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[@IWrocker]

I sneezed 🤧 lmao 🤣

[@oscarv2622]

U should react to the Chanel emergencyscandinavia there’s all kinds of emergency vehicles there from Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Norway, island!

[@jullianhuisken7779]

Maybe nice to comment about Crash Tenders

[@thorstenkrell6038]

May be look into the new world of electric fire truks, the Rosenbauer RT packs most of a european fire trunk into an even smaler but more capable package. kzbin.info/www/bejne/aXLEl5qrepV-kM0 or kzbin.info/www/bejne/hoSso2h-o7Rnjqc or kzbin.info/www/bejne/iYTIp4afeZaNn9U ...

[@Flip_smcr]

Nice greetings from austria We have rosenbauer they build bad ass firetrucks check them , the panther is there biggest beast

[@whovianhistorybuff]

I think one of the reasons why American fire appliances are so expensive is that they are custom built from scratch, European fire trucks start out as a basic stock truck chassis and have firefighting bodywork and equipment built onto it, which is likely cheaper and probably easier for maintenance as the parts for engines, brakes, suspension, etc are all standard from the manufacturer like the one in this playlist could have part ordered directly from Volvo, in fact this could be worth a reaction kzbin.info/aero/PLtatVP5K0pwoHENYFYBfn9n-x3Eamehss

[@Prof.Dr.Diagnose]

If a fire department wants to get rid of a bike lane, which is for safety, because the fire trucks can’t get through, maybe the unnecessarily big fire trucks are the problem, not the bicycle lane🧐

[@dangeorge809]

The thing that looks like an airplane body with a helicopter rotor is an autogyro. The rotor isn't driven by an engine but by the airflow generated through the forward momentum from the airplane engine at the front.

[@Blanchy10]

or Gyrocopter

[@NygaardBushcraft]

I was just about to answer his question but decided to check first if somebody else beat me to it :)

[@downundarob]

Possibly a Pitcairn Autogyro

[@BrokenCurtain]

It's Little Nellie! Come on, has nobody seen "You Only Live Twice"? I always wanted one of these autogyros since I watched that James Bond movie.

[@iangregory3719]

Cierva C30 Autogyro ..en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cierva_C.30

[@274727]

American commercial representative on a trade show for fire equipment asked a Finnish fireman the following. "Have you seen anything like this?" showing some pump on a fire truck. The Finnish fireman replied "Yes, in a museum." 😝

[@stanislavczebinski994]

That's what I'm thinking when I see US hose couplings. Those things have to be from the early 1900's or so.

[@joestractorshop8040]

Are yours Storz type or are they a quarter turn?

[@awie7656]

Great answer

[@stefanbierganns3193]

Ehm I hope you know there are UNIMOG Firetrucks here in Germany ;) And I bet they gonna blow your mind with all the equipment in them. Also a big part of the fire fighting brigades over here are volunteers. The smaller part of the brigades are pros...most of the work is done by the volunteers.

[@skyhawknz6204]

There was a UNIMOG in the background of the shot, he paused with the Land Rover in

[@MaticTheProto]

Unimogs rule

[@mordeath83]

We still have a 1978 unimog serving in our fire department and we will never get rid of it it is tough and small ideal for bushfires

[@dereinzigwahrenico8156]

just cause you get paid doesnt meen you are a pro a lot volunteers ar pros too it depands on experience and training, not on the paycheck

[@diablo.the.cheater]

@@dereinzigwahrenico8156 pro means profesional, and profesional means that you get paid for it. not to say that volunteers can't be as good as professionals, they can be as good, but by definition they are not "pros", mainly because professional does not imply skill level, it implies that you get paid for it as it is your profession.

[@MartinvanStormOfficial]

7:24 that's indeed in France. You can recognize it by the tiny white F on the blue part of the license plate. Basically all european license plate have one or two letters on the left specifying the country the car is registered in. For example Italy would be "I" (Italia), Germany "D" (Deutschland) and Spain would be "E" (España).

[@PedroConejo1939]

Can be 3 letters as well, eg, IRL for Ireland or FIN for Finland. The United Kingdom plate recently changed from GB to UK at the request of the UK govt - adding yet more expense to those who drive abroad.

[@MartinvanStormOfficial]

@@PedroConejo1939 I know - seen them all, although UK and IRL are quite rare on German roads :D

[@tntfreddan3138]

@@MartinvanStormOfficial Seen some Irish regged trucks here in Sweden. They load at the same terminal as me and then go back to the harbour 20km away on the other side of town and take the ferry to the UK. Don't know why they need over 600hp on a 44 ton semi truck since I have 560hp and pull up to 64 tons. However we see a lot of drivers and trucks from the Baltic States as well as quite a lot from Finland. Swedish and Finnish plates have the same 3-letter/3-digit configuration (new Swedish plates have a letter instead of a digit as the last character) nut they have an orange outlining and the "FIN" country code on the left.

[@SiqueScarface]

It's an E, and the license plates have Spanish design.

[@PedroConejo1939]

@@SiqueScarface It's not Spanish; it's an older French plate from Yvelines (Versailles).

[@VampyrMygg]

My dad is a retired firefighter in Norway, out firetrucks are a lot smaller, but our buildings are also shorter, so the uses are different... which is why our firestation has a Unimog ready for forest fires, to go out in the terrain to fight fires. But a lot of other tasks are done by the firefighters, like.. there is a truck for salvaging things after a fire, there's smaller pick-up trucks for errands and such, like one I got to join my dad at as a kid was basically security, checking the perimeter of the local garbage dump, both for fires as gases are formed by trash, but also to make sure there aren't people with guns trying to shoot seagulls, as they're drawn to the trash as well, so I've gotten to drive smaller fire "trucks" like VW Transporter T3, Mitsubishi L200, Mitsubishi Pajero, and oddly enough a Ford Explorer, which all were used by the local fire department, actually they had two of the T3 Transporter pick-ups, both of them diesel, one NA and one Turbo, the NA one was so slow it barely got up hills... They also have duties like putting up all the city's flags for holidays and celebrations, and they have to be guards at events in case of fires, like there is a local award show for Norwegian movies and actors/actresses, dad often had overtime standing guard at those shows. Also... demolition, you could hire the fire department to tear down wood houses... as in they'd use it for training and burn it down in a controlled manner, training up putting out fires, and also to be more efficient in "smoke diving" where they basically went in blind and then had to draw a map of how they think the house layout was afterwards, there was one guy in my dad's team who basically had photographic memory and almost could draw up blueprints with measurements after going blind in a smoke filled house. They also train car mechanics, as part of the car mechanics 101 classes, it's mandatory to learn how to put out car fires, as a teenager I crashed my first car, my dad took it to work, and a friend of mine who was taking that education ended up in my dad's class, and it got a bit surreal for him as he got my dad telling him how to set my car on fire, to then put it back out. :P Sorry that got long kinda randomly... ADHD things.

