Gives me chills watching my dad drive up in the red dodge shadow. He was a volunteer in the Endwell Fire Dept for decades. Hearing Engine 8 pull up also brings back memories. You could here her miles around town.
@billwilmington82843 жыл бұрын
Watching firefighting footage like this is so freaking cool. More people need digitize old films like this and post them to KZbin.
@happycommentator67733 жыл бұрын
I'm just here for the Detroit's and old school ALF apparatus. 👍🇺🇸
@hounddog9463 жыл бұрын
You can feel the heat if the engine if you're in the bunker.
@piercedriver13 жыл бұрын
REAL FIRE APPARATUS , I grew up on ALF s still the best ever .
@fmartinjr3 жыл бұрын
Word up, same
@owensweetland3423 жыл бұрын
Me too!
@samrock76323 жыл бұрын
In the case the emphasis should be on *_OLD_* School ALF, they are classic and still beauties.
@RandyCarpadus3 жыл бұрын
I love that you could hear the motor of the first engine coming long before you could see it
@jimwilloughby3 жыл бұрын
That's always the case.
@mikeymcmikeface55993 жыл бұрын
@@jimwilloughby No. It's not.
@gunnergraber51023 жыл бұрын
2 stroke detroit diesel
@theenchanteduniverseoflife14503 жыл бұрын
Update: This was recorded back in 1993
@chrismanning17463 жыл бұрын
I was 23 years old Just starting my truck driving career No I'm old and worn out
@JakeW263 жыл бұрын
@@chrismanning1746 I was a newborn in 93 lol
@chrismanning17463 жыл бұрын
@@JakeW26 It sucks getting old Had some good times in the 80,/90s
@brianhobbs46053 жыл бұрын
Man check out that old Fed ex van and the Pontiac grand am..geez them bring back memories
@MP-ef6mc3 жыл бұрын
Yes it does.
@davecollins5893 жыл бұрын
Dont forget the chev caprice
@johndeere85942 жыл бұрын
My grandmother had a Pontiac like that.
@jimwilloughby3 жыл бұрын
Brings back memories. I was a firefighter in my home town in Massachusetts. It was a full time position, and I can tell you, being on the roof of a house, looking down a chimney at a fire, is like looking into the jaws of hell. I dropped a weighted chain down into the fire, gave the chain a spin, and knocked the fire down into the fireplace, where other guys were waiting to put it out. No extra deamage to the chimney from the use of cold water, and very little mess in the living room from ash and smoke because because the other firefighters had taken measures to prevent it.
@johnbarrett31403 жыл бұрын
The whacker days of old. Small cars with big bars...lol
@treesixtyeight3 ай бұрын
That was the "chief's buggy..."
@KflanntheRailfan3 жыл бұрын
I miss hearing the old Detroit’s. I ran with a volunteer company just outside Scranton Pa from 1999-2012, when I started they had a 76 ward Lagrange as first due and that thing sang going down the road. Also a 74 Seagrave as well up until we got the new engine in 2003/04. The Ward was a phenomenal pumper as well. Thank you for sharing.
@poppiarlin56123 жыл бұрын
Ward was the brother of the owner of American La France
@zazz73 жыл бұрын
You must've been a Chinchilla boy!
@KflanntheRailfan3 жыл бұрын
@@zazz7 yes.... yes I was
@timothyglaserr87913 жыл бұрын
Love them old Detroit’s!!!! That’s when fire trucks were trucks!!!
@gunnergraber51023 жыл бұрын
Screaming diesels
@jjbat1503 жыл бұрын
@3:02 "I went past the house, Henry". I think you meant to say "I left room in front for the ladder"
@michaelkalinsky89383 жыл бұрын
Having been a wacker in New York and PA around the time this video was shot it brings back a lot of memories. By the accents I knew what part of New York it was long before going to the web page. Thank you for sharing. Loved the vollies riding up with light bars wider than the cars they were in. Enough Officers arrived to get a truck out on their own.
@johngarrettlegofireguy68853 жыл бұрын
When I first started in the fire service we had all lafrance. 72 snorkel,77 engine,84 engine with a turbo.loved riding those rigs.they were true work horses.
