FDNY rep. American Fire Trucks VS German Fire Trucks

After I made two videos concerning American / German ambulances and police cars, there were many requests that I should make also a video "American VS German fire trucks" ... the problem which I also mentioned in the answers: while I was lucky to have ambulances from several areas in the USA and also had videos from numerous different law enforcement authorities, all I have concerning American fire trucks are apparatus from the FDNY. The FDNY for sure is very iconic, it can't really stand up for the variety of fire trucks across the USA. That's why I didn't name the video "American fire trucks ...", so please don't hate the video, I'm aware of that there many other, great looking and awesome apparatus and colour schemes in the USA.
Concerning the American part you see some FDNY apparatus I was able to film during a 10 days long stay in New York City.
There are several Engines, various kind of Aerials, Battalion and Division Chiefs, Heavy Rescue Trucks, an Ambulance and some more apparatus.
Living in Germany, it's no surprise that I have a greater variety of fire apparatus from Germany. I thought about comparing the trucks from the FDNY to ones from just one German FD as well, but this wasn't really an option: the only places I have plenty videos of, are cities with the number of inhabitants raning in the few 100k range, while I only have very few videos from the cities with more than a million inhabitants. So I decided to mix fire trucks from all over Germany, from large cities to small villages, from the north to the south across the county, in service at career and volunteer fire departments and even some rental trucks from fire apparatus manufacturers.
Concerning the types of apparatus: you can see chief cars and command vans, small fire-fighting units like the Portable Pump Vans, the rather compact City-Engines to full-size Engines, Rescue Engines, Rescue Tankers, Urban Tankers and Tankers, Mini Rescue Vans, Heavy Rescue Trucks, Truck Cranes, Tower Ladders and Telescopic Platforms, Pod Carriers, Hose Truck, Logistics Truck, Ambulances and a Large Capacity Ambulance, various vans and also special operation units like a SCBA unit or a Decontamination Truck. There are also two former Tankers from German airports in the video. After their service at the airport FD they were sold to other departments or manufacturers.
Some differences between American fire apparatus and German ones: the tactics and organizations in both countries differ alot
1. While american fire departments have rather many small stations scattered in the area, usually with 1 to 4 apparatus, there are rather less but thatfor enormous stations in Germany, with easily more than 40 bays at the largest stations.
2. this results also in Germany rather going for a convoy system instead of numerous apparatus responding on their own
3. American Engines are designed more for jsut the fire-fighting part, while German ones are layed out multifunctional and perform also full-scale rescue operations and other technical tasks.
4. Concerning Aerials, the truck chassis in the USA is alot larger than in Germany. American ones tend to have a crew cab, water tank, pump, ground ladders and often also rescue tools on board, while German ones usually have just a short cab, no tank, no pump, no ground ladders and no heavy rescue tools but just some iminor amounts of equipment on board. The narrow streets in ancient city centers require as compact as possible trucks. Since they usually respond in a convoy (see No. 2) all non-existing equipment on Aerials, is brought to the scene by the Engines and Rescue Engines:_ they have further crews, rescue tools, ground ladders and also secure the water supply.
Most German Aerials are 105' Tower Ladders, there are just few smaller ones like 75', and the largest one which rolled down the streets was 367' high. There are hardly any Midmounts and hardly any Aerials without a bucket in Germany
5. Emergency lights: You primarily see white and red emergency lights in the USA, sometimes mixed also with amber, green or blue lights; In Germany all emergency lights have to be blue
6. Sirens: in the USA you hear some sort of wail or yelp siren most of the time, including special ones like e.g. the Federal Signal Q; Sometimes you also hear hi-lo sirens, and in few cases also the real German set of martin horn sirens. In Germany, wail and yelp sirens fail to meet the acustic and thus legal requirements, thus being hi-lo the only legal choice. however some fire departments made field tests with wail sirens and some old GDR apparatus still have the old wail sirens from the old days.
7. American apparatus are often built on a custom chassis, while most German apparatus are built on a commercial truck chassis
8. Although there's an enormous difference concerning the area the countries cover and their population, both the USA and Germany have the same number of fire-fighters: 1.1 million

[@pvip9986]

It's unbelievable how the cars, bicycles and even pedestrians in NY didn't care about the fire trucks arriving and were still driving/ crossing the road instead of waiting for the trucks to pass!

[@mobeus5019]

Standard trashfire big city.

[@ThePolecatProcess]

There's not really anywhere for them to get out of the way at because New York was designed like shit.

[@nonexistentperson5204]

Welcome to NYC

[@iuopunderstandyourjokes9914]

Like berlin

[@Wesson42]

The point of NYC is the chaos that runs controls and owns the city and everything still runs despite that.

[@Ann-Catrin]

It doesnt matter if USA or Germany, they ALL do a great Job 🇺🇸🇩🇪:) thanks to all Firefighters out there...

[@silkekramer5353]

You are right they are Our heroes 👍👌👏

[@darisjusic438]

You're Right, They Are All Heroes!🚒

[@EnjoyFirefighting]

@Johnny’s Bricks which van am I supposed to blurr?The medical examiner van? I didn't show any deceased person at all?! Is a ME van parking on the street nearby its office "too much" for you?

[@Kansasavation]

Firefighters medics cops and tactical response thank you

[@halharker7300]

and tell me just how do the slogans and and flags help?

[@HydroMeerkat]

9:08 Not sure that helmet will save him if he wears it like that...

[@latinokid9]

He is a delivery guy, which more likely has to 'use' one because is company policy.

[@jeremy.wsr273]

😂😂

[@javencera]

XD

[@md_randoms2429]

lol

[@ph11p3540]

Helmets don't make a difference. If a driver decides to run you off the road he's going to do you in. Helmets are worthless. Better off dead than spending a life of pain and permanent life debt to the legal and medical industry.

[@flurx01]

9:47 That was some badass reverse

[@uhrensohnmentalitaet]

If you're doing this every day you know exactly the position you have to stand for turning the steering wheel

[@RubberChicken10000]

@@uhrensohnmentalitaet True, but i'm sure we have all seen people who've driven for 20 years that can't do that in a smart car. Good is good

[@EnjoyFirefighting]

reversing a Smart is definetly more difficult than reversing a truck ... for real! ^^

[@Zsullivan27]

Plot twist: The clip was actually in reverse.

[@GMan-yv8cb]

Yes it was!! And he had a lot of street (compared to MANY FDNY houses !) Don't hit a bump' though ! 😉

[@Marco-wz3ff]

11:07 First time i have heard that on a german vehicle.

[@Xg78]

Marco E. Its a like a test version

[@OldLordSpeedy]

Marco E. The old foreign troops here in the Federal Republic of Germany use sometimes her own home siren as second siren. In Celle City was the Royal Air Force of U.K. troop station in the history - the Emercency Command Car use often both siren - fast free way on street for so a small car! At the NATO troop place in the Lüneburger Heide do you hear the wail in the 70's and 80's too.

[@Altair1193]

But it is shit. I am working in Danmark in the EMS, and we have 3 Siren Types, also the Wail, and its annoying quiet. i do very much miss the Air-Pressure 'Martins-Horn'.

