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[@nordwestdeutschlandeinsatz5848]

We have in Germany 1,1 Mio Firefighters. 95% are Volunteers. Fire engines can carry 500 l - 3000 l water. Tanker 2000 l - 30000l water.

[@mrlng2268]

This one is probably between 1.200l and 2.000l.

[@tobiasfleischmann7016]

In Germany by law you have to form a free lane for rescue vehicles as soon as traffic on the Autobahn comes to a stop - even if you can't See why there ist a traffic jam. The cars on the very left lane have to move as far left as possible, the rest hast to moove to the right...

[@HrLBolle]

not just on the Autobahn but any multi lane road

[@MichaEl-rh1kv]

It is a voluntary firefighter brigade in a small upper Bavarian village near the Autobahn A9. In the start they are talking about organizing the response, whether a qualified driver for the second truck with the equipment for cordoning off has already arrived and ordering upcoming volunteers to fetch respiratory protective devices. They speak a rather heavy dialect which no automatic translation system will understand. 5:25 Explaining the fire is on the middle lane, which could be a problem. 5:50 Entering the Autobahn via an emergency access, which is a bit cluttered by vehicles leaving the Autobahn (which is illegal, if not ordered explicitly by the police).

[@Sir_Mike]

Da haste selbst als Deutscher Probleme bei xD

[@u.z.9383]

Usually the seat you capture when entering the truck determines what your job is: the water squad, connecting the truck's pump to the (subterranean) Hydrant, the hose squad, responsible for the water supply from the pump to the fire, the attacking squad, rescuing people and extinguishing the fire. You don't have to discuss much. 70% of German firefighters are volunteers. That's amazing.

[@henrikooe7600]

sind tatsächlich über 90% freiwillig

[@Syndur]

Yes, they are a volunteer brigade, which is why they arrive with their private cars one by one. Fire brigades have different trucks with different tank sizes, so I have no idea what the volunteers would "usually" have. There's an actual episodic documentary from professional firefighters with bodycams and stuff ("Feuer und Flamme", also on KZbin) showing all sorts of deployments, from minor technical assistance to huge fires -- they do occasional comment along the lines of "that's enough for any car fire, small hedge fire etc., but for this, getting the water supply set up has top priority". And, occasionally, they run into a firefighters "worst nightmare": the water that they brought along is gone, but they haven't been able to establish a supply just yet.

[@michaelkruse4864]

It's not connected to the type of fire department (volunteer vs. career fire department) what type of truck they use. It depends on the town and what is needed for this fire department. If - for example- they have to go to the autobahn frequently for car fires and if they often have the problem of water supply, they might have a truck with a big water tank. Maybe they have other concepts. We don't know that from what we see in the video. Anyway, there is not "that one specific" type of truck that is used in every volunterr fire department. It's actuellay the same way as it is for the career fire departments

[@Syndur]

@@michaelkruse4864 Well, I tend to assume that a volunteer brigade doesn't have a large selection of vehicles, so they would mostly just take what they have...

[@PeterNichtlustig0815]

@@Syndur Not really. My local VFD has 12 vehicles... ^^

[@JumpingFlapjack]

And why they are arrive with their civilian cars? They are volunteer firefighters, like most people in Germany. Volunteer firefighters go through exactly the same training as a full-time firefighter, but you don't get paid for your rescuework, you serve the public voluntarily. With the fire department, the Federal Agency for Technical Relief (THW), the German Red Cross and many other rescue organizations :). In Germany there are 111 Full-Time fire departments and over 23000 voluntary fire departments.

[@UliFandoms]

The emergency lane (Rettungsgasse) isn't ceeated by the police - but all the drivers have to build this lane in the moment the traffic comes to a hold and just in case there's an emergency ahead. So when that fire truck showed up, the emergy lane already was built for a while..

[@n_____8882]

The guy probably didn't take pictures. That was probably a thermal camara and he was looking which parts of the vehicle was still hot and might reinflame

[@gewurzgurkenkaiser2575]

No it's a normal camera

[@weeardguy]

My thoughts exactly...

