This is a condensed edited version, & I bet they tried to cut his yelling out as much as possible, but the one announcer named Artie Susskind from Bayshore gets a bit over excited when he announces.
I've never in my life have I seen such a "activity" as this.Race cars, Ladders and Men Dressed like Baseball Players. I am going to assume those ladders are light weight?
Since the 1930's various (over 100) volunteer fire departments from across NY state have raced teams with motorized speed skill contests, called "drlls." More unique & exciting than softball or bowling. Yes, those ladders are regulation sized 25 ft aluminum racing ladders built & inspected to racing committee specs.
First time viewing this awesome sport, but y'all ain't tellin' us the TIME'S!!! Damn, y'all got me fully drawn in and I WANT MORE INFO! I saw a RU-vid short of 3guys carrying ladders with hooks climbing 3 levels! Where can I find that boys? This is kinda pissin' me off with ALL THE SLIPS! Says the first time viewer, who thinks he can do better! 🤔😆
I appreciate these videos, but I'm going to offer some constructive criticism - 1) hire an audio engineer 2) Tell us what we can't see ( the name of the team) rather than telling us what we can see for ourselves. That's a job for a radio broadcast.
This is a condensed version of only the actual runs. The full version (almost 12 hours) has all of the introductions, times, testing, and down time between each event, plus commercials from local supporters.
I grew up watching Fire Dept racing. This video was screwed up for many reasons. The commentators failed to say who most of the teams were or their times.
this is just the highlights from it you can find the live stream which has the whole event and times her ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-AbgA8mmCWaA.html
This is 8 hrs of racing involving over 50 fire departments in 8 different speed skills contests, condensed & edited for time. NY State Fire depts race to prove who's the fastest & bravest fire department team, as nationally featured on ABC's World Wide of Sports in 1977 which can be seen here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-bzsYLRBwcIY.html
Why was I not aware of this!!!? lol I never knew this even existed. Not to mention that they all have custom trucks too. At first I thought It was a single truck specially built for this. then i noticed it was a different truck every run.
Okay gotta ask... 26minute Mark... what is the dude running behind the car doing (not the hydrant or nozzle team) looks like another team member running behind the starting line.
Why don’t the police have a competition like this… like swat teams could compete on how fast and efficiently they clear a building… or bomb squads could compete.
For the motorized contests: The 2nd man is the anchor man, holding some slack in the hose for the hydrant man, who pulls the stick after twisting on the hose.
Standard hose couplings in National or NY thread. Most teams tape the spinning portion of the female coupling to maintain control and perform quick movements.
the part when the car braked and the members started to ladder to the high gantry. its dangerous because someone may fail to get off the car and hit to the ground. they r not circus entertainers. what is simulated by the series of the movements?
Fire dept drill racing to prove who's the fastest & bravest fire department team, popular in New York state, featured on ABC's World Wide of Sports in 1977. This video is condensed (edited for time, otherwise it'd be about 7 hours long), so the announcement of each contest & each team name & the time in hundreths of seconds has been cut out for each run. The ABC Sports video from 1977 is here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-bzsYLRBwcIY.html
Hey guys if any of the people that make these trucks try using an ls platform with a supercharger nitrous set up or a TwinTurbo nitrous set up both with a 2step System
chris but... why do they use hyper mega ultra wide front tires? If they wanted to reduce weight, they would use super mega ultra crazy narrow tires like Top fuel dragster’s one
Too bad they don't include the following. 1. How to get Tank Water on burning material Quickly and Safely to Protect victims and firefighters Before they go in to Play hero! Try to eliminate the threat is less than one minute! 2. How to Protect victims with a Fire Blanket and Buddy Breather. Oh wait, the Buddy Breathers don't even exist and heroes don't have time for blankets! Protect and Serve? 3. How to vent fire room windows to release the pressurized heat and smoke away from victims instead of climbing on the roof to cut holes and draw the heat Through the house and over the victims and turn a contents fire into a structural fire. How about a Real Fire Fighting Competition instead of tricks they won't do at a fire anyway?
@@Suedeman I won't find it there either. The American fire service doesn't understand what the JOB is. Climbing on the roof of a burning building and running into them without first knocking down the fire with tank water is childish at best. UL and ISFSI have it all figured out and nobody listens. Why? Because doing the JOB right takes all the Fun and Rush out of it. Or, they Follow their leaders instead of thinking for themselves and debating tactics with them. One ignorant and irresponsible person tells 10,000 Followers what to think and do and you end up with...…......…...…….
29,705 fire department's in the united states and you have seen every one of them fight enough fires to know exactly how they operate. That's impressive.
@@mikeabner5935 I've been watching random fire videos for the past 12 years and I know the American work ethic. That proves to me that 95% of American departments have no clue what the job is or how to do it.
@@JB91710 well your comments prove your overall ignorance of the subjects. Transitional fire attack is a common tactic in the United states. I have never used an scba that wasn't outfitted with a buddy breather. Instead of spending 12 years watching random videos I have spent 10 years in the fire service and I have never once performed vertical ventilation. My dept prefers hydrostatic ventilation with a interior handling usually preformed AFTER or in conjunction with an exterior attack often with a 2.5in hand line. As far as your comment about the American work ethic I'll just put that down to typical European arrogance. The simple fact is there are terrible fire departments everywhere and there's more than one way to do things.