[@OldLordSpeedy]

Altair1193 Hmmm ... in Germany all it is a EN norm - so I am sure do you found in the net how many dB(A) our Martin Horn should have in 10, 50 or 100 meter. I wonder me if Denmark not use same - they are in the same EU with same regularies. Edit: StVO §55 Abs.2: […] „Die Lautstärke darf in 7 m Entfernung […] und in einem Höhenbereich von 500 mm bis 1 500 mm über der Fahrbahn an keiner Stelle 105 dB(A) übersteigen.“ […] Litterally: The sound should have in 7 m [...] and at a high of 500 mm till 1 500 mm over the street at no place more as 105 dB(A). Maximum 120 dB(A) at 1 m far from the signal horn. I found this over google in a german blog over the siren and light of german EMS. HTH.

[@Altair1193]

OldLordSpeedy / My colleagues and I are questioning that too. but unfortunately there isn't a Martins horn or something similar yet

[@javierestrada6927]

I dont care whos fire truck are better...this are brave man and woman

[@Marco-bf4uu]

Germany has historic cities. Fat trucks wouldn't fit.

[@EnjoyFirefighting]

most historic cities have pretty wide streets in many places, there aren't that many downtown areas left with the ancient streets today. It would be an inssue in some towns and cities, but in most of them it wouldn't be much of an issue

[@habukatu7866]

Us fire trucks are made for us characteristic an German ones are made for German characteristic of emergency. A "better" doesn't exist (sorry for my not perfect English. Speaking English is just a hobby on my :D)

[@walleywalley587]

America is better

[@EnjoyFirefighting]

@@walleywalley587 why?

[@Mindbender05]

"We can do that".. stuck in traffic jam with the flag on. Quite symbolic.

[@HarringtonLevy07]

Mindbender05 ur just a sensitive snowflake

[@grzegorz9837]

suppose to be sarcastic? unfortunately is flat

[@EnjoyFirefighting]

@The Logical Twit ... interesting statement concerning the circumstance that I experienced also empty streets in NYC ... and tbh I wouldn't dare to call the streets tiny there; I guess we have a completly different impression of what a tiny street is ,,,

[@EnjoyFirefighting]

@The Logical Twit I experienced some few rush hour traffic jams there as well, but also such situations (this is in Midtown Manhattan): kzbin.info/www/bejne/hKndh3V_fL2lhLs kzbin.info/www/bejne/eqLNqK2FosSJbK8

[@hansfriedrich2652]

Had the same though. Maybe that's the reason for the flags on american fire trucks, to remind people to think of others. You won't find a single flag on cars in Germany (except in times of soccer championship).

[@sterlingodeaghaidh5086]

I just love how different countries handle emergency services differently. Just shows the adaptability of human society.

[@PappnaseSir]

Sag mal steuern die Amys die Sirene mit ner Kurbel oder was?

[@uselessbanana8010]

soweit ich weiß werden die Sirenen mit einem Fußpedal vom Beifahrer gesteuert (Drauf drücken= lauter, loslassen= leiser), während die Hörner vom Fahrer sowie dem Beifahrer über ein Seil (wie in alten Filmen die Hörner bei LKW's) gesteuert werden.

[@RickStolz]

UselessBanana Ich mein, ich hab das in nem Police-Car mit nem handhebel gesehen, aber das gleiche Prinzip. Ich find das super, so kann man besser auf sich aufmerksam machen.

[@uselessbanana8010]

Das kann gut sein, vor allem weil ein Fahrzeug der Polizei ja wesentlich kleiner und nicht so "schwerfällig" wie ein Feuerwehrfahrzeug ist. Der Fahrer muss da ja öfters auch mal ordentlich am Lenkrad kurbeln und hat deshalb nicht immer beide Hände frei, da ist so ein Pedal im Fußraum (mittlerweile gibt es nämlich schon einige Fahrzeug wo der Fahrer ebensfalls eins hat) schon ganz praktisch ;)

[@scuderio762]

Meines Wissens nach ist das fast schon wie UselessBanana gesagt hat. Die normalen Wail, Yelp Töne werden jedoch trotzdem mit Schaltern betätigt.

[@scuderio762]

X Gamer Bist du auf dein Kopf gefallen?

[@realdeze2982]

Für die Amis haben unsere Karren doch viel zu wenig Beleuchtung.

[@leon8540]

LusorLeon 721 is so 😂

[@realventrix_jr.9021]

Zerox ja aber viel Bling Bling fallt auf

[@_lqnrd6202]

is so

[@samuelalsharif4126]

Zerox echt so

[@marceljansen5213]

Das Blaulicht ist besser zuerkennen als das von den Amis.Ich war in Amerika gewesen

[@kadenwatt2033]

Can you imagine how much it must suck to maneuver those huge ladder trucks through NYC's streets WITH traffic? Major props to those guys.

[@EnjoyFirefighting]

well, to be honest the street layout is more than simple, I guess maneuvering a 100' Tower Ladder through a 1000 to 2000 year old city center

[@counterfit5]

The driver at 9:42 sure seems like he knows what he's doing

[@rayguy4726]

Gotta say, the blue lights of the german firetrucks are a lot more visible against the red brake lights of other cars.

[@bennynox3364]

Indeed. I don't know in Germany but in NYC, blue lights are reserved for NYPD.

[@supmo68]

@@bennynox3364 In Germany every rescue vehicle has Blue lights and you have special rights on the road while using them. Also we have orange lights for some other vehicles, but those are just there to get awareness of the vehicle like for example tow trucks or a heavy duty transport via truck

[@suisseanonyme1033]

​@@bennynox3364In fact, blue is the only legal color for emergency light in most european country, amber is reserved to warning (and traffic bar), red to traffic lights, rear lights and brake lights and finally, white is reserved to lighting. (Green is only for traffic lights and other colours are prohibed on the road)

[@lebronjames8544]

It's not that German trucks are inferior to American trucks or American trucks are inferior to German trucks. They're each made for their own environment. There's lots of tight roads overseas in which American trucks simply couldn't fit in. However there's taller buildings in specifically New York City so it would make sense the FDNY needs bigger trucks. Either way I have nothing but respect for both German fire departments and the FDNY/American fire departments. Me personally I'm a bit more biased towards the FDNY because that's what I want to join.

[@EnjoyFirefighting]

Thank you, thank you SO MUCH for a comment which isn't based on blind patriotism, biased opinions, prejudices, alternative facts or just idioty

[@lebronjames8544]

EnjoyFirefighting - International Emergency Response Videos no problem both do everything they can to help people and do a damn good job at it lol

[@lebronjames8544]

EnjoyFirefighting - International Emergency Response Videos no problem both do everything they can to help people and do a damn good job at it lol

[@okboi2513]

Stephen Anderson agreed

[@kaylamitchell1982]

Stephen Anderson if NYFD put blue strobe lights on their trucks then they would probably be more noticeable

[@timlockwood_]

All jokes aside - the germans got a freaking bus on their side. 11:13

[@EnjoyFirefighting]

sure, many departments have them here ^^

[@Birb_of_Judge]

@@EnjoyFirefighting I personally have never seen one

[@EnjoyFirefighting]

@@Birb_of_Judge maybe "many" is a bit over the top, but it's at least a common type of special unit of which you can usually see 1, sometimes even 2 in the large cities here; many buses are designed as Large Capacity Ambulance, some few other buses are designed as Command Post

[@pr56432]

www.cm-foto.de/details.php?image_id=7653 not only 1 :D

[@thoughtfox2409]

The one seen in the video is from Hannover. Hannover alone has at least three busses. Two of them are used as a large capacity ambulances, the third to move people to further education and to provide shelter for the people whose houses are on fire, as well as for drivers training.