[@dirkst73]

Hey, following your vids since the beginning and really like your reaction videos, cause you are really a very good host. Since I come from the northern part of Germany, i really like that you start your vids with "moin", that's making you even more likeable as you already are. so many youtubers are focussed on south Germany and I really appreciating the to bring the northern twist into your vids. Thanks for your daily work on those vids and making my day a bit happier.

[@UntilWeregoing]

I appreciate that!

[@evilmessiah81]

most firefighters are volunters in germany, only big citys, airports and big corporations like bayer, audi or vw have fulltime employed firebrigades. also in real live cars dont tend to exploe like in the movies, its aktually quite rare

[@uweinhamburg]

Volunteer firefighters.... When they are inlisted, they get the right to drop anything they are doing when the fire signal begins to sound and if they are employed their boss has to pay them when they are on a mission....

[@manub.3847]

@@uweinhamburg In my small community, the sirens sound every Saturday at 12 p.m. as a test alarm. Last year there was a major fire about 400-500 meters away and I was already sleeping soundly and didn't hear anything. The next morning around 5 a.m. I got up and wondered why it smelled so burnt. The fire was reported around 11 p.m. and the fire department extinguished the fire most of the night, as the warehouse was filled with fireworks and old batteries . Since the warehouse was located directly near a railway line, train traffic was temporarily stopped. To those who first reported the fire, it looked as if the trees and bushes on the railway embankment were burning.

[@michaelkruse4864]

And even in those big cities you have volunteers in addition to the career fire staitions.

[@sonnenscheinsommer4754]

translating the credit (and other) words from the end ( 10:51 ) and because it was so nice, again the streaker from the beginning (fire fighter comes running without trousers, you see again) and again the world is saved!!! My thank to all people who stopped everything at home to help others and who gave us way (on the roads) Thanks Mengi for the musik

[@karstendoerr5378]

I was a volunteer firefighter in Germany for 25 years with special training in hazardous materials and radiation protection. What is important for us is the response time. The response time is the most important planning and quality criterion for fire and rescue service operations. The laws of the federal states on rescue services and fire protection as well as municipal fire protection requirement plans set maximum values for the response time and additional protection targets (response time and staffing levels) for fire protection. The density of the network of rescue centres and fire stations as well as their personnel and material resources are based on this. Compliance with the response time can be checked using the dispatch documentation of the control centres.

[@seydiatas7690]

This Truck is from our neighborhood Village it's Rescue Engine and carries 1800l of Water

[@UntilWeregoing]

Cool!

[@michaelkruse4864]

so it's an "old" TLF 8/18?

[@timk.2381]

@@michaelkruse4864 could not because of the size of the crew. It could be a TLF16/25 with a 6man crew. A TLF8/18 is mostly one of the old Norms, and you have normaly nowadays exemption from the so called "trupp-Kabine" to a "Gruppen-Kabine or "Staffel-Kabine". In my Volunteer department we had a TLF 8/18 with a "Trupp Kabine" and we change to a group cabin when it cames new it is now a TLF3000 with group cabin. @untilweregoing "trupp-Kabine" means 1 Driver, the leader, and 1 Firefighter total 3firefighter(mostly for utility trucks like a tanker (TLF or Tanklöschfahrzeug) Staffel Kabine means 1 Driver, 1 Leader and 4 firefighter (2 Firemen builds a Squad ( so we have 2 squads) and last we have the Gruppen Kabine with 9 firefighter, 1 Driver, 1 leader, 3 Squads and a so called Melder (he is a more like a firefighter which directed orders from the leader to the squads or other units, command posts etc. and / or have other specific tasks) Each person has per law in their state a dedicated tasks, so with changeable crews you know always what kind of task you have to do.

[@craft12hs41]

@@michaelkruse4864 No, it´s a HLF 20/16 build in 2003 (At least thats the Info, from the Page from the Feuerwehr Stammham)

[@michaelkruse4864]

@@craft12hs41 Thanks for the Info. So it's an old norm. I didn't have that present. When I grew up as a young fire fighter we still had the previus Norm such as LF16/12, TLF16/25 and so on. In the actual Norm there is no LF20/xx or HLF20/xx. I didn't remeber there was this Norm inbetween. And since in the actual Norm there is no 1800l Version of anything (knowing that in the actual Norm the tank size is a minum size and may ne Niger than that). I assumed it was from the very old Norm, where that tlf thing existed as only vehicle carrying 1800l.

