[Ride along] Truck 26 LAFD

ride along with the tractor drawn aerial ladder truck 26 responding to an urgent medical call in the West Adams area //
by Dirk Steinhardt - www.rescue911.de - City of Los Angeles, California, USA - 09.2010 - filmed with a Sony HDR-CX505 - Thanks to the guys from 26!!!

[@Hi-qw3gp]

7.1 makes it sound so real! it really sounds like we're riding along!

[@ryeunn]

The crew members on the truck are trained to be Paramedics also, they will respond to a medical call if they have to, otherwise it would be an engine, but it looks like an engine wasn't available at the time.

[@Slaterator]

Wow ! You´re a realy smart guy. Congrats !

[@thatzombieplace]

I live in L.A. and I love this channel! the is probably the only good place to watch good L.A.F.D. vids

[@NZfabrock]

Love the headsets, would make life alot easier for the driver.

[@veachbr]

LAFD is a little unique in their Light Force concept. This truck and an engine(pumper) would respond together, and be the only units, for 95% of the calls they get. My department is smaller. We send a pumper and one of our Chiefs pickups to most calls, add a pumper for a working fire. Our trucks are designed to carry every tool we could possibly ever need, and all the fire fighters to run them. They are big, and get poor fuel economy, but they carry a lot of equipment.

[@firefighterfuture1]

@04wheelerd A medical call can be handled by an ambulance and a chase vehicle, or just an ambulance. In this case, Truck 26 was called to a medical call because an ambulance was not available at that time.

[@MultiKultiProduction]

LAFD ist verdammt cool, habe wahnsinnige schöne Trucks!!!

[@westlaresponsevideos4094]

get more ride alongs with LAFD

[@veachbr]

There are more people in the LA then in several European countries total. We have big trucks because we have a big country with wider streets and more buildings. I know places in Europe run smaller trucks, but they send 3-4 on a call. This truck can probably do the work of them all. Having 1 or 2 trucks responding is safer for accidents en route and also makes the scene less crowded. They are a lot more maneuverable than they appear. They aren't antiquated as you suggest.

[@SoCalRyan289]

@jeanphilippeg LAFD will only send a truck company if the engine isn't available or if that truck company is the closest unit. LAFD Dispatch has a CAD system that will pick the closest unit to respond. All firefighters are at least EMT-Basic and can render EMT level care until a paramedic rescue arrives. I have seen Hazmat units, USAR units and many other specialized units respond to a medical. It is all about who is the closest to that call. Hope that helps....... Great Video!

[@BRITOJUNIORCAMINHONEIRO2014]

@Slaterator hello! this truck consumes 3 miles per gallon, here in BRAZIL we call a trailer, as well as in the United States also have these models!

[@ats6136]

I submitted a video to this guy and even though I filmed it he still puts that it is by Dirk Steinhardt.

[@mso3355]

@abzvinny318 Back in the I believe early 70s the department had a few snorkels assigned to heavy duty task forces. Other than that I'm pretty sure it's been TDAs since then.

[@douglasnorby8385]

Looks so easy to back in

[@ryeunn]

@Slaterator It has a use, Tractor Drawn Aerials are good for cities who have tight turns and corners where a regular rear or midmount ladder will not suffice.

[@ScubaSteve07194]

@ELW1112 That's correct. We have two people on our ambulance but on certain calls say a Cardiac arrest or an obese person it takes more than two people to handle the run succesfully, that's we run every call cause you never know when a simple having trouble breathing actually turns out to be a cardiac and the person goes into arrest as soon as you get there.

[@thatzombieplace]

cool video! i know where this station is and its in a bad neighborhood but its cool to see them on youtube!

[@Rummeltobi]

@Slaterator It's just typical for big cities. Normal cities has smaller Ladder trucks. In my town, which has some 17-floor high buildings, you will need a ladder like this one to arrive all floors. Our normal ladder(s) which arrive 23 metres (around 75 feet) cannot arrive the upper floors of that buildings.

[@EnjoyFirefighting]

@texas9ish you know also in Europe we run big fire trucks, and they don't go as slow through traffic as seen in the vid.

[@Blazerx88x]

LA is perfect!!!!

[@loweredcorgi]

Very Nice i love those kind of video !

