First due cardiac arrest, 2nd due MVC roll-over

Ride along with Paramedic B-74 running back-to-back calls. The first call is a reported cardiac arrest in the western end of their first due. The call turns out not to be an arrest but it was a serious medical emergency, with county paramedics and a medical assist on the call.
After transporting that patient, Paramedic B-74 drops off the county medic at their station and in the process of that a vehicle accident call comes in just down the highway. Paramedic B-74 ultimately is added to that call as well.

[@MegaJohnhammond]

my hats off to the camera man for not falling off

[@jurciii]

lmao

[@mrsauce9307]

MegaJohnhammond 😂🤦🏽‍♂️

[@ingridrnilsen]

Haahhaha

[@dxsired_8802]

Sundawn moter Bikes And you can’t understand a joke.

[@LetsgoBrandon2023]

@Sundawn moter Bikes r/wooosh

[@susanallen1100]

I love the ride alongside, especially when we get updates on exactly what is happening. Thank you and stay safe.

[@SpeedbirdFF]

Thank you Susan!

[@fredltyler-wt9bn]

Sometimes the people ask them not to use them

[@Toru4]

Sounded like WW3 was about to happen once the sirens came on.

[@allyxchoi]

😂😂

[@pizzasubs]

@Jacob Webber Does that sound just when you get a call at the station, or do it also go off like ours does here EVERY DAY at noontime? If I was living in your neck of the woods, I would rather have it just go off ONCE at noontime everyday, wouldnt know how long it would take to get used to hearing this go off maybe Many times during the day, and most definiatly Hopefully not at nighttime.....LOL

[@Amandaxo82]

on god

[@codymoore3464]

Toru4 I agree

[@codymoore3464]

Toru4 it even does that during a tornado too because of a tornado sirens too

[@augustusjoshua1456]

Hats off to all of the AMAZING people that stopped for the emergency vehicles!! Out freaking-standing citizens!

[@Rummeltobi]

Great footage! :) That Chevy at 3:08 is absolutely amazing! Love it!!! :)

[@SpeedbirdFF]

RTobi (Rummeltobi) Thanks RTobi! I like that Chevrolet Suburban too!

[@pizzasubs]

You ought to see what the New 2021 Tahoe and Suburbans are going to look like totally NEW front and rear ends, will saqy even better looking than these ones......

[@Rummeltobi]

@@pizzasubs I've seen how they look like. It will probably take me some time to get used to those but I'll start liking them at some point 😄

[@fab8657]

@@pizzasubs 21 tahoe and suburban look like shit.

[@Ifyouknowyouknow327]

In my emergency vehicle trying we was taught to change siren at every intersection

[@Ifyouknowyouknow327]

Training not trying

[@94hanz1]

Shane Shroyer the effectiveness of changing siren tones at an intersection has been proven “effective”. Personally I’ve had more success with air horns than any siren.

[@robloxer6808]

A powercall is all you need

[@tylersutherlan2110]

“Were,” not “was.”

[@romeogolf4]

I felt that accent 🤦‍♂️

[@fireakems8279]

I'm a bit jealous of the short response times and the heavy resources. I am a Division Supervisor of an agency in Alaska. At my location, we have 1 Paramedic ambulance that covers 55,000 square miles first due, with 1 volly BLS ambulance that covers about 2000 square miles within that area. The rest is us. Next closest ALS is 150 miles north, or 150 miles west by highway. Plus side, we use a lot of skills, instead of short transport times. All told, my agency covers 1st due, an area the size of Arkansas with 2 ALS ambulances. I love it, and I love your videos.

[@majorpizza383]

Wow. I had a question... When you certified, did you have to learn extra skills due to the fact that there wasnt very many units around (especially ALS)?

