Weymouth Fire Engine Emergency Driving

In cab view of a Dorset fire engine driving under emergency conditions from Weymouth Fire Station, Radipole Lane to Barrack Road. Dorset Fire and Rescue Service recommend drivers indicate, pull over and stop in a safe location as quickly and as is safe to do so when they see an emergency vehicle responding to a 999 call.

[@marks2731]

2:28 Car on right, perfect response. Stopped, for emergency vehicle. realises they are in the way, and moved out of the way, in under half a second. To the unknown driver, I salute you.

[@kixxxxxx]

Was slightly worried for the pedestrian there though

[@ridingmtbwithtom8341]

I agree

[@connor3844]

Ye was me that lad pure certi driver

[@gary63693]

See that bus at 3:00 ? The driver saw what was happening ahead and held back, well done to that driver

[@pingu5543]

Also went through a red light, which should never happen.

[@YelpBullhorn]

Great bit of driving. Particular impressed by the crew not going over-the-top with the sirens and panicking other drivers when they come to a bit of a stalemate. Calm, respectful and immeasurably helpful to drivers who, desperate to get out of the way, find themselves in a bit of a fix. Any American friends watching: this is how you drive a fire engine!

[@WHATALOADOFTOTALBOLL]

That was some serious OVER USE of the sirens!

[@kevinhancock8157]

YelpBullhorn ya having a laugh..ive been driving fire appliances for 20 +years. EFAD we call it..and you CERTAINLY DON'T need sirens blaring constantly on route .there was one occasion where the driver. Didn't slow down at a red light at a pedestrian crossing..specially as there was a child and a adult waiting to cross..

[@user-hw1cr5uq4z]

We're a bit full of ourselves now, aren't we?

[@throttlegalsmagazineaustra7361]

Where have you spent your "20+ years driving fire appliances"? In the desert? Who says you don't need sirens on all the time? Are you telling me you'd turn the bells off driving through that built-up area? If we got on-scene without being killed or having killed anyone, I'd kick your silly bum out of the driver's seat and get someone competent to get us home.......

[@CymruEmergencyResponder]

Kevin Hancock don’t need to necessarily slow down if you have a positive reaction.

[@hansxyz3799]

Some People Waving and Smiling. They have a lot of love for the FD I like this little things in small towns

[@maskinmous5041]

Even the segul at 3:03 got out the way

[@CobraEmergency]

Really enjoyed watching this. How calmly and smoothly they drive the fire engine, yet not hanging about either. The traffic respecting the fire brigade and vice versa. P.S. Nice town, also nice to see another fire station well enroute too ;)

[@YelpBullhorn]

Hi mate. The other fire station they pass on this run is the old (now closed) Weymouth fire station. The new replacement station at the video's start point is quite a considerable way out of town, as can be realised when you see that it takes this fire engine over three minutes to get there.

[@CobraEmergency]

Yeah.

[@firefightertremaine1438]

Do you have anything to do with the fire service

[@sandrabradford2446]

CobraEmer

[@johnmcquillen2190]

P

[@richardporter1787]

Fantastic vid. Really interesting from this perspective. Major kudos to the firefighter driving. That takes skill getting around those narrow streets.

[@Sly_Wolf_1]

Bravo, lovely to watch a pro driving correctly and not lead a stray by the camera. Have watched a few of the London ambulance videos and their driving was atrocious. Your a breath of fresh air. Nice to see that there's some professionals left in the emergency services.

[@mwhip6939]

At 3:15 He realised he had his sat nav set to home. 😂 top drivers and absolute heros though everybodies favourite blue light services.

[@ravsingh5347]

Awesome driving... Motorists were very considerate... And the condition of the rds were very good... Compared to our city 🙏

[@steelswarfs]

Nice city! I really like the homes and architecture!

[@andywill9548]

never knew weymouth had a cathedral and was a city, hmmm

[@Fasty8Gaming]

@@andywill9548 lel same. Weymouth is barely a town compared to Bournemouth which is bigger than alot of cities in the UK And is only a town.

