Engine & Truck Response

[@Sandsculptor]

One of the reasons the 2nd vehicle (Engine) was blowing his siren so much, was because it was a response at around 5pm and that's "going home from work" time in Harrisburg, PA. The Engine vehicle didn't want to get squeezed by an impatience driver on his/her way home from work (thinking that the Ladder Truck was the only fire vehicle coming thru. I live and shop in this area of Pennsylvania. The fire call started on Linglestown Road (3 blocks from the town square) and ended about two miles away at the corner of Heatherfield Way and Nye's Road.

[@drunkpolice]

Glare or reflection during a snowstorm tends to be a problem with the roof mounted warning lights. The clear bulb's sweeping patterns on a roof mounted unit tends to interfere with visibility through the windshield. The Roto Rays unit, being located on the nose of the truck, does not have this problem. Roto Rays warning light unit is made up of 3 sealed beam lights which rotate in a vertical plane at 200 RPM. The Roto Rays units are claimed to have been in use for the past 65 years

[@1nm1]

Wonderful Video. Like watching the fire truck in front!

[@27hexie]

@Macade76 This is in Lower Paxton Township in Dauphin County, PA, USA. There are three volunteer companies that cover the twp and this run was into another's coverage area. I had an incident about 9 years ago and the response of the Linglestown and other companies was amazing. I was around 2 miles away and they were on scene in no time. Everything was ok. I had a malfunctioning wood stove.

[@LottiDotti76]

Cars pulling up onto the median at 3:00 FTW!!! I will never see anything like that here in California. I damn near pull my hair out and have an aneurysm every time I respond, and all I drive is a Tahoe. Can't imagine a rig like that. Props to the driver for some serious skills.

[@MisterTwister55]

Did I hear on the radio that this fire was in the Teraces? I think i remember this one. I live less than a quarter of a mile from that location.

[@johng669]

We have 4 minute or less response times in urban California. I am not sure if that's driving time though. I enjoy watching these videos but I am amazed at the distances they travel in the areas of the country. I noticed that in the European videos also. They drive even farther.

[@15rricci]

the ladder is middletown pa it has class b foam and a 150ft areal ladder it can hold a crew of 6 witch is not a lot. It is a 1993 mack. Middletown just got a new 2011 seagrove witch is pretty wicked.

[@MacMacWA]

holy cow that was a long drive! appreciate you guys though, huge peace of mind to know help is just minutes away if something goes wrong

[@starcraftguy1]

I noticed that small or some volunteer fire departments have powercall and have the roto ray thing big fire departments like toronto, new york etc... dont have them why is that?

[@1DirtbikeBoy]

@themooseisontheloose thanks but is it for decoration or does it really help ???

[@twit101]

I couldnt hear, was progress on that call? I heard edgemont get put on available, couldnt hear if they said 32 or 30

[@Top10Mr]

Nice ! Love the fact that the ladder is in front of the engine !

[@farouk02382]

An excellent video !! Need to keep distance from truck in front of you. Great job of concentration and focus!

[@CTFD13]

a chopper for chest pains? geez. we get chest pain calls almost daily, sometimes a few times a day. how many runs you guys get yearly?

[@joethebullet]

wats the spinney thing in the bottom centre of the windsheild??????????????????????

[@Zantozzzz]

nice vid, but, how can you deal with that annoying siren every time you are going to an emergency?

[@s0undw4v3ultra]

i love the sound of them blairing sirens and airhorns makes our british fire trucks sound wimpy

[@bradtaylor32]

Yeah, I agree. Although I love the sound of the Q, you have a ladder in front moving the majority of traffic. I'd probably use horn and electronic siren only in that case.

[@CTFD13]

yup. one fatal MVA, where 333 was first due, next in rescue engine was like 10-15 min. away. and DCFD special requested 333 due to its dual role, and off-duty DCFD members staffing it, and PG county denied it.

[@vtzach88]

Sick Video I love seeing the truck and Engine running in tandem... I love bug grinders the're amazing; electronic sirens should die. you guys paid, vollies, or combo dept? Just got a Pierce 105 Quint and I dont think that we've used the Wail tones since we got it dont even know if they works.. Mechanic and Air are the craptacular

[@MajorRawne001]

Was it a good size fire or by the time you got there was it out?