[@Killerpixel11]

Well the building size really doesn't matter. Average european ladder trucks carry the same length ladders on smaller trucks. As a matter of fact, Magirus (Germany) builds the M68L, currently the world's highest turntable ladder.

[@ZIGZAG12345]

T3 pickups, nice! Those are SUPER rare now, especially here in UK. The only one I "sometimes" see is army-ish green and is actually a Syncro 4x4 one as well so the rarity of that must be epic! With the engine at the back those things are already pretty damned capable of traction in bad conditions, the 4x4 version must be a seriously capable off-roader!

[@Ronny_van_Gerwen]

You said the magic word: “Unimog”. That got him triggered.

[@stanislavczebinski994]

The T3 Diesel was probably the 1.7L 54hp version. Here in Germany we call cars this slow "Wanderdüne" = shifting dune. A friend of mine owned one - former road construction vehicle. Orange body "Doka" - Doppelkabiner = Double-Cab pick-up with a small gray tent on top. Back then, they were used all over - everybody knew them. They are fun to drive - albeit slow, of cause. The gearstick is so long it seems to reach from here to China. Luckily, it is only 4-speed. My friend had the RWD version - 4WD is even slower I presume. To this day, the T3 has many fans - and you can mount almost any big car engine in them - the stock engines are their biggest weak point. VR6,V6,V8 - you name it. Even Ford engines fit inside. Too bad my friend sold his before we could go crazy with it.

[@kennethlang5480]

All I have to say is that European countries are small and American cities are very bigger.

[@Lee-70ish]

You are correct . Its US road space that gives them room for large vehicles. European airport fire tenders are the same size as US ones. Same amount of room to manoeuvre

[@BrokenCurtain]

Well, US streets may offer more space under normal circumstances, but these vehicles are meant to be used in emergency situations. When there's a flood, storm, fire, landslide or a massive pile-up on a highway, then you shouldn't expect to have this much room to maneuver.

[@thorstenkrell6038]

But the Airport-Trucks are beafier, 0-130km/h in 30sec. with 44tons,... Emtying there 12m³ tanks in 90sec...

[@obelic71]

@@thorstenkrell6038 Craschtenders are also full offroad 8x8 and 6x6 vehicels. They need also to be fully equiped selfsuficient vehicels to start firefighting on any spot on an airport. Luckily they are 99.999% used as a precaution at landings and for training. When (God forbids) really a liner crasches ,the surounding regular Firebrigade(s) are called in for continuing firefighting.

[@TheMadYetti]

So, American roads are more or less like European airports.... i can believe that

[@patricktho6546]

But also have more equipment etc than the US-part

[@timjohnun4297]

In Australia we used to have big Ambulances, too, Ford F trucks, with big V8 engines, huge fiberglass bodies, now we have Mercedes Benz Sprinters, which are just as capable, but far cheaper to operate and way more maneuverable, easier to park, etc

[@EnjoyFirefighting]

very interesting topic, but the video sparked lots of comments for being poorly made and researched. Some aspects I want to add: 1) while fire apparatus in the US are often way longer than their European counterparts, the European ones are often quite a bit taller. 2) there are a few American apparatus used across Europe: van and pickup based units were somewhat popular in the past, but aren't any more today. actual full size fire trucks exist as well, but only very few of them. Even the US Army Fire & Emergency Services at USAG bases in Germany stopped shipping American apparatus across the pond and use European ones instead 3) American apparatus manufacturers tried to enter the European market multiple times - trying so with the American layout. They never were successfull as they simply didn't adapt to the entirely different market. At the same time, e.g. the European manufacturer Rosenbauer entered the American market with an American fire apparatus layout and is successful with that approach 4) while the Aerials in the US are usually based on a way larger chassis, also due to carrying more equipment, the ladder itself usually isn't taller than on European apparatus. In fact, barely any Aerial in the US is beyond 100 ft tall, while even ones in the 150 ft to 170 ft are kind of common across Europe and the tallest ones being in service hitting 300 ft of height - based on a truck chassis which isn't much larger than a Tiller Ladder which reaches only 100 ft in the US. 5) departments are layed out VERY different. Taking Germany for example, the departments in the cities usually have few large (sometimes enormous!) stations, whereas the American departments have numerous tiny stations. The response times aren't much different, but the entire approach and department layout sure is. 6) The share of volunteer firefighters in the US is at 70%, in Germany it's at 96%. 7) There are only 110 career fire departments in Germany, compared to more than 22,000 volunteer departments; Pretty much every tiny village has its own little station of 1 to 3 apparatus, even if the next village and station is only 3 minutes down the road

[@stormzz3336]

Nice to see you here ! The video forgot to mention a lot of things indeed. Great points and clarity added. @IWrocker you should check his videos to see more European like emergency vehicles.

[@Gulitize]

to add to Germany the gaps are filled by small volunteer fire brigades and the THW (civilian civil protection) reducing the workload on the professional fire fighter.

[@EnjoyFirefighting]

Thank you for the feedback :) Yeah the video could have been much much better indeed; Worst aspect was the stuff with the bicyclists and bike lanes and wrong width of the apparatus - apart from how she spelled chassis of course. I marked @iWrocker on a few videos of mine, like the presidential motorcade in Germany, a fire station with a full house response of 18 units at once and the video I created on the bill concerning NYC emergency vehicles using European sirens

[@EnjoyFirefighting]

@@Gulitize well, the THW is an entirely different organization; The Federal Agency for Technical Relief is a federal civil protection agency. There are comparable equivalent services in the US, with the great difference that there are lots of different disaster relief services active in the country.

[@Hoonsy2you]

As someone who works in german civil engineering I'd like to add that we try to avoid planing buildings that require the use of hydraulic ladders in case of a fire. The large DLKs are a pain when you try to layout parkingspaces, streetcurves, trees, attackroutes and so on. It's usually way easier to just go for extra staircases in order to make sure the higher floors don't get cut off, and the compact HLFs are just ridiciously undemanding when it comes to street requirements.

[@zsim4858]

I'm proud of firefigters when I see them sent abroad to help. I like videos of vehicles traveling across europe. Polish firefighters were sent to - GFFFV (Ground Forest Fire Fighting using Vehicles) Sweden 2018, Greece 2021, France 2022. And Russia 2010 but it was before GFFFV were established. - Search and rescue - Haiti 2010, Nepal 2015.

[@lowrangemaniac5326]

3:03 is a gyrocopter... The powered props is located on the front and provides forward propulsion. The bigger props that make it looks like a helicopter, is free rolling, and it moves with the power of the wind when the gyrocopter moves forward, and thanks to this rotation, it provides lifting power, and make the gyrocopter to fly. The pro is that it requires a short take-off run instead of a conventional airplane, but you don't have the VTOL properties of a conventional helicopter. P.s. I said VTOL to indicate helicopters as well, because they're technically categorized in the same group of flying vehicles like the F-35, Arier and Hospray, which are named Vertical TakeOff and Landing vehicles (V.T.O.L.)

