Hartford Fire Department Engine 16 Arriving & Escorting The Rehabilitation Bus To The Scene!!!

[@anthonyholmes195]

I like how they put strobes in the red & yellow warning lights,that forward facing yellow is good for fog & precipitation

[@sham.755]

by far the coolest bus I've have ever seen🚨🚒

[@jazzbutterworth]

Thank you.

[@sham.755]

+jazzbutterworth do you work at dat station?

[@jazzbutterworth]

No but it would sure be fun!

[@DrummerForJesusSabianAAX]

I'm happy for you, you sounded like you just hit the jackpot

[@jazzbutterworth]

YOOOO MY MAN!!!! You don't KNOW how offical I was after getting this! Hartford doesn't have a ton of rare units & I could wait all week before this bad boy even gets pulled out of the station! Thanks for the kind words!

[@mannysanchez893]

Dude great catch. I was down the street on Farmington ave and got to see them both drive by.

[@jazzbutterworth]

That's what I like to hear!

[@911ERV]

Dude, I caught the rehab bus responding yesterday! I was travelling through the city on 84 and there was a fire off the highway. I stopped by to see what I could get and the rehab bus and E2 were heading my way. What luck!!

[@jazzbutterworth]

Wait... YOU got Hartford's rehab bus??!!

[@911ERV]

+jazzbutterworth haha yep! I was listening to the online scanner and there was a worker right off the highway near station 5. I hopped of the interstate and lucked out *big* time!!

[@jazzbutterworth]

I can't wait to see it!

[@znovosad555]

Someone should've been stepping on the Q pedal lol

[@jazzbutterworth]

Exactly.

[@jazzbutterworth]

Indeed. In this case, they were going to the minimum assignment that can be called in & still get rehab automatically added.

[@geoffg8840]

Is it a canteen unit? For food & drink? Or medical rehab? We have both where i live in Wisconsin. We call the canteen club: Racine Fire Bells. Strictly non-profit volunteer club. I was in it for 11 years. Retired from it for new horizons/opportunities in life

[@jazzbutterworth]

Yes what you are describing is what this is.

[@tonyjackson6188]

Nice rehabilitation unit.

[@CobraEmergency]

You sound just like me when I caught the local bus for the first time. Even rarer in the UK than the US. (Read out of context, that'd read strangely) Cool big rare stuff always have the most eeriest of sirens.

[@jazzbutterworth]

Hahahaha I can only imagine.

[@CobraEmergency]

;-)

[@analobato1316]

CobraEmergencyVideos

[@analobato1316]

jazzbutterworth Omaha

[@brandonh5501]

Update: Hartford Fire Department has a brand new bus that is stationed in the exact same house as the old one.

[@jazzbutterworth]

Yes it does! I caught it a few months back.

[@RMRRACING93R]

I know them fire trucks have q sirens on them then use it

[@jazzbutterworth]

Absolutely!

[@ZJustinZ9]

It's painted white because not all fire trucks in the world are red...

[@PFDChaseVids]

Awesome catch!

[@infinitecanadian]

You're the first one from the U.S.A. to make it into my playlist, I think.

[@90210FireBuff]

AWESOME!

[@jazzbutterworth]

Thank you.

[@chrisbiscuit5366]

Sounded like you were about to cream your pants....or did you.... "The moment I've been waiting for"

[@jazzbutterworth]

haha very funny

[@infinitecanadian]

Due to the unusual situation of having a bus with a siren, this video was Like+Favo

[@amott919]

Awesome!

[@Berufsrettung1]

very nice !

[@b39sme]

Canteen usually just carry water. Rehab trucks have the ability to heat and cool the fire fighters.

[@jazzbutterworth]

Thank you.

[@jazzbutterworth]

No actually. It was for water in an apartment. My previous video (tactical1) has all the info in the description.

[@patrickperry8951]

Never seen one of those before

[@jazzbutterworth]

Not common at all for sure!

[@MalcolmMarshall57]

That a first for me bus with siren on Live (UK)

[@jazzbutterworth]

Thank you.

[@Hall7EmergencyPhotography]

Awesome video Alex!! Must of been a big fire in Hartford

[@martintheman16]

Nice catch

[@thekiwicanuck]

Cool rig!

[@jazzbutterworth]

Thank you.

[@jazzbutterworth]

You were? Awesome!

[@pizzasubs]

first time I have ever seen a bus used like this and if you dont mind me asking, what is the actual duties of the bus??? Thanks

[@jazzbutterworth]

Rehab used for fans, food, drinks, blankets you name it. All in the name of keeping the ff's fueled during a long stay at the scene.

[@pizzasubs]

oh, kinda like what the Red cross does when people are displaced from their homes, they provide neccessary items for the people....I understand now, thanks....

[@jazzbutterworth]

np

[@worldbooks2003]

Most departments are renaming them EMS units or Support units such as Support 1 depending on the case. Rehabilitation confuses people.

[@MrWolfSnack]

They try to make me go to rehab, I say nooo nooo no

[@VancouverIslandEmergencyBuff01]

This is beyond an awesome video just because of the rehab bus responding! I just have one question, how come the Engine (16) had to come and get it instead of the other trucks/ Fire Fighters already there? A department here has a 2002 Winnebago Camper/ Motorhome as a Command Unit for big incidents which I would love to get one day - probably as much as you wanted to get this Rehab Unit Hahaha.

[@jazzbutterworth]

Because the call was in 16's area. They would have been next in line to go to the scene had another engine company been called for. Therefore, they were assigned rehab duties. Because they were so far away, that gave me enough time to scurry on over & get them! Thanks for watching!

[@Evsw34]

great video cool bus!

[@jazzbutterworth]

Thank you.

[@COOLDON76]

The lights in front are cool. Like how they have the old 'stop for the kids' lights flash as well. Anyone know what year the old bus is ? Id like to see pictures of it, or better yet see it up close and in person.

[@jazzbutterworth]

It's a 90's something bus.

[@res06cue]

1980s international

[@vanessamartinex5781]

Dattco School Bus Company donated it to the fire department for that purpose

[@jazzbutterworth]

It treats the firemen. It has fans, generators, drinks, food, blankets...

[@zackfraser5557]

I'm guessing it used to be a school bus but now it became a firetruck unless I'm wrong

[@jazzbutterworth]

I believe you are right.

[@anthonyholmes195]

I like the siren on the bus better

[@jazzbutterworth]

Me too. Too bad it's no longer around.

[@anthonyholmes195]

@@jazzbutterworth The bus?

[@jazzbutterworth]

Yes.

[@406fish1]

What type of siren is on the bus

[@jazzbutterworth]

Steven Garelli Well this one does.

[@joshuaward3749]

I have subbed to u

[@John_Montefalco]

NICE JOB:)

[@jazzbutterworth]

Thank you.

[@davemorrison7989]

That bus needs more lighting on. At least put a light bar somewhere and stick some mounted lightheads along the side so the oncoming traffic can see it more as an emergency vehicle while clearing intersections. 

[@jazzbutterworth]

It has a light bar. It has side lights & rear lights. They are strobes so the camera doesn't pick them up as well.

[@RyanSOlsen]

Why can't it respond itself? It's got Lights, sirens etc. NIce Catch!

[@714cyjr]

Usually in the City of Hartford Fire department has four engines at the fire scene if there's a confirmed fire then the 5 engine company will be responding along with the Rehab bus two men withthe engine 2 men with the rehab bus.

[@jazzbutterworth]

Old school all the way.

[@jazzbutterworth]

Right.

[@jamiemills4466]

That is something different that we don't see all atime .

[@wildandwackywade]

what is a rehabilitation bus?

[@jazzbutterworth]

See comments below.

[@peanut111shorty]

you have any upclose of the bus?

[@jazzbutterworth]

Sorry I don't have any walk around.

[@peanut111shorty]

aww man

[@Carter_Bourne]

1:53 cop siren much

[@jazzbutterworth]

hahaha

[@lencycler1]

ok so what is a rehab bus exactly? similar to a auxiliary (coffee and donut) unit i'm guessing?

[@jazzbutterworth]

There is plenty of info in the comments.

[@pbeardtn]

The leading cause of firefighter death is heart attack. When there is a full on fire firefighters get worn out fairly quickly because they are wearing about 70 lbs of gear including their protective coat and trousers -- that are insulated. In the summer months a firefighter can quickly become dehydrated and worse. A good rehab unit should provide hydration, active and passive cooling, nutrition, and medical monitoring. In fact OSHA requires rehab to be available to firefighters. Thus, the rehab unit.

[@rrobertsnot5150]

Pretty cool not something you see everyday

[@k0smon]

GE PowerCall siren has a more realistic sound than the Whelen high pitch slide whistle siren.

[@alexandersalarms5380]

What the heck happend that needed that?

[@jazzbutterworth]

It responds on all 2nd alarm fires and any incident where crews are on scene for extended periods of time. It provides drinks, fans, blankets etc.

[@alexandersalarms5380]

@@jazzbutterworth Oh. I thought it was like a mass casualty incident. Good that it is needed and helpful!

[@jazzbutterworth]

Oh hahaha yeah very good thing!

[@COUNTRYBOY30268]

why did the rehab bus need an escort it has lights and a siren

[@jazzbutterworth]

It wasn't escorted. I'll tell you: Rehab is not manned. Therefore, an engine company has to drive over to station 11 so one guy can jump off & drive rehab to the scene. For whatever reason, the engine always goes first.

[@jazzbutterworth]

Woohoo!

[@exxzackly]

Why is it painted white?

[@jazzbutterworth]

I don't know. I wonder myself.

[@jazzbutterworth]

It's unmanned. They need guys to take it down, so they send an engine company.

[@jazzbutterworth]

In other ares, but as you can see here...

[@infinitecanadian]

I should think it to be painted white because it qualifies as a medical vehicle.

[@ohwaddafook]

a rehab truck should never respond code...there's no need, in my Dept there's a policy on that

[@jazzbutterworth]

Most rehabs that I have seen do respond code. I think there is a need for that. Over heated, over worked firemen need treatment so they can get back to the scene.

[@mikekaefer895]

+ohwaddafook you have no clue how many fire calls Hartford gets and there smart ask any of there guys they rotate guys very quickly but if something should happen that bus is more than a rehab from what I have been told go past it all the time ........every fire dept is different what is good for Hartford may not be good in another city

[@ohwaddafook]

+Mike Kaefer it's not what is good for each city, I'm just thinking liability issues, if they hit a pedestrian or ran a red light a hit someone, that department would be screwed, lawyers would ask, why was a rehab unit running code? why is a non certified emergency vehicle running code? why was does it not have more lights on it and better identification like It being painted red? I totally get where you're coming from my friend, I know policies differ from department to department and I Don't know what to the situation was, but in my eyes it's putting civilian lives at risk and I'd hate to see a good department get nailed for something small like that

[@jazzbutterworth]

I believe it is indeed certified. And it has plenty of lights. My camera just didn't pick up all of the flashes.

[@mikekaefer895]

I just checked it's certified

[@jazzbutterworth]

Hahaha.

[@jazzbutterworth]

Thank you.

[@jazzbutterworth]

Thank you.