TLC "Firefighters" Part 1 of 3

[@owensweetland342]

Standing in the jumpseat. A bygone era.

[@clattfamilyracing]

i wish they still had shows on tv like this...plus i love the part where the little kid is tring to pose next to the ff

[@firefighterfan2010]

I wish I Become an Firefighter like this!🚒👨‍🚒

[@paramedivmso4]

Our dept. still uses tappers. We have 3 firehouses and they all have them. They have been working for 100 years and never fail. Just have to wind it every so often and change the paper rolls.

[@owensweetland342]

Am a big fan of "striking the box" via bells.

[@georgecoons6872]

When you smell a raw chicken mixed with burnt toast order theres a crispy critter in the house.

[@aran125]

Age 22-59 academy class. Back before they dropped the age to 32. 1996 here. Good ol 90s.

[@04u2cY]

Before they can search for victims firefighters first have to face the fire. I'm sure Boston truckies does primary as soon as they arrive on scene while engine company attacks the fire. life always comes before fire.

[@jeffbasalto5274]

GREAT VIDEO THANK YOU FOR THE RIDE👍

[@ntfd125]

My dad always told me about his ears tiggling. Can't rely on it anymore.

[@bobbillings]

Wait, did I just hear narrator say the fire recruits here circa 1997 at the Boston fire academy range in age here from 22-59 years old?!?#@ I thought the maximum age for civil service was way way lower than 59.

[@xxxnyb]

I think this was way before they made the cutoff for most towns and cities 32 years old

[@xxxnyb]

Most civil service towns and cities have an upper age limit nowadays

[@BJohn182]

I caught that too and thought the same thing

[@owensweetland342]

Great! No European subtitles like the other one of Boston.

[@Biffo1262]

If their 'gear' is only 40lb then it's lightweight stuff. A fully rigged BA set in the UK at that time was 48lbs on its own.

[@HolyMarkMcGrath]

10:27- I’d be laughing if a car hit a hydrant too.

[@bigdrew565]

5:25 ...always a wiseass kid photo bombing in these documentaries.

[@joemac356]

One mistake- "Firefighters are not born..." I was, and there have been others.

[@Biffo1262]

You cannot make a firefighter out of someone who isn't born to do it. Yes they can 'qualify' someone but those who aren't born to it rarely make good firefighters and there are some 'not so good' firefighters who choose a different career path than operational duties. Sadly, many acquire very senior rank. A 59 year old recruit????? Crikey in the UK at that time we could retire at 50 if we have completed 25 years and at 55 retirement is a given unless yearly extensions are granted but even then it's for non-operational duties.

[@owensweetland342]

You need heart and balls. The rest can be taught.

[@fredcsensits4476]

Need fire fighters to narrate most people don t know the terminalogy.its not high volume hose it is large diameter hose . Tanks on engines cane be any size from 250 gallons to 1250 on an engine.

[@owensweetland342]

And Scott/MSA paks aren't " oxygen bottles" as news teams report all too often.

[@vetitoe362]

TLC... before it was a bunch of bullshit.

[@daskell0019]

+vetitoe362 Nearly everything on television is a bunch of bullshit anymore.

[@vetitoe362]

+Dillon Haskell that is correct.

[@BJohn182]

40 pounds of gear... try again more like 80 200 degrees.. try again more like 700 plus

[@tjlovesrachel]

Back when tlc had real programming... not that jazz garbage

[@jeromewade4110]

What have you got against Jazz?

[@tjlovesrachel]

@@jeromewade4110 I’m not talking about the music that’s for damm sure