American Firefighter Reacts to Russian Fire Crew

[@mike_pertz]

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[@tilbot5245]

I`m from Russia and I have to say something about russian people that might get the situation more clear. Almost everybody in Russia wants to die. Not kidding. When you see the firefighter staying on the burning roof, I swear he thinks about how to die rn and probably only family he has stopping him to do something irreparable

[@alexandrkovalev5082]

Are you from the city colled Russian Federation, Kentucky?

[@philipjfry199]

This is a summer garden shed.

[@philipjfry199]

@@tilbot5245 That's right. Every Russian dreams of dying in battle and getting into a squabble with their ancestors!

[@francuz512]

Thar guy was said there was diesel oil in garage. The garage was made of 3mm thick steel sheets, cutting through was not the easiest option

[@pozharny_brz]

*Thank you friend for parsing my video! It was interesting to hear your opinion! you can ask any questions! I will try to answer them! Thanks*

[@mike_pertz]

Thank you! You have great footage and you guys are great firefighters! Keep up the good work!

[@pozharny_brz]

@@mike_pertz thank you! hello from Russian Firefighters

[@wilfdarr]

@@pozharny_brz What do the different color helmets mean? In our department, red are worn by Captains and above, black are full time crew, and yellow are paid on call/volunteer.

[@ded_ok5160]

@@wilfdarr Nothing. It's just different helmet models

[@Muielamanelisti]

You guis rock, and yes even in Romania like all the EU / Euro Zone / Europe states ( non members ) we have small fire trucs cose most streets have watter connects and we just link that in and it's good to go

[@owenreuby]

Yes European fire vehicles are generally smaller than their American counter parts normally because our vehicles are based on smaller chassis for tighter streets and no traditional standards compared to America. Pre-connects is a different story, it varies country to country. So in the UK we don't have "pre-connects" we've got at least 2 high pressure hose reels which can be pumped at over 20 bar (290 psi) for approximately 20 minutes to half and hour. Any layflat hose (45mm and 70mm) has to be taken off the appliance bowled and connected if larger hoses are needed. However I know Germany do have hose reels and then also pre-connected 'C' hoses that are flaked and pulled.

[@owenreuby]

Smoothbore as far as I'm aware is rarely used in Europe the only exceptions being for foam.

[@nordominai]

The reason that the trucks are smaller is not because our streets are narrower, its because our trucks are built on existing truck chassis. In the states they build a firetruck on a chassis that is designed to be a fire truck and not a garbage truck.

[@owenreuby]

@@nordominai Sorry I thought I'd included that point as well

[@Ronaldrygun]

Everything’s bigger in America

[@donalddodson7365]

@@Ronaldrygun Including our mistakes, too??🥴👍😎

[@andrewkhudyakov358]

9:45 in post ussr garage doors are made from a pretty thick steel sheets. Fastest way is to cut hinges 17:45 In such suburbs there must be such called fire pond where firetruck can grab water. And yes usually two trucks came to scene (3.2 tons of water each) while crew of the first truck starts to extinguish fire second truck crew must find water source and ensure uninterrupted water supply for the first team. Ideally if water source is nearby then water supply is made by the hose line. If not second truck drains water into first's tank and drives to a nearest water source (pond, river, hydrant) could be variation ie one huge 6+ ton tank but usually two engines come to scene

[@PuerRidcully]

It's Russia, they're made out of titanium 😂

[@MatthewGoss562]

Good to know. Thanks for the info Andrew.

[@boonamai8926]

In germany if the call is fire you rarely see less than 6 firefighter vehicles and 1 or 2 ambulances ^^

[@idkwhattocallmyselfbruh]

@@boonamai8926 seems like they are just as crazy for firetrucks as they are for setting things on fire

[@boonamai8926]

@@idkwhattocallmyselfbruh Actually they mostly come with every vehicle they have but only put like 2 people on most so they have the maximum amount of water and equipment with them, makes alot of sense. I do know your comment wasn't really serious though ^^

[@grumpy_cat1337]

You complimented their skill, I wanted to mention a couple of facts that might be interesting to you. That's because there is no such thing as volunteer firefighter, at least in major ex-Soviet countries, Russia, Ukraine, Belarus. Firefighters, who are a part of Disasters fighting agency(rough translation), are military in their structure and have ranks up to a general, this is USSR legacy. Each firefighting station is government owned and funded. In order to become a firefighter you must undergo 2-3 years of military like training and education, specialized on firefighting, you can kind of call it a college. So staff on even smallest and most remote fire stations is educated and well trained.

[@estoniaman]

Interesting. I think Estonia is somewhere between with that. Majority is organised by the state (but I don't think it's directly military), while some part of it is voluntary. On the other side is Austria, for example, which has almost 100% voluntary (at least on paper).

[@Jamhael1]

Here in Brazil is kinda mixed - while all firefighters are a governmental service and have military ranks, they are NOT military per se, nor has the need to belong to any of the branches of the Armed Forces, having their own training school for their profession.

[@UlmanXD]

Не смеши люди, безпогонные части мчс РФ, 3 месяца учебного центра и не у всех даже год службы в армии есть, какой обучен.

[@UlmanXD]

@ I work just in a unit without titles and shoulder straps, an ordinary labor contract with the state, so as a fan of the profession I need to independently learn everything, comprehend and reach out, without this the level of training is poor, very basic, just to survive in a fire, and most of my amateur colleagues in extinguishing fires, because they go on duty 24 hours, and not extinguish fires. And there are hundreds of such parts as I have in Russia, and the author watched the work of the linear part, and a fan of his work, I think if you analyze the work on the fire of mine and my colleagues, it will be clear what I am talking about when I call myself a fan of the profession.

[@elfyserascer3735]

@@UlmanXD нельзя сказать что везде так. Сколько городов, столько и пожарных. Где-то хорошие, где-то не очень. Во всем мире так, таков уж мир, таков уж человек.

[@fuguthefish]

I am not a firefighter. I don't really know or care about this job. I just want to thank all firefighters, from all countries, for their job and dedication.

[@thomaschadwick1557]

Hello, I just found your review to our brother in arms. I already checked the comments so I will comment only things not mentioned in comments before. Plus one thing, yeah, even I'm part of MChS and have firefighter certification, I'm not directly part of GPS (Gosudarstvennaya protivopozharnaya sluzhba aka Russian State Fire Service) nor entitle myself as firefighter. I'm basically fast-tracked bureaucrat in HQ disaster response fly-team, as my degree is in Crisis Intervention and Response Planning Coordination. Firstly said, you chose the crew with modern gear. Their uniforms are modern, their engine is higher standard (KAMAZ Engine, even by department policy should be already standard, is still in eyes of most GPS stations a modern Engine, let aside a point of Moscow where it's already slowly going to decommision - and we try in Moscow to push them from stations which decommiss them as they buy a better Engines like Scanias to rural areas through similar program to US 1013 does for police, but yeah) and most of Fire Stations have much older ZILs and URALs (Ural is the second vehicle to arrive the scene) and those are hard core oldtimers. Video shows high standards of MChS for professionality and H&M policies we all in MChS should stand, but unfortunately I know the cases when the department showed a much lesser professionality during fire&emergency intervention... never mind, let's answer some of your questions. 5:30 - Yeah, that's definetly civilian. By a regulations the vehicle commander should secure and coordinate the scene, call the cops, but as was said below. Department is understaffed, police is not here, it's his life (of the civilian), the commander have better things to do on scene than babysit the property owner or his neighbors. Regarding air-packs, it's a big pain. They don't use them usually for 100+1 reasons. Fire was small, there was not that much smoke, using air-pack costs money and you have a tight budget, comfort, you name it. If you don't die due neglegence, there is minimal work safety in reality (but by the regulation...) and senior command doesn't care about your safety much, in general. On scene of incident I personally use air-pack everytime, who knows what chemical sh*t is burning there, in the building lining or as garbage in a garage... but I'm soft European, not born Russian (laugh) 7:40 - Yeah, that's common. In rural areas, you are single station for big county...and usually have a backlog, so you process a scene as quick is possible. 13:08 - color of helmet is not mark of rank/position. Different helmets are just budgetary thing. You have helmet the department will issue to you or which you buy yourself. There is no unification, you work with what you have. Rank is on helmet within the Engine number marking. Just the number is standard firefighter. Thicked number is Engine Commander. Number in circle (see 8:47) is Shift Commander. Number in Triagle is Station Senior Officer Staff, Number in square is Battalion Chief / Station Head. If is a circle, inside which the applied a rhombus, on the helmet, that's big heads as Assistant Chief etc. (if we transfer the meaning to US reality) 16:50 - Their truck is KAMAZ AZ-3,0-40 which holds 3000 liters (795 gallons), and they have support of second vehicle, URAL AZ-6?/9? which basically tankering a first truck. AZ-number is how many thousands of liters the Engine can hold. So in case of Ural it's 6000L minimum (1600 gallons). But the procedure was already said below by others.