[@defman27]

can i ask why you turn the sirens and lights off towards the end?

[@canadianboy40]

@JHogg3978 We dont call for an aircraft on every call? We request air transport when its neccesary for the patient, we have 8 helicopters within a 35 minute response area, its a very plentiful resource

[@nigel002]

After all that it was called off?

[@DuramaxL5P]

What is that spinning thing on the front called?

[@MisterTwister55]

The Eagle Hotel at :39. It must have been Sunday if there were no cars in the lot.

[@starcraftguy1]

whats the point of the roto ray thingy? how does it work?

[@XxHeavyMetalxX]

I love that high shrill of the Q.

[@rickfire1971]

that engine must have a pin wheel light on the front you can see something spinning through the windshield.

[@themooseisontheloose]

@1DirtbikeBoy nope just aother warning device. my grandfathers ladder truck has one of those things

[@jmf12b]

@Toysoldier55 99.9% of the time, the fire department doesn't own a helicopter! For a medical call, they call for an air ambulance service (PHI, CareFlite, LifeFlight), and for a fire, state and US forest service.

[@rickfire1971]

I know that was a joke-believe me i bet if volunteers were able to have sirens and Q's we would be loving it,and i looked up online for a roto ray-they only come in red and blue colors.and they are huge.

[@drunkpolice]

In New York, they banned the Q because it echoes off the walls of the building and it " damages" civilian's Hearing. It's loud. Some other cities says it's too loud and it reached over the legal rate. Power call is really loud also. So there are restrictions. The Rotor Ray, money money money. There are certain

[@canadianboy40]

Or they can do a quick sasesment, call for backup, and reassess the situation, and disregard aditional resources if necessary, instead of being 10 minutes in the hole.

[@themooseisontheloose]

didn't kentland get shut down

[@rickfire1971]

Well im a vollie and we cant have q's but i would buy a roto ray with all blue lights-i bet it can be hooked up to a personal vehicle as long as you have power to it

[@rickfire1971]

it loooks like it was a long drivw to the fire for theses 2 responding apparatus

[@RMRRACING93R]

what city is this in and this audio was uploaded on many ringtone apps this is my ringtone

[@jmf12b]

@canadianboy40 Completely correct! Hell, the chopper crews tell us "Launch us, we have to keep up our flight hours somehow!"

[@xmudman]

I agree; that's a real wheelman drivin' that ladder....

[@creeperreaper71]

Loving the rotoray

[@FFSteveEMT]

I don't like the Rotating lights on the front. They just never appealed to me.

[@CTFD13]

only restricted to their first due. which had bad consequenses for some people.

[@CSXRP]

I love the scenery at 2:43

[@7089540230]

awesome video & excellent driving thanks for posting! stay safe

[@themooseisontheloose]

@1DirtbikeBoy i can telly ou this it's not for decoration. i'm not real familiar with the roto ray light besides the fact that it's another warning light on the truck. personally i'm not a real big fan of it

[@NickyVeee]

what's with all the Q? that thing must've been hot to the touch.

[@1DirtbikeBoy]

whats the thing spining on the front ???

[@whiplashfirephotography8348]

1DirtbikeBoy it’s called a roto ray

[@themooseisontheloose]

why the hell did pg county do that

[@themooseisontheloose]

@1DirtbikeBoy it's the rotoray

[@1DirtbikeBoy]

@themooseisontheloose o wow i thought it was, its pretty strage because i only see the stations in my district use them during the holidays and around independence day.

[@1DirtbikeBoy]

@themooseisontheloose o wow i thought it was, its pretty strange because i only see the stations in my district use them during the holidays and around independence day.

[@canadianboy40]

@byrdienvfd Actually, there are 2 airports within 25 miles, but that has absolutley nothing to do with launching a medical helicopter for a patient....

[@drunkpolice]

There are laws for siren usages.

[@havik82]

i cant wait till i get to do a ride along for a day.. not here though.

[@seagraver]

They cancelled the responding units as the call was under control

[@blazedawg81]

i hate it when people dont pull over but nice video

[@lt12ws]

Man I LOVE that sound!!!