[@JT-df3yz]

0:37 Reliant Robin 3 wheeler

[@lukey123MW]

Fantastic video, thanks for sharing!

[@EmergencydriveUK]

Great footage, i can completely understand the rationale for all the driving. There is some great reactions from the public

[@olorin818]

great video, great quality too! Thanks for upload.

[@Ellie99999]

I love how the seagull moved out the way as well 😂

[@grahamdobson7428]

Great driving and very safe.

[@omorjit]

Nice driving. Now think about what they go through for hoax calls and timewasters!!

[@ridingmtbwithtom8341]

I had a major crash with a tractor does that count as a hoax

[@Goady1000]

@@ridingmtbwithtom8341 what does that have to do with his comment lol

[@rich3222]

Thanks Karen

[@johnbaldock6353]

Thank You for being You!!

[@Stylishman3378]

good drive that was nice use of audibles

[@josephpeacock4849]

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[@jackyoung7095]

I love Weymouth I go there on holiday every year

[@berlinmitte10117]

Is the more central fire station still open?

[@xpoors6641]

why the short tone for going over green lights constantly?

[@owzdocz497]

5:22 why didn’t this audi just go forward and park up on the left, reserved all the way 🤣🤣🤣

[@CreedBrattonTheOffice]

Cause all they saw was a firetruck coming at them in a 1 vehicle wide street. Immediate response is to back up and I commend them for acting so fast. Sure they could've done that but it's a split second decision and they chose to back up. It's certainly better than them just sitting there wondering what to do.

[@charliefreebury245]

becuz its an audi. 😂

[@Intern.emergency-response]

Fantastic Video very nice

[@xandevasquez9302]

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[@BarmyTwubble]

Great driving that takes alot of concentration!! Watching this makes me feel really shit about ringing 999 as a kid years back whilst messing about with mates and pretending to them a fire was happening or what ever. (Even if we only did it once or twice).

[@omorjit]

Having been in the ambulance service, definitely not condoning it, but we've all done daft things as kids...and even as adults! You've learned from it,that's what counts.

[@simonsupersi2225]

Wish there was more and newer ones

[@firefighterfan2010]

Love this!

[@Samara.Weaving]

Where was the emergency though?

[@tomh3652]

I did not know they used american type sirens that long ago. Nice

[@johngrimm588]

What no Roteray?

[@joshuahigginbottom]

Loved it

[@matthmatthmatth]

Why is everyone waving???

[@user-ig1xo3om2x]

5:40 - Audiot does exactly what he was told, and that is the whole of the initial problem, followed by the reverse.

[@tyrannywatch974]

Very nice.

[@alistairyoung9831]

Hello I am a teacher from Bradford. I am creating an educational video for young people teaching them about the importance of our amazing emergency services and why they must be respected. Please could I use some of this footage with crediting of course?

[@tomstech4390]

5:10 welcome to 90% of england, This is why most european cars are small and houses are small, Most roads started as paths and bridleways hundreds of years ago and everything got built up around them so it takes allot of work to muscle a fire truck through these streets.

[@stephanburgess654]

Boy do Australian drivers has a lot to learn. If they hear a siren they think it means time for a race.

[@collinslfc]

No idea what your comment even means but this isn't Australia....

[@TheNikerSL]

Collins LFC he's saying in Australia when they hear sirens instead of pulling up they have a race with the emergency services.

[@MCuk4]

He's implying the driver in this video is good, and that drivers in Australia could learn from this video.

[@alexcleary1459]

stephan burgess hay leave my home land alone we aussies alwys pull over not some of ous

[@melaniearnol6336]

Alex Cleary I understand it’s our home land but there is some complete idiots on the road here aren’t there. I know you’ve seen them

[@2mdjr532]

Interesting, am I really of no knowledge on* how their siren control works? Cuz I really have no clue how they use the horn control to activate and cycle the sirens.

[@charliefreebury245]

Ive been in a police car the other day and they showed me how to do it, there are all the lighting controls and a 999 and siren button, click the 999 button and i think it comes on via tapping the horn, press the siren button and it comes on normally i think

[@stayspicy9456]

Single tap of the horn changes tones. Double tap silences them

[@SanAndreas0611]

Is there any rules regarding which siren pattern is used when?

