Loved watching Blues and Twos when it first aired. It was the pioneer of emergency service documentary series. I never missed an episode. Shame there are only a few odd clips here and there these days. It's awesome that you were able to upload a whole episode! "Rescue" was another favourite documentary series for me, following the RAF Search and Rescue (202 Sqn) of RAF Lossiemouth. I think there are one or two episodes still floating around on RU-vid. ALL episodes were available until about two years ago. All of these make interesting viewing!
Loved watching Blues and Twos when it was first on ITV every Thursday especially when the London Ambulance service get called to a man trapped under a live rail in the London underground station
At the time older firefighters were allowed to wear their old cork helmets, with the Cromwells being given to new recruits or optional for those already serving
LFB are back using the old rank structure, Station Manager changing to Station Officer, Watch Manager changing to Sub Officer, Crew manager changing to Leading Firefighter and Firefighter is still the same
@@lincolntrains2639 Had heard that, although LFB had Watch Manager A and Watch Manager B, I think B turned to Station Officer, A to Sub-Officer, and Station Manager just became Station Commander again.
20:25 pigeon call. Blues and twos for a pigeon..... It once took me a dozen 999 calls over a hour to get the fire brigade out for a garden shed fire. Time the Fire engine arrived it spread to the house and neighbours property. House was empty. I drove past in my car a saw it all alight. The Police who arrived first said to Fire where tf have you been.
I love how fast these guys put out a car fire using a booster line,wish firefighters worked that fast here in america putting out car fires like they use to years ago.
Charles Hughes we use compressed air foam now which is really quick in knocking down a fire. Will post a video on my channel soon of us using it at a car fire.
Лэнгтон Матраверс. I am talking from operational experience. We find it very effective when it’s applied correctly. I have nothing to do with the manufacturer. I have just found it an effective firefighting media which is more efficient and great when you are in a rural area with limited water supplies. We also use it on thatch fires.
Yeah but I can make a good bet there lungs didn't love that they didn't take the time to go on air and stuck there faces into clouds of burning plastic, rubber, and gas fumes, and what did that 'speed' accomplish anyway? Fucking nothing. The minute flame is visible to any notable degree on the car it's a complete right off, so there is nothing to be saved, and despite hyperbole there is no real risk to anything around it unless maybe it's parked door to door in a crowded lot or in a garage. Rushing in to inhale a bunch of nasty ass chemical smoke on a car on fire in the middle of the road is dumb as hell.
My local fire station, had a nearly brand new fire engine. The attended a field on fire, they parked their engine and got to work, unfortunately they failed to account for the wind direction....and the fire engine catching fire!
After 48 years of being Fire Sergeant This year I decided to give up, The smoke got to my head, Once when I was in my 20’s We didn’t have the old “breathing spreaders” And had to get Looked after when I took in all me smoke.
The problem with these style programmes is that when procedures aren't followed (which is regular) people jump on the fact. Managers also watch and make judgements. Personally I'd refuse to take part.
Now I am not a firefighter. But I find this topic extremely fascinating and interesting and would like to learn more. There are a couple of things that strike me as odd. There are some situations where I should think a BA should absolutely be required. Cases in point: the vehicle fire - I was unfortunate enough to witness a few and each time firefighters tackled the fire, they wore a BA. In that office building fire, there seem to be way too many non-BA wearers milling about in smoke filled hallways. My guess is that this „was just how things were done back then“, but it hardly seems safe (if there’s even anything „safe“ about firefighting). Maybe an active FF can chime in here...? What is the threshold after which a BA mandatory to wear? Also, was „forced ventilation“ with big blowers (to get rid of smoke in the building) already a thing? I have seen that done in a house fire that happened across the street where I lived. Maybe that is just a later invention?