[@BradGryphonn]

2:55 That may be a Kellit Autogiro craft that the US Mail used for a while in the 30s. Mail was delivered and picked up from skyscraper rooftops. Yes, of course, I Googled, and was truly surprised by what I found!

[@IWrocker]

That’s insane I had no idea!!! That’s some weird history forsure 😆👍

[@peterbockholm3176]

In Sweden we often have a small vehicle that can come through traffic quicker than the trucks as first emergency responder. It's usually some type of MPV with some basic equipment. They are usually called "befälsbil" which roughly means officers car, that's were the boss goes and a paramedic I think. The idea is to come to the object faster than the fire trucks, make an assessment on what types of vehicles is further needed besides the base truck that of course already is on its way, both leave at the same time. It's a very quick and effective method, the first person on sight will make a judgement of how acute and critical the situation is. We have degrees of that here. If it's a situation that's not life threatening, no lights or sirens. If it's more severe, sirens and lights in areas with traffic and only lights where there's no traffic. If it's really severe with human lives in danger it's lights and sirens all the way. A sort of don't cry wolf method. I'm not a firefighter myself but my daughter have some experience so don't take this as 100% correct, it's as I have understood it.

[@MrJamesBanana]

Dafgårds have a first response car that they will send out to any accident close to their factory. They have basic fire equipment, medical equipment and even the equipment needed for a rescue diver with them. It's built on a Dodge RAM, so not very big but really cuts down the response times in the area.

[@einar8019]

we also have BV 206's that are amphibious and can go over almost any terrain

[@zimzimph]

Information and communication is what results in a win or loss, good on them to send a scout ahead

[@jandejong1122]

Around 1673, Dutch painter, inventor, and printmaker, Jan van der Heyden and his son produced what they referred to as “ fire hose”. Interestingly, they sewed leather tubes together in 50 foot lengths, which is still considered a standard length to this day. This allowed fire fighters to get closer to the fire, which enabled them to aim and shoot the stream precisely where they wanted it. Jan van der Heyden also wrote the first firefighting manual: Brandspuiten-boek.

[@peterhoz]

The Scania is in Nottinghamshire (UK), Feuerwehr is German, the Citroen looked to have a French numberplate, the Metropolitan Fire Brigade truck is in Melbourne.

[@stevefoulston]

It's a Weir W.3 Autogyro the single-seater was powered by an inverted 4-cylinder in-line engine and fitted with a two-bladed 'auto-dynamic' rotor. It could make a 'jump take-off': to do this, the rotor was run at overspeed in flat pitch then suddenly given sufficient positive pitch to produce the jump while the engine was declutched. Peace out.

[@TotallyNotAFox]

I think the coolest firetruck is the "Rosenbauer Panther" for airports - those are massive trucks that need only one person to operate. And the new models look sick!

[@zimzimph]

Absolutely, the modern airport trucks are epic

[@stephanl1983]

These Firetrucks from France ars part of a specialized unit for bush fires. They consist of 4 Trucks and one Command Car. I'm from Germany and a Volunteer Firefighter for almost 20 years, I'm also one of the Engineers for our Engine. I think one of the reasons why Fire Trucks in the US are bigger ist because they all carry water, and more compared to European Fire Trucks, because there are more fire hydrants in European Cities compared to the US. For example Most Ladders here in Europe came without a water tank and a pump, they are typical crewed by three Firfighters, but they have the same hight as American Ladders. Another point is, American Fire Trucks have their Pump almost always in the middle of the vehicle, and you can operate them from the left or right side. In Europe they are mounted for the Most time in the rear compartment of the vehicle, we also didn't attach every hose directly to the pump, we have one or two attachments for a 3" hose on both sides of our Engine, then we use a distributor to attach our other hoses. Another difference is our system to load our vehicles, in US Fire Trucks you often see these big doors for the compartments, and the manufacturer leave it to the Fire Departments to load their vehicle as they want, and you often can see there is a lot of wasted room. European manufacturer talk with their customers, and they tell them we're they want each Item in their Truck. Because we have more hydrants we also didn't need that much hoses, for example the highest distance in builded areas is 140m. If we need more hoses, we have specialized Trucks that carry 2000 metres of 3" hoses, we use them for bush fires or bigger structural fires.

[@killkiss_son]

7:28 it is in France ! The Renault trucks you see with big tires and roll cage are used in the south for big forest fires.

[@nathanwilton7948]

i love how You are genuinely polite in the way you speak, its nice to watch and makes me smile. keep up the good work brother

[@antonygumbrecht243]

I think for some of the bigger equipment in germany we have a different Organisation called the THW (Technisches Hilfs-Werk), so the firebrigade is mostly focused on being versatile, but if they need for example a 100m Ladder or some kind of hyper specialized vehicle they would call the THW for that, they have all the big trucks

[@JainZar1]

Airports, industry or complex buildings may also be required to have a private fire department on site, that has the technical know how to facilitate a safe fighting of fires. Especially chemical and other heavy industry comes to mind. Large residential and office highrises often have features that allow the fire department to safely fight fires from inside the building for 90 or 120 minutes.

[@ansgarkamps7788]

I'm Germany is the maximum length of a fire ladder 42m. If the building higher it needs his own rescue equipment.

[@d99x4z4]

Where in germany has the THW any TTLs? The fire service in germany does not rely on the THW they are called pretty seldom.

[@xX3essoXx]

I really love the American classic looking firetrucks , here in Dubai we have MANS, Scania's and Mercedes for firetrucks , they aren't as compact as the European fire trucks but not as big as the American trucks unless its a ladder unit those are so long because of Dubai skyscrapers .

[@almerindaromeira8352]

You are totally right it almost seems wasteful. I think of it as insurance: it never pays out until that one rainy day. It's nice that you want to learn more about firetrucks from abroad. I'm a firefighter in Germany and I'm excited for you to see what we have. If you have any questions, I'm glad to help

[@IWrocker]

Awesome!!! Thank you 😎👏 Questions I have… what manufacturer of fire truck do ya work with and how long do they last/stay in service?? 😎🎉

[@almerindaromeira8352]

@@IWrocker I can obviously only speak for Germany, but I would say Mercedes, MAN, Scania and Iveco. Then there are several body manufacturers: Ziegler, Magirus, Schlingmann, Rosenbauer, EMPL, Lentner, WISS, and the list goes on for days. At our station in Hamburg we have a Scania/Magirus HLF20 from 2017 (that's a german spec for firetrucks) and a Mercedes/Ziegler LF20 KatS from 2006. All in all I would say they last about 20 to 30 years in service. In bigger departments like ours it will be closer to 15. Smaller rural departments normally have older gear. I know of some which have 50+ years old trucks. Which I guess it's fine, they are built like tanks.