@billdick9173 жыл бұрын
Some really cool old equipment, love the sound of Engine 8.
@michaelodonnell74832 жыл бұрын
Detroit deisel. Sound is unmistakable
@Stargazzer8112 жыл бұрын
@@michaelodonnell7483 Still the choice of many fire vehicle makers. Pierce and Seagrave both use Detroit Diesels.
@mattjohnston7686 Жыл бұрын
That's a Truck, the Engine is the first one.
@trainguy33 жыл бұрын
5:10 "Yeah it's nothing. It's some bullshit" I felt that in my soul bro!
@GMan-yv8cb3 жыл бұрын
AAHH, Chief's pov's in front of address, sneakers littering the street... The Good Ole Days! 😂 👨🚒
@user-ek6yi1qu3s4 ай бұрын
I Absolutely Love The Old School ALFs. They Look Awesome and Sound Awesome with Those Old Detroit Engines.
@waltwood41133 жыл бұрын
Love the old machines...back when kicking your shows off in the street and lining the streets with volunteers were a normal sight in the community. How times have changed
@Stargazzer8112 жыл бұрын
Some places still do that. Many rural VFDs have some members respond directly to calls from their house with their gear in the back of their POV, ready to go as soon as they arrive. It might not be as common now, but it still happens.
@judydavenport96363 жыл бұрын
We had a chimney fire when I was in high school. The FD did a great job putting it down. What was funny later was the fact that they were due for training on chimney fires that coming weekend. Ours was the first one they had to put out.. without formal training.
@PaulieMac773 жыл бұрын
Oh that Detroit Diesel sounds soooo amazing 😍
@Fords-Masseys753 жыл бұрын
Oh yea great sounding trucks. I volunteered from '91 to '06. Our dept. had the first diesel in the county. '78 Oren w/ 8v92, also a '87 Grumman w/ 8v92. Cut my teeth on the '78 and hated to see it retired.
@FD-E-St-Fire3 жыл бұрын
The way all fire trucks should sound
@davidnull55903 жыл бұрын
This video of a chimney fire was recorded in 1993. All of that equipment was retired long ago.
@51hankyspanky72 жыл бұрын
ALF heaven with Detroit music. Sweeeeeeet.
@michaelbartlett88723 жыл бұрын
8V92 and true Jake brake. Two wonderful sounds.
@ericcoffedgp403 жыл бұрын
Awesome! Love seeing the old equipment in action!
@jelracer983 жыл бұрын
Talking about old school engiens wow i love it
@robertmiller26263 жыл бұрын
Yeah, they surely aren't built like that anymore. But it is amazing that they are built starting with just 2 rails on one end of the line, and driven out the other end with the cab attached. Then sent to another facility for the apparatus section.
@jelracer983 жыл бұрын
@@robertmiller2626 Yes sir it is amazing i have went through a mafg. company and was just amazed they was building our new fire engine back in 1978 , i love the old school engines and ladders
@ffjsb3 жыл бұрын
@@robertmiller2626 Depends on who's building them.
@erickaegi6293 жыл бұрын
This video brings back some very fond memories of my days on several departments in Ohio!
@FradetotheLIMIT3 жыл бұрын
nothing like those Detroit engines
@eriksand92623 жыл бұрын
So did it.......End well??? AH HAAAA, I'll see myself out 😎
@EyeWatchThemAll3 жыл бұрын
Rimshot!
@piercedriver13 жыл бұрын
REAL FIRE APPARATUS , I grew up on ALF s still in my opinion the best ever made, these Detroit diesels would scream , leak oil but run forever.
@samcaban72293 ай бұрын
Classic Alf's with Detroit Diesel engines, they don't make em like back in the day.The ALF Apparatus are Icons ❤
@chiefjim81783 жыл бұрын
Beautiful old rigs!
@bobmonroe37453 жыл бұрын
Ahhh that ALF sound. Brings back memories. :)
@jsmith1980958 ай бұрын
Omg brings back some many memories lmao had me an old 80s station wagon and had that boat deck out back in the day
@davidnice92163 жыл бұрын
Definitely early to mid 90s. A mix of short mid length and full length bunker coats. When I was working for South Portland Maine on an Engine and Ladder company and volunteering with the next town over ( Cape Elizabeth) we had allot of chimney fire's. First due engine to the fire, second due take the hydrant and lay in to first engine( establish water supply) ladder to the best spot for laddering or support . usually behind first engine. Firefighters engaged in foreground ops have airpacks and hand tools. Hand line to the front door. Second line to the roof. Ladder crew use best spot away from the chimney to ladder roof and sound it for safety with an axe and maybe bring the roof ladder for support all the way to the chimney. With tools ( weighted chain and fire hose, axe , pikepole ) one crew inside to the fire place or wood stove with hose, tarp, 2.5 gallon fire extinguisher, bucket and small fire place shovel) one crew to the upstairs and a attic to look for break through and extension of fire out side of the chimney. All goes well back at the fire house under two hours. 30 years and a eventful career I do miss the simple things.
@Woody6153 жыл бұрын
Plus the fact that the delivery truck said, Federal Express, the entire name.
@slackjawedyokel13 жыл бұрын
and pre sept 11 th 2001 --after that , every department had to switch to traditional FDYN type helmets
@davidnull55903 жыл бұрын
Upstate New York, Endwell New York in 1993.
@thereeds06123 жыл бұрын
My dad drove a 77 & 78 ALF when he was full time. They retired both of them 5yrs ago. Stayed in service and used all those years.
@NorthBoroughsLawnCareLLC3 жыл бұрын
Love these older videos.
@robertmiller26263 жыл бұрын
Wow! Working for Spartan Motors (before the split) and watching fire trucks being built, they sure have changed in appearance!
@michaelpatanella3 жыл бұрын
I remember my time as a ff with this type of apparatus in central nj. We rode a 1977 Sanford engine, a 1986 3D engine, and a 1991 Simon duplex 85ft snorkel. Incredible times and memories from 1993 to 2015. Riding the side running board with 6 or 7 guys every call.
@firemarshalzoro3 жыл бұрын
Where in central nj? A few towns had those simon duplex snorkels around mercer, Middlesex, somerset.. we had an abundance of Hahn and mack cf pumpers.
@michaelpatanella3 жыл бұрын
@@firemarshalzoro I was active with Slackwood in Lawrence. Ff, lt, and capt. Between 1993 and 2005. Majority of time on Snorkel 21
@firemarshalzoro3 жыл бұрын
@@michaelpatanella - My first thought was Slackwood. I knew some Lawrence FF's but I honestly can't remember which stations they were out of. I joined Princeton in 2002 right out of highschool but no longer there.
@michaelpatanella Жыл бұрын
@firemarshalzoro wonderful times man. Memories that will never be touched again
@MP-ef6mc3 жыл бұрын
Wow!!!!! Talk about bringing back old memories to a 80’s kid. Lol. The ole ford Tempo, the grand am man I’d love to have that grand Am now in that shape. This is the America I love.
@anmlrsqnj3 жыл бұрын
The thing I miss so much when it came to the old ALF's was being able to ride the back step or being able to stand up in front of the jump seat. Jr's always in the jump seat, black coats/helmets on the back step or standing up.
@disabldfirefiter3 жыл бұрын
Beautiful American La France apparatus!
@djsmexyy3 жыл бұрын
love those detroit diesels
@darylsmioth19043 жыл бұрын
I remember getting ready for work one morning and in the bathroom could see the neighbors house behind me and their chimney looked like a Roman candle going off. Shooting balls of flames 30 ft above the chimney! Called the fire dept and when they got there is was already out but I'm sure they still had to inspect the house/chimney for damage control like they are doing here.
@StationBBLTАй бұрын
Great Video.
@kevinlynch12272 жыл бұрын
Great older Vid!! Thank God no major fire but cool trucks and all. Thanks
@jacobkeppler198410 ай бұрын
Awesome job you guys keep it up
@michaelb95294 ай бұрын
Great vid. When I was a kid in the 60s there was a chimney fire at least once a week. God unlike this one you could see them from about a mile away thick black/grey smoke. The District pumper 3 would show up. It was stationed about 3 miles away. One good blast on the federal and let the engine do the rest. 3 man pumpers with no officer. Whom ever was senior called the shots. 4 halls each with 1 3 man pump. If they needed help the city was close by and they would send their 57 ALF open cap ladder (litesiren on the nose) and the 53 ALS open cap pumper. They also ran the rescue but it was donated by the Kinsmen so that's what was written on the rig.
