Swindon Station Virtual Tour

A tour of Swindon fire station and its appliances, hosted by WM Dean Hoskins and CM Mark Altree of Green Watch. Visit www.dwfire.org.uk for more about the Service.

[@user-vv9bq4ed3q]

Good to see my old office from 30 years ago!!!

[@VirtualToursTravel]

nice tour! the place is amazing! thx for sharing

[@rshunt3r]

I hope to be joining you guys soon I have my fitness/assessment training this Friday at Salisbury. Thanks for the tour Chris

[@rshunt3r]

All passed and first drill night tomorrow/monday see you all then

[@Gencturk92]

@@rshunt3r good luck to you man, its also one of my passion jobs aswell, i wish i was a firemen

[@Jason-cl8hk]

Well done.

[@okay3256]

Did you make the service?

[@Blue_lightvideos]

Lovely place I love the alarm to alert firefighters to a call can you release a vid of the the bells going down where we can hear it just to show everyone what the bells sound like please just think it would be a good idea and the one at Stratton

[@NeilM01989]

Great virtual tour lads and lasses, keep up the great work and stay safe 👍🏻🧑🏻🔥👩🏻‍🚒👨‍🚒🚒

[@Absolut531kmh]

A correction for u that the ladder truck is called ALP aerial ladder platform, a mix between tower ladder and hydraulic platform.

[@Absolut531kmh]

@@BucksBlueLightVids ok

[@Absolut531kmh]

@@BucksBlueLightVids but u know that truck is in one of the UK hq stations and it is called ALP

[@Absolut531kmh]

@@BucksBlueLightVids uhm, search up British ALP fire truck

[@Absolut531kmh]

@@BucksBlueLightVids maybe then search hong kong platform truck. That's the real hydraulic platform truck. This is the ALP. Tower ladder is the steel ladder that only goes straight.

[@mrdando]

Love video but audio kept dipping out

[@inibuditeachannel6633]

Interesting tour the truck, officer and the office, hope you enjoy... hope you to support to each other

[@samtye1903]

Sweet Good job guys

[@lukemorton8431]

Where's the pole drop?

[@YelpBullhorn]

Why do some brigades refer to Aerial Ladder Platforms as Hydraulic Platforms? West Midlands do the same. Yes, they've both got a platform, a cage, but they are quite different machines. This is an ALP. An ALP is a cross between an HP and a Turntable Ladder, but you wouldn't call it a TL would yer?

[@harrilewis18]

actually that is a hydraulic platform

[@YelpBullhorn]

@@harrilewis18 .... sorry, but you are so wrong mate.

[@YelpBullhorn]

Nathan Lynch..... nicely put, but some TLs do have a bendy articulated tip.

[@firefightr_spike3846]

Interesting, I've always wondered how y'all set yours up. I still can't comprehend using that small of a hose diameter for a structure fire though. Our interior attack lines are ~45mm.

[@YelpBullhorn]

FF Rivethead ...... the high pressure hose-reel jet is a formidable flame killer, and is the primary weapon deployed at fires, even house fires. They can even extinguish a liquid fuel fire where the immense high pressure actually blows the fire out. A firefighter armed with a hose-reel jet can be getting water down within ten seconds of arriving on-scene. Nothing to connect. Yank it out, pull the trigger, go...... There are many videos on this site demonstrating its qualities. Rarely do UK house fires require anything bigger. I don't think they'd be very affective against a house fire in the States though. And that's primarily because most of the houses are made of bloody wood!

[@firefightr_spike3846]

@@YelpBullhorn thank you so much for the reply. And that definitely makes sense. Are most of your residential structures made of brick and mortar, concrete and such?

[@YelpBullhorn]

@@firefightr_spike3846 .... open wooden house fires require water.... and lots of it. In Britain most homes are brick and mortar, or concrete. So house fires are confined, contained. High pressure water works so well in confined spaces. Its all about the pressure. Bricks and concrete contain and indeed magnify the pressure. Wooden structures don't.

[@pivottech8881]

You guys not got rooms anymore? (like billets) or do they not exist anymore? Just really curious cus I saw some clothing getting dried on a rack 😂

[@heartypack6747]

Nice

[@richardjones4080]

How long does a BA last usually before needing recharging/refilling ?

[@Ben_9476]

The time they have inside a building/how much air in their tank heavily depends on the individuals work output, the harder/faster they work, the more air they will use and the quicker it will diplete. Generally speaking you shouls get anywhere between 20 minutes, up to around 30 minutes on a full single tank.

[@harrilewis18]

@@Ben_9476 Actually the maximum amount of time on standard BA Sets 300 bar are 39/40 minutes