[@Amanwithoutaface112]

first guys on scene get so excited they call for backup right away maybe they could just do a better job at evaluating the situation and have a little more confidence in their ablity before risking us getting hurt by sending in more big trucks hey I just call it like i see it tuff guy

[@zachm2448]

we just got a new pierce saber pumper. we have roto ray lights on it. its awesome until somone forgets to turn it off at the scene and you to to get the trash line and it knocks the shit outta you

[@1175medic]

wow your tower truck is amazing

[@mroeger0304]

Sick video Man love the Q STAND ON IT!!!!

[@hockeygod2093]

im a vollie we have q's all apparatus in my town has it except for command and medicals and brush trucks

[@carvdecarv]

gotta love the roto ray

[@TheTruckertroy]

damn thats a pretty big response zone.........i hope its for extra manpower

[@louisafirefghtr]

Ok i dont know how that federal survived and its better to have to much equipment then not enough

[@robertgift]

You must be safe. Better the place burn to the ground than people get killed or injured en route. People have died from fire trucks en route to whaturned out to be a false alarm or situation like this where it was determined they were not needed.

[@kamico2007]

they got there for 5 mins! amazing :D!!! and great driver

[@JHogg3978]

@canadianboy40. Geeze, we call for a Med-Flight like two or three times a year, and you make it sound like you call for one every call. Ours however comes out of Boston, and we're down on Cape Cod, not cheap to use it, Only when they're critical do we call, and they fly to Mass. General. Our hospital on Cape though is one of the top hospitals on the east coast.

[@RJBFIRECHIEF1]

Long run for this one!

[@DuramaxL5P]

@renegade3552 Cool! thanks for the update

[@adamevans67]

no its not annoying, sirens are fun to play with@Zantozzzz

[@jrff591]

gotta love good old dauphin county

[@Ryanfultz15]

@PowercallsSuck29 powercalls dont suck, and they dont sound like back up alarmsa lot of companys where i live use them and i swear they move traffic better then the Q at times.

[@starcraftguy1]

well um... i meant most big fire departments

[@lightpaws25]

A lot of those people bring it on themselves when they wont pull to the right and let us pass safely.

[@CTFD13]

yeah, i love em. theyre a great crew, and all this BS about them doing stuff, i hardly think ever happened or anything. they are very agressive which is good.

[@ckarper]

yes, don't max them out to much, your you will blow them, i know how they can blow, and then break its not cool.

[@appfire4]

very nice

[@mxfrmbarsspbdsrtrver]

i would love you forever if you can get me the sound file for this video! no homo

[@redbaron171701]

thats not Kentland engine and ladder both has BLUE strips on the sides Kentland has RED strips and second thing All Kentland engines dont have roto rays duhhhh and third thing look at the ladder truck number its 35 not 33 Kentlands department is 33 THANK YOU

[@aaronkundla]

@badboy12firefighter I agree with you 100% brother.

[@Sudano66]

no it is a gun that shoots ninja stars at high speed to get cars out of the way.

[@Deckhardt2]

hey i have an idea let them respond the way they want to and you can respond the way you want to, everyone is different

[@MisterTwister55]

My elementary school at 4:20!

[@Thatuptownguy]

damn that q sounds good

[@rickfire1971]

id like to put one on my personal truck-

[@twit101]

nvm, just replay'd and heard truck 32

[@HisNameIsCheese]

i live in linglestown

[@adamevans67]

nice roto ray

[@Stickymajorwow]

nice i love roto rays

[@Amanwithoutaface112]

what the hell all that for nuthin ! you spend 5+min rushing thru traffic and then 10 sec before you arrive they dont need ya ida been pissed sumone gets an ass beating for that one

[@PowwowTime]

I bet he has a power call hooked up to his reverse lights, yeah that's it. LOL j/k :p

[@WV11FC]

love the q!!!!!!!

[@CTFD13]

you could look at the persons name... LinglestownFireCo35... could be a clue...

[@byrdienvfd]

@canadianboy40, you obviously dont live close to any airports or anything for that matter or else you wouldnt need to waste valuable resources like helicopters

[@themooseisontheloose]

ouch

[@NC403Firefighter]

Run that Q baby!!! :>)

[@Cumminsturbo205]

They are actually called roto-gays