[@moritzstolzmann1552]

Als ich mir das Video nachts angesehn hab, is meine Freundin beim ersten ami truck aufgewacht und meinte dass die Katze stirbt.

[@bastikhk7518]

Es ist gerade 00:39😂

[@goeerik4286]

Genial

[@jeremy.wsr273]

😅😅😅

[@MrHDHD]

@@bastikhk7518 nein 2:39

[@jaquelinemuller9638]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@tomsawyer8102]

when you need a crane and a bus responded, shit just got real.

[@Absolut531kmh]

Bus is for transferring info. If there is a code 3 fire, mostly a bus would be there, to transfer info to other stations if the fire is spreading to code 4

[@febfeb1958]

@@Absolut531kmh Completely wrong. This bus is a "Großraumrettungswagen" (GRTW), meaning bigbigbig ambulance! You see other cars (ELW 2) or trucks (ELW 3) called "Einsatzleitung", meaning local post command.

[@babymetalenjoyer]

@@febfeb1958 ELW=Einsatzleitwagen (fyi)

[@Mr.Magnetix]

First time american siren shows up: (0:09) Oh. Thats cool. First time german siren shows up: (10:20) hm... [insert reaction to jumpscare here] that was loud.

[@112Ishaan]

Mr. Magnetix how is that loud you can hear that from a Kilometer on a Busy highway so it isn’t loud!

[@Markus-zb5zd]

In reality they are even louder Many of them to this date are pneumatic horns

[@112Ishaan]

Aryan R actually yea you can hear them of 1.0 kilometers I think

[@chris52209]

@@112Ishaan You Mean 10 Football Field Hamburgers? I'm not European

[@drcatsville4467]

@@chris52209 is it some ametican joke about the fact that we use kilometer instead of miles, well you can go and calculate it

[@EstonianRescueServices]

11:00 Very unusual to hear that siren from Germany! :)

[@CathyTheAdmin]

Estonian Rescue Services there was a considering if we should use the "Yelp" sirene here in Germany, too. but so far it didn't went through.

[@EstonianRescueServices]

CathyTheAdmin, Why not?

[@CathyTheAdmin]

Estonian Rescue Services good question. the politicians didn't think it'll work...

[@EnjoyFirefighting]

wail and yelp sirens don't meet the acustic and thus legal requirements to be used on our public roads

[@tobycameron317]

It's easy to write standards in such a way to favor the traditional, preferred. method...

[@vartilaknovehestum4947]

Love the way Engine 54 came barreling out of their quarters! Germans have much more respect for emergency vehicles.

[@calu10]

German trucks are definitely more technical, efficient (and beautiful...). However God bless both US and German fire fighters!

[@chaosXP3RT]

Everything you said is opinion

[@loge9981]

@chaosXper everything he said is true.

[@supmo68]

@@chaosXP3RT efficient is definitely true. We have a lot of different vehicles for different purposes. 2 scenarios for example 1: House fire: There will be like a lot of LFs which are specialized for fires and 1 or maybe 2 ladder trucks because you dont need that much tools in this scenario. 2. Car crash or Truck crash: There will be 1-2 HLFs and definitely 1 or 2 RWs an HLF is an LF but with a so called "Rüstsatz" which can be translated to basic technical rescue set which includes materials to get people cut out of a broken car and we have the RWs which are basically a giant tool box with everything you want. The only thing a RW has not is water, no water storage in vehicle nor a built in pump, they normally have extinguishers though. And everything we need extra is near around. Everyone is specialized in a certain way, because you dont need all the stuff at the same time all the time As an example. We are in my City a big Feuerwehr with a few departments in every part and for our 16 Square miles of normal Response area we have only one ladder and if a neighboring department needs a ladder we go there too.

[@AndreiTupolev]

0:39 is being insane a qualification for being a New York taxi driver? I know hardly speaking English is.

[@barbheinkel2874]

AndreiTupolev the taxi drivers and residents don't care about the trucks anymore.

[@EnjoyFirefighting]

I'm sure I'll replay again and again and again

[@asafgroup2211]

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[@airlinerspapercraft5042]

AndreiTupolev I like

[@airlinerspapercraft5042]

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[@jimdevilbiss9125]

Thank you very much for your explanation of the German firefighting equipment. I did notice in all the KZbin videos there were many more vehicles in the German task force coming from One Direction then in the US coming from multi directions. Also the explanation of the ladder trucks in Germany solved my problem. They always look so ,excuse the expression, naked. Great video and great explanations.

[@EnjoyFirefighting]

You're welcome :) Yes, it's for sure strange in some aspects when you don't know the background, and once you know it, it all makes sense

[@marimo100100]

0:14 that sounds exactly like a Dying cat

[@mergat2970]

Still better than german sirens

[@md_randoms2429]

Wdym, it’s a classic eq2b

[@Hatkeinhals]

Thumbs up for the engineers that constructed these vehicels to fit into their special circumstances

[@ph11p3540]

Especially to the Japanese fire truck manufacturers who engineered those cute little fire trucks for the Tokyo fire department.

[@TheRubberDuck]

Is it just me or does it seem like watching this Americans don't seem to care that a fire engine is responding to a call and don't bother to get out of the way...

[@bmouch1018]

Duck city drivers don't give a fuck. Doesn't matter what city they don't care. In smaller downs a lot of them don't care or they're just too dumb to get out of the way

[@motoman9992]

When I respond in my personal car to the station (I’m Pennsylvania you are only allowed 2 small bubble lights on your car and no siren. But I run full LED set ups anyway) people move instantly without me even touching the horn. I can easily go 100mph or more on route 248 and that road has a 45 mph speed limit

[@azul8811]

@Duck You realize, of course, that this video depicted NYC...and more specifically the island of Manhattan where the population density is 72,033 persons/sq. mi (27,826 persons/sq.km). It is THE most densely populated county in the United States. FOR COMPARISON: As a country, the USA has approximately 92.2 residents per square mile of land area.

[@pyroman6000]

To be fair, much of the time, those cars HAD no place to go to get out of the way. But, yeah- we're currently suffering through a plague of clueless self absorbed asshats...

[@rebeccadurinick]

I really don’t see any cars in Germany. NYC is really packed. Are they supposed to go on to the side walks and mow people down?

[@andreiolanescu4682]

German fire trucks = fast BOIS

[@Rapid_-og9vp]

When it comes to being fast were freakin usain bolt

[@stn7172]

German trucks have annoying ass sirens sorry

[@elwolf8536]

Love haw some German vids are really long silent convoys like they're off to some real bad but secret emergency.

