**EXTREMELY RARE** Toronto Fire Services NEW Tower 1 Operating On Scene Of A 3 Alarm Fire

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Toronto Fire Services Rare and New Tower one is shown responding aswell as operating on scene of a 3 alarm fire on August 28th 2022 on Vine St. The fire had started on the second floor and spread to the attic then it had spread further to 3 more homes. Tower 1 was brought in order to reach to places that the other aerial apparatus couldn’t reach. The tower was providing light to firefighters working on the roof of the homes. This is the first time tower 1 has been in use at an emergency and I believe the only video of it on KZbin.
Units included
Tower 1 2021 Mack Granite Tri Axle / Lafleur / E-One Bronto F70RPX aerial (-/-/230' articulating platform) (Bodywork by Lafleur, sold by 1200°) (Lafleur SN#1933) (Cross-staffed special incidents apparatus)
Tower 333 (27027) - 2005 E-One Cyclone II F114RLP tandem (1665/250/114' Bronto articulating platform) (SO#128859) (OLP#AY 46941, previously 610 1RX)

[@Steelers2841]

I love it just beautiful and a Mack Pinnacle too ❤❤

[@anthonyking3707]

What a beautiful truck USA needs to get hip when it comes to firetrucks Canada # ☝🏾 I am not putting America down, but America needs to keep up with the times… 🇺🇸

[@FirefightingWolf31]

She (Tower 1) is nothing short but magnificent and majestic. The City of Toronto and the Toronto Fire Department have acquired it for numerous very valid reasons: because they care about their citizens, their firefighters, and they want to be prepared. Grenfell tower was the worst fire in decades and I'm sure the London Fire Brigade would have given multiple limbs to have one or two of those appliances in service at the time being (they did in the aftermath, however the apparatus is not quite comparable - ladders instead of towers to facilitate mass evacuations). The exact same boom (Bronto F70RPX) is in service with the Cuerpo de Bomberos in Madrid, Spain (albeit on a Scania chassis - hard to find pics of it nowadays). Completely agree with the point of view that frequent and realistic training fabulously increase the odds for easy(ier) battles against our common enemy: fire. I can truly imagine that as a firefighter being hard at work and having no idea if you can manage this particular crisis, seeing her entering the stage rises your spirit skyhigh. Well done, you guys and girls! Keep calm, remain low and stay safe!!!

[@colinkulasik1128]

For everyone hating that they used the new tower 1. Yes it's overkill for the job and yes it is an obnoxious piece of machinery but in all reality this piece of equipment is still new to the operators and they need training on it. And it still costs the city and it's people the same amount of money whether it is sitting in the equipment bay or being used and training the crew. Again I completely agree that this machine is extremely obnoxious but they paid for it to be used so go and use it.

[@fireresponsevideography]

Yes thank you for this

[@JS-zb1vv]

90% of North America fire trucks are obnoxious even though I like them they are way flashy and not truly practical or purpose built . Compared to the rest of the world. This was a purpose built truck. It has a place. Just another tool!!

[@fireresponsevideography]

@@JS-zb1vv I don’t work for Toronto fire nor am I related. My option is yea it won’t be needed very often but it is a very cool truck

[@colinkulasik1128]

@@JS-zb1vv personally my favorite it the tiller followed closely but the rear pivot ladder, both of which are going the way of the dodo 🦤

[@JS-zb1vv]

@@colinkulasik1128I’m at a small city department in Georgia. We have a 105ft mid mount tower ladder . All of these trucks have a use .

[@sissyemily3123]

This is a perfect chance for the firefighters to learn the machine inside and out. Not when there is a real need for the unit . They are not doing this to justify the cost. This not a parade piece, nor something just to say look what we've got.

[@fireresponsevideography]

Yes that was another resent they brought the truck aswell it goes to all 3rd alarm fires

[@kingsrook9866]

and there she is. There is a little footage of Tower 1 on youtube, but it is all from the demos and her arrival in the city

[@fireresponsevideography]

Yup this is the only videos of it in use at an actual emergency

[@shaneharrisnj3484]

@@fireresponsevideography now, hopefully someone can catch this thing responding at wherever it's stationed at.

[@CWFLAEMOFC]

Epic! I saw Tower 1 in previous videos, but you’re lucky to record this rare beast.

[@fireresponsevideography]

Thank you glad you enjoyed!!

[@CWFLAEMOFC]

@@fireresponsevideography You’re welcome and Happy New Years!

[@NeilM01989]

Great video, liked and shared 🧑🏻👍🏻🚒

[@byjoligarbageman]

Amazing catch

[@damook88]

Thats also so much more reach than almost anything in the US! 230'? Got dang...

[@RDS17Photography]

Amazing catch!

[@fireresponsevideography]

Thank you, glad you enjoyed!

[@HavardCastiglioni]

That is one impressive looking tower ladder.

[@damook88]

Impressive. In the US that is not a Tower Ladder. It is an Aerial Platform. A Tower or Tower Ladder has a designed means for routine ascending and descending when the boom is deployed.