[@maireweber]

Only the tires can explode when they get overheated by the fire. Cars. do. not. explode! So don't worry about that part and run towards it if there are people inside, get them out while you still can! Always had to stress that point when I taught first aid for a driving school.

[@katharinapeters6710]

approach carefully when closing the last few meters. the heat a fire that size radiates can catch you off guard if never been next to a bigger fire even as far as making any work on the vehicle impossible without protection.

[@nuster7816]

Like others already said, the most firefighters in germany are volunteers. In germany more or less every Village got an own fire department. Often very small ones with just 1 support vehicle. Thats because you can fight the fire fast while more support from surrounding villages arrive. Only Citys over 100.000 Residents need to have a Full Time Firefighters. In Germany there are 82 Cites over 100.000 Residents

[@mr.squanch]

No Captain America, Spiderman and all that ridiculous crap from Hollywood. This video shows real heroes from the real world.

[@str1kerxx]

I still cant get it why some of us are blocking their way, making trouble for a blocked road etc... there should be a law where they are allowed to knock some sense into these kind of ppl.

[@XT-dm6cs]

If you like Firefighter/fighting you will enjoy " Feuer und Flamme " which is a highproduktion german firefighting series but more like a dokumentery style, with context and background information and with out any additional TV Drama or fake scenes. But you'll need somesort of VPN because its geo/regionblock'd.

[@Syndur]

I wouldn't call it "more like a documentary style" -- it IS a documentary, full stop. Yes, they do select what they show, and cut it to turn it into a TV episode, but it's all real, and the commentary is added later (which they also don't hide)

[@lappilappland3708]

But those are Paied Pro Firefighters. and yes that´s all real like it happened instand to that Pseudoscriped trash in other Channels.

[@lappilappland3708]

@@Syndur There is Speaker in the off, all is taken like it is. To that also belong when 2 fire axes at once broke on firefighter comment it with " Those Axes are shit...". Some like this is not cut out ,and stay in the Episode later. Is absolute authentic.

[@UliFandoms]

The photos are taken for the reports for the police, the insurance and official stuff! I'm pretty sure they are not allowed to take pictures for all the other purposes you mentioned..

[@peggygawel7244]

Ever heard the sentence: Einmal Einwixxen? In firefighting that means (spoiler below) Put fire retardent on it

[@schlawa]

Notice how this Firebrigade is sporting the good old German M-35 helmets :)

[@UntilWeregoing]

Cool

[@andreasfischer9158]

An example from Austria, volunteers even there. Traffic accident, alarm at 4.46 a.m. (the time displayed in the outside camera is wrong by one hour). Takes six minutes until the fire engines start rolling, which must be considered decent when people still were at home sleeping. kzbin.info/www/bejne/gKHKeoZmpdelnNU&pp=ygUYZmV1ZXJ3ZWhyIHZlcmtlaHJzdW5mYWxs

[@YezaOutcast]

no ide what kind of truck that was. but there is for example the LF4000 that has 4000 liters of water stored.

[@SB-cz9vo]

A little background information gathered from the website of the volunteer fire brigade Stammham. According to their website, the truck used is a HLF20 with a 2000 litre tank and call sign Florian Stammham 40/1.

[@ayounbailey586]

In general, a fire truck typically carries between 500 and 30000 liters of water or foam agent, depending on the type of vehicle, to extinguish various types of fires. Photos serve to document the condition of the vehicle before, during, and after the extinguishing operation. This documentation can later be used for insurance claims, investigations into the cause of the fire, or internal analyses. Particularly in cases of fires that may be attributed to deliberate arson, photos can serve as evidence. They allow investigators to document the fire's origin and the condition of the vehicle before it is extinguished. The photos can also be used for training purposes, showing other firefighters various aspects of the extinguishing operation. They can be used to demonstrate successful tactics or to analyze mistakes and learn from them. In some cases, photos of firefighting operations can also be used for public relations purposes, raising awareness of fire hazards or honoring the work of the fire department.