[@OUTLVW]

phaser - intersections and approaching wail - through traffic, slower busier roads yelp - emptier longer stretch roads, normally indicating its presence

[@CymruEmergencyResponder]

No not really. Drivers choice of when to use and which to use

[@shammy9]

The sirens in this vid are waaaaaay over used. Most drivers in most brigades (with a decent instructor) would do that journey using the sirens about 30% of the time at the most. The guys in the back would be shouting 'what else did you get for fu….ng Christmas'.

[@goldenshots1972]

I must ask why send a fire engine from a station so far away when they pass a station on the way.??

[@mcsostuff6129]

that station was the old weymouth one, the closest to weymouht i believe is dorchester excluding portland

[@tanyard]

Nice video. i never knew that appliances had that quick siren at 00:29, I only thought it was Police and Ambulance... Also it's a shame that allot of Fire vehicles don't use the good old two-tone nowadays, I in fact think it's better and more attention seeking then these "techno" and "drum n bass" type of sirens they have today lol.

[@ce9934]

It's the priority siren. It's not specific to any service, it's usually fitted to all sirens

[@elwolf8536]

Two tones = big red fire engine nothing to distinguish any more you knew what was flying down the road before you saw it

[@UncleBoratagain]

All of you, for phlucks sake acknowledge that you have seen the emergency vehicle using signals. Honest Q for emerg vehicles, often I observe emergs 400-500 metres behind and take action, the dweebs behind have a seizure and go daft (just like June 2016), should I hold off clearing the road until the muppets belatedly realise what is happening?

[@mbwoods2001]

That car at the end reversing? What an idiot, he could have moved to his left towards the disabled bay!

[@KEVWARD63]

Now combined with Wiltshire FRS , will that REALLY save cash ??

[@Supermarine-iv1tb]

to be completely honest Wilts Fire and rescue service has no cash anyway

[@Sidthepilot]

At 0:56 did you see the guy put the finger up that got me laughing to the ground

[@More-Space-In-Ear]

Heroes one and all. 🏆👍🏼

[@granthostheflatulent]

Odd route - but I guess the road "improvement" at the end of Buxton road means even emergency services have to go all around the houses to get to the south of Brewers Quay these days. Used to be far quicker and less junctions by going straight on at Alf's Chip Shop, up over Lanehouse, down Buxton Road then right onto Portland Road and left at the lights. I struggle with the use of the term "Improvement" in the phrase "Road Improvement" as it adds half a mile and lots of extra junctions.

[@izaakali9704]

What's the 0-60 in one of these?

[@1_foxtrot_012]

Izaak Ali well my uncle drives for the Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service NIFRS for short so I could find out

[@izaakali9704]

1_foxtrot_01 pls find out

[@YelpBullhorn]

Judging by the wobbly wallowing cab, I'm guessing this is a Scania. So nought to sixty? About three weeks downhill! Now a Dennis Rapier or a Sabre? Ooh now they could just bloody motor. Sorry I've no figures for acceleration, so you may find my reply fairly pointless, but I've heard reports of Dennis Rapiers reaching 100 mph. Both the Y-reg RS and the S-reg Sabre that my local station enjoyed for many years could both hit 90. I tried to keep up with the Sabre in my mum's Fiat Panda once on a dual carriageway. It was rather embarrassing and futile!

[@alisterm2]

YelpBullhorn we had 2 sabres. On station that I drove that was limited to 86mph.

[@reglementme6321]

Responsible driving from all, see how narrow the roads and streets are

[@ynotnilknarf39]

This demonstrates perfectly the problem with allowing parked vehicles on main through roads, even more insane that the council allowed parking on both sides on a narrow lane. That skip lorry driver should get a hefty fine for parking on double yellows and blocking the road! Nice driving though.

[@davidwhittworth1841]

ynotnilknarf39 there were 2 skip trucks, neither of them were parked, they were giving way to the tender.