[@dbyers3897]

This thing is in Canada, not the US.

[@tsaffran]

they are called Bronto's

[@joepope66ems]

What a beauty

[@fireresponsevideography]

Agreed

[@johnclyne6350]

Is that a Bronto boom? They make them for both utilities & fire services. My employer has a 200 foot Bronto

[@HighwayLand]

I love the "no trucks:" sign and yet this heavy monster keeps on driving down the road. Hopefully these guys know the weight limits of all those Toronto streets, otherwise Tower 1 will need a crane for help.

[@RyanPatrick77]

This comment made my brain hurt.

[@rustblade5021]

you have no clue what you're talking about, the "no trucks" signs are to reduce noise in a residential area

[@va3xj]

How wide is the stabilizer spread? Looks perfect for narrow streets 🤨

[@fireresponsevideography]

Ye it barely fitted on this street

[@schoolbus6028]

what do the numbers in the description mean? these ones --> 1665/250/114'

[@fireresponsevideography]

I guess like the make and model

[@peterserio255]

I believe 1665 refers to the pump flow in gallons, the 250 refers to the actual water tank on the unit and 114' is the length of the ladder/platform. You will notice that the big bronto has 0/0/230'. That means it doesn't have a pump, no tank but has a reach of 230'

[@RobMelanson-mx1uo]

Is tower one still the tallest apparatus in North America?

[@Ethan-pe3hm]

Damm, how high can that thing get?

[@rjsmith6698]

230 foot tower at a house fire.👍

[@fireresponsevideography]

Yup

[@johnwrigley1624]

Yeah, but it functions like any other truck. It doesn't have to go to 230'...........

[@MegaMantim]

No Federal Q's? C'mon now!! Thats a sacrilege...

[@fireresponsevideography]

Yup or sucks but Toronto trucks are very bare bones compared to other trucks

[@SocialistDistancing]

Is that a bronto?

[@fireresponsevideography]

Yes it is

[@SocialistDistancing]

@@fireresponsevideography I've never seen one on a conventional truck. Also, the only other one that I've seen in Canada was in Calgary. They had one but has retired about a decade or longer ago. It was on a tandem tandem chassis cab toward, if I'm not mistaken. I can't remember it's reach. I think 75m. I stopped at the Calgary station where it lived and got up close inspection of it. Took a bunch of pics.. I don't know where it went ,but I assume up for auction. Toronto's unit is the first conventional tandem tridem unit that I've seen in North America. Pretty impressive.

[@peterboroughscannerfeed5510]

That’s some expensive lighting lol

[@fireresponsevideography]

Oh the truck for sure

[@tsaffran]

where were they going the moon

[@343photography4]

Still not using the new tower 333?

[@markappelman576]

I was at mechanical last Wed and the new one was sitting there. Seems every new truck they get lately has problems and spends months at mechanical.

[@fireresponsevideography]

@@markappelman576 yup sucks both new Air lights are at mechanical

[@markappelman576]

@@fireresponsevideography Surpised but not really. I saw 421 there when I was there. 231 must've just gone in because I thought I saw it last Saturday.

[@brucestewart5939]

Disregarding it's notoriety, the same thing happens when it's moving or parked...your average human baboon stands, drools and stares at the pretty lights.

[@hawky225]

They used a $3 million tower truck as a light pole. Sounds like Toronto Fire is trying to justify the cost of having bought this beast. That little media session at the end of the video just reinforces it, lol.

[@seanconlin8712]

Using Tower 1 as a light tower made the scene safer for all the personnel on site. That should be justification enough. As it was it was a set of set of six row houses the probably used used the thermal camera in the basket for the incident commander to get a good tactical picture. The media interview was the incident commander giving an update nothing mentioned about tower one.

[@heavyhaulage1]

If it only ends up saving one life in its whole service, surely that justifies its cost?

[@hawky225]

@@heavyhaulage1 $3 million can buy 5 fully equipped ambulances. Surely that'd be more cost effective if you're trying to maximize the number of lives saved.

[@hawky225]

@@seanconlin8712 I'm sure he chose to use Tower 1 as the principal background for his interview purely by coincidence. And Toronto Fire has mutiple apparatuses that could have performed the same function on a row of three story townhouses, one of which was also shown pulling up on scene. You don't have to try and defend it. End of the day, just like any other publicly funded entity, they have to use it to justify the cost to a budget committee, else they lose out on future funding.

[@heavyhaulage1]

@@hawky225 5 ambulance can’t save someone from 70 metres up?

[@seabass3104]

Have to get it up so they can justify the purchase 😆

[@fireresponsevideography]

Actually so they can get used to the truck, how it operates, and to just get more training on it. So yea no tor really wrong

[@seabass3104]

@@fireresponsevideography sure. I’ve worked for a city department for 15 years. I know how these things work. But whatever you need to tell yourself.

[@fireresponsevideography]

@@seabass3104 I don’t care if they use it or not, it was a cool sight to see. And tower 1 goes to all 3rd alarm fires.

[@tylerdye7156]

It's like a heavy wrecker mixed with a fire truck