[INSIDE VIEW] UK Emergency Ambulance responding with Lights and Sirens to Emergency 

In London, there are more professional drivers who are used to the heavy traffic amd give way accordingly. Here in the NW it's a totally different concept: "What's going on, what's all that noise. What do we do now?" Impervious!

Indeed. Lost count how many have pulled out Infront of us the last few days 🤦

There shouldn’t be unpredictable behaviour on the roads, there’s the highway code drivers need to stick to

I would fully agree with you, Our ambulance service always seems slow, police or fire would be a bit more aggressive with the driving. Also the standard of driving in the UK is very low, it is shocking how many road users don't check mirrors, move out the way or even look around. you can see many times on this video that people are braindead.

@@RandomDroneAdventures lets also remember that ambulances aren't the most agile of vehicles, and 50% of the time theres a seriously ill person in the back, so i wouldn't say they're slow for no reason

@@cemops8660 Here in Liverpool you often see them come out of their depot with blues on and maybe hit 25 in a 30. I do understand they could have a seriously injured person etc but not from the depot

Turning the siren off is good practice on many grounds. No point having it on if it does not aid progress. Having it on uneccesarily means that sirens merely become background noise to the city, which is exactly why our very specialist escort bikers do not use them at all, but use whistles. Sirens also help enhance red mist in both the response driver and those around, not to mention the headaches.

@@RandomDroneAdventures You know those are usually 4 1/2 tonne vans, with a lot of weight high up, stock engines and transmissions, the only "performance" modification being the air ride suspension at the rear only that is set for weight and smooth ride ride rather than doing a roundabout at 60. I have driven them, and getting above 40 with traffic is a pretty rare occurrence. Now the FRU/RRV estate cars can be a different proposition, being car based they are a lot more agile, a lot quicker to accelerate and brake, which is one of the reasons they exist. When you talk about police drivers, there are at least two different grades, basic response that get the astras and the like, and less training, then there are the high performance guys in the big volvos and bmws, who are trained to far higher standards, and rely far more on forward planning, and less on "aggression". Fire drivers, well they start off somewhere around 12 tonnes, with standard mechanicals, and all the poor performance that comes with, so "aggression" is mostly about keeping momentum. The priority is arrive alive, arrive at all next, and arrive quickly falls down that list.

unfortunately our emergency vehicles cant force people through red traffic lights etc, so the procedure is to sit back and turn the two tones off so we dont force people to something silly, ie through roadworks where they have nowhere to go to . Better to wait a few seconds longer and get there in one piece. But it differs in every country

@@mortgagewizard40 very true it is different across the globe. