears the water.

[@cbouman9730]

5:21 This is a seperate unit, wich will be placed on the ground as a communicationcenter. They will use it with larger fire or accidents. (last vehicle is not dutch but belgium.)

[@vandom_de634]

8:48 from here we see Belgium vehicles from the Flemish part

[@surferalex]

The Volvo at 5:00 is a roll-off container. In this case it’s a roll-off container „operational command“. It comes to use from mid-size to big scenarios.

[@MsieurBoBoltz]

5:15 this is a control center, for management of crisis, inside they relay all info and take decisions

[@user-kn8zw5yn5q]

We used to have different siren sounds based on the amount of syllables for each emergency service (2 for the fire department, 3 for the police, 4 for ambulances), which made it easy to identify what was coming. They simplified it years ago, not sure why, probably because it doesn't matter in the end in the way. You just have to get the f out of the way lol

[@naadi2000nr1]

Dit is mij de laatste jaren ook opgevallen!

[@MJDMedia]

5:10 is a mobile command post.

[@Epanic]

That big truck around 5:00 its a radio or medical container thing, they use it for big crashes etc.

[@CamiloSperberg]

Lane splitting is fully legal, so long as you pass them with a max of 10km/h difference and up to 30km/h max. on any motorcycle. The vehicles are actually on a bike road so technically they are guests and must be extra careful with bikes since they have preference over everything basically (important for context since that scooter has a blue plate which means they can only navigate through bicycle lanes, so he has precedence over the cars)

[@PatjeNRG]

actually they are not, it also was my first thought. but if you look closely you see that the cars on the right are in parking spots. but still indeed he is allowed to lane split. if it was smart at that time? judge yourself haha. and the brand of that car. its dacia, part of renault.

[@user-ie6jr4bg1w]

Euhm no its not, its not legal. Especially not with a moped. Its not enforced often but its not legal

[@MrBliss77]

​@@user-ie6jr4bg1wyou are mistaken, lane splitting is not illegal as there is no law prohibiting it. As long as you abide with all traffic rules, so you are driving on a section of the road you are allowed to use. However if the police decide you are doing it in an unsafe manner, they will get you with an article 5.

[@PatjeNRG]

@@MrBliss77 exactly. there are no laws which allow it, only code of conduct for motorcycles which states that they can split between the most 2 left lanes whit a speed difference of max 10 km/h when the other traffic exceeds 50 km/h its not allowed anymore.

[@SvanderHoek]

You can check all those codes on the side to see what the vehicle does it holds. So the 07-4831 has it specific function code as part of the firebrigade

[@mariohendriks1]

The livery of emergency vehicles is actually copyrighted 😉; "The striping is protected by trademarks and copyrights. Copyright is reserved by the State. The State of the Netherlands is the owner of the copyright and third parties are therefore not allowed to use the striping without the approval of the Minister of Justice and Security."

[@Wereldburger01]

The video is made in the city of Arnhem (southern part) 0:52 at the roundabout Huissensestraat-Groene Weide in the Malburgen East city district. The location is about 850 meters south-east of the Lower Rhine bridge, in September 1944 (during Operation Market Garden) known as "a bridge too far". Mention the Arnhem trolley bus wires above the road, fairly unique in the Netherlands, Arnhem is the only Dutch city that has trolley buses. The white emergency vehicles are indeed police cars, the red emergency vehicles belongs to the fire department, in Dutch named the brandweer. "Brand" in Dutch means "a fire that has broken out" and "weer" (the same as "wehr" in German) comes from to ward off or to defend against it.

[@Snaakie83]

The Martinhorn they use is a prime example of thorough civil engineeringing... When they drive towards you you'll hear the WEEE--OOOH...and driving away you'll hear OOOH--WEEEH. Or at least, they use the Doppler effect to inform people whether an emergency vehicle is moving towards or away from you. Pretty nifty, but often forgotten.

[@MrBigbonzai]

They do not USE the doppler effect. It is always there, with every sound.

[@toabrony]

5:05 That is the fire brigade's container truck. When the truck arrives on site, the container falls to the ground and I think that is a mobile office container box.