[@tylerkemp1979]

the headphones protects there ears cause the siren and the air horn is loud

[@TheGeotuner]

@jeanphilippeg it doesnt matter watever they send.......they still respond code 3 anyway and they travel the same speed as any regular engine would do........and it was a really close response

[@Slaterator]

Hey Nathan ! Yes, you´re right. I´ve done some research in the meantime. Sorry about the "flashights". My mother tongue is German so it was a translation error. You know I don´t speak -or wright English- very regularly... The dimensions of that kinda trucks are ok. I know a bit better today. ;-) Thank´s for your compliment regarding to the engines here in Europe ! Yes, they have to look "neat" to you. I guess in the US you´re not used to see "slim-line" trucks at the fire-brigade. :-))

[@Slaterator]

@Rummeltobi No doubt about it ! You got to reach all floors in case of emergency. But you don´t need a truck like that to transport a ladder in that length. That´s my point. We have trucks around 7,5 tons which easily transport a ladder which arrives about 30 metres or even more. This monster here is -I guess- around 12 to 15 tons. I mean it´s realy impressive and I like that kinda trucks. But you don´t need a truck like that to transport a ladder that size...

[@TheGeotuner]

@jeanphilippeg it doesnt matter watever they send.......they still respond code 3 anyway and they travel the same speed as any regular engine would do........

[@Slaterator]

Ok, that´s a good point. If this truck can handle the duty of two or maybe three european firetrucks it is ok for me. So am I right that this ladder is also an equipment truck ? I guess you are are working as a firefighter right ? So please let me give you an example how it works here in Germany. In case of a fire the fire brigade sents out a pump, a ladder, an equipment truck, an ambulance and a car with the officer-in-charge. How is it abroad in the USA ?

[@EnjoyFirefighting]

@texas9ish yes we still got the cranes :) and they can go damn fast!

[@ScubaSteve07194]

@04wheelerd I can't speak for LA but we run every medical in our district. Mainly just for manpower. It's not about what we have on the truck even though we are a BLS+ truck so we have an EMT-I on every truck, it's about having an extra set of hands in case we are needed. 2 people on the ambulance will not be able to lift a 300+ person, so we will be there to assist and drive the ambulance if necessary. Although I would like to say to a pt. Oh hey we have some ladder, would that help?

[@EnjoyFirefighting]

most FD in e.g. germany send out a convoy of 2 Engines, Aerial, Command (and maybe Chief and Ambulance) to an AFA, also to be more flexible on scene. The reason why we hardly have tools on our Aerials but thatfor a lot of "empty" space between ladder and truck, is that our ladders have to be able to be extended to full length also to a level which is below the level where the actual truck stands.

[@Slaterator]

@Rummeltobi Oh yeah we got something like that !! ;-) I saw it in Frankfurt. It had the size of 45 metres (!!) on a truck about 7,5 tons. Impressive. I mean you´re right. Normally we don´t need something like that because our buildings are normally not that big. But in Frankfurt or Berlin the fire brigade has that kinda stuff ! You have to know that the streets here are not so expanded. So the engine has to be smaller. Otherwise they would get stuck here. :-)

[@PeterLokey]

what kind of medical call was it?

[@BRITOJUNIORCAMINHONEIRO2014]

@Slaterator Here in Brazil also use trucks only much smaller

[@Rummeltobi]

@Slaterator but you have many place to transport some equipment at this one ;) If you had a smaller one which arrives 30 metres it's good ;) But I think that I didn't saw a german ladder which has a length of 30 metres.

[@Slaterator]

Alright, in that case it is ok that the engine is "a bit" bigger than in Europe..;-) but like I mentioned before in my comments, such a truck won´t work out here because of it´s size and fuel consumption. Either it would get stuck in our streets or it would make sure that the fire departement is bankrupt when it returns from the gas station.:) (You have to know that diesel is quite expensive here. Around 5 € or 6 $ in the moment)

[@BRITOJUNIORCAMINHONEIRO2014]

@Slaterator Excuse our models are much smaller!

[@RubixCube703]

I live right nxt to this fire station!!!!!!!!

[@IAMMARSHY]

Ha. Procare ambulance at 2:09

[@FOGBIT44]

As you commented on this two years ago now, I'm sure you've done some research, but the reason this ladder is 'huge', is due to the fact it will turn down tight streets and turn corners that you wouldn't be able to do in a 'typical' ladder truck. And by "flashlights" I assume you mean emergency lights, and the reason for that is because we have some DUMB drivers in the USA who still fail to see us coming...but I have seen some pretty neat European fire trucks, look more slim-line and compact

[@ScubaSteve07194]

@frankmueller77 Very interesting. I appreciate the comment cause it's always interesting hearing how other places especially other countries handle emergencies. In my area we do not have an emergency doctor vehicle. Sometimes in big cities the 911 system gets so overwhelmed with calls that there is not enough ambulances to handle the volume. During the blizzards in NYC I know they didn't have enough ambulances to handle all the calls so the FDNY had to answer, even transport some patients.