BA is not mandatory for a car fire however these days it is used a lot more than it used to be. There is a lot more of an awareness to the contaminants in smoke now than there was 15-20 years ago when this would’ve been filmed. Also there wouldn’t be anyone walking about inside that building without BA as it simply isn’t safe. Conditions in a fire can rapidly change and even if it is out it can re light in no time so it would be very dangerous for a lot of non BA wearers to be loitering in the building. Hope this helps 👍🏼
Also forced ventilation is down to each brigade. Where I work, we will only use a PPV (positive pressure ventilation) fan when the fire is completely out. We don’t ventilate during the fire as this can add more air which in turn can make the fire worse. The fans have been around for a good few years but not sure when they officially came into use. Again different fire services get equipment at different times and choose what they want to use.
Remember this was filmed in the 90s and I think specifically 96 so things have changed an awful lot, notice no flash hoods protecting the rest of their head, and if you look most of the non BA wearers that actually went into the smokey hallway past the door was either white helmets or leading firefighters, most of whom would of been the 'We never used to have BA back when I was a newbie' type and threw caution to the wind when it comes to shit like that, also like said in other comments, some services may have had ventilation equipment but it just depends.
For the ripple user, Caesar Zeppeli, fighting a house fire's no problem thanks to his Bubble Launcher. *Pager beeps 'Bloody Stream'* Caesar: Terry, this is the last of my air supply! TAKE IT FROM MEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!! Joe Joestar: CAESAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I’ve been in 3 fires but I’m not a fire fighter I guess it follows me around XD The most extreme was in the science lab at my school and the gas taps exploded gas every where
@@kellyharber6468 BA for a car fire, so what about all that poly and composites? Let alone when a mag fire goes off. Certainly should be wearing a set! Gone are the days of, oh stick your head in and pump a tonne of media onto it.
Dont have to wear a BA set for a car fire..... if they are used it's purely for a comfort wear....... if you dont want to breathe the toxic smoke dont stand down wind!!
Does England have a bush fire truck or do they always send pumpers / ladder trucks to bush/grass fires do they have bush fire gear or just structural gear
Well, we really don't get them as often as the show makes out and that isn't really in a bush it looks to ben playing fields or just on the outskirts of a town. Where I live we have some 4x4 Pumpers out in the sticks but not in the city/outskirts.
Wow couldn’t tell old mate new there was a camera around lmao no way u would fight a car fire like this guessing he and his family were watching this when it aired 🤣🤣
Don't think that poor car was happy about being part exed so it decided to go out on it's own terms.... and tried to take it's soon to be ex owner with it 🔥
no hoods then! think of it in the 1980s, big cork helmets,tunics and yellow slickers. The fire at Kings cross changed everyhing about the brigade, safety wise.
I'll tell you this. An american fire fighting unit wouldn't have had to send downstairs for a sledge hammer to make entry to get to the fire. There are already firefighters assigned to bring the tools necessary with them when they make entry into the building. A Halligan tool carried by american fire fighters would have made short work of those deadbolt locks.
@reverse thrust yeah right the uk firefighting helmets are more lighter and protect your face the head and the back of the neck and your ba sets only last 40 minets in a smoke pocket when ours last 1 houer and are recharge able
@@Zackislivid SCBA (term used in North America) Compared to your BA are probably the same, effective time of a cylinder in the UK vs US, it depends on the brand and size/type of cylinder, in the US a large majority of departments are volunteer and can't always afford the newest and greatest gear even with grants, in the UK there are almost no volunteer departments, it also doesn't matter how long the bottle lasts when you are stationary and breathing slowly as everyone is different when they are working with a pack on and one person may suck down a cylinder and a half before another person goes through their first one. Similar problem with helmets, hoses, and trucks, the environment is completely different so you can't really compare US and UK firefighting because the environment they are doing it in are complete opposites. In my county there is 1 paid department and one part paid department (they always have a tender ready), the other 9 departments are completely volunteer and the 1 fully paid department does not assist with any of the volunteer calls unless specifically requested for like on a large structure fire and we ask for their ariel truck so response times are definitely a lot slower than a paid department would be or any department in the UK so by the time we get there it may not be just a room and contents fire by the time we get there vs departments in the UK.
@@Zackislivid and I don't know why you bring up rechargable packs, I don't know of a single brand that used a cylinder that is a one use only, every major brand of SCBA like MSA, Scott, Dragër, all have rechargable cylinders and replaceable batteries