@TheWpafirephotograph3 жыл бұрын
Love those old ALF,S
@genedanielsjr1923 жыл бұрын
Endwell, New York Fire Department😁👌👍Excellent👌classic fire fighting video😁👌👍
@scotterbele51053 жыл бұрын
The first engine and truck are Century series, manufactured in the 80's. 2nd engine is 1000 series American LaFrances, manufactured in the 70's. The Detroits sure do purr. So this tape is probably early 80's.
@dirkdiggler4543 жыл бұрын
Ford Explorers came in 1990.
@rapman53633 жыл бұрын
This was filmed in 1993
@shawnramsey82643 жыл бұрын
Nice flash back
@Firebuff1013 жыл бұрын
The fact that people are watching this and commenting that they believe it's a recent video is scary.
@darrylking25003 жыл бұрын
Detroit Sounds good coming in
@christyharris72282 жыл бұрын
I just love the old school 🚒 fire trucks
@adamgannaway60173 жыл бұрын
Im guessing early 90s my dad had an explorer like the one on the video and it was a 91
@geoffg88403 жыл бұрын
Is the fire out?
@rajun12312 жыл бұрын
Many chimney fires don't endwell. Pun intended. Sorry, couldn't resist.
@jimmy661193 жыл бұрын
Love the Detroit's sound
@shawlewis64923 жыл бұрын
The best days of American firefighting
@fedexpackageroadco5073 жыл бұрын
Thanks a lot for me when I was with the fire department
@ronniewestcott66972 жыл бұрын
good response watching fromcanada
@tomavolese92172 жыл бұрын
American LaFrance fire truck is a kick ass truck to have to fight fire with !!!
@be5575 Жыл бұрын
This is when the trucks were full and you had to drive your pv. Now you get one guy and an engine
@glendodwell77453 жыл бұрын
Nice Detroit Diesels! No mistaking the sound.
@125sloth3 жыл бұрын
I just had to have a chuckle about the siren being used on one of the appliances. It wasn't like there would be any traffic to get out of the way in that town.All respect to the volunteer fire fighters though all the same.
@acgillespie3 жыл бұрын
Boys just wanna have fun too
@GMan-yv8cb3 жыл бұрын
Did ya see the number of vehicles on the street? Wrong turns, the "oops...i'm in wrong place", K-turns among the apparatus? Volunteer or paid -- doesn't matter! Not seen here, but on-lookers, kids, COPS (JK 🚔)!!!! A TOOT of the siren isn't necessarily a bad idea!
@125sloth3 жыл бұрын
@@GMan-yv8cb Yes I could see the vehicles and you could count them with one hand basically. I am referring to the siren that was in the distance, not in the street where this very minor fire was.A siren is for maintaining a reasonable movement through traffic, the onlookers were at the destination, not en route, just saying.
@GMan-yv8cb3 жыл бұрын
@ Brian Sloth - No probs, bud. Craziest thing, earlier today, for some bizarre reason, [ I think an engine passed me heading into a residential neighborhood] AND having some history driving both apparatus and band-aid boxes 😅 ] got me thinking about just this issue (sirens/no traffic /etc) and I guess more than anything, I was thinking of what a whole bunch of years does to your perspective. Young- FIRE! SIREN! FAST! Now: LOOK OUT, I'M COMING THROUGH! IDIOT CIVILIANS! WORK SMARTER-NOT HARDER! Hang in there, Bro!
@GreatFoxGodOniKitsune3 жыл бұрын
Look's loke a nice neighborhood. Like from the old movie's.
@emergencyresponsevideosand44233 жыл бұрын
How did you know about youtube in the time the video was made
@moepizl2 жыл бұрын
Ahhh the early 90s
@Barista1253 жыл бұрын
My guess is probably from 1992 or 1993 is when this video 📹here was shot.