[@almerindaromeira8352]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/bJSnmaOai7ibnNE That is a long video with a lot of footage from all over Germany

[@son_zalfon2308]

@@almerindaromeira8352 das stimmt, was man hier teilweise aufm Land noch sieht :D LF8 aus den 80ern etc. :D

[@almerindaromeira8352]

@@son_zalfon2308 vor allem die Drehleiter sind immer so ein Stück, deren Ersatzbeschaffung immer wieder verschoben wird.

[@americanrambler4972]

Fire trucks are always evolving, changing to fit new requirements and needs. Part of the reason US fire trucks have grown to their current size is they are not just a fire truck, but they are an all around emergency responder vehicle, and they are equipped to be flexible enough to respond to any type of first responders needs. It’s one truck does all tasks as needed, so they don’t have to sort through an inventory of vehicles and try to pick the right truck for the job. Or show up at a site and find you do not have a needed piece of equipment because it’s on a different truck. I personally think that most fire truck we use are maybe a bit to large for a number of areas they operate in. And over time as equipment is rotated out of service and replaced with new equipment, the new equipment is resized for the current or predicted environment.

[@lionellhwang5153]

You should do a more in-depth look at Singapores’s Red Rhinos. They’re deployed to almost every single type of calls and deal with anything from small-Med fire, to cardiac arrest, etc. Most times, fires are already out by the time larger trucks arrive, and they mostly just deal with stubborn flames or cooling down

[@Diveyl]

In Poland there are two types of Firefighters. OSP - Ochotnicza Straż Pożarna (Volunteer Fire Guard) and PSP - Państwowa Straż Pożarna (State Fire Service). OSP is mostly local volunteers and financed by local authority (village or town council) while PSP is professional uniform service run by state. Also it used to be that major work places, like ironworks conglomerate, had their own firefighter brigade, that sometimes doubled as local town fire service. There are several films on YT with trucks of Polish Firefighters that goes or return from helping with wildfires in France, Sweden or Greece.

[@thorstenbenner483]

I'm a German firefighter. Yes, we have smaller firetrucks. But our trucks are also packed top the last bit, with all sorts of equipment. We also have a lot of engines, where the primary purpose is, to fight fires. Reason is, if you have a big fire, you need those. But as they are multipurpose, we also use them for all sorts of accidents, flooding, ... I think the size is also a matter, of how it is manufactured. for the fire trucks we use modern materials, like aluminum, carbon firbes, ... to get them smaller, lighter, and can pack a lot of material in them. I think our water tanks, are smaller (in average). We rely a lot on reinforcement from other fire departments and on hydrant water. The ladder trucks are more technically advanced, and are so smaller, but also reach approx 100 ft.

[@paulgee1355]

In the UK it's not just the fire service, it's known as the fire and rescue service because they don't only respond to fires. My dad was a fireman and, as well as fires, they responded to other emergencies. One time, they even had to rescue some cows that had become stuck and sinking in mud.

[@aaroncarpenterii2629]

That’s not just in the UK bud. Don’t think your country is anything special when it comes to that.

[@paulgee1355]

@aaroncarpenterii2629 I'm not saying it is just the UK or that it's anything special but I can only speak about where I know. I can't speak for whichever country you're in because it's highly likely that I've never been there so I wouldn't know. I once said that Australia's roads used miles per hour only to be corrected by an Australian because i didn't know they used kilometres per hour. Once bitten and all that.

[@barriehull7076]

In 2010, firefighters from across the UK and European Union held an urban search and rescue exercise near Portsmouth. Exercise Orion simulated rescuing survivors from buildings and bridges which had collapsed during an earthquake. In the UK Volunteer firefighters are now rare, though some stations are run by volunteers in certain rural areas, such as Scotland and North Yorkshire. There are two small fire services that are run entirely by volunteers - the Peterborough Volunteer Fire Brigade[46] and the Borth Voluntary Fire Unit (near Aberystwyth, Wales).[47] These are contracted to provide services for a regular fire service. Wikipedia.

[@briancooper562]

In the Isle of Mann UK due to the terrain and vegetation fires they had a 4x4 Prinzgauer but now it is a 6x6. This is not the only rural area where these small fire trucks are a necessity due to the restrictions to access.

[@SergeyPRKL]

Nd there is no terrain where a Pinzgauer wouldn't go, it is like the pinnacle of off roading (after unimog ofc :D ). A video of these for American to react woud be nice :D

[@sebastiansauer5569]

look at the license plate the letter in the blue field can tell you where the vehicle is from A-Austria B-Belgium D-Germany E-Spain F-France etc. and i know sometimes the quality of pictures and videos is not good 😂 but the license plates can also be recognized by the composition of the letters and numbers Germany XX - XX 123 // France/Italy/Austria XX 123 XX // Swiss XX 123456 That's not 100 percent but you get a rough idea

[@IWrocker]

Very useful thank you 😎

[@flitsertheo]

@@IWrocker The Belgian vehicles are (almost) the only ones with red digits on white plates.

[@moewi75]

Though you'll very rarely find a swiss license plate with a blue EU-mark... ;o)

[@sebastiansauer5569]

@@moewi75 jep daran hatte ich in dem Moment nicht gedacht es ging auch ehr um die zahlen, ihr habt sowieso komische Kennzeichen mit dem wappen gedöns 😅

[@moewi75]

@@sebastiansauer5569 So komisch ist unser Wappen gar nicht: Rot mit weissem Schlüssel.

[@laurickcoriveau1488]

Just wanted to mention that while medical calls do make up a good part of the calls that fire departments respond to you also have to keep in mind that we are also responding to car accidents hazmat high angle rescue low angle rescue water rescue search and rescue calls as well as any MCi (mass casualty incident) of your choice

[@JohnDoe-us5rq]

I really love the 'original' NYFD fire truck. But I have to admit a diversification might come in handy. Especially the multipurpose firefighting vehicle makes a lot of sense. A ladder is not always needed. Love to see the upcoming American firefighting trucks.

[@blahfasel2000]

Funnily enough at least here in Germany some fire departments like to use the big ladder truck for non-emergency deployments precisely because it's the one that's least likely to be needed in an emergency.

[@grandmothergoose]

I'd be interested in not only having a look at different types of emergency vehicles around the world, but also what different emergency services and organisations exist as well. Australia has police, ambulance, and fire of course, but it doesn't end there. We also have separate country/rural fire services (volunteer, specialty in bushfires), State Emergency Services (rescue and disaster responders), Royal Flying Doctor Service (outback medical service and air ambulance), Careflight (helicopter ambulance), St John's Ambulance (first aid first responders at sporting and other and significant events), surf saving/lifeguards (beaches/ocean first aid and rescue first responders) and royal lifesaving/lifeguards (inland waterways and pools first aid and rescue first responders).