[@christianschockel4966]

Funkrufname 40/1 ist in Bayern wo das Video aufgenommen wurde ein Hilfeleistungslöschgruppen Fahrzeug 20 oder wie hier in diesem Falle nach der Alten Norm ein Löschgruppen Fahrzeug 16 oder ein 16/12 was in der Regel eine Pumpenleistung von 1600 lieter pro Minute bei 10 bar nenn Förderleistung entspricht. Zudem hat das Fahrzeug je nach Hersteller und Anforderungen der jeweiligen Ortsfeuerwehr einen Löschwassertank zwischen 2000 und 2200 Liter mit dabei hoffe ich konnte etwas helfen 😅

[@karstendoerr5378]

Depends on the size of the tanker. The 4000 tanker is designed for use on forest fires, vehicle fires on motorways and interurban roads and for general firefighting operations in remote areas. The tanker carries up to 6,000 litres of water and 500 litres of foam compound - optionally in two foam compound tanks.This has the advantage that you can transport 2 different types of foam.

[@markus1351]

these are volunteers and there is no police traffic control because the firefighters are way faster

[@drhausig797]

Feuer und Flamme is the best series.

[@michaelkruse4864]

There are standards for fire trucks in Germany. Due to those standards the trucks carry either 1000 liters or 2000 liters but there are also other sizes. I can't see what type of truck they use in this case

[@lappilappland3708]

Not all. Small firestation have a smaller Truck and some have only 500 to750 Liters Water onboard. I was on a Voulenteer Firestation with those Truck. It´s enough the get on a small fire , or hold it down untill Water is available.

[@michaelkruse4864]

@@lappilappland3708 That's true. Good point. There are also smaller vehicles like the TSF-W or the KLF that carries what you mentioned or even the TSF that doesn't eben carry an water. Then there is the MLF that has 600-1000 liters. As a first respnse vehicle (or even as the only vehicle of that fire department) you see those typically in fire departments of very small towns but I would assume that fire departments that are responsible for parts of the Autobahn would have an LF or HLF.

[@ItHurtWhenIP]

And suprise! No policeofficer on szene the germans stoped all by himselfs ^,^ German quality at its best x'D @Until I Go The firetrucks had 1600L up to 5000L onboard at standard

[@tobiasmuth2372]

The vehicles on the road from 5:50 are doing something forbidden. Where the fire truck enters the highway. Is it forbidden for “private” vehicles to drive up and down. The vehicles leave here because they are stuck in a traffic jam. Use is only permitted for road maintenance vehicles, police and emergency vehicles. Ultimately, these even disrupt the driveway. Of course there are also cases where it is “allowed”. Then the police are there too...

[@andrestein7797]

Maybe he makes pictures or a video for schooling other firefighters. Or for the insurance agency. 🤔

[@gl.g.8318]

@Until I Go: at around 0:16 you said "don't move here" ...well too bad ! I immigrated (PR) from Germany to Canada, Vancouver Island in 2009, later moved back to Germany and now I'm back and here to stay. ;-) I think I get it why you said it the way you said it... Canada has a big big housing problem. A lot of ppl blame it on the immigrants but in reality the gov simply messed up and let too many in without improving on the housing market. Oh and a lot and I mean A LOT of int. students. They addressed that at least... anyway sorry to bring this up but don't want ppl to think Canada has a problem with immigrants per se but it is a really bad time atm... and I'm just scratching the surface here. I LOVE it here but yeah... difficult times. Sorry I just had to say something about that ! Love your channel man. All the best, Glenn

[@henrischutte1968]

Most German basic fire trucks are LFZ 20 (LFZ=Löschfahrzeug) they carry 2000 liter of water but there are some LFZ 16 around which carry 1600 liter. And cars only explode in movies (except for the tyres).

[@markus1351]

LFZ would be Luuftfahrzeug (Airplane),... you're talking about LF here (Löschgruppenfahrzeug),... the number also doesn't denote the amount of water carried but the pump-performance.