[@robhighway8366]

Politie is dutch for police Brandweer is dutch for firebrigade Ambulance is the replacement for the dutch word ziekenwagen

[@MattieTobi]

ziekenwagen zegt leterlijk niemand

[@rubenjanssen1672]

Niemand...meer​@@MattieTobi

[@bwrmisterx]

@@MattieTobi dit hele filmpje speelt zich af in Arnhem/zuid en in Arnhem word letterlijk ziekenwagen en ambulance gezegd hoor. woon er mijn hele leven 44 jaar.

[@SegAlimentariaCasa]

What you see at minute 5:03 is a mobile or field hospital, provide first aid if necessary. The truck you see is its transport, unloading it where it is necessary (you can see the unloading bearings at the back of the truck). It is the same system that is used for loading and unloading gondolas for debris or garbage, but applied to that medical module.

[@Hobbes746]

0:40 the yellow Toyota is in ambulance livery, but not really used as an ambulance. In the last few years, doctors in general practice started using these to provide faster response when they get an emergency call.

[@dicebar_]

They're also used to move medical specialists to location. Not just your typical first responders like trauma surgeons, but also psychiatrists for people in mental distress.

[@Tom-Lahaye]

The big Volvo fire truck with the box on the back is a hook truck, and the box a container unit which can be unloaded at the scene. This container is a command unit for the fire brigade. These hook trucks come in very efficient as they can bring more equipment on site after unloading the first, there are also containers for hazmat, breathing air, hose and water. Maybe also open containers to remove debris from the incident scene. This way a lot more work can be done with less trucks as this one can just keep on going forth and back. The car at 8:00 where the scooter passes by is a Dacia, and yes, for a scooter or cyclist it is legal to pass a slow moving car on the left, and on the right as well if there is a bike lane. That's why Dutch drivers have to be very aware of cyclists and scooters all the time around them. Doing an episode about Dutch road design would be cool, as roads here are designed for everyone, and not just for those inside a car. Check out the 'Not just bikes' channel.

[@Farm_Fam12]

The volvo unit has a container on the back (in Belgium). It can be lowerd and used as an cabin. The scooter/motor is aloude to lanesplitt but not past an emergency vehicle with lights

[@maurice477085]

..At 05:18:00 you look at a Volvo Hookarm truck.. It had a porto cabin, a portable command post hooked on its platform.. It can lower the platform of the hook via its platform with gliders.. The portocabin has glider wheels under it, to positioning it in the right position.. The hook arm truck can carry also foam containers and foam extinguish units with a diesel pump, oxygen units to refill oxygen containers of the firemen and -women, equipped with a diesel compressor and a large oxygen tank, and some different types of high pressure diesel pumps, when there is a lot of water demanded to extiguish a big fire.. It also can be used as a pump to pump out water due high water levels at a risked area of flooding..

[@alfonsstekebrugge8049]

Location where the video is taken is in the city I live in. It's a very busy roundabout just across the river from downtown Arnhem. On one corner there's a little shopping centre, all the other corners have medium density housing, so it's not just cars, but also a lot of pedestrians and cyclists. The roundabout is a nightmare for emergency services as the main road running from Arnhem to Nijmegen (two fairly large cities, so this road handles a shit ton of traffic) is about 100 meters from here. As such, people don't generally expect the emergency services to take this road at all and the distance running up to the roundabout is very short as well. The emergency services therefore arrive at relatively short notice, result is that there's not enough time for people to clear out the roundabout effectively, which is why you can see the emergency services often taking the cycling path.

[@tmprijsemus2798]

Maybecan help you: that unit on the Volvo is a kind of an office i roll on, roll off container. In here they have the possibity for communication : only used when there is terrible accident. We call it: Brandweer Commando Unit ( BCU ) . Also police has this kind of units of in complete van.

[@fnollo7870]

My dad works for the fire brigade here in the Netherlands. He mostly has a commanding role in bigger incidents, for which he gets a car. It used to be a big VW Transporter, nowadays its usually a VW Touran. Vehicle at 4:55 is a command unit used in case of really big fires so that different commanders can discuss strategies. It looks somewhat similar to the "dompelpomp", essentially a truck with a massive, deployable water pump that can be used to get water from lakes and such.