[@fireakems8279]

@@majorpizza383 We have what is called "expanded scope" of practice. Basically, if your physician sponsor signs off on a skill, you can do anything the physician allows. I am an EMT-2, which would be fairly close to what was an NR EMT-Intermediate. As a EMT-2, my certification allows me to start IV's, IO's, and give a few basic medications. If I had current expanded scope like I did with a previous employer, I could also give CPAP, Diphenhydramine, Epi 1:1000 IM/SQ, Nitrous Oxide, Nitro (not script and w/o calling Med Command), D5, King Airway, IGel, Combi-Tube, 12 Lead procurement, and even stitching. I work with a Paramedic, and I help them with a large amount of things on scene, or if I have to stop the ambulance. There are many things that I can't do of course.

[@TachiTekmo]

A PowerCall _and_ a Coaster? I'm in heaven!

[@floriang.2543]

love to see an American city still using Sirens for alerts. Would remind me of back home :)

[@thomasfletcher4109]

As usual great job with the video ( was expecting to read " you guessed it " when y'all hit the reds for the second call )

[@SpeedbirdFF]

Thomas Fletcher Thank you Thomas!

[@jacklemmon7910]

I love the great narration! Great video! Can't wait for more.

[@SpeedbirdFF]

Jack Lemmon Thank you Jack!

[@drunkpacman]

Out the door before the whistle stops blowing ..love it!

[@stevenbowers4164]

Do you have the ability to request a trauma doctor to the same of major medical or trauma calls?

[@SpeedbirdFF]

Yes. We call them the Go Team.

[@alvincopeland733]

Is the siren only used when the patient is believed to be in mortal danger or is it a normal ambulance siren at the beginning of the video? I don't mean the air horn from the fire station, but this aggressive howling from the ambulance Greetings from Munich ✌🏻☺️❤️

[@SpeedbirdFF]

Alvin Copeland It is normal to use the siren when responding/transporting in emergency mode.

[@mateosanchez43]

Quite smart what you did there on the second call, nice job!

[@SpeedbirdFF]

Thanks for watching Mateo!

[@SniperGroupEcho-03]

Is that an air raid siren I hear at the beginning?

[@HaythamAlsayed]

I wish we had roads like that where I am. We're barely able to go over the speed limit on most calls lol.

[@dozerplays3963]

What was the building you pasted at 1:00 with the bay's?

[@SpeedbirdFF]

Riley Evans Thanks for watching Riley! That is the old firehouse. The one we currently operate out of was built in 1972.

[@Lama-Rabi]

What is the siren on that ambulance? It sounds amazing.

[@mr.animation5259]

My district bought the ambulance in this video, how do you switch between normal tones and the alternate tones?

[@heidiandbellatheservicepup3359]

Just curious is that a tornado siren i hear before the ambulance siren? Was there a tornado warning on that day?

[@barlink7495]

It’s a volunteer fire department, the siren is usually mounted on the station itself, and sounds when a fire call comes in.

[@code3wnc944]

4:40 was that medic running a dx5?

[@GDUBZYY]

0:30 siren?

[@904_Florida]

Whelen Powercall.

[@joboss9511]

Having completed a couple rife slings this is actually really realistic footage of what a ride along would be like.

[@grahammiller9834]

Of course it is... it’s them literally responding to call

[@code3wnc944]

When you respond with your POV if it was your choice would you rather have red lights instead of blue?

[@SpeedbirdFF]

Most fire dept members cannot have any lights in their personal vehicles in my area. If we could, and I could choose any set up, I would prefer red over blue. Best option would be two colours and I would choose red and white. Red is much more visible than blue and white obviously is brighter than red. So I believe that would be the best combination for visibility/safety.

[@Ismforazi]

First of all God damn it thats one beautiful place, where is it?

[@paulvincent3299]

The incident at Johnny Janosiks ... the reason there are like 10 emergency vehicles on-scene is why? Just curious...

[@SpeedbirdFF]

Paul Sale Thanks for watching Paul! I believe it was due to the information on dispatch. The incident was initially believed to be much more serious than it turned out to be. The chase unit provided ALS providers, the ambulances provided BLS transport, the Ladder truck provided rescue tools and manpower, the Engine provided manpower and water if needed for a cut job, the police made a large response also believing the accident was much more serious than it turned out to be. Everyone arrived within a few minutes of each other. Many units cleared once it was understood there was no entrapment, minor injuries and not multiple patients.

