Fun fact: Actually it's not the truck manufactuer that adds the lights it's the outfitters. Outfitters are the ones who put the big lightbars, pushbars and antennas on FD vehicles and LEO vehicles.
I was a fireman for many years. The first thing we did when we returned to the station was prep the equipment to go out again. This included cleaning the trucks. I was shocked to see the condition on these vehicles. We also didn't treat our jobs as if it was a leisurely stroll to the store. 😳 Seconds count.
Actual "fireman" don't come on to youtube making dumbass assumptions like you did. No actual firefighter is going to wash their truck after every call when it's raining outside and theres road grime.
@@danielr3933 I take it you are not and never have been an actual fireman. It's all good though. You are allowed an opion. 🙂 And yes, we did it even when it was raining outside, snowing etc... Would you want the fire department to show up if your house was on fire, you were in a car accident, etc and their equipment not work due to lack of care or maintenance? Salt from the roads and road grime can cause corrosion quickly. I guess I'm just from a generation of people that took care of things they were responsible for and took pride in everything they did. I would much rather spend my time cleaning equipment than sitting in from of a TV or scrolling through social media on my phone.
I thought the same way, but after running multiple calls during the shift and the roads are messy, the trucks were rinsed at the end of the shift. It's tough in the winter when temps drop below 20, the risk of freezing doors shut and stiff hose is a real problem. The salt spray helps reduce the freeze.
I can spot a contradiction between the traffic signals and the 'do not cross' hatching. Maybe the traffic lights should automatically go to green when a call out is in progress.
Having been on the receiving end of the dispatches, the tone of the dispatchers' voice often gave an indication of the situation. If they were getting multiple calls on the incident and hadn't had a chance to say it, it was a clue that bad stuff was happening.
Chicago fd your service and time and efforts are deeply appreciated thanks to everyone who responds keep them safe out there in the windy city of Chicago job well done you should be proud appreciate you guys thanks ! Joe
Great job great catches as usual by Chicago fd responding your service and time and efforts are deeply appreciated thanks don't work to hard keep them safe out there in the windy city of Chicago job well done you should be amazed and proud love and appreciate you guys thanks you guys rock still going strong ! Joe
Greetings from an Australian paramedic. Always interesting to see US ambulances following behind fire trucks. Our ambulance services aren't attached to Fire Departments, and we don't have firefighters routinely attend medical cases. Do American paramedics ever have the urge to overtake the fire trucks and get to the job sooner? We'd get our bums kicked if waited for the fire trucks to go before rolling out of the station on a priority job. We're expected to be out the door within 30 seconds of a priority job being dispatched with a response time of 10 minutes in our area.
@@cfdivan55 What's the ratio of fire trucks to ambulances? Where I am, we have 6 fire crews working out of 5 stations. By comparison, we have 9 ambulance stations, with anywhere from 11 to 24 crews on duty depending on time of day. We tend to run 12 hour shifts, with 0700, 1000, 1400 and 1900 starts, although neighbouring stations stagger start times so that there's always overlap. The station up the freeway will have a 0600, 0900, 1300 and 1800 start. times
in Germany some of the career fire departments run EMS as well, among them of course first and foremost ALS Emergency Ambulances; Responding to a call in a convoy the ambulance will always be the last unit in the convoy, and it stays behind all other units even though it could go faster
All emergency vehicles in Australia have red and blue. Ambulances also have a steady green light front and back so that red light and speed cameras can see that they're on a priority job. The red and blue strobes often aren't seen by the cameras.
That traffic signal should go green and stay green and the signal prior to it should turn red. Nobody cares until it's their own relatives in distress.
Talk about 'laxsie daisy' response,One would think they're Off on a jolly holidays 😔, As a retired firefighter this Not the way we responded to emergencies.(Given it's a building 🔥 fire too)
lol, how long it takes to get them going and how everyone is just chill at the station after the call. here in germany in most cities, trucks are rolling 45-60 seconds after the call, 90 seconds at most.
its because there were so many units dispatched from all over that district so they had to listen multiple times to double check if there truck was called.
I am absolutely amazed how ppl r still ignoring the keep clear area if just outstands me this never happens where I live but yet it's ok to do this honestly bunch of idiots
The CFD’s spare vehicles are without number. Whenever a spare is assigned to a company, they will make a temporary (rather square-looking) number from duct tape.
It's The squad and the command van going to a fire way away that's most likely b******* now the first in engines and first in trucks are rushing they do not have to
At one time a high ranking commander was a Navy guy, green was starboard(right), red was port(left). By having rigs marked he could tell which direction a rig was sitting. Those colors have been on CFD rigs since way before all the fancy light packages.
Chicago is undefeated against fires. They almost lost one a few years ago but they pulled out a win. I think they’ll be just fine even with your hurt feelings.
Green lights are a tradition with CFD. One of their fire commissioners was also involved in shipping in some way. He wanted red and green lights on the trucks like red/green lights on boats and it just stuck.
Locusion is great. My town has half assed dispatch that sends the wrong engine three times or sends them to street instead of avenue or north instead of south. People die as result.
@@EnjoyFirefighting I understand but surly they can just use an ambulance, not drag the entire team to one mva where no fire was alight. In the UK its separated.
@@letsplayvegas5994 and you want to tell me that the system in the UK is better or great? Wait what was that thing with the shortage of ambulances in the UK, emergency patients waiting many hours for an ambulance to arrive because higher priority calls come in and already dispatched ambulances are rerouted again and again? Especially when dispatched to a MVA I can perfectly see the reason for the FD responding with at least an Engine or Rescue Unit as well, depending on the layout, equipment and staffing. Let it be on-scene safety, cutting out a patient or treating spills or just provide safety for a potentially starting fire ... all that is sth which EMS crews can't do. Where I grew up in Germany the career FD would send a Rescue Engine and Technical Rescue Van for MVAs in the city as long no heavy rescue operations are likely. Heavy Rescue operations would result in the Command Van, Chief Car, Rescue Engine and Heavy Rescue Truck to respond. And in case of a MVA on the highway it's the Command Van, Chief Car, Rescue Engine, Tanker, Heavy Rescue Truck, 2nd Engine with traffic safety trailer, and one or two companies from the volunteer fire department with two apparatus as well - the least of those apparatus have actual firefighting purpose in such an incident
@@letsplayvegas5994 FD responding to a MVA on the highway: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-_ItMZynN6oQ.html Rescue Engine and Ambulance leaving the station: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-7b1BqolUozY.html Just because there's no fire by far doesn't mean that it's not a task for the fire department
Squad 1's previous rigs both had green starboard lights. From a CFD source I spoke with last year, the lighting on newer rigs have been updated to meet some newer national recommended standard that include blue lights. If you watch this video close, you can see the snorkel truck does have green starboard lights still - only the first half of the squad does not. I was informed that the CFD will never part ways with the port and starboard light tradition - however it seems someone failed to equip both squad 1 rigs with green! I personally do not enjoy seeing the blue lights on CFD rigs. As a Chicago native with a deep appreciation for the CFD and its traditions, let the blues stay with the CPD lol