[@Wishuphd]

Chris Lates German Sirens are very loud

[@herbertwang5607]

German fire trucks use actual air horns as sirens, thus are very loud compared to federal Q here in america. With the sirens being so loud, its common courtesy to not blast everyone if they're already moved out of the way lol

[@rubenscott3972]

That because you guys care and follow the rules American don’t give a shit New York forget about it

[@Megadriver]

It's because sirens are really loud. No reason blaring one, if there is no traffic in the way. Ambulances here in Germany do the same thing. If there are no cars blocking the ambulance's path, no siren. The siren is only used when there are cars that need to move out of the way. I hate that back home in Bulgaria, ambulance drivers blare the siren the moment they leave the hospital (I live very close to a hospital) and I see the idiots every day, blasting their sirens as they go up and down my empty street with no traffic. What's that siren for? You want me to move my house out of the way, or what?!

[@EnjoyFirefighting]

În Germany we switch the sirens off on our own risk. If we are involved in a traffic accident while we had the siren off, then we are completly responsible for it and drivers aren't forced to move out of the way or stop. In some countrieslike e.g. the Netherlands emergency vehicles have to have their siren on, no matter how few vehicles are there in front of the emergency vehicle

[@trumpolin6204]

America: I don’t give a fuck. Germany: Shit, I have to clear this place, because there is a firetruck! Kann man nichts gegen sagen, ist einfach so

[@gordo1163]

No, there's literally no space for cars to go anywhere in NYC. When the traffic is insane.. Oh Boy.

[@germanemergencyresponse1527]

imYonzix kzbin.info/www/bejne/fZ69d32fbM2kj5o Thats in Germany US Army Firefighter

[@Rick1885]

No, that's just New York City.

[@mr.moseby2821]

lol only in NY drivers don’t care

[@andrewharris6652]

NY is such a big city which means lots of traffic which means no where to go

[@frxxkybxy]

and the oscar goes to Germany and USA 😂😂

[@frxxkybxy]

DerAnus thank you 😁

[@ccastro19741]

Fail Master Germany

[@officerpizza2239]

DONALD TRUMP nope

[@KGKolibri]

0:11 "its 3am, open window, and you hear two cats taunting eachother"

[@jobfilm-joeblattner9024]

Germany: modern equipment (expecting the few eastern trucks in the video) but only blue lights on the roof. USA: All trucks look like made in the 50ies, but they all have a christmas tree on the roof - blue, red, white, orange lights, but does not even make them faster. Everybody thinks: AH look the Coca Cola truck is in town! Christmas is comming soon! :-) just joking

[@EnjoyFirefighting]

well, to be honest I showed both old and new trucks from the western and eastern states ...

[@Manu-wx7ng]

Coca Cola truck...

[@EnjoyFirefighting]

Robert I guess your answer isn't related that much to the previous comment, but anyway: Well, in the US you have more but smaller stations, while we have less but larger stations. Both come with pros and cons. In my home town (200k inhabitants and 31 sq mi large) only 1 station from the career FD covered the entire city first due. Being able to respond code 3 with an average speed of 40 mph in city traffic they are still able to cover sth like 95% of the city area within a 6 minutes drive

[@EnjoyFirefighting]

"cause we habe been doing it longer." what exactly have you been doing longer? Rosenbauer apparatus? Well, 6 minutesis still far below the legal requirements, and keep in mind: within 6 minutes they cover 95%,which emans that they have reached the far outskirts of the city or rather the city limits. Most parts are reached within a 2 to 4 minutes long drive, while the calculated time is set at 8 minutes (+ 1.5 minutes for the emergency call + 3.5 minutes before someone calls the emergency phone number e.g. in case of a fire). And within these 6 minutes, there's not only one apparatus arriving on scene but a convoy of numerous apparatus arriving at the same time,like in my home town 5 apparatus for a basic, unconfirmed fire alarm. There's no time wasted while waiting for units form other stations to arrive True, here we have lesslights (ranging from only 1 on unmarked cars to usually 6 on full-size fire trucks) and still we are usuallymoving faster through traffic.

[@EnjoyFirefighting]

well, we don't really have more calls based on our response tactics. Again referring to my home town, they have an average of only 5 to 6 calls per 24h shift. The station has more than 50 units and, because the old station was in a bad shape and too small, is currently upgraded from 47 to 55 bays. The old parts of the station are demolished and are built up again

[@rhinelander7]

To be fair, the USA clips are all in NYC. Most of the rest of U.S. will definitely move out of the way for them

[@chris52209]

Yeah no We are a bunch of jackasses in the USA

[@thomasgrosse3406]

chris damn right

[@bratwurstboy6961]

Nope, the uploader commented sone comments, where he said, that the clips are from everywhere in America

[@NealB123]

@@bratwurstboy6961 No, all the US clips are in Manhattan in New York City. One of the most crowded urban areas in the US.

[@Svartsejd]

@@bratwurstboy6961 No, he said that it's only from NYC, and that the German clips are from all over the country.

[@derdienendedanken4041]

Ach Gott,jetzt gibt es den ewigen Streit wer die tolleren Fahrzeuge hat....führt doch zu nichts.Die Bedingungen sind doch zwischen USA und Deutschland viel zu unterschiedlich als das man wirklich sagen könnte,dass eine Nation die besseren Fahrzeuge hat.

[@MrFohly]

der dienende Das Video an sich soll ja nur als Vergleich dienen, Grade weil die USA und Deutschland so verschieden sind was das angeht, gut in den Kommentaren gibt es immer solche kriege aber die meisten hier sind eher aufschlussreiche Diskussionen.

[@mastermuc0]

der dienende Danken MEINE REDE!!!

[@onkolyth]

Es sind alle gleich gut 😊

[@met_ti04]

Es gibt auch Amerikaner in den Kommentaren das die USA von den deutschen eine Scheiben abschneiden sollen . Aber was das mit dem Verkehr zu tun hat sind wir besser hust Rettungsgasse hust

[@alex_petersin]

Die Amy Autos sind schöner meiner Meinung nach

[@Gilbertmk2]

It'd also be cool to see you compare fire trucks in American cities vs fire trucks in more rural areas. For example, when I lived in the high desert in Southern California the fire trucks were designed to go off-road and fight wildfires as well as house fires.

[@EnjoyFirefighting]

it for sure would be interesting, yes! FUnny side note: in Germany there are hardly differences between apparatus in urban and rural areas, there are hardly any Brush Trucks and apart from some few Unimogs and trucks with extra offroad tires. We usually take the plain normal apparatus offroad as well

[@Brian-bd1gc]

American fire trucks look good- Germany Fire Trucks look good As long as they serve the community well I have equal respect for both. Best of luck to all firefighters who risk their lives everyday to save others.

[@antoniocignozzi1477]

11:36 lel the ice cream truck xD

[@lordtachanka6489]

17:57 der hats eilig

[@agp_jere6838]

Der kommt zu spät zur schule🤣

[@ritaauspeitshen53]

Warum sollte er dort 50 fahren omg..... Logik

[@Andi-yp8dr]

Bei 2:26 hat die CD wohl eine Macke😂

[@ForgotMyIdentity]

Andi 123 😂

[@claasfahrerrichi6890]

🤣🤣🤣

[@tonka301180]

die sirene bei denen kann auch ähnlich der push-to-talk-taste bei handys und headsets betätigt werden. also wenn man 2 sekunden nur draufdrückt es auch nur diese 2 sekunden aufheult. speziell in der genannten szene drückt der typ also mehrmals hintereinander drauf.

[@xehanotmelodic7696]

The first diffirence I saw was not so much on the fire trucks themself but in the behavior of the people nearby. The people on the sidewalk had o be stopped by a guy to make room so they could leave to save people and most cars just didn't care. Here in Germany would that behaviour be completely unthinkable and illegal, we would make room, so the firefighter could do their job.

[@martindimitribrauers6271]

Ich bedanke mich mich bei euch allen ! Ihr, die ihr euer Leben aufs Spiel setzt um uns zu Helfen!!! Danke euch allen, Feuerwehrleuten, Polizisten, Ärzte, Johanniter, Malteser, Firefigter, Cops, Medicals bei allen die da sind, wenn man auf Hilfe angewiesen ist. Danke, besonders auch einen großen Dank an die Unterstützer und Helfer in der Not vom THW......Danke ihr habt mir und meinen Lieben schon mehr wie einmal den Arsch gerettet! von mir ein Herzliches Dankeschön an alle von euch. Danke sehr...... Martin

[@scp049leplaguedocter3]

nice

[@scp049leplaguedocter3]

Bedeutung voller Wörter

[@jacobschwertfeger4435]

Well comparatively speaking i will say this there is no better people i think then those who serve others in there worst time of need honor them all wherever they may be

[@yulianiuz]

Hauptsache Fährt, Macht Krach und Kann leuchten ;)

[@yulianiuz]

Zudem ist das Auto was man selber fährt eh immer das schönste, bei mir ist es bei min. 17:23

[@minecoll_yt]

Und kann Leute retten

[@torbenschwarz6116]

@@minecoll_yt Das ist nur Nebensache 😂

[@rammo2361]

Löschen wäre nicht schlecht oder

[@MD88Pilot]

it nice to see that some stations still have a original seagrave

[@haramaschabrasir8662]

I always found that German fire trucks look "more serious". American fire engines look like show trucks. Don't get me wrong, I do appreciate that the firemen and -women are proud of their engines and keep them clean and well maintained, but I can't help it- the Germans look and sound more serious to me.

[@sabertoothgaming8988]

11:14 is that an evacuation bus or a space ship XD

[@EnjoyFirefighting]

it's a FD operated Large Capacity Ambulance

[@padprtasrt6858]

wow is that a Citaro Merc?!

[@EliasHPoint]

Hä I thought that the vehicle was a space ship which brokes out from Area 51

[@Wishuphd]

EnjoyFirefighting - International Emergency Response Videos yes

[@centurion4557]

Saber ToothGaming I'm from Germany and I never see a car like this

[@niklas8413]

German ones usually have just a short cab, no tank, no pump, no ground ladders and no heavy rescue tools, verstehe ich nicht... Ein HLF 20 hat schere spreizer, 4teilige Steckleiter, 3 teilige schiebeleiter, und normal 2000 L wasser und ich glaube das 9 Leute mehr sind als 5 in den Amerikanischen. PS: dass soll nicht so klingen als wenn ich jemanden hier beleidigen will :D

[@EnjoyFirefighting]

Es ging in dem Punkt um Drehleitern, nicht um die Löschfahrzeuge

[@niklas8413]

EnjoyFirefighting - International Emergency Response Videos achso, hab mir schon gedacht das ich da was fallsch verstanden hab

[@EnjoyFirefighting]

kein Problem, passiert eben mal

[@turtelmcguire4457]

EnjoyFirefighting - International Emergency Response Videos are you english

[@EnjoyFirefighting]

Turtel mcguire No, actually I'm German

[@dabneyscholler8495]

This is so cool, it gives me a chance to show my fire truck loving, half German toddler how both operate ❤ Thank you

[@robertbalazslorincz8218]

NY firetrucks: *gets stuck in traffic* German firetrucks: *watery blitzkrieg intensifies*

[@Airberlin2919]

Daumen hoch für die tolle Erklärung der Unterschiede! Wieder was gelernt :)

[@okiplay4667]

USA:karnevalzug Deutschland: Feuerwehr ist aber so

[@EnjoyFirefighting]

USA: Feuerwachchen Deutschland: Feuerwache

[@flaschbraker]

UND wir denken wenigstens etwas an die Umwelt LOL

[@EnjoyFirefighting]

123USAmund Aber die Amerikanischen, ja klar DIE schaffen es da hoch? Komisch, immerhin haben in Deutschland so einige Wehren Hubretter mit einer Arbeitshöhe von bis zu 170', der höchste in Deutschland eingesetzte Hubretter erreicht 300' ... was nur schlappe 3 mal so hoch ist, wie jeder Hubretter des FDNY. Ach ja stimmt, das FDNY HATTE mal Hubretter, die über die 100' bzw 105' hinaus ragten, was waren das doch gleich für Leitern? Ach ja: Magirus Leitern aus Deutschland, die aufgebaut auf einem Mack-Fahrgestell eine Höhe von 144' erreicht haben Jedoch sehe ich die realistische Chance, dass manch Deutsche DL tatsächlioch auf den Trump Tower hinauf kommen könnte ... z,.B. die auf Multicar aufgebauten DL10, die würden bestimmt in den Aufzug hinein passen

[@Intern.emergency-response]

Trump Tower? Da wollen wir ehrlich gesagt auch nicht Hin mit unseren DL

[@EnjoyFirefighting]

na, versuchst wieder abzulenken? :D Zeig mir doch mal nen Hubretter des FDNY der auch nur ansatzweise dort hoch kommen würde? Ach ja, die reichen ja nur 100' bzw 105' hoch, tut mir leid

[@justanotherghost4589]

Ik I'm 5 years late but I love hearing those PA300s in the FDNY clips, one of my favorite sirens, it's just a classic

[@enjoythesiren911]

As someone who lives in America, I truly love seeing the differences between the different trucks. And the FDNY PA-300 is something of a rarity now.

[@bryanthornburg8636]

New York people are crazy, especially the taxi drivers, they don’t stop for sirens

[@jed-henrywitkowski6470]

Anyone else think of Lego upon seeing some of the German rigs?

[@EnjoyFirefighting]

That's exactly what I think when I see the American tucks, to be hoenst

[@davidkeener5274]

Well, Denmark does use the same stuff, so Lego has plenty of local design inspiration, I guess.

[@paulavogt8721]

And now you know why they look like german truck's, because they are

[@greengregor6843]

No idea what you're talking about, but the Lego fire brigade (both German and American) can be found here: www.bluebrixx.com/de/bluebrixxspecials/fire_rescue

[@oskarsrode2167]

@@greengregor6843 that's not Lego but some copy cat.

[@F38000]

Insgesamt ein gelungener Zusammenschnitt, wenn auch bei den amerikanischen Fahrzeugen nicht so abwechslungsreich. Und natürlich auch eine gute und informative Beschreibung!

[@Christo1221Gaming]

I never knew that the Shell gas stations were overseas. You learn something new everyday.