[@paulvincent3299]

@@SpeedbirdFF thx

[@avothello]

You guys have medics on the ambo and they also send county paramedics?

[@SpeedbirdFF]

Yes. Our units can cancel the County Medics if not needed.

[@avothello]

@@SpeedbirdFF whats the size of you guys coverage area?

[@josephhetu2720]

Delmar MD/DE is split between two states. The Paramedics in Delmar are certified in the State of Maryland and have Delaware Privileges. It's a teird system in Delaware so all FDs are BLS with the exception of Delmar.

[@josephhetu2720]

That is why County Paramedics respond to every ALS call on the Delaware side even if there is a Delmar paramedic is already responding.

[@Corde11]

Great video! 3 Troopers on one crash? Surprising (What's not surprising? ... How much could you save when you make the switch to GEICO) :)

[@SpeedbirdFF]

Corde1129 3 Troopers plus the Laurel city unit. The incident was reported to be much more serious than it turned out to be, usually we don't have this many police units on-scene!

[@jslost]

What is a “due”? Never heard it used as a noun.

[@SpeedbirdFF]

jslost It means response area. A fire station’s own response area is it’s first due. Responding on a box as the second closest station you are 2nd due, and so on.

[@jslost]

SpeedbirdFF Thanks! Is it short for another word? From where does that word usage originate?

[@SpeedbirdFF]

jslost I don’t believe it’s short for any other word. I’ve always thought about it in the same way you would talk about bills being due. If your car payment is due on the 1st of the month, and it’s the 1st, then the bill is due to be paid today. If your fire engine is responding to a fire down the street from the firehouse, it’s a first due fire. Beyond that I don’t know the origins of its fire service usage.

[@GHOSTCOONZ]

They have some amazing driving skills I wonder how they chose who drives

[@runtime_engineer]

Why does Police always comes/goes along with an Ambulance every time it goes out for an call?

[@runtime_engineer]

Anyway, good stuff! Keep up the good work.

[@SpeedbirdFF]

Just Chilling Thanks for watching JC! Police respond for a variety of calls. Motor Vehicle Collisions are on of the most common because they investigate the situation and in many areas also perform traffic control. Police also respond for overdoses, suicides, unattended deaths, assaults, shootings, stabbings, situations in which we have to force entry into a house, unattended minors, industrial accidents or any other generally unknown/suspicious circumstance situations.

[@seanrobinson8716]

What siren is thus?

[@Plane_Person]

County's are so good at naming! Sussex county Sus sex county...

[@applepen3282]

i have a question, are you guys allowed to use a gps or are you supposed to know where everything is?

[@SpeedbirdFF]

apple pen We are allowed to use GPS, however many of us have found it to be unreliable quite often, so we end up not using it the majority of the time.

[@elimckenzie4556]

Why does medic 102 have red blue lights and everyone else is just red

[@SpeedbirdFF]

Eli McKenzie In Delaware all emergency services may use red and blue lights, if they choose to do so. Medic 102 is a Sussex County, Delaware unit. In Maryland Fire and EMS cannot use blue. Delmar’s units are registered in both States, therefore cannot use any blue.

[@wahaha858]

i feel like there's a stuka idving on me jesus christ

[@NeonAviation]

I think it’s a GoPro mounted on the roof

[@peytonbevins820]

What siren is that

[@battlefeild5gamrrs924]

Where is Sussex county

[@SpeedbirdFF]

FireFighter303 10 This one is in Delaware.

[@xxbreak1backxx554]

what ended up being the first call?

[@pogump]

Yes,”Mr.Go Pro is a tough guy”

[@anthonypena8683]

anyone know any youtube channels like this but with police?