[@RemcoS1987]

@8:20 the scooter and cops are on a side/parallel road. The cars on the lefthand side (driver pov, rightside from viewer pov) are parked cars.

[@erriswagenaar4707]

4:58 is a command Unit, it's use is for big fires or other big events where the fire department need the command unit. The police and Medical also have those. These are used by the police medical and fire deparments.

[@hatsjie2]

@8:15 In the Netherlands lane splitting is allowed, with some restrictions. Only between the 2 left-most lanes, and only up to a speed difference of 15 km/h.

[@taunteratwill1787]

The one looking like a box on a truck is a command car with staff who run the show when the shit really hits the fan. 😂

[@patrickd9551]

Fun fact from the past. Each force used to have thei their own distinct sound, but are slowly switching over to a singular emergency sound. Brand-weer (fire department), two syllables, two tone alarm. Most fire trucks still have the two tones, like most trucks in this video still. Po-li-tie (police), three syllables, three tone alarm Am-Bu-Lan-Ce (medical), four syllables, four tone alarm (very rare to hear these days)

[@Alex-wi9uq]

5:00 thats a container and the unit has a mechanism to lower the container on the street. It says Police, FD and ambulance, so i would guess its some sort of mobile office from where big scences or incidents are handled. The truck can lower it, drive back to the department and get a different container to scene. So you need just one truck for a lot of functionality And by the way, the unmarked volvo is German. You see that on the licence plate. White in front and back and you have the D to the left

[@Hickmaann90]

5:00 is a hooklift truck. It can hook up various Containers for various purposes. additional hoses, foam tanks, hazmat, heavy rescue equipment etc. The purpose of these Trucks is at least an economic one. But also increase flexibility to FDs which can´t afford space and money to have 10 specialized trucks for 10 different tasks.

[@merabiraj]

The truck you see at 5:00 is a Fire Truck that can drive various Containers to a fire. This is an office from which the fire can be coordinated on site. But it can also transport a container with hoses... Or a container with water for places where there is no water... But also rescue boats for accidents on the water. Hope this was good information. Gr Jan from the Netherlands

[@huwdavies6650]

The Volvo is a hook loader so it can drop the any type of cabin, Unit or skip off the back. In this case it looks like a mobile command unit / incident response unit.

[@Sm0keyDutch]

05:20 its basicly a command station for the firefighters upper command guys. we have something called ovd (A Fire Department Officer coordinates and facilitates the fire brigade teams deployed during an incident) although not always during ovd get outs such command pod will be called out. for the mayor fires or incidents these pods will be called to coordinate all firefighter teams!

[@lws7394]

at 5:30 The fire truck makes use of the bike lane, bc the street is full of cars. Another benefit of having wide bike lanes ! ! At 6:50 the same with a (SWAT ?) police car

[@shannontoppenberg]

the volvo truckt @ 5 mins is used for assessing forest fires or spots that require a higher elevation for viewing. The 'box' which is actually an office can raise up by a pus of a button on the inside of the truck cabin or the room.

[@luckylirith]

to explain the cars: white = police , red = firedepartment , yellow = ambulance , also it depends on wich region of the country you are in for wich cars the services have the black volvo is a undercover german cop, the black BMW is also a civvie detective car, that last part from @8.43 are belgium ones @0:26 you have a normal police car followed by a MAI car . not sure what MAI stands for but they are often used as non transport Ambulances to get to spots where an ambulance cant get fast enough. @1:18 its the firedepartment version of the MAI car often kitted out for smaller fires @2:06 Normal ambulance @2:54 High worker firedepartment , kinda a normal firetruck but equiped with a extension to get to higher locations @4:24 Firedepartment coming in with a emergency headquarters, they lower the unit and use it as a "office" in big situations @5:24 Firedeparment i think divers team, but they dont have the divers decal on it so i am not to sure on this one @5:31 Common firedepartment truck, often used for normal fires or for car accidents since they are equiped with powertools that can easily open up cars @7:58 its legal if you have to go to the side for cars having sirens on now lastly for this hella long question , imma give 2 fun facts: the dutch undercover cars are not recognizable and you cant even memorize the license plate since they use super common cars and switch out the license plates constantly every dutch emergency department have their own plushie bear that they always have in the car in cause they need to help kids, kids will get these plushies to calm them down and help them process what they saw/experienced. you can easily find pics of these plushies on google : troostberen