[@leelizington9501]

The New York fire department had a fire pump truck that was powered by a British designed Napier Deltic engine. Check out this engine Ian it's a beauty especially on a cold start it as opposed pistons and produced up 5,600 under test conditions. The main application was Naval and railway use to which it is most famous for here in the UK.

[@kimpatz2189]

When you really really really need to throw water on top of skyscraper, call in the big pump.

[@bru7al82]

I am a volunteer fire fighter in my home town, here in sLOVEnia, and I would like to show you a short video about the recent arrival into our truck pool. Its a first of its kind in my country, and its a TATRA FORCE T-815-7 6x6! In Europe we have a different kind of fire truck equipment, trucks have a designated role. You got your trucks to fight fire that have around 3000 liters (800 gallons) of water and all the equipment that a firefighter needs to fight a fire, you have trucks that are full of equipment for car accident rescues and so on! And then you have trucks that are basiclly used to transport water! These trucks have some basic firefighting equipment, but their soul purpose is to transport water. And these trucks get big! How big you ask? Well our TATRA can carry a bit more than 10.000 liters of water, that is around 2.700 gallons. Pump installed in this truck has a power of 3000L per minute, around 800 gallons at max rev, but we never use it at the max power. So when we have a big forest fire or lets say a big house fire, the soul purpose of TATRA is to suplly water to other trucks. Here is a short video about our TATRA! Hope you enjoy it. Best wishes from sLOVEnia and keep up the good video work kzbin.info/www/bejne/iXKblmWuj6d6aNE

[@sinisatrlin840]

Where i live in south of Europe residential fires are less than 1% of firefighters interventions. Bulk of maybe 80% of work are forest fires, that is why we invest mainly in Canadairs, Airtractors and Unimogs. Second main intervention couse is rescue of traffic casualites and third is clearing urgent situations after storms, fallen trees, pumping out flooded basements... We have fire fighting ladder that goes up 60m, but they use it only on drills.

[@charlescorbee9498]

Brandweer Lunteren shows the daily work of firefighters in the Netherlands, who are all volunteers. From fire fighting to rescue mission (With sub. Titles)

[@maccrazy7335]

Check out Rosenbauer fire truck outfitters. One of the big differences with European fire trucks is that outfitters use off-the-rack chassies and add what's needed for different departments...

[@Max_Flashheart]

I have seen people call the fire service because they need 20 big people in uniforms with high pressure hoses because there was a massive brawl with drunken sailors at a remote port because the police were over the hill and would be 45 minutes away. It worked and everyone ended up friends.

[@JohnHazelwood58]

Ever heard of the "SPOT 55"..? It's not a fire-truck, but a firefighting tank! In Germany we call them "Löschpanzer". Those tanks are "shooting" water! :)

[@EnjoyFirefighting]

those are aerosol extinguishers with tiny water droplets travelling on the jetstream; Not really shooting water like it would be in case of the ultra high pressure impulse gun systems from IFEX

[@Gaehhn]

@@EnjoyFirefighting There are also tanks that use normal water cannons, not jet engines like the Big Wind.

[@EnjoyFirefighting]

@@Gaehhn and what are those equipped with? Likely IFEX

[@Gaehhn]

@@EnjoyFirefighting Some of them might be but what I know of is cannons similar to those used by airport firefighters, which would be foam, or similar to riot control water cannons that just dump a lot of water onto the fire.

[@EnjoyFirefighting]

@@Gaehhn ah I see; thx

[@Liggliluff]

(8:50) That goes for any county though. Country side, inner city, outskirts, old cities, rebuilt cities. Every country is diverse.

[@BattleshipOrion]

My local department has 2 ambulances, one ladder, 2 pumpers, and a rescue truck. For a small lil' railroad town in Ohio we lack a tanker, HAZMAT, & a few other apparatus that the big cities use. They replaced one of the pumpers for a new Peirce engine a year or two ago. Within the last year the department had 3 fires within city limits (2 apartment fires, one house fire), and responded to a variety of calls for other departments ( a dozen villages and 2 other towns). In total we have a total of at least 25 pumpers, 5 or 6 ladders, 4 tankers, 4 command vehicles, one water rescue trailer (you read that right) 2 or 3 rescue trucks, and a bakers dozen ambulances (excluding regional airwing, and ambulances assigned to local hospitals). As such given how big the local agricultural, industrial operations get, and the hundreds of square miles of open farmland, or woodland, the local departments need to be large, mainly for the tools, & water needed. Even though we're farm country, we BARELY have water sources large enough to supply said water unless it's the lake, or the various water towers in the population centers. If anyone wants to guess the county, first hint is the lake in Northwest Ohio that's elongated east & west. It's freshwater & south of Lake Erie. Second hint is it's along the I-75 corridor. Third hint: Apollo 11's commander was born in largest population center in the middle of the county. For tornado siren fans, one of the towns in this county is known for it's odd sounding Thunderbolt 1003 siren.

[@Straypuft]

Fellow Ohioan here, I may be able to answer why your town doesnt have a Hazmat truck. Your county may have Hazmat crews stationed all around it that respond to everywhere in your county and possibly to adjacent counties, I can speak for Akron and Summit County, we have Hazmat trucks stationed at various fire stations in cities around the county, even Akron uses the county Hazmat system and houses a truck there. I know Medina County and Portage County have their own Hazmat teams, Cleveland has its own Hazmat team but I do know of regional Hazmat teams dotted around Cuyahoga County. These hazmat teams could be either fire department controlled or controlled by county emergency management respectively, when I say controlled, I mean funded, they would most likely be controlled by fire department on scene.

[@tonybennett7904]

The highlands and islands Fire service in Scotland's used to build its own fire trucks due cost and awareness of population, this allowed smaller communities to have appliances

[@dor_paddy]

European trucks are regulated to a maximum wide of 2.5m so they are all the same at the wide, I don't know if some countries has there own regulations but the manufacturers only built trucks for the public traffic with a maximum wide of those 2.5m. Length and height can change, even the maximum weight of a truck. In germany you are regulated for a semi "Sattelzug" to 4m height and 16.5m length, special versions called "Gliederzug" can be 18.75m. Germany also uses "Lang LKW", which can be translated to "long truck", they can have a maximum length in this combination of 25.25m. The maximum weight in germany for normal trucks is limited to 40t, in oversea container transport, your maximum weight can be up to 44t but you have to be in a circle of 150km around the terminal. If I'm right, in Sweden the trucks got a maximum height of 4.5m and have a maximum weight in special combinations up to 60t, correct me if I'm wrong. Have a nice day buddy 🙋🏼‍♂️

[@awf6554]

Meanwhile, Australian rural firetruck: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oJLRl6ywqZmEr80 Our Brigade has one of these, as well as a newer dual cab.