[@ed5649]

Zx MrRsWaGgEr Zx I need to know, too

[@iowa5378]

Zx MrRsWaGgEr Zx have you seen Miami police department

[@anthonypena8683]

@@iowa5378 yea i live there i watched all their videos already

[@ed5649]

Zx MrRsWaGgEr Zx I forgot, there’s a channel (forget what it’s called) that does these with LAPD. Idk if you’ve seen them. If not, I could find the channel for you

[@anthonypena8683]

@@ed5649 that would be awesome

[@emocpr]

Question, your fire dept run the Ambulance with two EMT and The Medical squad provide Paramedic intercept? Thanks excellent video 🇵🇷🚑💪🏽👍

[@SpeedbirdFF]

Edwin Ortega Thanks for watching Edwin! We are in a unique situation, so the answer to your question is potentially complicated, however to keep it simple, I’ll answer this way. We are on the border of Maryland and Delaware. We run ambulances with an EMT (BLS) and a Paramedic (ALS) and all of our ambulances are ALS equipped. This set up is standard in Maryland, however in Delaware ambulances are BLS staffed and equipped (by Fire Depts) and Paramedics/ALS units are provided by County governments only. Delmar had paramedics long before the State of Delaware did and is an exception. In this video the calls were on the Delaware side of the border and they also respond. In that County the Paramedics respond in chase units/fly cars (whatever terminology you prefer) and meet ambulances on-scene.

[@emocpr]

Ok Bucket list to visit your station 🇵🇷🚑👍

[@SpeedbirdFF]

Edwin Ortega Stop by anytime! 👍

[@doncoleman4938]

@@SpeedbirdFF So in Delaware all ambulances are staffed by BLS staff and get backed up by paramedics in separate vehicles? Is that only in regional areas or also in the cities too?

[@SpeedbirdFF]

Don Coleman For the most part everywhere in Delaware operates this way. I believe the City of Dover contracts with a private ambulance company for BLS/ALS service. I’ve been told that anyway. If that’s not entirely accurate then it’s likely Kent County ALS chase units would assist that company. In Wilmington there is a private ambulance company that handles BLS calls and New Castle County ALS chase units handle the ALS needs. Those are the primary urban cities in Delaware. Everywhere else, that I am aware of, Fire Dept’s handle EMS in a BLS capacity and Counties handle ALS by way of chase units.

[@pizzasubs]

Jusxt one question if I may, are your fire departments there able to control Signal lights so that when you come up to one, I guess the way it works with a push of a button either from a remote Control or maybe something on the trucks dash, you can minipulate the lights so where the direction that youy are going will stay green and the other directions red so you can make it through without actually having to pause....

[@noaha4895]

I don’t think that’s possible

[@lorne852]

It's not a button but a device that sends out an infrared light.

[@SpeedbirdFF]

Yes, it's called an Opticom. It is built into the lightbar and automatically activates when the emergency lights are on. It can be shut off separately as well, when needed. The newest one's are infrared, older ones are detected by the white strobe light.

[@Izak213]

@@noaha4895 it is

[@liammcdermott1482]

Godspeed brothers and sisters

[@georgeburnham1123]

Silver car zooms on past the accident scene dosent even slow down smh

[@nicolassalejo]

Good documental!

[@TheFilmMixer101]

Doesn't a Engine/Truck 50 come by at some points on a call? Or am I thinking that KZbinr is from another state. Cause everything around you looks awfully similar on his videos (not your calls but their calls )

[@SpeedbirdFF]

TheFilmMixer101 There’s no Engine 50 but Station 5 is near-by.

[@joshuafleming6206]

Thanks again guys!

[@SpeedbirdFF]

Joshua Fleming Thanks Joshua!

[@chelsy874]

I just found this channel

[@Gregwing]

Whoa, the rarely seen right hand turn. Awesome!! LOL, sorry couldn't resist. Nice videos. Question: Will unit 102 do out of service while one medic short?