[@andrekaiser2569]

Shell is from netherlands

[@danielhall892]

Smartest American right here

[@tobifricke86]

so großkotzig die Ammies meistens auch sind... die Feuerwehr dort bekommt deutlich mehr Anerkennung als wir bei uns

[@MephistoDerPudel]

Aber nicht auf der Straße, wenn es ums Platzmachen geht, offensichtlich.

[@5.accacestyle441]

Tobi Fricke ja jeder mag halt riesige Weihnachtsbäume die auf den Straßen rum fahren (auch im Sommer) und nicht vorankommen weil ihr Motor zu schwach für ihr Gewicht ist

[@jaquelinemuller9638]

das stimmt nicht

[@laggeryt7558]

Ka, ich mach denen sicherlich nicht Platz, weil ich keine Anerkennung für deren Job habe...

[@wazzzup23]

@@laggeryt7558 bist du bescheuert

[@darkgael0]

The difference in the amount of street traffic is amazing.

[@EnjoyFirefighting]

you hardly ever see gridlocked traffic in Germany

[@Leandro_F_R]

Ich denke, es gibt keinen, der besser ist als der andere. Unabhängig davon spielen beide die Rolle ihrer Funktion. Das ist es was am wichtigsten ist. Das soll bei der Rettung und Bekämpfung von Bränden helfen.

[@therant311]

Genau

[@aliciabaroncartagenadeindi2255]

Germán 👍👍👍👍👍👏👏👏👏

[@hut_duarte2611]

N

[@panzho_112]

I love you forever FEUERWEHR

[@__BeN_]

FIRE TRUCK ...

[@THATgoober1antiuttp]

Feuerwehr this is from Germany

[@texasranger24]

11:01 hat der etwa in Amiland eine Sirene geklaut?

[@2012ncis]

German drivers are much more organized

[@stavros1216]

Good joke

[@marvinlein123]

@@stavros1216 you born is a joke

[@help3102]

because most of the clips are from nyc where nobody knows how to drive

[@mausexx2459]

@@harrier331 So you are assuming, that he is a Nazi for having a German name? Really uncool

[@swordfish1986]

@@harrier331 What he "said" has nothing to do with being a Nazi. Go get an education first, fool.

[@Megadriver]

Awesome, the first German truck is from my town! European trucks are more cleverly designed and more compact to get into the old city streets, but I do admit... American fire trucks look cooler.

[@xyzxyz9310]

After 9/11 in America the town I grew up in Clintonville, WI. We have 3 companies in the area, one called Seagrave built several new fire trucks for Nyfd.

[@scp049leplaguedocter3]

@@xyzxyz9310 if yo look carefully into japanese ambulance uts way better then german

[@dercreeper3929]

They‘re not built to look cool, they‘re built to save people‘s life

[@sagenspezl612]

The from the Trucks is not Importent!

[@x9466x]

The fact that most German firefighter vehicles are by Mercedes is enough for me to make my decision which ones I prefer.

[@noname-1126]

German Trucks have much more Equipment an the Siren is much louder.

[@KriegerDelfin24]

They are very compact but have allot of Equipment.

[@KriegerDelfin24]

Also the Design is very important

[@EnjoyFirefighting]

no shit! And it's not like that it would be a surprise, since American Aerials are designed for slightly different tasks and due to different aspects ...

[@EnjoyFirefighting]

true, but irrelevant.

[@noname-1126]

DerAnus Yes Ladders but the other Units like Heavy Rescue Engins not.

[@justanaverageguy1351]

It's interesting to see the difference between the two countries though I must admit the FDNY trucks seem more imposing.

[@CrocodileTooth]

Interesting comparisons. Thanks.

[@NealB123]

All firefighters are heroes the world over.

[@Malakie]

The more I watched this video, the more I was just amazed at how many people actually want to live in a place like NYC and other cities.. What a shit hole of sound, lights, people and just the dirty look... Also there is a huge difference in visibility from USA to other countries the way the trucks are setup....

[@pyroman6000]

Agreed. big cities are interesting to visit, but I damn sure wouldn't want to live in one!

[@HighOnLife1985]

14:14 The cab design on this apparatus is interesting. Is this a new safety measure for fire fighters getting on and off away from traffic?

[@EnjoyFirefighting]

this cab design exists since 1998 and is widely spread in the communal sector, especially garbage collection and at fire departments. The low entry cab offers several advantages, like getting in or off the cab easier, having a lower overall vehicle height and the bus doors are perfect for tight spots. The driver would usually still get off the truck via the door on this side

[@FrecciaNeraM36]

The mercedes econic was designed as a binmens truck hence the quick doors, but having four seats in one row has also made it favourable to fire brigades.

[@MisatoBestWoman]

That rig with the tribute paint in the thumbnail 🫡🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 *NEVER FORGET!*

[@AdamDilloo]

people: [sees truck coming] also people: [still crosses road...}

[@siyaoluan1877]

I don't mean to offend anyone... I'm here just to discuss technologies. 1. I don't know why American ladder trucks are that huge in terms of overall length, but their ladders are short. Even those gigantic tiller trucks usually have ladders no taller than 150 ft., which is merely 50 m approximately. A ladder of an equivalent reach can be easily fit onto a much shorter European three-axle truck chassis. I've never seen any American ladder trucks having a steerable tag axle, so their turning radius is appalling. They also have huge rear overhang which swings out way too much. Maneuvering on busy urban streets is not a pleasant job. 2. Also, the idea of having a manually steerable trailer doesn't sound like a good idea at all. Technology for an automatic hydraulic counter-steer trailer axle is mature. Having a firefighter do that job is not only challenging, but also dangerous. There're plenty of accidents involving tiller trucks, and excessive speed is often the cause. At least there should be some positive speed control feature, just like on a pusher-type articulated bus. 3. It appears to me that all-wheel-drive engines are a standard for most stations in Germany, but they are extremely rare in the US. Only bush fire units are AWD, and they are only seen in stations in high wild fire hazards areas. Do Germans need more off-road capabilities? Not sure... Judging from how much pickup trucks there are in the US... 4. I've never seen any American rescue trucks with built-on cranes... which seems to be very common everywhere else. Isn't a crane pretty handy in a variety of scenarios?

[@EnjoyFirefighting]

Even the enormous Tiller Ladders usually are not 150' ones but 105' ones, even shorter than you'd expect them to be. There are just few, and I mean very few, larger Aerials in the range up to 164' max .... The few European Midmount Ladders had a long verhang as well, but they didn't succeeded in large numbers and aren't common at all Well, in fact there are truck cranes at quite many German fire departments, both career / paid departments as well as at volunteer departments

[@danrossell6375]

The aerial ladders of the FDNY are 100 Ft. The Tower (bucket) ladders are generally 75 Ft with some being 95Ft. I don't believe that any FD's in the USA have cranes. That function is usually done by private tow services with large wrecker trucks or construction company cranes can be used.

[@barbheinkel2874]

Siyao Luan you know it's Canada and Mexico too, right?

[@siyaoluan1877]

Barb Heinkel Probably. I live in the US and have been to many, many cities, but I've never gone across the borders, so I can't say for sure.