[@MrLittle3vil]

That truck around 05:10 is probably something like a mobile command center that they can place at bigger incidents. Lanesplitting is legal in the Netherlands but there are rules. On the highway it's only allowed during traffic jams between the most left two lanes (so cars know what to expect), the speed difference should not exceed 10kph and you are advised to run your hazzard lights. When traffics starts moving above a certain speed you should resume your normal position on the road. (I believe above 50kph). In normal city traffic it's common for motorcycles to pull up to the light in front of the cars. On average the motorcycles are much faster off the line than cars so it should bother nobody. It's more efficient to because the cars can move up a little too because there are no motorcycles taking up a space in the line. I believe all emergency vehicles are diesel cars for fuel efficiency and cost, diesel is cheaper. Plus they are on the road almost 24/7. I know the police here also started testing electric vehicles like the Hyundai Ionic 5

[@rockstc955]

8:00 yes in pretty much all of europe its effectively legal to lane split. It varies, but most everywhere the streets have enough traffic calming that there is less speeding of cars and scooters, so also lane splitting is difficult to do and rarely done at too high speeds.

[@jamegumb7298]

1:47 You can always tell right away from the outside. Rarely you will also see customs (Douane) rides in yellow green, may have yellow lights or red and blue, Dienst Justitiële Intrichtingen (Correctional Institutions Service) blue stripes only mostly prisoner transport and blue lights, Marechaussee (sometimes camo, warzone or training), sometimes dark blue (high risk site security and escort/protection), sometimes half blue half cop livery for civilian policing or assisting regular police.

[@enlightendbel]

Looking at the windows on that one large truck, looks like a portable command center. An office container with all the needed comms and office tools in it. They get dropped at location (putting the door at a manageable height), the truck is just for transport.

[@jwslijm7278]

From 2:00 many emergency wagons on the cycling path. 4:30 is an operation container with AC. 5:36 is a firetruck from a town 12 kilometers away. 6:47 is a German police car from Kreis Euskirchen (EU); south of Cologne. 8:43 is a firetruck from Belgium; followed by some from Germany. Both nothing to do with this fire in Arnhem.

[@peterversluis503]

Each service branch has it's own distinctive color and sound/siren: The yellow color is used for medical emergencies, where as red (firefighter) and white (police). In this clip, I think the yellow ambulances are from the SIGMA-unit -a special division solely used in case of large incidents/disasters. (Not sure if they are, but considering the fire brigade sends out the Volvo VC-units (mobile command center) at 4:25min At 6:47min thinks it's a 'anonymus' car from the police department... 1:17min Looks also like a car from the VC-units (commanding officer,...)...

[@112-ijsselland]

On 05:16 that is a mobile command unit

[@michaelschuckart2217]

5:16 "How do they get in there?" It's a roll down container. Many different possibilities, what it can be. Command unit, backup unit for breathing apparatus. Other containers may contain hoses, submersible pumps for flooded basements, sandbags, ... Practically everything, that is not first turnout (engines, ladders). 10:30 That unmarked Volvo has german licence plates.

[@wacholder5690]

4:57 Most likely a respiration container. For first-aid treatment of people having inhaled fire gases and smoke. As well as storage for fireman gear to protect against smoke hazards. Same is used as commanding container on larger incidents.

[@donvdp87]

@5:20 the firedeparment 07-9199 is a mobile command unit for the firedepartment. Please take note of the yellow and white licenseplates. White ones are from germany, yellow ones are from the Netherlands.

[@Scardor]

Notice how the bike lanes are extra wide so the emergency vehicles can use them when there is nowhere for the traffic to move (red paths).