[@michaelkruse4864]

LF not LZF. Anyway... there is no type of truck that is "the one standard truck". You find LF10, LF20, HLF10, HLF20 or also TSF-W depending on what the requirement for each specific fire department is. For example in my town there are 3 volunteer stations plus one career station. The career station uses a HLF20. volunteer station 1 uses a HLF20 and a LF20, station two LF10, LF20-KatS and TLF4000 and station 3 uses LF10, LF20-KatS and TLF2000. As you see you basically find every type of truck

[@ileana8360]

As far as I know, there was no police to craeate the emergency lane, you have to do so by law. The drivers stopped on their own in a secure distance instead of driving by and not giving a sh*t. The drivers alerted the firefighters and for sure did provide help as there is the law about "Unterlassene Hilfeleistung", where you can be charged, if you do not help another person in an accident or health emergency. ANY help is better, than no help and we have to pass our firstbaid test before we get our drivers licence. There is the discussion after how many years you have to fresh up your knowledge on that. Edit: have you seen the video of a German police officer giving gawkers a reality check and shaming them when they pass an accident filming dead bodies etc.

[@azrael7582]

2:15 yes he is on call, he got a pager on him nearly everytime of the day, and as soon as it goes off they rush to the fire department, it doesnt matter if they are on their normal job or elsewhere. thats why you should always keep the Fire Department Entrances clear of traffic, because you dont see the alarm outside of the building or the street, but they need to get in their asap The Horns are actually 2, Air Horn and Electric, Electic is for Citys and Night and Air horn for everywhere else, its because even in a emergency they dont want to disturb citizens Germany has the law to form a Emergency Lane as soon as the Traffic slows down or comes to a stop , its called the "Rettungsgasse" , also youre allowed to get out of the car in these Traffic jams but you have to be on response to roll again as soon as it starts or if you maybe block the road. Source of the fire? maybe electical, than can happen very quickly, it can take a while to a Car to really Explode, well exept Electric Cars, they can blow up easier They took Pictures for the Press or for Documentary, because they need to file a report on it, maybe for insurence And wow your German is quite good

[@karstenmoller2407]

On a firetruck like in the Video takes 2000 liter water with

[@BR618]

As U see at 7:12, there is no police or other first-responders on scene, the volunteer firefighters are the first to show up.^^ + most villages still have fire-/air raid sirens* in use, so maybe the people could hear the sirens calling the firefighters and sprung in action a bit quicker ^^ * used since long before pagers/mobile/car phones were a thing, easy back-up-system and handy to warn the public and give a hint to all road-users to actively look out for emergency vehicles

[@Kurzschluss72]

At about minute 10:00. He is probably using a thermal imaging camera.

[@mickypescatore9656]

Hi, Mace! I don`t know quite well, but I`ve heard it`s terrible when electric cars are burning. They're supposed to be very difficult to delete!?`😯 This was no e-car, I think.

[@helloweener2007]

They are taking pictures for Facebook. ;) Ok, I do not know ith these firemen do but you are right it is a voluntary firebrigade. And they have also websites and social media where they post about the missions. It is kind of PR too, because they all are in need of volunteers.

[@wietholdtbuhl6168]

Look at German Firefighting Trucks on an Airport😮Tschüss

[@xinapweb]

He is not taking pictures. He see the temperature in the burning vehikle.

[@UntilWeregoing]

Thanks !

[@incrediblemichael]

actually the firestation here isbt far fro me usually this type fire truck carry around 2500 liters of watet

[@CavHDeu]

Oh schon ein Shadowban? Nice

[@23Fireman12]

da war die Rettungsgasse am nfang nicht vorhanden

[@poparab]

mostly on movie the explodes are action. In Real a explosion not real from 100 fires 2 or 3 exploding risks

[@Zentralrat-der-Schwaben]

That's not water. I don't see any puddles.

[@EnjoyFirefighting]

porous asphalt will direct water directly to a lower layer and not form any puddles at the surface

[@pami333]

I dislike people, too. And there are too many of them.

[@FrankSchmelzer]

Sure they are voluntears

[@FrankSchmelzer]

In germany most firefighters are volunteers! Only in big cities and on airports there are professional firefighters!

[@FrankSchmelzer]

Carrying water Depends on the type of firetruck! Some have only 1000 l, some bigger 4000 to 5000 liter!

[@sturm17]

When you realy want to see how fast german fire department can be look at this: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jHS1kmmGgdqihLM

[@BartMann.66687]

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