[@mike_pertz]

Thanks for all that info! I find it interesting how other places do the same job.

[@alexmclean760]

Thank you both from a former para search and rescue

[@crazyleyland5106]

They also have a variety of helmet types, such as ones made in Russia, including the ones with an angular comb, and possibly still a few old Soviet types, but also ones from other countries, including a few British Cromwell F600s. Most are of the European shape.

[@johnarat9618]

@@mike_pertz Someone in the comments said the doors are made post USSR, and the fastest way is to cut the hinges.

[@YouAreNotATube]

Russian fire trucks have pre-connected hose lines. However, it's smaller than conventional lines and is used either in the case of a small fire, such as a burning car, or to quickly supply water to the fire site. Such lines are called "High pressure nozzle" or "First Assistance Nozzle". Now about that single firefighter who doesn't have an air pack. Usually Russian firefighters wear air packs when they are going to enter heavily smoky places, for example, during a fire in an apartment. In the video the smoke from the fire doesn't particularly reach this firefighter, as a result of which his breathing isn't particularly difficult and he can safely continue to break into the gate.

[@hialbjorn1592]

I think "Feuer und Flamme" would be great for you to react. It shows the perspectives of german firefighters and might give you more insight on european figherfighting. Great Video by the way :)

[@politedog4959]

They are kinda trigger happy with their copyright claims though (although i think thats only if you react to the full episodes on their online media library). The youtube videos (basically the episodes cut down into each separate incident) should be fine to react to

[@hialbjorn1592]

@@politedog4959 Some german youtubers reacted to it and i think they got striked down because they used the full clip. But if someone reacts to the KZbin Video of the Series there should be no problem.

[@12Casual]

I was about to comment that! That series is a top notch production

[@jed-henrywitkowski6470]

Is Feuer one of those words that have a different meaning, depending on context?

[@politedog4959]

@@jed-henrywitkowski6470 it pretty much always means fire. The title translates to 'fire and flame', which also has a second meaning, its a saying for someone who is really enthusiastic about sth (in this case the firefighters about their job)

[@ruslanm9535]

если я приезжаю на горящий частный дом на двух машинах, и знаю что поблизости нет воды, я повышаю ранг пожара и вызываю еще машины ( обычно в такой ситуации это 4-5 машин) и они по кругу возят воду из озёр, рек или гидрантов

[@amazonbox5551]

In Russia, Firetrucks DO have pre-connects, but mostly those are used for vehicle fires and small fires like a trash can as they are smaller, hardened rubber hoses with a smaller adjustable nozzle.

[@jarrodcrittenden7069]

In the U.S we call that a booster line which is usually 3/4 to 1" in diameter and my department we usually use that type of hose for grass fires or small fires

[@ramondemeester9903]

Same in belgium

[@Уголёк-ч3ф]

@@jarrodcrittenden7069 In Russia, we call this a "first aid sleeve line", which includes 2 fire hoses of 20 m each with a 51mm head, which is immediately fed to the fire site. If the fire is at a short distance from the tanker up to 40 meters, then the "sleeve first aid line" is not disconnected from the pump supply pipe. If there are more than 40 meters from the tanker and to the fire site, let's say 80 meters, then the first firefighter disconnects the "first aid sleeve line" from the falling pump nozzle and runs with it to the fire site, the second firefighter takes two sleeves with a 77mm head, connects them together, connects one end to the pump supply pipe (sometimes the driver does this), attaches a three-way branching from the other end and runs with this main line to the beginning of the "first aid sleeve line".

[@wojtas9986]

From a polish firefighter perspective: we usually have one or two preconnected hose(s) called "fast attack lines". It's a 60m (~200 feet) rubber hose with attached combination noozle (smoothbore noozles are very rare, they are almost always very aged ones, we use mainly combination noozles on all lines). We use it to fight small fires (its flow is max ~30 gal/min ). Other hoses are stored in compartments, just like in the video, so we build our lines from scratch. We have 4 main diameters of hoses. 1"(25mm); 2"(52mm); 3"(75mm) and ~4,33" (110mm). All of them have a standard lenght of 20m (~65 feet). They are standaryzed sizes for every hose in the entire Poland, so theres no worryes about non-compatable hose sizes. - 1" - we use it mailny for wildland fires due to it's high mobility and light weight - 2" - we use it as an attack line in almost every fire, dumpster, industrial, structural, large wildland fires etc. - 3" - used maitly to build so called "main line" (this is very different from the USA FD). We lay it from the pump to as close to the fire as possible. then we attach so called "hose splitter". Basically we split the 3" line into two 2" attack lines (some applyances used for wildland firefighting have a variant of this device using 2" as a main line and a 1" hoses as attack lines). We also hook that line up to the hydrant. We also (but extremaly rarely) use them as attack lines, to put a very large ammount of water onto the flames (we also use them to put the waten into A portable water cannons) - ~4,33" - use to transport a big ammount of water onn long distances during large fires. We have special vechicles, whitch are equipped with a large ammount those (~10 000 feet or 1,9miles) and usually with a high volume pump on a trailer. there are also a 1,65"(42mm) hoses used in structural fires, but they are quite new, not every applyance have those. They are also compatable with a 2" hoses (they have the same connecting elements). We have three types of fire engines: heavy, medium and light (based on total weight and volume of water tank) - light firefighting vechicle - it has from 100 (26 gal) to 1 000l (265 gal) water on-board - medium firefighting vechicle - it has from 2 000l (530 gal)to 4 000l (1000gal) water on-board - heavy firefighting vechicle - it has from 5 000l (1320 gal) to even 14 000l (3700 gal) We also do not use colorful helmets as an "symbol" of rank. Statve Fire Service use red helmets and Volounteer Fire Service use mailny white ones. that's of course just a top of an iceberg, it's based mainly on my knowledge, some things may be subjective Also, sorry for my "bed" english ;)

[@vrabiecatalin5863]

Same here in Romania

[@almerindaromeira8352]

Same in Germany. Our helmets are all white, we use red stripes to differentiate ranks. Very well explained. It's hard to follow when it's all in inches, but I assume you are talking about Storz A,B,C,D (110mm, 75mm, 52/42mm, 25mm) and all other like HD, F and S which are (at least here) not officiall. Do you also have rigid A hoses for sucking water into the pump?