[@jackwammes6328]

5:03 container unit also can the have a command unit like this, they are brought in at big fires for staff commanders of the fire brigade to discuss and to plan and direct the firefighters

[@jackwammes6328]

They are lowered of the truck

[@kop-uv2dx]

the unmarked Volvo that was the first unmarked in the video had a German plate not a Dutch plate like the rest... one of the first big-size fire trucks showed it was from Arnhem (very close to the Dutch/German border), so it wouldn't surprise me if German police units would come to help out with a big incident (with the portable command unit, the big boxy one, it's a big incident, otherwise those don't get transported to the incident...)

[@Hobbes746]

8:20 Lanesplitting is legal, although bikes and scooters are supposed to be on the right instead of the left. Maneuvering around stopped cars (like is happening here) is also legal, although I’d hesitate before doing that with a police car that has its lights flashing.

[@karstendoerr5378]

What is missing in this video is the Hytrans Fire System. The system consists of a pump module, a basic container with hose container and equipment rooms as well as the hose collecting device. The pump module consists of a hydraulic unit driven by a diesel engine, which drives the floating pump via appropriate hoses. The flow rate is approximately 8,000 l/min at 2. 5 bar(2113 US gpm at 36 psi) in idle operation and approximately 3,000 l/min at 10 bar(792 US gpm at 145 psi) in pressurized operation.

[@the.1.car_guy]

the fire truck on 5:18 is a truck with a comand post for ems police and fire units it only comes if the situation is realy bad

[@flupke75]

On the Volvo truck stands a container witch they put on de ground at the place of the accident. There are a lot off different containers they can take with them. For disinfect people, for commando, for storragen stuf, for resting after a longshift, and so on…

[@emes3211]

8:10 - depends what country in NL 50ccm motorbikes can ride on the bicycle roads in PL u cannot overtake emergency vehicle in 'city'

[@tim3436]

the truck around the 5 minute mark is a firetruck holding a mobile command unit. they can get those off that thing like a container

[@woutdin]

9:00 this is a Belgian fire truck, look at the numberplate. The Volvo V60 you see at 6:46 is a German vehicle. Look at the Blue EU-bar on each left side of European number plates, it tells you with a letter from which country the car is. NL-Netherlands, B-Belgium, D-Germany, etc.

[@p3falien233]

The Dutch Volvo firedept truck you asked about is called a Haakarm wagen actually. It can bring the portocabin it requires. Which can be a decontamination unit, extra gear like extra breathing gear or even food, special (heavy) tools, pumps for watertransport or, in this case.., a COPI unit that translates as a local command centre for coordination of all different emergency services on location. The highest ranked officers use this for tactical planning and public communications etc.

[@anniek4681]

White is police, yellow is Ambulance, Red is firedepartment. Our vehicles are fitted to what they are needed for. The one at 05:19 looked like a cabin unit. As in if there is a big problem that needs a lot of coordination. With our weather it wil come in handy to do that inside, where youre maps ore other stuff doesnt fly away. The fire department does not only resques with fire, but also has scuba teams. If someone is parking his car in the river. or any other body of water while still being in the car. Speaking of wich that cabin could also be the dressing place for a diver. The cabin wil be lowerd to the ground so you have an instant room, ready to use.

[@ChR0nos_7734]

0:37 yes it's called RAV4 in Europe 1:06 it's Mercedes B-class. And technically it's small MPV (according to EuroNCAP). It's based on A-class 4:11 Toyota Land Cruiser Prado J150 (4th gen) 2nd facelift. Up until the J150 model, the Prado was not part of the Land Cruiser range in North America; the rebadged Lexus GX occupied the Prado's position in luxury trim. 6:40 2nd gen Volvo V60. It's says B6. It designates which type of engine (petrol/diesel) and how much horsepower it has. Diesel Volvo's use D and number, while petrol ones use B and T. T8 is highest possible trim before T8 Polestar Engineered. Volvo's are very popular car choice for UK police 7:30 99% of law enforcement cars in Europe are diesels. Usually 2.0 liter 4 cylinders. Highway police are usually either highest possible diesel engine option for hatchbacks and smaller cars and 3.0l diesel's for BMW 3 and 5 series, Merc C and E class, Audi A4 and A6, if they have 3.0l engine option 7:48 BMW 1 Series (F40). This one is 120i. If you write number plate straight into google it shows this car 8:28 Werid little car is Dacia Logan MCV (Maximum Capacity Vehicle). Basically mix of estate and small MPV. Now it's replaced by Dacia Jogger which is just compact MPV 8:35 2nd gen VW Touran

