[POV] INSANE Fire Fighters Emergency Response

Welcome! Today we are driving along with one of the Rotterdam fire departments. The city of Rotterdam is one of the largest cities in the Netherlands with over 650,000 inhabitants.
This local department is part of 49 stations in the Rotterdam-Rijnmond region. On a daily basis the departments receive close to 50 fire alarms. Many of them are in the densely populated metropolitan area of Rotterdam. Narrow streets, lots of traffic, cyclists and pedestrians are to be dealt with on route to the fire.
The fire department receives a kitchen fire alarm in downtown Rotterdam. We need to get there as fast a possible.
Source: Kazerne Baan 24/7
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[@Emergency-POV]

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[@renolontje]

Welcome to youtube let the haters hate the vids are amazing keep up the great work

[@Emergency-POV]

Thank You! @renolontje

[@Haroekoe]

WOW! Stunning to see this. I know all the residential areas and streets as I live there. It's awesome to see the skills of the drivers, knowing how narrow the streets in certain neighborhoods are! The Firefighters, the Paramedics, our Police force .... aren't they awesome! I once had a huge fire going on in a carpet shop underneath our appartment. A building built ±1890. When fleeing the appartement I ran barefoot over the wooden stairs, which were hot already. For some reasons our building was spared, thanks to the amazing fire fighters, who smashed in our front door (due to the heavy smoke, we were not able to see anything, so we were not able to open it from inside with the key)

[@Dukenukem]

Don't know how is it exactly in the Nederlands, but in CZ the Emergency vehicle has priority once the blue lights are on, the siren is for extra "visibility" and they try to limit the use where possible (specially at night). I live near hospital with several ambulances driving past each day, I rarely hear the siren on. Given it is not congested as much here as in Rotterdam, but it is nice from them to not blast the siren where it is not needed and lights are enough.

[@kevinwolffenbuttel4574]

In the Netherlands the combination of siren with lights give them priority to pass.

[@Brian.015]

@@kevinwolffenbuttel4574 Only lights is enough tho, just more clear with the sirens on.

[@JellyLancelot]

Same in the UK, siren is just for notice. Once the blues are on that’s the important bit. They often turn them off in traffic to not pressure people if things can’t move anyway, same at night and the roads are more empty.

[@oekelwm]

​@@Brian.015 no, in NL both the lights and sirens for it to be a priority vehicle according to the law (article 29 RVV 1990)

[@The_Tactical_Taco]

@@oekelwm Exactly, this is why most of the emergency vehicles have 2 settings for the sirens. A "daytime" one and a "nighttime" one that is less loud.

[@Zechariah340]

Would love to see you feature more of these Dutch firefighters, I really appreciate the commentary. Great job💪🏽

[@dr7coo_]

great video! although the commentary was a little excessive with some of it being able to see or already know. but great video and amazing response times!

[@IsDitGerben]

4:21 They’re already a priority vehicle when the blue lights come on. Reason why they didn’t engage the horns yet is because they left the station at night in a residential area.

[@maartenvanr9478]

This is not correct. It's a common misconception but in this case, the narrator is correct. Only when both lights and sirens are on, it becomes a priority vehicle.

[@rappepa7554]

Formally they are not. Only with both.

[@IsDitGerben]

@@rappepa7554 Formally they are, at least here in the Netherlands. You have to give way to any responder who’s got their blue lights on.

[@rappepa7554]

@@IsDitGerben Please look it up

[@IsDitGerben]

@@rappepa7554 Just read up on it, seems you’re right. Bit weird but apparently they’re only a priority vehicle when the sirens are also engaged.

[@TraingoalQW]

Nice video and good job.

[@thomasbaker3262]

I feel for the driver😮

[@ReneAltena]

At 4:55 this is actually not a wrong action by the driver in the grey car. Better than in the US, people in Europe know how to drive. He did not slow down the fire truck.

[@NathanTheCuber]

This guy makes it look easy, il the vid makes the road look more narrow but still those are some tight roads

[@davis2671]

Interesting that on scene, they switch to amber lights. In Czechia, blue or red/blue stay on to warn the drivers of emergency situation. Also, and it was already mentioned, emergency lights turned on here are just enough to get the priority, siren is additional.

[@PeterWijgers]

The orange is used by other (non-priority) types of vehicles, such as road worker vehicles, as well to alert people to a situation going on. Might be a reason to use that and not the signal for "I need to get through". For a passing driver, this is not really an emergency situation (anymore), just something to pay attention where you're driving. I'm guessing you noted it before, but here the siren is required to have a priority vehicle. Which is not to say it's a good idea to (excessively) get in the way of a police car with flashing lights and no siren, as there might be other reasons they aren't allowed to use sirens (such as not to alert a suspect of there approach).

[@tobykeverkamp3496]

I life in the netherlands the paramadic is called ambulance i subcribed btw make more off this vids

[@Tripsaas01]

50 fire interventions per day in this station 😯

[@365truckertrains]

i was thinking that what kind of siren they use. looks different tone from The World that we use

[@Ivanbeingasianofficial]

1:48 *Russian Firetruck* 💀💀💀

[@Emergency-POV]

Rushing. Listen again.

[@ethangartside2916]

Do some uk emergency povs

[@Emergency-POV]

@ethangartside2916 I will!:)

[@DavidKott]

@@Emergency-POVhow about some from the US

[@solferuto4]

The clickbait word 'insane' is unnecessary here, they do this every day

[@arjanlenderink]

In the Netherlands it is legally established that an emergency service must use both the blue flashing light and siren to become a priority vehicle. (Reglement verkeersregels en verkeerstekens 1990 ... artikel 29 / Traffic Rules and Traffic Signs Regulations 1990 ... Article 29) Even though they sometimes turn off the siren, for example in populated areas at night. So if they turn off the sirens and an accident does occur, the driver of the emergency vehicle will be jointly and severally liable and will be prosecuted for that.

[@erik5374]

02:50 fout parkeren op een kruising? daar had wel een deukje in gemogen.

[@railion6513]

Volgens mij stapt er iemand uit die auto aan de rechter kant. Kan dus best een afzetter geweest zijn die daarop maar is blijven staan.

[@mariskavanwieren347]

I live in the nedelands

[@aussie8114]

Should be mandatory for every home to have full size fire extinguishers and fire blankets. For just $200 you can set yourself up.

[@weeardguy]

2:15: It won't be able to stop quickly? I beg to differ... kzbin.info/www/bejne/r4q5eH6KfNN4pNk

[@FulloutPostal]

to be fair, they were already slowed down for taking the turn, not going full speed ;)

[@weeardguy]

@@FulloutPostal Yep, just like in this case. What I'm trying to say that if they need to stop, they can. The whole vehicle is adapted to the weight of the thing.