[@wojtas9986]

@@almerindaromeira8352 yup, that's exactly the case, but instead od ABCD, we call it W-25, W-52, W-75 and W-110 (W for "wąż" - it means "hose" in polish, and the numebr indicates the diameter of the hose). I include imperial units only for easier reading for US guys. In poland we also have certain colored stripes, for crew mannagers (silver), watch mannagers (skin-shaded) and station mannagers (gold-ish), but they are kinda rare to see. And yes, A (or W-110) hoses in suction type are also in use

[@politedog4959]

@@almerindaromeira8352 helmets in Germany vary from department to department though, some still use the old ww2 style 'Stahlhelm' ones, others the more modern shell helmets from Rosenbauer etc. Helmet color also varies (white or yellow), as do the rank decals (if they exist). Firefighting PPE in Germany only has to meet the performance criteria, design isnt really regulated

[@Andy-rp3ee]

Sounds like your newer hose is very similar to our 1 3/4” hose in the states. It’s become fairly popular for initial attack. We move to 2 1/2” if needed. 3” to get supply from a “tender”/“tanker” and larger for supply line from an actual hydrant/source. Most of our district is just cisterns and ponds for water so drafting and water shuttles to a “port-a-pond” is very common.

[@NHOMAPKA]

Внутри гаража была соляра, небыло времени резать дверь, так что легче спилить петли, так быстрее🤷‍♂️ А мужики из мчс всегда в огонь лезут, на эту работу идут настоящие герои

[@paradox276]

"There was diesel fuel stored inside a garage, so they needed a quick access and it would be faster to cut the hinges rather than the door. EmerCoM firefighters always go straight into the fire, real heroes"

[@Polyglot_English]

Детерминизм это Свобода 🤙

[@konstantttin1981]

Ещё двери гаража могут быть утеплены или усиленны изнутри или на обратной стороне двери что-то может висеть(тряпки, провода, шланги и т. д.) петли спилить это верный способ.

[@MonarhiyaTheBest]

Лезут из-за незнания и неумения глянь на работу японских/германских пожарных

[@Roman-kk1ic]

@@Polyglot_English детерменизм это по русски целеустремлённость

[@tnzayatz6579]

The building itself seems to be what’s known as a “dacha” we would call it a summer cottage-same purpose. Note the lack of hose bed, donut rolls for hand lines, allow a quick stretch. Even better is all couplings are sexless quick connect, even the nozzles. Those two factors allow a really quick hose lay for the attack line. This is a working crew, nice job!

[@reher100]

to be fair, i have only seen the "hose bed" system on American fire trucks so far. In most other countrys the "donut rolls" and "Schlauchtragekörbe" (Hose carriers) are way more common. For hand lines and for supply lines. In germany we have something called "Haspel" (Hose Reel) which is mounted behind the fire truck and carrys 7 to 9x20meter B hoses already coupled together for quickly establishing the connection between water supply and pump.

[@StreetGang2017]

Could be a banya?

[@kcb8130]

@@reher100 with our quick attack lines here in Canada, we regularly have large volumes of water on the fire within 60-90 seconds of arrival. Not uncommon for under a minute. Our frontline engine-rescue is equipped with two quick attack lines (1×1 ½in×250ft & 1×1½×450ft) and a 200ft×1 inch hose reel on each side (driver&passenger side.) Plus we have 1000ft× 5 inch supply, 1000ft× 2 ½ hose and 1000ft × 1 ½inch hose on the rear hose bed. We also carry 250ft of each type of hose in donut rolls, plus 1900 gallons of water

[@Dor91]

@@StreetGang2017 it's not banya,100 percents

[@TocTeplv]

@@Dor91 It became banya for a while

[@vladandokic]

In Europe, we have "smaller" trucks but really well equipped and the stores are well organised. Russian firefighters are among the best one, they go directly, they literally run into the fire. There are no volounteer, 95% of them are all professional firefighters that have to study ems in the army, they have a lot of experience and knowledge 👍🏼

[@eesti919]

No volunteers? Then why am I following many Russian volunteer units on Instagram? 😅

[@vladandokic]

@@eesti919 i wrote innfact that 95% are all professional.

[@ssoqboss]

@@eesti919 There might be volunteers in rural areas to help fighting with forest fire etc.

[@tatfly5779]

The only professionals is literally bs mate most have a diploma or such but rarely any actual skill.I've applied first aid to one to many fire fighters to ever say that even 10% are professionals.

[@manwithstds7503]

Then why don't they have packs on?

[@Jon651]

There is a observation I've heard from several European firefighters over the years concerning American fire apparatus: Americans build fire trucks from two points of view - how well it will fight fire, and how good it looks in a parade! A firefighter I met from Ukraine many years ago called us "The McDonalds Fire Department" - because everything we had was super-sized compared to what he was used to.

[@DansonYTube]

If your county doesn't use every firetruck available for your 4th of July, Veterans' Day, and Christmas parades, do you really even have a fire department?

[@digimaks]

@@DansonYTube 4th of July is American holiday, so is Veteran's day )))

[@landonroush73_yt62]

Pretty sure those countries have a truck for each job when our apparatus can do many jobs

[@minerran]

American fire trucks are not designed for parades and that comment is both rude and offensive. They are large to carry more gear, more water and more crew. American streets are not narrow as in some European cities therefore the trucks can easily pass. Why not arrive more prepared for a fire? We are not discussing hamburgers here, simply firefighters doing the best they can with what cities can afford to purchase for them.

[@my-sp4mb]

​@@minerranwell im sure he means this as a joke)

[@АртёмАнатольевич-с2в]

18:43 Most likely it is a "dacha" - a small summer house, most often not far from the city, to which a person leaves for the weekends to do gardening, swim in a nearby river on a boat, walk in the woods, and so on. Large clusters of such dachas are always around large cities, it is inconvenient to live in them all year round due to cold winters, and because of the remoteness from work and city amenities, it is not very profitable to rebuild them into winter houses.

[@not_hAck3r]

7:58 that scene already shows how much trust they have each others.

[@pollymelanholyappolinaria1070]

Крыша здания состоит из асбестоцементного шифера. При нагреве такой материал бывает "стреляет", разлетается во все стороны. Пожарный убрал его от источника тепла. Опасно, но сделать надо. Ещё один пожарный срезал петли двери гаража. Гражданский сказал что там топливо. В городах на улицах есть подземные пожарные гидранты. На таких участках как в видео воду берут из озёр или прудов рядом с дачами (участки за городом, где горожане содержат сады и огороды).

[@haryok8940]

Насчет того, почему вырезали петли - двери у гаражей толстенные и стальные. Автор видео спрашивал, не легче ли просто вырезать отверстие в двери.

[@Sashkobj]

@@haryok8940 Обычно в таких стальных гаражах сталь от 2 мм и выше, заебаться можно пока окно вырежешь))

[@ardnerusa]

@@Sashkobj в Америке двери обычно из фольги. Там действительно проще дверь пропилить. Это у нас делают надежно

[@DeltaEpsilon7787]

**Translation:** The roof of the building is laid out with asbestos roof tiles. These often shatter explosively during a fire, presenting a danger to firefighters and people nearby. The firefighter moved it farther from the heat. It's dangerous, but it has to be done. The other firefighter cut off the hinges off the garage doors because a civilian told them there is fuel inside. [The doors are also really thick usually and hard to cut through] In cities there are underground fire hydrants, but in small suburban houses like the one in the video (a "dacha") they take water from nearby ponds or lakes.