[@MarcFromNijmegen]

It makes me chuckle how they are more often then not using the bike path (red surface) to bypass traffic

[@shaunmoneil]

The big weird fire truck about 5 mins in. They carry units and can set them on the floor. The doors on that unit will make a lot more sense once the unit's on the floor!

[@nimaxwerker]

Here is the explanation of the diff. siren sounds (more how it was in the past) because of work regulation the sirens have been dampened they made to much noise . The MAN fire truck still had that old siren sound with the accomp. noise level but they won't have much outings so they prob. have an noise dispensation ( they are allowed to produce too much noise). They are also not renewed as much as ambulances and police cars. All the emergency vehicles had their own particular sound. The fire department called BRANDWEER had a two tone siren going BRAND-WEER, BRAND-WEER, BRAND-WEER (BRAHND- WEIR). The police called POLITIE (POH- LEE- TSI) Had a three tone siren. And the ambulance called AMBULANCE (AM-BUE-LAHN-CE) had a four tone siren. With the new regulations their is hardly any diff. between the last two (a bit of a shame in my opnion) and also a lot of government entities are now allowed to drive with siren. Prisoner transport, the Ministry of Tranport Public Works and Water Management, Blood and Donor transport, and even railroad mechanics can use the Blue lights and siren.

[@thijsvanruissen1800]

To clarify for those that are wondering about the different colors for the vehicle's, here in the Netherlands red if for the fire department, yellow is hospital related units and the white is for the police. As the smaller cars they are the first response/Patrol unit for each department.

[@JustWatchin399]

That car at 8:30 is an Dacia Logan MCV we have one and they have gone out of production about a year ago

[@bjornlauret4205]

on the qustion of the scooter yes you are allowed to lanesplit if its acting like its a traffic jam but then at a stop light so if there are a lot of cars at a stop light you are allowed to if you can get in front easily

[@Mischa16178]

Lanes splitting is legal here. In congestion situations and as long as you keep speed difference to a minimum.

[@-Mike-Kwasowski-]

5:00 that is a fire (brandweer) command unit most of the time send to big incidents/accidents in this case send for medical support in arnhem

[@-Mike-Kwasowski-]

7:00 for if u want to know this too its a police unit known as or a fast intervention unit or an undercover special unit (can be multiple asswel 😄)

[@patrickd9551]

@5:02 That's a mobile command post, used in large interdepartmental disasters, called GRIP ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coordinated_Regional_Incident_Management_(Netherlands) ). The fire department has the lead in almost every cases and police/ambulance are secondary services, blocking roads and performing medical assistance. My mom actually works for the state department who does the upkeep for these (and other) specialty units, her department also is responsible for things like the air raid sirenes and national disaster water/food supplies.

[@jpsholland]

4:30 That is a commando unit. It is a mobile office that is used with big fires or natural disasters to coordinate and plan the rest of their actions. The police have them too. The truck that carry this unit can drop it off and go back to get other equipment like large pumps or containers with equipment. Our firetrucks don't have a siren but a very powerful twin tone air horn. The black Volvo and BMW police cars are unmarked vehicles mainly used by detectives and swat like teams. The "normal" cars in fire colors and striping are used for transport of extra commanders or specialized commanders for certain types of fires. They are also used by a specialized firefighters that goes down wind of big fires to measure if there are toxic fumes around.

[@BinneReitsma]

That Volvo has a 'hook arm container system' With 2 buttons you'll lower the container / unit onto the ground in around 15-30 seconds. Great system

[@Aposte-quotation]

I didnt even know americans were so impressed with stuff thats very normal here

[@mennovroom5537]

The second truck is a firetruck with a command centre. There is probably a large fire going on, and there’s a need to coordinate multiple units