[@Zootopia96]

And you're allowed to unload/load for up to 20mins on double yellows. Most jobs would be made incredibly difficult if we couldn't.

[@telemachus53]

Not sure why I liked this so much. That's an interesting building at 3:29. It looks like something arty from the 30s. Anyone recognise it? Bauhaus?

[@OldLordSpeedy]

telemachus53 You right. Looks same Bauhaus style.

[@anghinetti]

telemachus53: Rear view of an apartment block, although perhaps new-build in art-deco style rather than the real thing from the 1930s.

[@stuartpodd7443]

why didn't that audi at the end of the video, just pull into that space instead of backing back

[@muddydave01]

Stuart Podd Stress. we had a Volvo stop dead in the road in front of us once. They knew we were there, just didn't know where to go.

[@johnobrien2207]

They can t drive ..

[@giraffe3718]

@@johnobrien2207 uhh no, when an emergency vehicle suddenly turns up with its sirens blaring straight at you, panic can set in and quick decisions must be made sometimes those decisions arent the best or smartest ones, but that thought isnt really going on in their head at the time, getting the hell out of its way as fast as possible is

[@johnobrien2207]

@@giraffe3718 ...Seen it a lot of times ...It a case of been a bad nervous driver...They stop when they should keep going ...Or fail to stop when they should ...

[@giraffe3718]

@@johnobrien2207 i dont think that just because they were nervous here that it makes them a bad driver

[@jackshit3355]

Do you have a new fire station in Weymouth

[@DWFireRescue]

I think it was built in about 2008. There's a timelapse somewhere - I'll see if I can find it. Max

[@DWFireRescue]

My bad - opened 15 July 2011. Here's a link to the timelapse: kzbin.info/www/bejne/a3TNmGd_atiYidE

[@_AbhijeetPawar]

Hats off to the state infrastructure..

[@rickardbergh5431]

Such a pity the fast-paced two-tone air siren is barely used nowadays.

[@TheTyrantOfMars]

Richard Bergh Too many residents complaining and senior managers failing to rebuff said complaints

[@johnhonai4601]

This ambulance follows road rules more than 95% of drivers in India. Imagine how stressful driving is here.

[@Busenthusiast-layton6050]

It is a fire truck

[@TheStevenWhiting]

3:45 was good as you can't force people to go through red lights. So many people get booked by going through red lights to get out of the way of an emergency vehicle. The police appear to have no sympathy. You can only go through a red light if a police car directs you too.

[@greterpriffin5719]

After listening for a while it sounds like a 7 year old girl screaming "Leedle Leedle Leedle Leedle Leedle"

[@Jessebella1]

what

[@charliefreebury245]

ummm ok...

[@mycheezyhelm]

Took you three minutes to get to where the old fire station used to be. There's progress for you

[@robinhall7177]

Of course, if they had been going in the other direction it would have been 3 minutes LESS to the destination.

[@grumpyhale821]

What's that beeb-beep going off every few moments?

[@andison627]

Cyrus Hale Truck horn - the siren's hands-free control is combined with the horn on the wheel. So whenever the driver hits the horn he/she is also changing the siren tone.

[@charliefreebury245]

I predicted when they would change the siren tones and i got a lot of them right lol

[@garymoore3453]

Congratulations, do you want a medal pal?

[@charliefreebury245]

@@garymoore3453 why do you have to be sarcastic when you could've just not said anything at all

[@josefweiberg2518]

3:21 is a another Fire Station.

[@SleepExports]

3:22 Why not dispatch from here?

[@mcsostuff6129]

thats the old closed fire station, plus if it was open there would be no need for 2 fire stations for 1 town

[@SleepExports]

@@mcsostuff6129 👍

[@That1Eagle]

Was this an EFAD?

[@Jessebella1]

Maybe if they played these more at schools, teaching youngsters not to prank call, it would have a better effect than just telling them not to and why, i mean all young people see if the firefighters arrive, thats their buzz, but perhaps if a few saw the actual drive, the things they go through to get to the destination, i dunno, why not? It cant do any damage and may help.