[@КузяМейнКун]

вы вообще не в тему ответили, вопросы задавались совсем иные, но Английский у вас видимо хромает... угадали лишь в вопросе с источником воды.

[@kylecates7086]

Before even watching this, A Russian with a mission is a dangerous individual!!! My heart goes out to the russian people!!!

[@ruslanburavlev8958]

😂

[@Doc_Rainbow]

in Germany we got Preconnects, one is a Preconnect with a 3-hose Connector on it and one which is a Complet Atack line which you can use directly. trucks are smaller but got the same if not more Equippment on it that US Trucks, for example a Standart German HLF 20 will carry 2000 Liters of Water, got 2 Ladders one reaches the 4th floor one the 3rd, Jaws of life and Cutters, Air-bags, Medical Equippment like Spineboard ,EMT bag, basket stretcher, ca. 300 meters of Hose lines, 4 SCBAs, Chainsaws, floodlights, CSA Suits, Traffic cones and much more small Equippment like Toolboxes for Door opening, tools for Electrial stuff and so on

[@randaru1527]

The thing that you've called "suburbs" are actually semi-independent villages, or rather countryhouse communities. Some years ago it became a requirement to have at least an underground water tank per such community to have enough water for firefighter crews, because they more often than not come empty to the scene. Also more often than not, civillians are more than happy to pitch in with tools and/or water. That "tiny" ladder you've mentioned - I'm pretty sure some random dude just brought it in from their shed, so the crew could have more time doing their job. The same goes for your comments about "tiny" fire trucks. It's not that the crews come in unequipped, rather it's the entire neighbourhood is usually getting involved when it comes to a countryside fire.

[@noori2105]

Can't relate

[@roadent217]

@@noori2105 Yeah. There are a bunch of videos on KZbin about American suburbs being quite inhospitable to human personal and community needs. Can't really say anything myself, however, since I have lived in neither an American suburb nor a Russian summer village.

[@johnnovak2021]

If you watch some of his other fire videos, he identifies the hose sizes. If I remember correctly, the attack hose is 2" and the supply hose is a hair over 3" (having converted mm to inches). This camerman does some excellent firefighting. He does have some videos where he is wearing SCBA. He also has a video of a residential high rise fire where they have an escape hood which they place on victims, who are then led or carried outside. These guys definitely get their hustle on.

[@news7908]

Уважение парням за их непростую и опасную работу🤝

[@videouser85347]

1. I’ve never heard of volunteer firefighters in Russia, although legally it’s possible. Everything is run by the federal agency named “Ministry of Emergency Situations,” МЧС (MChS, “am-tcheh-as”). On the backs of the firefighters, you can see “МЧС РОССИИ” (“am-tcheh-as Ros-see-ee,” MChS of Russia). They are understaffed, overworked, and poorly equipped. That said, the average (note, not median) annual salary of those guys is $4,000-5,000, which is low even for Russia. New hires’ salary is about $2,500. Those ready to retire make ~$8,000 a year. All that is really sad considering their unquestionable professionalism and the dangers of the job. 2. The truck in the video is a nice one. More often, it’d be a Soviet-made ZIL (ЗИЛ), an embarrassment of the automotive industry. 3. It the beginning, the owner warns them that there’s diesel fuel stored in the garage. 4. You wouldn’t be able to cut through the garage doors as those are made of thick steel and reinforced with steel crossbars on the inside. Russians know how to protect their stash of pickled foods. 5. I don’t believe the color of hats is defined by rank, at least officially. Although historically the main guy would wear a chrome-colored hat. Most likely, they just wore what they had. You can identify the ranks by the personal number on the hat: just a number-regular firefighter; an underscored number-squad’s main guy; a number in a circle-watch commander; a number in a triangle-deputy chief of the fire station; a number in a square-fire station’s chief. 6. Walls in Russia are nothing like what we have in the US. They’re made of bricks, or cement blocks, of logs. Even the flimsiest structure would have at least foot-thick walls, because you don’t fuck with Russian winter. That fire wouldn’t have affected the walls much. 7. Speaking of safety, it’s nonexistent. If none of the firefighters or onlookers dies, there won’t be any consequences for the superiors. 8. Standard fire truck water tank’s capacity is anywhere between 2,500 L (~650 Gal) and 9,000 L (~2,400 Gal). The one in the video appears to be of 3,200 L (~845 Gal) capacity. Per the MChS protocol, there should be 2 trucks deployed to a rural residential fire, with first truck to start fighting the fire right away, a the second truck’s squad to search for a constant source of water.

[@Gastell0]

To add some more context about structure, previously it was under Ministry of Defense, but then was split into it's own Ministry while retaining military core structure (with all of ranks involved) and interestingly with ability to procure own weapons. Conscripts also have option to serve as Rescue and Firefighters. It is akin to a US National Guard in that they have military bases for large scale emergency operations around the country, just without majority of the military related stuff related to weaponry.

[@Dor91]

@@Gastell0 it's never been under Ministry of Defense. Kind of Police Departament, but never Ministry of Defense

[@Gastell0]

@@Dor91 ah my nad, specifically Fire Service was under Ministry of Internal Affairs (Police), while the rest of of Rescue Corps were under Ministry of Defence (general history is rather convoluted, they were moved around quite a bit)

[@aaronhinspater6771]

From the US, thanks for taking the time to fill us in on that information brother.

[@TocTeplv]

ZIL 131 is an "embarrassment"? okay...

[@StarWarsDebunked]

If you want to watch more Russian firefighting videos you can check out Дневник Огнеборца, he has superb videos. In Russia fire fighting is handled under the Ministry of Emergency Situations (MChS). While there are technically state, municipal and volunteer fire services within the law. In most cities and populated places from what I know it's mainly the MChS, which is what it says on the back of their gear ("MChS Russia"). Most daily firefighting in most places in Russia is done by these guys who are part of the Russian State Fire Service (which is under control of the MChS) so in other words these are paid full-time firefighters. The civilian you saw walking by was also offering them his ladder. Some people just don't care about being close to a fire (Russian mentality to some degree), this may be his property or his neighbor's. The fire fighters would only really get worried if he was getting in the way or getting himself in danger. Equipment could vary sometimes, as the fleet also varies from newer trucks to old soviet trucks. This here was a standard Dacha (summer house, cottage sort of). These are outside of bigger cities and they always look rural (sometimes they are, sometimes they are not) as the distance from a nearby major city to the dachas could be as little as 5 miles to as much as 50+ miles out. But yes usually this is more of a rural area. Water can either be from a well, a pond, a reservoir or if there is water in that dacha area then it can also be from a hydrant, depends really. The ones I've been to there either a hydrant or a pond nearby.

[@minerran]

I think some of us were curious where the water came from because the truck was quite small to include a large internal tank yet large amounts of water were put on the fire very quickly. This would suggest that a source of water was available. In American cities as you probably know, fire hydrants that connect to the city water supply are used to supply water.

[@kekelaward]

He's the kind of FF any department would want. His squad is quick to get water on the fire.

[@kenbrown2808]

"put the wet stuff on the red stuff, the problem goes away"

[@alexbukin252]

Hi! Usually volunteers work on forests and swamps where there is a lot of peat, they also attract state fire services, the civilian in the video is most likely a neighbor or the owner of the cottage. The video is not a permanent house, it is a country house, a dacha (a second home for a city dweller for the summer, a place to relax). Often in Russia, people care about completing the task, and then about their own health. The car is equipped with gas masks, but since there was no strong contact with smoke, the crew worked without them. The gate was opened from the side of the hinges so that in the event of an explosion in the garage, the opener would not be blown away. Thank you for evaluating the work of these guys!)