[@jamesaustralian9829]

A lot of American trucks have both full firefighting, and road crash rescue capabilities, as well as all the kit for medical emergencies, hence their a bit bigger and have more boxes on the back. They also have larger water tank capacities

[@ziggyzedly]

Not entirely true, for example all Fire & Rescue NSW appliances have road crash rescue capabilities and have 2000l water tank capacity

[@andreww2098]

virtually all fire trucks in the world have car crash rescue gear, you are far more likely to need that than to put out a fire, like the video said only 4% of calls are to fires

[@joestractorshop8040]

@@ziggyzedly 2000L (roughly 530 Gal US) is the median. Some US Trucks hold 750 Gal US. There’s even tenders that can hold 5000 Gal

[@ziggyzedly]

@@joestractorshop8040 my point still stands regarding the OG post. Yes there are very wide range of appliances across the world.

[@Rentta]

One thing they didn't mention is that in most countries we also use tanker trucks as they don't have/use fire hydrants

[@alexls1923]

How long do the tanks last for? Some of our trucks have tanks in them that last about 2 to 5 minutes so they prioritize using the hydrants when they are available

[@stromundspiele670]

The thing I don't understand is, why hase the US fire department so many hose couplings, the standard US fire hose coupling, big traded ones for suction lines, storz for hydrants and cammlock, here in Germany we just use storz. Storz-A(round about 4 inches) for suction lines, STORZ-B(3 inch) for hydrants and the line to the distributer, and B and C(2 inch) for the nozzles and submersible pump. in bigger fire departments especially on airports they use storz-F it's just massive. We have effectively only 2 adapters on our truck(just a small volunteer fire department), storz A to B to conect the hose from the hydrant to the pump. And storz B to C to conect a C hose to the 3. Output of the distributer, and a manifold to conect 2 independent B lines to the pump In case only one hydrant couldn't keep up

[@gi0nbecell]

In Germany we rely heavily on voluntery fire departments in rural areas which often only have a rather limited budget. So those departments often have just one or two vehicles, including a ladder engine. But larger departments in cities have a large variety. While in the US tehy deploy one engine taht has everything stacked (plus maybe an amulance), in Germany they deploy multiple vehicles where necesary. So the heavy duty ladder engine, the most expensive, slowest, worst maneuverable and least fuel efficient vehicle is not deployed for every incident. Also, often ambulances are not operated by fire depts (though this does happen), so way less medical equipment is transported around. On a side note: paramedics have way less authority here. But there are emergency doctors on duty. As not every call needs a doctor, they mainly have their own vehicles, often just normal estate cars (for storage) but fitted with the appropriate colours and blue light/sirens. That gives the doctors more flexibility to get around. It's just a different philosophy and overall a different situation here.

[@lordpicor5568]

Btw, I think the weird airplane that looks like an helicopter is called autogiro (in Spanish, at least). I kind of remember one of the benefits was its hovering capabilities and that if engine failed, it would fall down alowly, as the helli rotors would slow down the thing. But just talking out of memory.

[@BrokenCurtain]

Autogyros can't hover, but they're STOL-capable (short take-off & landing), meaning they can use basically any short patch of grass as an airfield. They're pretty popular among Australian farmers, who use them as bush planes. And the rotors aren't powered, they spin because of the vehicle's forward movement, that's why they can be landed safely even if the engine fails: you just take a dive to spin them up, thus creating enough lift to bring you down without crashing.

[@lordpicor5568]

@@BrokenCurtain thanks for the info! I remembered they could land even with a motor failure, but I didn't know the way it worked.

[@ReisskIaue]

Thing is, not to replace all of the huge trucks with small ones. As in Singapore, of the three huge trucks two were replaced with smaller ones but the third one with one of comparable size. Most cases the two smaller fire trucks can handle the task as well as a larger one (and there will be quite a number of further cases, where two small ones do perform as good as one large one). But then, there still might be cases where you need the big one, that's why there sill is one of 'em around (and I think some more that haven't been replaced yet).

[@PereMorata]

About the helo-plane thing is the autogiro, invented by spaniard Juan de la Cierva.

[@barriehull7076]

In the UK when a extra fire appliance is needed we have the Green Goddess, they are the colloquial name for the Bedford RLHZ Self Propelled Pump, a fire engine used originally by the Auxiliary Fire Service (AFS), and latterly by the British Armed Forces. These green-painted vehicles were built between 1953 and 1956 for the AFS. A chassis (US: /ˈtʃæsi/,[1] UK: /ˈʃæsi/;[2] plural chassis /-iz/ from French châssis.

[@Jeroen8874]

If you want to see a modern autogiro which can be used as a car as well you should check out the PAL-V

[@RealNotallGaming]

8:00 as italian with small iveco and fiat trucks i always loved that big boing truck 😍🤩

[@terjeringdalen6298]

The plane looking helicopter is a Gyrocopter, also known as a Autogyro. The top rotor is rotating freely from the forward momentum and creates lift from that.

[@tiaxanderson9725]

If you'd like to see fire fighters in action (specifically Dutch), I can recommend the Brandweer Lunteren channel, Lunteren is a small town of 14K inhabitants and their volunteer fire fighters record their activities. From pager alarm till parking the fire truck back at base.

[@ich0987]

7:30 This is a France wildlandfire group. The trucks are special build for that. And in the right corner there is an UNIMOG.

[@jonasweber9408]

You pronounced Citroën the right way!!! 👏 bravo! Thank you ☺️ nothing wrong with any pronunciation but the fact that you made the effort to pronounce it the french way is nice 😊

[@minecraftbuilderify]

The UK has some cool & diverse fire trucks, I know locally we have had some ATVs & uni Mog's added recently for wildfires but seen big ladder trucks. Definitely check out airport firetrucks to

[@petethebastard]

Yankee kit is often bigger... eg. when the Hummvee came in, the rest of the world was using something MUCH smaller! We used to go down tracks in Landrovers that we KNEW Hummers couldn't get through... LOL! (But, that's just Diggers being smart-arses!) Have a look at your utes, mate! They're HUGE!

[@markhepworth1556]

Haha its an inadequacy thing out there mate 😉😂

[@dasy2k1]

Here in the UK we have the classic fire engine similar to that scannia one and then we also have small pickup sized ones (think they are based on a Hilux chassis) Those have enough fire fighting capability to deal with a typical car fire or dumpster fire as well as all the rescue gear for all built the worst car crashes

[@johnfitzgerald5158]

They answered their own question in the video regarding why they are bigger. She listed everything that's on them and the capacities. It is not a 1 for 1 comparison if you are comparing one of their smaller rigs to the US pumper / tanker / rescue rigs. And then you see the supposedly "too" wide ladder truck spreading its stabilizers even wider to properly support the ladder on the truck. Most US fire departments have other smaller vehicles for other purposes. Also, in my township, where there are zero fire hydrants, I want them to have the biggest, strongest, well equipped pumper and the biggest tanker on hand. We're relying on the tanks on both trucks to at least begin putting the fire out, and then be able to have enough hose and pumping power to get water from a nearby creek or the reservoir.