[@SpeedbirdFF]

Greg W. Thanks for watching Greg. No, 102 will remain available for calls. They would respond with one paramedic and a second medic unit, a supervisor unit staffed with one paramedic would also respond to back them up. In Sussex County, two paramedics respond to the call initially. One paramedic can transport in most cases. If it's a serious patient then both paramedics would transport. In this case, the patient did have two paramedics and an EMT in the back giving care, it was one DFD firefighter/paramedic and one County paramedic.

[@Joejoe-fd9xt]

What state is this in

[@SpeedbirdFF]

Joe joe 3702 In this video both calls are in Delaware.

[@Prince-gu8or]

I like the siren what it called

[@keeganhadel9212]

Power Call

[@deepblueacc]

Love the Responders.

[@attacker45thebeast56]

Why was there tornado sirens

[@mattbecker5876]

ATTACKER45 THE BEAST: A majority of Fire/EMS is volunteer in the US. Some of these departments are combination and rely on paid, in-house staff and volunteers. Often times, a call will come in and the in-house crew will respond first. Additional personnel would be notified via pager, radio and if outdoors, the county/city siren.

[@cats9254]

@@mattbecker5876 yea we have one on our volunteer fire department

[@TheArmedNurse]

My town has this too. It sounds like a nuke alarm going off but only goes off for fire calls, not EMS calls.

[@ThunderTrain2930]

OutNProud500 if it sounds like a “nuke alarm,” then it’s either a 2T22 or a 3T22. Only difference is one can do hi lo, the other can’t

[@zackthezoomal]

Who else agrees that screaming Q is the best siren in America?

[@FrederickM-jr9lf]

Me

[@Sidewinder627]

This is beautiful

[@vveeyy]

Tornado sirens ???????

[@lorne852]

Some places use them to warn people that emergency responders will be on the road, there's a small City a few hours away from me that has a volunteer fire department and they use the siren to get the volunteers to the station.

[@Jolly_Green23]

The rural town I grew up in NC has a siren at the station like that, but likely for a different reason. It's a volunteer fire department, and many of the firefighters are farmers, working in fields, chicken houses, hog houses, turkey houses, etc. The siren would be an immediate alert audible for miles to all the volunteers. They have pagers, radios, etc. But this was an extra way of alerting people since there's no crew at the station waiting to respond like full-time firefighters.

[@emirachelnatalie3397]

@@Jolly_Green23 same here in NZ well in my town lol its a ww1 warning siren and everyone is confused at first lol but since they are all volunteers then yeah like you say I think it's another way to alert volunteers

[@Brian-Boomer-Beattie]

Great please post more!

[@SpeedbirdFF]

Brian Beattie Thank you Brian!

[@thunderbear0]

Keep up the great work

[@SpeedbirdFF]

-Thunder - Bear- Thank you Thunder Bear!

[@Nates707]

That was a cool perspective

[@SpeedbirdFF]

Dirtman707 Thank you Dirtman!

[@alexisprotopopo]

well done for hard working

[@gregameele1444]

Gotta love a good powercall

[@SpeedbirdFF]

Greg Ameele 👍

[@corey97140]

Nope. I’m from the west coast though. I think it ruins a good response video lol

[@arlynmcadorey3044]

Great video!

[@SpeedbirdFF]

Arlyn Mcadorey Thank you Arlyn!

[@jr_firefighter9970]

Awesome Video!

[@SpeedbirdFF]

Jr_Firefighter99 Thank you!

[@callumfreebairn8082]

time's money

[@sanstx3987]

Shame on you.

[@code3wnc944]

Oh yeah smart siren

[@tomh3652]

God I hate the powercall siren. Muted

[@furd1905]

Classic STH-10

[@russ8059]

Crazy workload you guys habe

[@betyawontreply8179]

what a ford ✊

[@JohnJones-cg2xm]

1/2 hour later the police arrive. I think the accident interrupted their donut time. Useless ticket writers.

[@khalilpope2943]

Hey

[@whatsgweed]

hey i work across the street airfish lol