[@Kitulous]

i love seeing people comment on their jobs made in other countries I'm from Russia myself, I have huge respect for firefighters and I'm kinda proud of this guy

[@mikefargo4339]

I recall back in the late 90's we had some Russian Firefighters come through our stations on a visit.... they were in awe of our breathing apparatus and the size of our Engines.

[@jes2447]

We (in Russia) don't preconnect high pressure lines because several reasons: We have one pre connected line with smaller pressure so we can hop out and deal with small fires such as vehicle fire or trash can fire. This line is located at the back of this AZ-3,2 vehicle. Those lines which should be assembled are high pressure lines with 40 liters per second releasing speed. They used for big fires and one this truck can maintain 3 of these lines at the same time afaik. The truck that they arrived at is Kamaz AZ-3,2 which got ~3000 liters supply of water and also it can be connected to any water resource within huge area around. Very good truck, indeed. It helped our guys a lot generally. It has everything required, even for rescue missions. The second truck was a support truck with more water, don't know how much. In Russia it is you who decide if you want to put your mask on or not, so this desicion were on them. Some commanders are retarded so they ask you to keep atmospheres for other missions, sometimes you don't have time to refill your oxygen tank since you are only station attached to this villages and the work is really busy. Most firefighters here are proffesionals, who finished college or university and this is their career. Volunteers are more involved with emergency service, they deal with minor emergency situations like saving a cat, helping elder people, dealing with fire alarms. (i were a volunteer), they also have an opportunity to call for fire truck, ambulance, police using radio. The one AZ-3,2 squad contains one driver, squad commander (sitting in front with driver), squad commander might be any rank, even shift leader or station head, and 3-4 regular crew, the tasks of which are determined individually for each team. They also might be a cadets. I might be wrong about that. You are free to buy whatever equipment you want for yourself so this is why helments and uniforms might be different but nowadays the helments that state provide you with are good. Most often, the entire fire department collects some money from the workers and buys them the equipment they ask for, but this is not a problem in big cities where budgets are OK.

[@hetconaviation2624]

I think that most Russian firefighters would agree with you about SCBA and your other observations. They are just doing the best they can with what their departments can afford. I am very impressed that you never criticize other departments or their personnel and that you choose to take a positive approach. Whatever FD you serve is lucky to have you!

[@bryanb7471]

As an all-volunteer county in the USA I've found often that we are able to do a much more efficient job with an initial single crew of our top core guys than with a couple dozen or more guys all running around that hardly make the minimum required training hours let alone run more than a handful of calls a year. Training and experience beats sheer numbers every day of the week.

[@Jon651]

One of my favorite sayings in the FD: There is a big difference between having twenty years of firefighting experience and one year of firefighting experience twenty times!

[@jeepsblackpowderandlights4305]

dunno how it works in your county but VA us volunteers are required to have all the certs the paid people do.. FF1 AND 2 and all the EMT certs...

[@eliasthienpont6330]

@@jeepsblackpowderandlights4305 True... but out here where I am, the last fire call was two or three years ago. Volunteers may be working 20 or more miles away. The rig will roll with two or three people on them and they do not look to see who is an officer or a chief. Suburban fire departments are also volunteer, but they get maybe five to ten calls a month. They do have chiefs and officers and will roll with a full crew. Nobody lives or works more than two or three miles from the fire-hall. The difference between a career and a volunteer firefighter is about fifty pounds!

[@elvisbest3213]

I watch alot of Russina firefighting and they do such a awesome job

[@vigiledelfuoco1]

Hello i'm an Italian firefighter i worked in both EU and USA. In EU we use the combination fog nozzle, the smooth bore ar less know. For us the the fog nozzle give most protection and cool better the fire gases than streight stream by smooth bore. In some situation, the tactics is defferent. I know the potentials of smooth bore solid stream, good reach, low bar and no air mouvement. In Italy we work like Russian FF.

[@garykolo8650]

I have followed this guy for years, I would fight fire with him any day. It seems they have certified Firefighters who make entry and also firefighter assistants who help outside the structure. Our main Firefighter always seems to have a SCBA on and used it as needed.

[@yomofoindahouse]

Dangerous yet honorable job. Good luck to all firefighters around the globe!

[@AmericanPatriotANomad]

Kudos to all Firefighters 🚒 Thank You for all you do💯%

[@pavelt4104]

Thank you all for you work. This is speachless. Proud of every one of you from every country. God bless all of you

[@Adelaide_Transit]

Pre-connects are a huge aspect of our trucks here in Aus, we often have 2 pre-connected spools of hoses that's ready to go and easy to access so a fire fighter cab jump out and instantly grab a line that's already got water, it speeds up dealing with grass and car fires no end.

[@dfgiuy22]

They are (unless MFS, not sure what they use) generally 25mm lines for CFS. Great for grass.... cars, nice to knock down or slow a car fire in early stage but a 38mm is where it's at to get it out quick. Been to enough cars that if everyone is out, take the time and roll out a 38mm.... so much quicker to take the heat out of it!

[@andyoxleyonhistravels]

Exactly what we do and are far better for speed in a structure fire. We use them at between 20 and 30 bar high pressure. On half fan or full fan you get better droplet size which has greater surface area so reduces heat and flammable gases quicker.

[@catwithabat7163]

Austria or Australia

[@andyoxleyonhistravels]

@@catwithabat7163 I'm in UK.

[@catwithabat7163]

@@andyoxleyonhistravels talking to adelaide

[@davidnice9216]

From our family in the UK fire service the same goes in Germany, High pressure pumps and hose rolls except the booster lines. I have 30 years on the job and have since retired. 20 years in the Air Force my first duty station was at Rhein Main AFB at the Frankfurt International flughafen as a Crash Fire Rescue before that I worked for the City of South Portland Maine in an Engine and Ladder Company. In Germany we were invited to German fire departments all the time and always showed our Engine to the extended family that are Firefighters. the German trucks have what we called a Hydrant stem that is used to attach to a under ground hydrant for the water supply. My engine (a air force P-22 also carried this appliance for us to use when we did a mutual aid call to the surrounding towns or the Airport . on base we had North American style hydrants for resupply and extended operations) The German Firefighters loved our truck for the way it is arranged with preconnects and tool storage. Also the pump panel layout and the ability to do multiple functions . The trucks I saw Rosenbauer, Mercedes fire vehicles had a very simple pump, water in an out, and pump switches. Our ability to very pressure and or volume of water in and out to supply multiple handlines and supply to standpipes or trucks was a show. In the end Firefighters are Firefighters no matter were we are from. we are a large Family that puts our lives before God with the job of saving lives. Saint Florian protect us.

[@almerindaromeira8352]

I don't know what appliance have you seen or which german fire departments you have worked with but we do carry a lot of stuff on board. We do have "pre-connects" mostly on spools but on older vehicles they are two C hoses (2x30m) already connected. They are not used for anything bigger than a car fire though. The pumps nowadays have a lot more features, as a newer generation I would probably not be impressed at all, but then again I dont work in a small village with a 50 year old appliance. As you probably figured out we don't connect many hoses directly to the pump (even if we can), rather to a splitter. It's just different. Has advantages and drawbacks. We joke a lot about how americans do it. Mostly because its so much different to the rest of the world. But as you said, in the end we all fight fires and that's what matters.

[@jed-henrywitkowski6470]

@@almerindaromeira8352 I am an American. In my hometown, our volunteer Fire Department had an ex WWII era military 6x6 "deuce and a half" for a water wagon and a Peirce COE type rig from about the same era as the 6x6 2 1/2 ton truck (that is the load capacity, not the Gross Vehicle Weight). Also, in my state, we have "fire season", so many departments, including city departments, have a brush truck or something more compact than what they would normally use for in-city use. When I was a kid, the department in my hometown had mostly compact vehicles, with the old Peirce being the only unit with a ladder. (the only multi-story structures, was a two-story motel and an abandoned structure having to do with the lone gone glory days of my communities production of cotton, peaches, and other crops). Later, the high school had a new gym built, which is the rough equivalent of a two-story building, though there are no upper floors.

[@shepherd8762]

Cheers! I'm a FF in Canada, I've served on 3 halls and 2 departments, all of which almost exclusively used combination nozzles. and i agree overhaul is tedious but crucial work, a neighboring department had a bathroom fire that was not overhauled properly and rekindled and the second time they lost the whole roof.

[@KeymoreNick]

1)It is not easier to cut through the door. That door are made from minimum 2mm steel. They can be enforced and isolated with some warm material. And civilian said that there can be cans with petrol inside. 2)Helmets can be standard. But you can buy better helmet for yourself. 3)If I am not mistaken, this truck is KamaZ. KamaZ has 3000 or 5000 tons of water depens from model. 4)There can be water spots in villages where you can take water additionally. 5)Air canisters(forgot their propert name) firefiters wear when gasmask is not enough. 6)Reason why firefighter removed pieces of the roof himself. This is old style material. Under the high temperature it expodes in to small pieces. So he not only opened additional space, but removed dangerous things. 7)About size of a truck. Most of firetrucks are offroad. Have to keep balance between size and maneuverability. It is not USA where you can easily access to almost every house. Sad but true. Especially this kind of village with a lot of summer type houses.

[@almerindaromeira8352]

I can't speak for all of Europe, but there are a lot of commonalities between this and Germany where I am. We have pre-connects, but they are used only on small stuff, not bigger than a car and NEVER indoors. Most newer cars have it on spools or reels, some older ones they are rolled like the ones in the video, but obviously ready to go. Our structure is really different to any you have covered on your channel and you will get to splitters eventually, but they are really important on our operations. We usually connect hoses to that and not directly to the pump (even though we can). Our trucks are built on top of commercial chassis so they are taller but more compact overall. Depending on how much gear we carry, it can have as much water as you want but because hydrants are readily available we don't need much more than 2000L. Some places have 4500. Ladders are huge topic. In Germany you have "Steckleiter" which is modular and you can link up to 4 of those. They are slightly bigger than that russian one. Then the "Schiebleiter" which is telescopic and has to be extended with a rope and in the end Drehleiter which are dedicated vehicles, again not as big as the US counterparts but they do the job. I hope you check out proper german firefighter videos in the future. Meanwhile there is a really really good channel of volunteers in the Netherlands with awesome content. Please check it out, especially the bigger occurrences.

[@mike_pertz]

Could you send me over some links to [e-mail]. I've had people send me videos from all over the world but some of them are not supported in the US so I can't see them. If I can see one I'd be happy to check it out!

[@almerindaromeira8352]

@@mike_pertzCool! I've sent you an email.

[@TheOriginalOri]

Als deutscher habe ich die Frage ob ihr auch Schnellangriffs Verteiler habt?

[@almerindaromeira8352]

@@TheOriginalOri du meinst 1B an den Verteiler angeschlossen? Ja klar, wer nicht!? Grüße aus Hamburg

[@ramondemeester9903]

@@mike_pertz hey, I am from Belgium, our neighbors north of us have some good firefighter channels that I would recommend you. The channels have videos from fires and other emergencies filmt mostly from a gopro. Channels: Fire 24/7 Brandweer Lunteren Brandweer baan 24/7

[@Bertuslouw76]

I’m very impressed with the speed and efficiency of these firefighters.

[@nillass1]

You should react to chilean firefighter videos, Chile is the only country in the world were 100% of the firefighters are volunteers

[@jlqe3401]

No offense intended, as I respect the Chilean Volunteer Firefighters, but we Peruvians also have a 100% Volunteer Firefighter Corps. We have worked side by side when it was needed, and every Peruvian firefighter that has participated in joint operations can attest that Chileans carry their weight and more in the midst of an emergency.

[@DeltaSquad43]

I like the video. The original one and this reaction video. And I also like the comment section here. So wholesome, everyone is so polite and got interesting opinions and bits of information about firefighting. I guess, thats the result of firefighting brotherhood - it even expands on those who are not a firefighter here.

[@Spartan483]

Out of NY LI. We cover about a 16 mile district. We run Twin Pierce engines, 1 Pierce Tower ladder, 1 Heavy Rescue, 1 light Rescue and 2 Ambulances. For the hose setup a dead Bed is the way to go imo. Off the rear we run 2 bays with solid / smooth bore nozzle they are packed with 200ft 1 3/4 connected to 400ft 2 1/2 for smaller residential fires. This gives 600ft of length to handle longer runs. We also have 1 bay 800ft of 2 1/2 larger commercial fires also with a solid / smooth bore nozzle. We have 1 bay with 1000ft of 5in for supply. We also have a trash line on front of the rig for car, small brush, dumpster fires with fog nozzle at 100ft of 1 3/4. For the forcible entry I also questioned, at first, the hinge attack over the direct door attack like you stated however after watching longer that door was solid and I can see how the thought process went to go for the hinge first.

[@Gigabytelover]

That trucks is a Rosenbauer AT made in Austrian. Them ar typical made with 530 to 1000 US gallons watertank. In norway we use 2.5" hose from the truck to a basepoint. And we conect 1.5" to the basepoint some are the atack lines the FF use. Some FD in norway have the 2.5" line preconected to the truck.

[@vindivergilio3482]

That's an aggressive crew. The volunteer dept I belonged to had 147 members, but, during the day, we responded with minimal staffing and our members learned they had to be quick and aggressive, know how to operate as a engine guy (uh, engine person) and Truckie at the same time, and work alone safely if needed. Nights were no problem, more than enough members. My career dept...just as aggressive. They did a great job with minimal staffing in the video. Great job, brothers (and sisters).

[@atvpark-9190]

Thanks for your review. You all do one of the most important jobs! Thanks to you directly and to all firefighters in the world!

[@michaellinnemann6527]

I feel like you’d be a great instructor. I’m in a town of 12-17k. I’m a volunteer and I’ve learned so much from 2 of your videos. KEEP. MAKING. THEM. PLEASE.

[@ZmiyRu]

The personnel management structure is approximately as follows. The guard of the fire brigade consists of the head of the guard and three departments + special equipment with their own calculations of personnel. Three fire departments, consisting of one fire truck, a squad leader, a fire truck driver and 2 or 3 fighters (junior officials directly involved in extinguishing a fire)

[@rex8255]

I've lived in Europe (Germany, and visited Italy), and I'd imagine you're correct about the trucks being smaller. There tends to be towns over there that are VERY old, with narrower streets. Another example is the trucks. Cab overs are prevalent in Europe, and you won't see many 40+ foot trailers there.

[@igorevna_tm]

Proud of our guys, and all the firefighters over the world actually ✊🏻 People of this profession should be totally obsessed of what they do. Especially drivers who have to make a deal with tiny streets and hellishly parked yards. Good luck to all of you guys!

[@RumpelStumper]

Well as for Germany: the most common Firetruck (small volunteer departments usually have smaller trucks) in Germany would be the HLF20 which is a bit shorter than US trucks but higher. the HLF 20 weighs about 16 tons, sometimes up to 18 tons. Also the watertank is a bit smaller (between 550 and 650 gallons) and the pump is a bit weaker (550 gallons/min at 145 psi). But the HLF 20 carries more personell (mostly about 6 but up to 9 fire fighter) and a lot more equipment for technical rescue etc. than a standard US Engine.