[@CaptainFrost32]

In my hometown, we have a volunteer fire department and certification is handled at a specialized facility at the county college. Our local departments are often called on to set up the flow of water when a city department cannot use a hydrant. We have a ladder truck, pumper trucks, and brush trucks. When you might not have a local water supply, you want as much water as your pumper truck can haul. Even then, they fit into the same dimensions as other CDL trucks from buses to RVs to 18-wheelers. The variety of trucks reflects the variety of tasks. A ladder truck will have power tools, ropes, harnesses, hand tools, hoses, a collapsible portable pool, a heavy-duty pump, and a moderate tank. Pumper trucks have multiple pumps, hoses, connection valves, chemicals for fires that cannot be quenched by water, hand tools, and more. The size of the trucks is needed for traffic control for blocking interstate on-ramps and exits.

[@81LeviaThan18]

Hey man, my recommendation for that video about firetrucks would be to look into Tatra for example. Some cool variations are for example Tatra Titan, super mass water tender with balistic protection as well if I recall correctly. Anyway check tht polička, they have more vehicles. Tatra 815-7 are used in Slovakia and Czech republic. If you want more info about firefighters here feel free to ask.

[@colingregory7464]

Check out the Gyrocopter (Little Nelly) in the James Bond movie You Only Live Twice (the rotors are un powered, there spin and lift comes purely from the forward motion provided by the rotor and engine mounted on the front )

[@b101uk]

most US fire trucks are ~98in wide, which is ~2.5m, and is comparable width to other places, they have probably got the width of ARFF (airport) appliances in the US and used that (ARFF over here are just as wide too)

[@yoldman7713]

I've noticed that in the US most fire trucks are large because of the cabin. Lets face it, when you're driving around with 6 to 8 people in the cab who are 8 foot tall and built like brick shithouses who are also suited up to take on infernos, you need big trucks 😁

[@ziggyzedly]

😂 8ft tall!

[@paulbaker9277]

The aircraft maybe a Gyro , many were experimenting with different vertical lift type craft, even though the gyro needs a runway' someone decided to use the rotor like a wing. The prop pulled the gyro forward but today, the prop usually pushes a gyro, hence the the aircraft shape, it looks to me it could be a gyro but I stand corrected . It looks cool .

[@hyzenthlay7151]

It's called an autogyro. The main rotor is unpowered, basically the forward motion of the aircraft is what makes the blades rotate. It's a STOL aircraft, making it ideal for city use before helicopters were a thing.

[@Legweak]

Gyrocopter or Autogyro , that plane thing

[@AIM19836]

When you do Australian fire trucks please don’t forget that our bushfire fighting volunteers also have white fire trucks specifically designed for fighting bushfires

[@nelsondawson9706]

Well in Queensland the rfb trucks are all yellow

[@AIM19836]

@@nelsondawson9706 that’s true too. Here in the west our vbfb trucks are white, Vfrs are red (obviously) and I believe vfes can be both

[@awf6554]

Mainly red in Victoria, some trucks have white cabs.

[@MKPatrolGuy]

@@awf6554Yep, I believe the white cabs was to save money by not having to paint the cab.

[@AIM19836]

@@MKPatrolGuy that would not surprise me

[@Goatcha_M]

The helicopter thing is a Gyrocopter. The engine only powers the front drive prop, the upper blades are turned by air pressure (autorotation) and generate lift. They predate helicopters by a couple decades being a much simpler design. Think of it as a plane that has rotating wings. They can fly at extremely slow speeds without stalling or falling and don't need long runways, but they aren't able to truly hover.

[@notobeanassbut]

This would also include changing firefighting tactics and equipment that is carried. You would also need to change your building construction codes all over the country. This style of vehicle is not just found in America, but all of The Americas. It’s also a little silly to conflate all commercial vehicle accidents with fire trucks.

[@Naanhanyrazzu]

The smallest "serious" fire engine that I know of would be the (KLF|Kleinlöschfahrzeug) small fire engine of the Kärcher works fire brigade in Winnenden, Germany. It's built on the chassis of a MuVo, which is about the size of a Multicar. I think the coolest vehicle at the moment is the (eLHF|elektrisches Lösch- und Hilfeleistungsfahrzeug) electric firefighting and rescue group vehicle of the Berlin fire brigade. It is a specially designed chassis from the Rosenbauer company in Austria. In addition to Berlin, Amsterdam, Dubai and Los Angeles have also received such a vehicle. What I find most interesting, however, is the special operations group of Alpha Robotics GmbH in Vechta, Germany. This is a group equipped with firefighting robots and drones. The vehicle fleet is completely designed to control the robots and drones and to supply them with extinguishing water.

[@mauricen9688]

I liked the old trucks with the guy sitting on the end of the trailer steering the rear wheels.

[@alankohn6709]

Around Canberra we have seen 4 basic fire trucks standard trucks which are about 2/3 the size of US trucks, support type trucks which are big pickup style trucks with gear on them We have a couple of Ladder trucks similar to the US and the Bush Fire SES trucks which are big off road capable trucks with less gear but large water tanks. The Japanese have some super compact I'm talking almost smart car sized fire vehicles designed to work in some of the cities with older style very narrow streets.

[@MrStredders]

American fire trucks do look badass tho…

[@DarkMatter1992]

That Singapore Light Fire Attack Vehicle (LFAV), or Red Rhino, looks like a heavily modified Isusu D-max (2012 - 2016 era), it has the same headlights.

[@groenekever]

I got a old vw lt31 short firetruch as campervan

[@MrPuggen]

You gotta look at Scanias new nextgen firetrucks with crewcabs. Some versions, atleast in Sweden is build by a special concept called BAS and the purpose of that concept is to have robust, relieble trucks that can act even in warzones. But a Scania firetruck cost almost the same as the american firetrucks depending on the equipment installed on it.

[@MrPuggen]

Here's a clip of Scania firetrucks in Stockholm, Sweden kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y2eWf6KneLutjqs

[@Pyrochemik007]

Do not forget to include tatra, they have best firetrucks. Even tose large monsters 10x10 with armored cabins for industrial fires and warzones. Some of the smaller ones were working in california 20years ago.

[@machotuga1992]

There's a portuguese firetruck constructor called Jacinto Marques De Oliveira, Sucessores, Lda (or Jacinto, Lda) who build and deliver firetrucks all over the world, like Africa, Asia and Latine America. They're developing a unique vehicle, which is a combination of a Unimog and a Crane truck, for specialized combat in off-road terrains and another version to be used in airports

[@ChuckSannel]

That's a GYRO COPTER (me getting mad at my auto correct) it is a freely spinning rotary blade, decreasing take off and landing speeds, increasing the safety of both events.

[@chappo91rulz]

The one a 6:48 is an Australian Fire tru from my home town of Melbourne Victoria

[@SIP100Ka]

At 7:17 those are french fire fighters vehicles we have normal cars, big ladder truck, unimog and 4x4s

[@IntyMichael]

For me as an European visiting the US a few times, it’s always crazy when a big fire truck comes along for a small medical emergency.

[@lynx9373]

The reason this happens in many areas is that it allows for extra manpower or first response. It's not always economical or safe to have specialized units just for assisting ambulances on medical calls.

[@joestractorshop8040]

It’s also for if they get called to a fire after they’ve paged to a medical. That way they don’t have to drive back to the hall and change trucks.

[@klaushohmann1101]

In Germany, a distinction must be made between volunteers and professional fire brigades.While rural areas are covered by volunteer fire brigades, the more specially equipped and trained professional fire brigades can be found mainly in larger cities.Depending on the purpose, however, they complement each other or hand over the deployment to the respective other fire brigade.I am absolutely sure that German professional fire brigades can easily keep up with their American colleagues due to the technical nature of the vehicles.One of the emergency vehicles of the German fire brigades, for example, is your beloved UNIMOG.The professional fire brigades also have large mobile medical trucks, in which several seriously injured people can be medically treated and surgical procedures can be carried out.Without exaggeration one can say that German professional fire brigades have the perfect emergency vehicle for every special purpose.If necessary, units of the Federal Agency for Technical Relief with their heavy equipment are also called in.These units are so well equipped that they are used all over the world in disasters.

[@peterm.2385]

The difference in qualification and equipment between volunteers and professionals in Germany is smaller than you think. You have to keep in mind that there are only 112 professional fire departments in Germany - compared to 22000 volunteer fire brigades. Of course the guys in rural areas with only one Iveco Daily-based TSF-W operate on a different level than the vunteer firefighters of a 60.000 inhabitants city with some industry, a highway & railroads and a river nearby. These volunteers might have around 10-15 fire trucks, a boat & firefighters with extra qualification like diving, height-rescue, dealing with chemical threats and so on...

[@einar8019]

in sweden the firestations in the north have ex military BV-206 amphibious tracked carriers

[@VinDieselS70]

We occasionally see these trucks here in Scotland and Glasgow in particular when a film or recoded here every now and then as Glasgow often is used as New York or Gotham city and the average US city. And these fire trucks are massive lol yet very cool looking

[@leeloxleigh1471]

Can I suggest that you check out the Airlander airship. The world's biggest aircraft, being developed in Cardington Bedfordshire UK. We live close to the hangers and would often go and watch the test flights. Its an incredible aircraft.

[@HusiHusi]

2:55 it's a gyrocopter. On the top it has a free rotating wing. It's looks like a helicopter but flies like a plane. It's the ancestor of a helicopter

[@garywheble4534]

There are modern Autogyros the most famous is James bonds little Nellie most fires I attended were small house fire mainly in a kitchen ie chip pan fires or bedroom fire coursed by inquisitive children play with matches or drunks falling asleep while smoking. Now in the UK most homes are of brick construction so the spread of fire is not as fast as the US where wood built buildings are more common. So the type of fire fighting equipment used for me was what is called a first aid hose like you would find on a buildings fire hose like in officers and hotels and schools .but longer the second most important is the water pump small but high output this make first response vehicals made smaller like a long bed pick up truck these can get to a site quicker and even with the small water tank can handle most house fires also you can hook up to the fire mains and use a standard fire hose until if needed a main fire pump shows up

[@tinyvanuffelen7918]

I recommend you to watch Dutch volunteering firefighters Lunteren ,they’re fun to watch !

[@user-zl2ez8vc8h]

Well America has to be the country who created the phrase " go big or go home " I mean since everything is so big in America it would be pretty obvious as everything embraces Go big or Go home so perfectly in America

[@zwaanjan56]

In the Netherlands nowadays, most of the Ladder Trucks have been replaced by long reach ystems with a "basket" at the end, for 2 or 3 Firefighters and a Waterspoud. Also Firetrucks have standard Water on board, so upon a fire scene, they start hosing within 2 or less minutes. Later on, a Watertanker comes up, and feed the Engine with extra Water. www.youtube.com/@BrandweerLunteren Look at their Vlogs, and they are Volonteers !! Good luck, and keep up the Vlogs

[@101steel4]

Genuine question. Do you get charged in america if you phone for a fire engine?

[@ghostwolf5552]

So the main reason why the European and Asia firefighter have smal vehicles then the américain. first they modern their fleet with new vehicles and also they preferred specified their vehicles to responde to certain call when the usa have universal vehicles ,witch can helpful in some situations like in major disaster ,but ridiculous in some other situations. I living in France 🇫🇷 and firefighter work more in specification. We have for exemple vehicles responde for car accident other for fire or we have some unit like the video in 5:50 i think Oriented to forest emergency In the video we see 3 type of véhicule: The 4x4 is a commande car basically. The smal van is actualy a tactical véhicule ,they have diferentes tools like chainsaw or wire and other. And the last, the all terrain véhicule with the white barrier going around the vehicles , is a forest responde. vehicle is smal and get go in all terrain and we basically seeing im during the summer for fire forest. By the white bars going around the vehicle is actually a water wall to protect from the fire. So to resumat: the type of vehicles use by a country going to depend how you going to fight fire And that also doesn't mean European and Asian firefighter don't have large vehicles In France we have the mobile fire HQ use guring crisis In a lot of airport we use vehicles oriented for plane And in some country like in Switzerland you can have a firefighting train.

[@thomass7145]

As a firefighter I can say that the original video is coming from someone with absolutely 0 knowledge of the fire service, so take what they said with a grain of salt. The reason for the bigger trucks is to simply carry more equipment. For example, the average American Ladder Truck carries several times the amount of equipment than it's European counterpart, for a multitude of specialized situations like technical rescue, rope rescue, high angle rescue, vehicle extrication, and more. Additionally there is a safety aspect, fire trucks are hit on highways far to frequently. So having a bigger truck helps protect the responders on a scene, some fire depts even have dedicated "blockers" that are old engines weighed down with sand in the tank and with much more emergency lighting. I can also point out the fact that the vast majority of the US has wide open roads, it is a very small minority of places with tight small roads. Finally, even though in the video they said fire calls make up around 4% of all calls, that doesn't include alarms where there is a possibility of a fire or other calls where the large amount of equipment on the truck is put to use, like a vehicle extrication or technical rescue. But it is true that the vast majority of calls are EMS related for most fire depts.

[@EnjoyFirefighting]

some departments in Germany make the same stupid move and use their Tower Ladder as blocker on highway scenes; Luckily some states use seperate traffic safety trailers to warn and direct traffic better than the Tower Ladders could ever do. As for the equipment: in Germany stuff for vehicle extrication, technical assistance and alike is carried by the Engines, while the Tower Ladders carry only the bare minimum of equipment to allow better maneuverability by having a more compact truck. Sweden has the very same road layout like the US, still they don't have any larger emergency vehicles in service