[@siyaoluan1877]

Actually, I don't mean mobile cranes, I mean built-in cranes, like those on utility trucks. There're lots of rescue trucks in Europe, Asia, etc. with a small crane installed at the very back. Very handy in many scenarios, car wrecks, not-too-bad building collapses, etc.

[@harderstylezrecords]

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[@SnoopDogg3377]

Schinkel

[@jeremy.wsr273]

😂😂

[@boss_bonard7573]

Osna

[@allanr6132]

A 367' reach on a ladder truck?! I can't even imagine that. It seems like that would have so much bend & sway at that height.

[@EnjoyFirefighting]

not sure to which wind speeds it can be operated, and of course there's some sway, but not as much as one might think

[@shiimura7484]

I have no idea how i got here, but the first clip of german fire trucks is shot in Regensburg at the "Hauptfeuerwache Berufsfeuerwehr Regensburg", about 200m away from where i live, like i can literally see it when i look out the window. What a coincidence. Edit: the shot from 13:20 is also from there, just going the other direction. Same for the shot at 15:20.

[@Torilinchen]

17:47 was ist denn das für ne hässliche Karre? ( das grüne? / blaue? direkt an der Ampel vor dem VW ) Das Video an sich finde ich genial :)

[@7seaslp]

Tobias Adrian :D unglaublich hässlich das Teil!

[@mn_schuster]

sieht aus wie n fiat multipla haha

[@Gordonptrs]

das is n microcar :D googlet es mal ^^

[@marimo100100]

EIn Audi a2, ansich finde ich audi gut, aber dieses Model haben sie richtig verkakt

[@Gordonptrs]

marimo100100 das ist ein Micro car und kein A2. Die beiden kann man sehr gut unterscheiden 😁

[@luismigueldelgadoadin7387]

DIfferent ways to do their job.

[@aleks9677]

For American people wondering, some of these German vehicles are special. We have Oil cleaning fire vehicles, cranes, ambulance buses and command posts, SCBA Providing vehicles called "Atemschutz" and so on... We just have everything extra, whilw the Americans have it all on one truck. Which i think is also pretty nice, but both do a good job here! 👍🏻

[@EnjoyFirefighting]

most of what you've mentioned exists in the US as well ... recovery trucks, BA trucks, ambulance buses, command posts, ...

[@catzzz4ever616]

I noticed the first fire truck siren is literally the siren used by the British for their fire truck in London during the 70s to 90s

[@TheAviationEnthusiast]

At the end of the day if my house is on fire I do not care whether it is a big bulky American fire truck or a Swiss army knife German fire truck with a crane. As long as it gets the job done and save lives that's all that matters.

[@Warp__]

Here I go watching more fire truck videos at midnight

[@berserkerkev_666]

GREETINGS TO ALL FIREFIGHTERS OF THE WORLD!!

[@MrBuildboy]

I find the designs of the german trucks versus the American ones very fascinating. On some of the german ladder trucks it looks like they use the front of a Mercedes bus for the cab. It is also interesting that they use mobile cranes, and I even seen a bus turned into a fire response vehicle. Understandably though if there are only few fire apparatus I could understand the need for a bus if you are having to travel a long distance and need to bring extra fire crew along. There aren't that many lights on german trucks and most of them don't flash as much as American lights. To sum it all up America and Germany have completely different infrastructures so that means different types of trucks to adapt to that environment.

[@EnjoyFirefighting]

yes, in fact the chassis of the so-called Mercedes-Benz Econic truck is from the Mercedes-Benz Citaro bus. The cab is designed differently though. Yes, in many large cities and some few towns the fire departments operate truck cranes for heavy rescue and lifting operations which go beyond the capabilities of Tower Ladders. Although some departments also operate a large crew bus, the buses you see here in the video are so-called Large Capacity Ambulance (Bus). Most departments use vans as crew carriers

[@granturismomh]

Emergency vehicles Including fire apparatus from Germany is better because the technology is advance, it has more equipment, it's the future designs, and it responses has more power and strength.

[@000Responses]

granturismomh Nah the ‘murican vehicles have more muscle. You are probably right about the technology though...

[@ussocom3644]

granturismomh Do you believe your own bs?

[@EnjoyFirefighting]

USSOCOM At least I don't want to have an American fire truck in my town. First reason woulld be: it wouldn't be able to reach my house because it's not sufficiently maneuverable

[@dozergames2395]

@@EnjoyFirefighting actually it's kind of kinda funny u mention that as I've seen a truck once that couldn't get to a back steet so it sprayed water what looked like 100+ feet to put out the fire in the house

[@BTW...]

2 differences noticed quickly: 1. German fire crews don't feel the need to fly a stupid flag - Less insecure ? 2. German drivers get out of the way, anyway they can safely - Less self-centred ?

[@112Ishaan]

Don’t u know the meaning of the flag? You’re so dumb

[@112Ishaan]

Btw I’m from the border of Germany

[@BTW...]

@@112Ishaan Don't YOU know the origin and purpose of flags, and the nature of scoundrels who wrap themselves in them, calling themselves 'patriots'? Get yourself education.

[@MostroLivello]

Actually in 2016 they were told to remove the flags because of liability issues. And the main reason they had them was to honor the people who died in 9/11

[@user-bl4oq7fd8d]

well the German trucks can also fly German flags 12:55 ;)

[@DreamOf944]

Es freut mich, hier mal die Vielfalt der deutschen Feuerwehrfuhrparks gezeigt zu bekommen

[@YouAreBreathing]

The Germans has a fuckin' bus in their fire fleet. That's cool!

[@timmohlenbrock5673]

You are breathing The Bus is for evacuation and for Mass casualty injured.

[@rjfilliben107]

You are breathing yea my local EMS has a old Thomas bus that is used for mad casualties

[@florianjeromin1760]

1:28 wtf?

[@EnjoyFirefighting]

why wtf? what's the question you want to know concernign 1:28?

[@yuukiarts]

@@EnjoyFirefighting He means the bike driver with the dog that is faster than the fire truck

[@yourneighborhoodwierdo8349]

@@yuukiarts welcome to NYC

[@112Ishaan]

Netherlands Germany use exactly Same sirens

[@allanr6132]

What is that silver box thing on top of the cab on that NYFD truck at .50? Never seen that before.

[@scottrjmatmsncom]

the German apparatus I noticed that it looked like they have a truck with a dumpster and crane. What are they used for?

[@EnjoyFirefighting]

do you mean the one at 12:40? It's a pod carrier (btw one without a crane). In general: these pod carriers are used to transport a range of various special operations equipment pods to the scene. Those cover tasks which are rarely needed. Thus it wouldn't be cost efficient to purchase and maintain e.g. 10 complete special operation trucks, but rather have two of those Pod Carriers for 10 different equipment pods. This specifc one at 12:40 is in service at the Stralsund CFD and only serves for one special equipment pod "maritime firefighting". It covers a greater area than the Stralsund FD does within the city

[@scottrjmatmsncom]

EnjoyFirefighting - International Emergency Response Videos Thank you it's a smart idea to do it that way one universal vehicle to do many things. The crane I was asking about was at 12:16 are they used for doing rescues?

[@EnjoyFirefighting]

Yes it indeed is, especially since some of the special equipment pods cover tasks which are needed only few times a year. Those truck cranes are used for all kinds of heavy rescue / technical support lifting operations which go beyond the capacity limit of the smaller truck mounted cranes or Tower Ladders. Examples are e.g. vehicle rollovers, accidents with trucks being involved, storm damages like fallen trees, damages roofs, collapsed buildings structures, derailed railroad vehicles, sunken boats, ...

[@scottrjmatmsncom]

EnjoyFirefighting - International Emergency Response Videos Thank you

[@000Responses]

EnjoyFirefighting - International Emergency Response Videos A convoy of specialised trucks would be cooler to film than just one pod transport though...

[@fazerainscat6483]

Holy ambulances! 4:25

[@alexandersalarms5380]

Yeah!

[@112Ishaan]

FaZe Rain's Cat Wow!

[@ashrafhussain6311]

This daring 9 11 I filmed it top

[@billyc9151]

I think it would be good for megalopolis (U.S.A.) to begin rethinking equipment design/purchase. Not all, but some of city equipment is so unbelievably large that speed (response time) and maneuverability (through traffic) is just ridiculous. Specialty equipment aside, there is really no call in such massive trucks (in most cases these are bought and maintained on taxpayer $$$, another issue altogether), bigger does not automatically equal better in some instances.

[@crazyjdkid]

Billy C A good portion of these trucks are specialty trucks. Many of these trucks need the amount of storage space they do because of the lack of space for other engines and specialty vehicles. Easier to combine it into one.

[@EnjoyFirefighting]

there was only one Heavy Rescue, one Collapse Rescue (which was remarkbly comapct compared to other American trucks here) and think one more specila operations unit ... when I think about that an AMerican 100' Tower Ladder has a comparablelarge chassis like a 170' Tower in Germany ...it's strange

[@crazyjdkid]

Its my understanding that *generally the US has much larger pumps and water tanks on there engines. Most of the Euro aerials are made most for rescue rather than fire suppression. And many of the US aerials often carry water and can pump themselves. And many have a working platform at the end of the ladder. Now FDNY isn't a good FD to generalize the rest of America's fire departments. They try to cramp as many trucks into one trucks to save bay space. You get out of the big city and you will see smaller trucks.

[@EnjoyFirefighting]

well, although, talking for Germany, most cases where the Aerials get in action are indeed some kind of rescue call (EMS support transporting a patient down, evacuating people, cutting down treefs etc), it's not like they wouldn't be layed out for the fire-fighting task in first place. Among German Aerials, roughly 99% do have a platformfor easier, safer operation and a wider range of operation

[@azul8811]

Billy C Tell us Bill, would you like them shorter in length or narrower in width...or both? Throw some dimensions out there for us. One last question, tell us: a) what tools a FDNY ladder truck carries these days, and b) how many members are aboard?

[@nickakers7985]

I can tell most of these videos were taken in and around the same area in New York City and wherever that is in Germany respectively. It did look like most of the fire trucks in the New York City video were pretty old, I live in Charlotte, and most of our fire trucks are pretty new with very bright LED lights, I also hardly ever see a fire truck responding without their sirens blaring and horn blasting, cars seem to get out of the way pretty quick when they hear that coming down the road. I live in a more suburban part of town, similar to the area where the German videos were filmed, which makes it a lot easier for drivers to get over, and as much is I criticize the drivers in this city, they are pretty good at moving over for emergency vehicles, even in more built up areas of town, they are pretty good at getting over when they can. With that being said, I don’t think you can draw a fair comparison between the two videos, the American video was taken in one of the most dense urban areas in the world, and even in New York City, there are a lot of cars. Versus in the German video, it looks to be in a more suburban area, with less traffic, whether that has to do with the fact that Europeans drive less than Americans, or whether it’s just not as busy there is irrelevant, there’s more room to get over.

[@EnjoyFirefighting]

that's correct,the videos from NYC areall taken in Midtown and Downtown Manhattan, but the clips from Germany aren't from the same area at all, but the clips arefrom all across the country, from the countryside to the largest cities, from states in the south and north and so on. And some of the German clips are rather from downtown instead of some suburban area. In the suburban areas you'll hardly find fire stations from a professional fire department here with 24-7 staffing etc, so you'll hardly find me filming in suburban areas While I stayed in NYC I saw allkinds of situation, like e.g. times where there wasn't any traffic at all, and in other situations drivers didn't pull over and thus the emergency vehicles took several minutes just to get from one intersection to the next one

[@Esterreicherr]

Interessante Gegenüberstellungen. :) Die Rubrik mit Polizei & Rettungsdienst war auch ziemlich nice. Liebe Grüße

[@darrylrotrock7816]

"Nice"? Kannst kein Deutsch? So ein Scheiß.

[@pyromania7198]

4:47 he do have that classic gta 4 siren

[@christianclark2656]

12:37 those guys look chill af

[@EnjoyFirefighting]

they had more than an hour long drive from their station in another city ^^

[@charmcitytoe]

I love them all. As a Volunteer in America, I am obviously biased toward our equipment. But I often work and watch videos and think of how both countries could benefit from having a range of both. For example, I have seen some videos in Europe of some very big fires that I think could have been handled if they had some American firepower there. But then I ride to a fire in the city and think, "man we would get there faster if we had some shorter, more agile rigs." At least for first due. A 2nd Alarm strike would trigger the big stuff for exterior attack or big water needs. We could keep our own lights and sirens, since that's what our citizens are accustomed to, but otherwise, direct from the manufacturer with adapters for hydrants (or cisterns for my over the pond bros and sisters), so that water systems would not have to be rebuilt. Not to mention the job and economic benefits of trading fire equipment. But we work with whatever we get right?! Great video and thanks everyone for your support! 🚒

[@EnjoyFirefighting]

Although some tactics seen overseas will be adapted at some point and even though some very few apparatus will be seen on both sides of the pond, it's not much worth trying apparatus from one side of the pond on the other side as well. American departments wouldn't go for commercial chassis made by e.g. Mercedes-Benz as there are no Mercedes-Benz truck dealers and service partners in the USA; The other way around there are no dealers and service partners for American fire apparatus manufacturers over here in Germany. There are many kinds of apparatus in Germany which have quite an attack power, they are simply adapted to the needs in each area. Thus there are also turbine powered aerosol extinguishers, special extinguishing agents apparatus which carry e.g. frozen carbondioxide or nitrogen vaporizers, and some pumps have a pumping capacity of up to 11,888 gallons per minute and the largest LDH we have has a diameter of 7.5 feet The US Army Fire & Rescue Services at USAG bases over here used to run American apparatus for quite some years, but by now most of them are replaced by European apparatus. Also tradesmen which bought an American apparatus in the USA and shipped it to Europe, offering it to all kinds of departments, failed as no-one wanted to buy it and thus there are some American fire apparatus over here which never ever responded to an emergency call. The Prague FD had a once and never again purchase of a few American Engines and Tower Ladders, not sure if any of them is still in service

[@Kukus-xy3gi]

I love the small qoutes on the windshields US Fire engines