[@TheOriginalOri]

Wir hätten keine Probleme mehr wenn das Standart Fahrzeug der Feuerwehr ein HLF 20 wäre.

[@baer0083]

@@TheOriginalOri Hehe.... ich höre da den Neid einer TSF-W-Besatzung? Wir haben auch noch eins, aber die Dinger sind eigentlich auf dem Land echt super.

[@politedog4959]

@@baer0083 viele FFs mit TSF würden sich über ein TSF-W freuen XD

[@baer0083]

@@politedog4959 Mhjaaa also für den Innenangriff wirds auch spaßig. Am Tank ist nur eine Hochdruckpumpe mit Schnellangriff verbaut. Für kleine Geschichten schon nett. Aber sobald man zB einen Innenangriff starten möchte, ist man doch wieder dabei mit der TS aus dem Tank anzusaugen. Ich versteh schon was du meinst, nur scheinen die TSFs ja auszureichen. Bei uns scheitert es nach Corona eher an der Mannschaft. Viele sagen sie haben "keine Zeit" aber sind trotzdem nicht bereit auszutreten.

[@politedog4959]

@@baer0083 man hat extra das MLF als Ablösung für die TSF eingeführt, da man unter 1000l bei größeren Gebäudebränden heutzutage eigentlich gar nicht mehr anfangen braucht. Ich verstehe die FFs nicht, die im Jahr 2021 sich immer noch neue TSF-W holen

[@Jimmydb]

Firefighters are the world's heroes! Your save so many lives! Thanks! Los bomberos son los héroes del mundo! Uds salvan tantas vidas! Gracias!

[@markrateh]

Here in Sweden (or atleast in my city) the firefighters have 2 different trucks one small and one large. The large one had a smaller preconected hose from what I can remember.

[@thoughtful_criticiser]

The UK with one exception has a paid fire service, a mixture of full time and part time (retained) who are on-call. The exception is Peterborough Volunteer Fire Brigade, the only volunteer company in the UK, it's members are not paid at all. It was formed in the 19th century. It works as part of the Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service, it currently has a water carrier. In the 80's the station had two pump ladders and a pump, it was busier than the full time station. One of the pump ladders was preserved but still in use as required, Dennis with a Rolls Royce engine which had been paid for by the PVFB. It was and probably still is the fastest appliance in Cambridgeshire. All part time stations train on Tuesday evening.

[@thoraagaard6350]

In Denmark we have preconnected “Quick Attack” High pressure hose that is used to knock out 90% of all fires… Can show you some videos of it if you are interested

[@hayleywilliams8750]

In the uk we dont we have seperate hoses we have 8 70 and some 45 and 2 hose reel you run the 70 and 45 out then connect

[@praack4563]

I've watched several Russian Firefighter videos - you need to look at tactics and training from a viewpoint of the US from the late 60's-early 70's. the other item is that stations are far between with limited hydrants *even in the city* and limited training/equipment. even large fires appear to work from only tank water, drafting is used for water supply with trucks using a hydrant ( which appears to be 6 feet or so below the surface) to top off the tank. I've yet to see an air truck to refill the SCBA which may explain why air packs are not used on a regular basis.

[@lincolntrains2639]

Air truck??? At least where I am in the UK BA sets are refilled usually at the station or if it is a small station the operational support van comes from a large station/HQ and take empty BA cylinders away/bring new ones.

[@bigdmac33]

In the UK, fire appliances like pump ladders are generally smaller. the largest unit is probably the the Scania P360 Bronto Skylift FL45 XR. Criminally, London Fire Brigade were woefully equipped and prepared for high rise buildings. Something that was painfully demonstrated in the 2017 Grenfell Tower disaster ( LFB had no aerial firefighting capability despite London having many high-rises, a problem that, in2022, they are STILL trying to address ). And, by the way, if you want to see professional sauntering, come to the UK where health and safety has all but strangled effective firefighting and especially early intervention. UK H&S would have an apoplectic fit watching these Russian firefighters who are damn good at their job.

[@alexcinos3756]

Actually one of pedestrians said that there was a diesel stash of unknown amount in that gray box garage. Sounds pretty dangerous to me to be even somewhere near that gray box, but not this guy, just ran straight to action. Firefighters have huge balls Sry for my bad english, i am a Russian myself, so its not my first)

[@drewski8138]

They cut that door down right. Triangle or square cut could take a couple blades and would gum the blades up. You take the hinges off and job is done

[@stryker214]

I've done a little digging and Russia has a wide variety of fire apparatus. In the Soviet days most were built on existing heavy-duty truck chassis: essentially quad-cab versions of 4x4 and 6x6 military trucks. (Think the firefighting scene in HBO's Chernobyl) Looks like modern Russia has vehicles ranging from van-based mini-pumpers (I guess it's their equivalent of our pickup-bases mini pumper); these smaller European engines/trucks, which are typically imports from Western Europe, and the big all-terrain Army-style engines (makes sense for a place where rural roads are rubbish and most cities are located where you routinely get lots of snow)

[@МихаилРозов-ю9п]

Cold climate. Leave the fire hose outside in winter for 5 minutes and it will crumble. I live in Russia and I remember a couple of cases when snow fell in mid-June.

[@jamiew.2718]

The only pre connected hose would be the hose reel jet which is a few lengths of hose on a drum with an internal diameter of 19mm & that's what we use 95% of the time in the UK

[@andyoxleyonhistravels]

We certainly do.

[@mikeZL3XD7029]

Mate, Wait until you see what we use down-under in Aussie and New Zealand. It's called the First Aid hosereel.

[@TheJimboslav]

European firetrucks are generally smaller than the US ones. In France the crews are generally bigger too. Pre-connects are often present in professional engines, but the volunteer trucks are usually still as you see in the beginning of the video.

[@kimberlyeglynelsonbrown5301]

Been a fan of this channel BRZ for a very long time trust me these men are amazing beyond amazing

[@CoUnTrYGaMeR52]

I went to a structural fire about a week ago and it was a hard wood build house so pulling the walls off for overhaul was tough

[@ZacksPLs]

You people are heroes no matter what country your from

[@poiu477]

Not an expert, but my Dad was a capital city firefighter for 28 years, he said getting the hinge welds was probably a good idea, and as they showed the latch was pretty easily defeated. Also looks like it had some reinforcement which could have been problematic at least comparatively

[@poiu477]

Those guys fucking killed it

[@knndyskful]

I’m curious why you’re referring to everything as a truck? As a rookie, I was told there’s a difference between an engine and a truck and a ladder, and not to call an engine a truck.

[@rosenwolf7892]

Impressive set of guys. I agree they did a really good job knocking the fire down and keeping it contained. I happened to notice that the helmets did not seem to have a face shield on them at all for any kind of protection from back spray on the nozzle while hitting hard objects

[@timkirkpatrick9155]

Some systems do not use pre-connects to reduce costs and maintenance problems.

[@zeikkari]

In Finland we use a doudled 76mm supply hose 20m preconnected from the pump to a splitter that has two 42mm working lines which are used in everything from car fires to buildings. Straight pipes are only used for forest fires where water pumped from lakes and rivers might clog other types of nozzles.

[@vladandokic]

Hello from Switzerland firefighter!!! Stay safe out tthere brothers!