[@EnjoyFirefighting]

@texas9ish don't know how heavy the US fire trucks are, but we have Tankers and Aerials which weigh 30 to 40 tons, cranes which weigh 50 tons, and the biggest Aerial (with 367 ft. the worlds biggest one! but as far as I know not in service yet) weighs 65 tons. How much do US fire trucks weigh?

[@ezbrony9050]

there was a los angeles county fire truck that passed by me on the freeway in akron ohio akron fire got a treat I think he was a little lost.

[@ezbrony9050]

iv been to fire house 127 aka 51 ilove los angeles fire

[@bigman10239]

Are you sure it was County? and dont be too surprised, since the all the apparatus manufacturers are back east.

[@maxhallman1036]

@@bigman10239 other than some wildland manufacturers everything is made in Wisconsin or Pennsylvania

[@Rummeltobi]

@mlps93 where did you see that the drivers don't give a way??

[@MajorRawne001]

does this video remind anyone of the movie Quarantine. A cooll responce, Urgent Mdeical emergency at an Appartment? Anyone?

[@jazzbutterworth]

@michael70224 I think it's a Motorola or a Unitrol.

[@firetruckbuff8298]

Can anyone from the LAFD or anyone who knows tell me the ride along requirements for the LAFD?

[@timothyhall408]

One thing i know is that u have to be 18 or older

[@chandlergames3636]

just be 18 or older and just ask....

[@AJ-VLOGGS21]

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[@chandlergames3636]

Avery thomas shut the fuck up

[@NZfabrock]

+Matthew Weinberg In order to be able to enjoy the said ride you need to be able to drive like that, I can and I can tell you its awesome. Better than some boy racers car any day.

[@micotsaynes]

Is that a Reserve

[@Rummeltobi]

2:07 did they testing these kind of ambulances in LA too?

[@hva1967]

GREAT

[@firepower782]

Yeah it would be great to have RRV's for medical calls. But who are going to staff these vehicles? Can't take the guys off the engines or the ladders, cause there'd be no one to run these units while the "RRV's" were out running endless medicals. To hire enough extra people to staff dedicated non ambulance medical units would take millions and millions of dollars. This at a time where LA(like most other large american cities) is being asked to CUT it's fire budget substantially.

[@texas9ish]

@EnjoyFirefighting i will say you do hve some big fire trucks but my guess would be that there alot lighter than this one

[@michael70224]

What is the name of the sirein can any body help me thangs?

[@RandyDarkshade2]

Isn't it a waste of resources to send a wacking great big truck like that to a medical call? Here in England we have RRV's (Rapid Response Vehicles) introduced back in the 90's to respond to medical calls along side ambulances. RRV's are a lot smaller than an ambulance and can come in the form of SUV, Station Wagon car, motorcycle or in some cities, bicycle.

[@Rummeltobi]

@alvaMoviez Wo gehen die bitteschön nicht aus dem Weg? Die machen dort alle vorbildlich Platz, ich seh da niemanden der einen Fehler macht...

[@MegaAndrewn]

nice

[@EnjoyFirefighting]

@CuseRecorder well that a personal opinion. You know here we run Mercedes, Scania and Volvo Fire Trucks; Chief units and Medic cars are like BMW, Audi, Mercedes and Porsche

[@frankmueller77]

If there's such an emergency call in germany, an ambulance with 2 paramedics would come PLUS an emergency doctor vehicle (NEF) with the doctor plus the driver - paramedic as well. Iif there's demand for a lift of heavy persons, fire brigade might be addded. But not simply to care for the sick person. I think this - very interesting - video showed, such a ladder truck takes quite long till arrival. I couldnt imagine in such a big city a real ambulance isnt available which would arrive faster .

[@texas9ish]

@BenyiSweetxD because unless the police are reporting to a shooting or something in that range, emergency vehicles still have to obey the speed limit. the lights and siren just help them get to their destination faster without having to stop. my friend is an ambulance driver and had a patient he was taking to the hospital and got pulled over by the police for speeding even though he had lights and siren

[@texas9ish]

@abzvinny318 actually he was doing 15 over with lights and sirens. and the cop at least had the dignity to let him go to the hospital but that was after he pulled him over on the highway for 5 minutes

[@bonzty]

if theyre goin to a medical call, why dont they just drive with the tractor and leave the ladder :D

[@maxhallman1036]

Because they respond as a two appuratus unit

[@MrJakemoffitt]

@wwwrescue911de, how do you get permission to ride with big citys? Like FDNY,LAFD,etc...??????