[@petertwinn786]

Good to see the majority of road users ignoring the damn stupid laws in the UK and instead doing what they need to do to get out of the way.

[@UncleBoratagain]

Green car at 1:46, use the driveway entrances and GET OFF THE PHLUCKING ROAD.

[@terence2678]

All this to get to the chip shop.

[@simonframpton2554]

I didn't see the nothe tavern on fire ,all you've got to do now is get out of that cul de sac😁

[@idk66613]

0:55 man likes to wave to people

[@Samara.Weaving]

Those residence though ... Forced to hear those sirens so many times !!

[@mcsostuff6129]

their fault for living next to a fire station lmao

[@thomasnichol5127]

The person they are going to is probably having the worst day of their life, or possibly even the last day of their life. Poor residents though that have to suffer through hearing a siren

[@darrell190967]

@3:42 watch as the old bill actually pull over for YOU!

[@markwright3161]

If you go by the highway code and other official UK guidance they shouldn't have mounted the kerb. What absolute nonsense. In places like this there's no hope of getting through if people don't mount kerbs.

[@steveroxxjax]

Why the horn beeping all the time? Can barely be heard

[@allenweich7635]

The wires for the horn can be hooked up to the siren so you can change the siren tone from the steering wheel

[@steveroxxjax]

Ah, thanks

[@masonknowles9837]

lol I don't drive like this

[@donaldbartram6315]

I thought it was WEYMOUTH Mass, in the U.S. LOL

[@Goady1000]

No just the original Weymouth

[@Cryptonymicus]

And of course the guy on the motorcycle is STILL lane splitting even in the face of an oncoming emergency vehicle.

[@BigButtocks967]

The rider wasn't breaking any laws and didn't hinder the fire rescue vehicle in anyway so where's the problem?

[@jasongonzalez9976]

I'm surprised the fire engine isn't using a hi-lo siren, instead it's using the US siren for police cars

[@UncleBoratagain]

1:01 white trick, GET OVER AND SHOW SIGNALS.

[@justynamalinowska5776]

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[@martinjeffery3590]

That was very very smooth,now try getting one anywhere near an incident thats real in that time now that they allow women to run things (manchester bombing incident)

[@Incountry]

Don’t slow down if you’re traveling in the same direction of the emergency vehicle and pull up, accelerate hard away until you see a spot or position of complete safety for yourself, pedestrians-, emergency vehicle and crew that’s not curb/pavement mounted that the emergency doesn’t have to slow and go round you on to oncoming traffic, you’re like deer in headlights, you all go to Shit.!! Move it.!

[@realcokejam]

*toot* *toot* "Needs a Q siren."

[@tom41155]

It would be nice if we all moved over for the emergency vehicles ,but if you do and there is an accident you will be held responsible for the accident,and it does not mean you brake the speed limit as well. All 3 services have to drive to the laws of the country and if they get caught speeding they have to answer to the courts just like us,so do not think you have the right to mount the pavement to let them pass for you can get charged for parking on it ,and never let them bully you for you could be the next accident there is no law on the books that say you must move and they same goes with the Highway Code .

[@ethanstandley7448]

or just pull over safely and move out of their way cause it could be ur house on fire rn

[@dangreen5177]

Typical EFAD. Loves the sound of his own siren. :)

[@firefightertremaine1438]

Same

[@ritirons2726]

So do you have "move over" laws there or are motorists required to yield the right of way to emergency vehicles? How many accidents are your apparatus involved in each year? That was some poor emergency driving at best.

[@EnjoyFirefighting]

maybe you should keep in mind that "good emergency driving" is very very different in one country compared to another one. The kind of emergency driving from your country might seem dangerous to them, or to me ...

[@thomasnichol5127]

UK emergency response drivers are regarded as some of the best in the world. Care to share how it can be improved? Please also state how qualified you are to give such criticism

[@UncleBoratagain]

LW03XJZ, get out of the phlucking way, nobody cares about your alloy wheels, get onto that phlucking pavement! Berk!!