[@vladandokic]

Thank you brother! 💪🏼💪🏼

[@TheCulpixChannel]

Hey mate! I've been entertaining watching your videos. I really enjoy understanding the American perspective on the life of a firefighter. In Europe, our fire trucks are usually smaller than those in America. This is due to the fact that around here, in most countries, we dont have such wide roads for this type of truck. About the hose lines, we dont usually have them already connected. Only the ones on forest fire trucks. I really appreciate your work in the USA and luckily I've had the opportunity to visit NY and see the fire station close to ground zero. Big hug from Portugal and good work boys

[@mike_pertz]

Hey Culpix, thanks for the kind words. I would love to head over to Portugal and see how you guys do things sometime!

[@Vladpryde]

I saw someone from the UK pointed this out in another comment above, and I was like "oh, of course, that makes sense", and that is that here in America, we have a few companies that specialize specifically in building fire engines and other large emergency vehicles (though primarily they just deal with fire engines). This means that they get large semi-truck frames with 700+ horsepower diesel engines already in place (I think they used to use Caterpillar engines exclusively, but I think now most of them use the X15 big-bore Cummins engine), and then just drop their custom-built chassis directly onto the frame with large factory cranes. Whereas in the UK, as the commenter stated above, you guys buy basically truck chassis that you then convert into fire engines, and that saves on costs while still being effective. Does that sound about right?

[@mrnoob39]

In russia firefighters get informed how big the fire is before reaching the site so they can decide what equipment, truck, etc... they will bring

[@Nassault]

Your ability to critique unsafe practices without dunking on the firefighters is commendable. Subbed, hope I never have to see you, if I do I'd be very lucky!

[@28ebdh3udnav]

Firefighters of every country put their lives on the line for others and they have great respect

[@vmiln]

Волонтеров в России, на пожарах всегда много! Пожар это развлечение и зрелище, для всех соседей. Потому гражданские снуют везде и всегда! У нас однажды, даже две женщины подрались на пожаре. Это был лучший пожар в моей памяти! Трижды я был на пожарах в США, скучно! Куча правил, все однообразно!

[@andrewflow7033]

ахахахахах

[@shishka6614]

Ого. А можно узнать из-за чего они подрались?

[@Spartanets1]

They said -"Salyara" - "Diesel in the garage"

[@matchesburn]

4:50 Not a fire fighter, but is it me or does this guy have some really good situational awareness? Look at him constantly checking the hose to make sure it's not caught up on something. He's checking around to make sure what's going on around him. Generally, people with situational awareness tend to be more experienced and professional in my experience. If you're aware of what's going on around you, you can minimize or stop incidents before they even happen. And again at 7:59 - the guy that just got off the latter is about to walk in front of his stream, and he's not just tunnel visioning on the roof and quickly cuts the water before the guy walks in front of him and then immediately goes back to putting the water stream on the roof again. It's almost like someone with a rifle seeing someone about to walk in front of you and them immediately lowering it so no one is in the line of fire (...or water in this case).

[@stephand.5484]

I really like, how he just casualy sprays some water next to the guy operating the K12 (that big round metall "saw")...so that the gras won't catch fire. That guy (with the camera) realy knows what he is doing.

[@jamiew.2718]

There's a lot more safety involved in committing people into a building. If anyone is going to be going into the building they would get a brief and wait at a sort of holding area before their pressure gets checked by a BA entry control officer who then monitors their whereabouts and passes any info to the incident commander. So if anyone is going to be wearing an air pack they wont be taking part in any other foreground activities generally with it on as like you noticed everyone has their role and it all works like clockwork (most of the time). We would defiantly be at least wearing an N95 for any post fire work when damping down hot spots actually inside a building

[@Distribeuh]

In France , firefighters trucks are not so big and wide, in a city like Paris where there are small streets, the firefighters’ trucks for NYC ( who are just to big) can’t pass there

[@phoephoe795]

Europe (certainly the UK where I live) has a lot of very tight streets and narrow country lanes- there's quite a few places where the bigger American trucks would face a very tight squeeze or even fail to fit through the gap.

[@victorhayes9975]

Yes i have viewed the videos from BRZ i agree.These fellows take care if business peroid,with what they have to work with.I doint speak russian, but i have sent favorable comments in english too the channel and receive a thank you back.some things doint need translation if you are a fire fighter you know what is going on.Once they see that there videos are receiving favorable reviews from america and around the world they will add english subtitles too the videos.some of the videos already are.Thank you FirefighterNow! for giving them a good review from America!!!ohio.

[@Dor91]

So, i belive, it is work of two crews. In my firestation, we have only two firefighters on a second truck(crew), and three on a first one. And as far as we outside the building, we usually don't use air ecuipment. (Who cares about cancer)🤷‍♂️

[@jimcanupp4330]

The roads are very narrow in Germany, and I think common in Europe. I lived in Germany 3 years with a full size Bronco and it was tight.

[@arwenpotter1059]

Here in Germany we have a rapid attack, i.e. a hose that you just have to roll out and which is almost already attached to the vehicle and individual hoses that have to be connected.

[@Adelaide_Transit]

We have some similar in Australia, we have rapid attack lines which are pre-attached to the truck and readily available in spools. It's mostly to help speed up the process so we don't have to roll out the canvas hoses every time

[@almerindaromeira8352]

@@Adelaide_Transit We are not allowed to go into a a structure with those spools (in Germany). They are only there for smaller stuff and they are not that long. Most are 50 meters. Some older cars like our LF16 KatS has 60 meters of what you called canvas hoses ready and connected, but it's not on a spool.

[@Adelaide_Transit]

@@almerindaromeira8352 Similarly here, from what I know the spools tend to only be for external fires, eg bushfires, car fires and external structure fires.

[@almerindaromeira8352]

@@Adelaide_Transit They are handy. I mean at least you don't have to disconnect and roll each hose up everytime you are called. 😅 Although we do wash them while reeling them in...

[@andyoxleyonhistravels]

90% of structure fire in the UK are dealt with 60 metre high pressure hosereels and a few ba wearers.

[@digimaks]

18:00 - That is what in Russia called "Dacha" - a vacation home for holidays and gardening. (Not a primary residence) Those are normally built in designated rural areas, specifically for vacation homes. They come in differenc sizes. This one is pretty tiny for modern standards. THe good news - the person who owns it did not lose his/her primary home.

[@MyFabian94]

Most Russians have a background in some sort of industrial/productive work and have some very basic anti-fire skills as well as just practical intelligence.

[@hagott]

Я и представить не мог, что однажды наткнусь на видеоролик с такой глубиной! Это нечто потрясающее! Нечто, выше всего обыденного и человеческого! Нечто... Вечное... Космическое... Что-то на уровне познания Бога!!! Это видео - экстремальное блаженство..!!

[@alexl3712]

As far as I know, fire hydrants in Russia are generally underground. But I dont know if it's that way everywhere in Russia.

[@13zhuk]

Yes, you're right, it's everywhere in Russia. It's because of cold winters, but in souths regions too ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@graypy]

I think it's normal for fire trucks to be small due to road conditions and unplanned developments in villages or suburbs. because in my country there are even smaller fire trucks like that. and officers use separate vehicles. large fire trucks are usually only used for fires such as hotel buildings, apartments and the like. and that only exists in big cities with big roads too. In my opinion, in America, development has always been planned so that roads are big and access is easy too.

[@adtfor]

I like how this video shows difference in mentality between Russia and the United States. Russian servicemen are generally more prone to ingenuity, heroism and recklessness, while US ones seem to be more on a safe side, have better training routine, tech support and follow rules. I've been in the US and must say that reaction time there is incredibly fast, fire team and paramedics could arrive within few minutes, while in Russia firefighters tend to arrive on scene much slower probably due to understaffing.