[@MrGTS12]

wieso fahren die so langsam?

[@mlps93]

LA drivers don't really like to give way...

[@BumberenzoManilupinoCity]

What is the name of that siren?

[@southlafirephotography]

Motorola Spectra

[@texas9ish]

@BenyiSweetxD and because are fire trucks arnt small if you havnt noticed. not small and quick like european trucks

[@SilveradoChevyboyz71]

A LITTLE SQUIER??? stroke mee

[@pizzasubs]

I keep on forgetting whn I see truck like this and I do apologize for asking again but when I see a truck like this which has those two fans hanging from the top of the cab, does that mean that this truck doesn't have anything in the way of air conditioning? I have always wondered as well concerning those ladder truck where the guy has to drive it from the back, I know that if the truck turns left, he has to turn the wheel to the right, but what would happen if he accidently turned the wheel the same direction that the front of the truck was turning, I mean would he turn the back part of the truck on it's side??????

[@whosaweirdo]

I

[@FurryWrecker911]

If it were to be turning left then I'd imagine the trailer would strafe left until the forward motion becomes too great and the tires squeal trying to straighten back out.

[@CaptainLee]

Andrew Silva Andrew Silva The two fans on top of the Cab is the Air Conditioning unit. In a case of the tiller man (the driver of the small back cab) turns left and the main driver turns left then it will collide with the things to the left. The reason why they turn the opposite is not to hit anything also it's easier when responding to no worry if the trailer will hit something.

[@pizzasubs]

Thank you so very much for responding, since you advised me that the 2 hanging fans IS considered the air conditioning for the fire engine, is there some reason why the fire engine doesn't have a regular air conditioning system like a car or truck has??? Thanks again.

[@CaptainLee]

Andrew Silva I can't really answer that question but my guess is having AC/heater on a Fire Apparatus is optional. Fire Apparatus are mostly custom built which is expensive and for a department with low money then it will be hard to get things that are good and needed.

[@texas9ish]

@abzvinny318 yea and i cant find my comment i made about it but if i didnt say it already, the cop followed him to the hospital and gave him a ticket there

[@joek0617]

@jeanphilippeg tillers handle better, i've heard....

[@Dusco25]

I think by the end of the video they hit 15MPH

[@BRITOJUNIORCAMINHONEIRO2014]

great car must have 8 gears with reduction to 2 miles per gallon!

[@BlackEagleGermany]

Heavy to drive this truck to emergency calls. how many fuel did the truck need ?

[@jeanphilippeg]

I agree that sending the Fire Department to an EMS call is really useful. But I have to admit that a tiller ladder truck isn't the fastest fire truck available for the job... and it certainly isn't the one that handles the best ;) I would understand better if there wasn't any pumper, squad, or rescue truck available...

[@Slaterator]

This engine is typical for the USA. As big as possible with antiquated technology, compensated by brute power and as much flashlights as possible. BUT, it works out. I don´t know, how much fuel this "monster" needs per hour... Probably as much as a helicopter. BUT, like I said, it works out. Guess what ? I know a place where this thing would NOT work out. In Europe. Don´t get me wrong ! I love this kinda trucks. Pretty impressive ! But usable in America only. ;-)

[@Yalnif5200]

Sorry but the more I see it the more I just don't understand send a large aerial ladder truck on a medical call. There has to be a smaller unit that could roll on that.

[@maxhallman1036]

You either send and engine and the truck or you get just a medic which won't cut it in LA 99% of the time

[@TheGreenbucks]

yee

[@eduardohurtado3321]

call 911

[@xandevasquez6980]

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[@DPayne216]

Wouldn't that be nice for them. Unfortunately, if they got a fire call returning from the medical, it would be wasted time going back to the station and then out to the fire.

[@neydigonzalez6108]

A me ue

[@neydigonzalez6108]

Ok

[@neydigonzalez6108]

Hi

[@HoseBagThis]

They roll that big rig for a medical call, what a waste! Cannot believe how people just ignore these trucks at intersections.

[@eduardohurtado3321]

happy fire happy OK yes holiday happy yes

[@Veraskyy]

Wtf

[@giovannyg449]

nice

[@MrGTS12]

@Florian647 ja kann auch sein... in zukunft werden keine LKW's mehr geben sondern Jumbo Jet's weil die fahren/fliegen ja schneller.. xDD ^^

[@brendan129]

City stinks, go County.