@davidmcfarlin91323 жыл бұрын
I know it's old, why didn't they use the main?
@figfire3 жыл бұрын
Oh hello there 90’s!
@reopat143 жыл бұрын
WOW! Just WOW
@christopherwhitaker16153 жыл бұрын
Well, I see Jed and all his kin are at the scene Now where's the FD? Oh there they are!
@franklawski46402 жыл бұрын
The old Screemin Detroit Diesels.
@innovationfanboy16393 жыл бұрын
The chiefs leather helmet go hard.
@edsmetaldetecting313 жыл бұрын
The days of the volunteer’s cars making it difficult for the apparatus to reach the fire scene. But it wasn’t so bad there.
@wjcj12342 жыл бұрын
So, where is the fire? Lol. I guess it was fun to watch for you old-timers here. I was waiting for Mary Poppins and her sidekick to do a sweep.
@class88663 жыл бұрын
It they are well maintained, they do their duty well.
@converted10003 жыл бұрын
How many Firetrucks does it take to put out a Chimney fire???
@davidnull55903 жыл бұрын
It's a small town, the volunteer fire department usually sends all of their regular trucks to every callout. And if you look more closely you'll see this video was from 1993.
@surprisedgordon77863 жыл бұрын
You know what's weird tho is how did they get the footage during the old days
@davidnull55903 жыл бұрын
It was likely recorded on full size VHS tape cartridges.
@justjulesvlogs3 жыл бұрын
This looks like the street ET was filmed on
@ChathamFireDeptfan3 жыл бұрын
Love this, amazing quality
@zkman17623 жыл бұрын
You go up the ladder, im not, you go, Bill it's your turn, sorry man!
@tarence3192 жыл бұрын
Loud ass American LaFrance apparatus,..........LOVE'em!!!!
@mikemaloney23423 жыл бұрын
00:35 what a steed
@acgillespie3 жыл бұрын
This is a classic. god bless these american hero's
@dirkdiggler4543 жыл бұрын
Ford Explorer first year was 1990.
@wolfgang5483 жыл бұрын
What year was this?
@davidnull55903 жыл бұрын
Upstate New York, Endwell New York in 1993.
@charlestaylor24803 жыл бұрын
What year and what state is that
@seanthibodeault90303 жыл бұрын
I'm assuming Endwell NY, just outside Binghamton
@davidnull55903 жыл бұрын
Upstate New York, Endwell New York in 1993.
@dibble3373 жыл бұрын
Ppe?
@hatesTD3 жыл бұрын
Froim the 90’s that two times explorer dead give away !!!
@erickaegi6293 жыл бұрын
What state and community?
@davidnull55903 жыл бұрын
What state and community? Upstate New York, Endwell New York in 1993.
@bill99753 жыл бұрын
Classic ALF's and Classic Mack's are mirrors of the very auto industry in our country. Up until the early 1980's, these fire engines were as much style as they were function and they were built to last. Nowadays everything is plastic, cookie-cutter junk designed to give you 15 years if you're fortunate.
@georgecoons68723 жыл бұрын
choride arizona fire dept still use a 1935 ford and a 1957 gmc .
@glenwoodepratt44473 жыл бұрын
Only people missing are Larry, Moe and Curly!!
@poppiarlin56123 жыл бұрын
Proof that you don’t need to purchase brand new apparatus
@michigantrashtrucks39943 жыл бұрын
That video is 90's quality
@ffjsb3 жыл бұрын
BS. No apparatus lasts forever, nor is the technology still usable.
@Firebuff1013 жыл бұрын
This video is 30 years old at least
@davidnull55903 жыл бұрын
Upstate New York, Endwell New York in 1993.
@jamesbulldogmiller3 жыл бұрын
@0:30 “FEDERAL EXPRESS” (pre FedEx)
@DSwirlman3 жыл бұрын
Where is this Mayberry?
@davidnull55903 жыл бұрын
Upstate New York, Endwell New York in 1993.
@DSwirlman3 жыл бұрын
Thank you David Null for the info
@erickaegi6293 жыл бұрын
Judging from the vehicles and other details I would say this is a very old video.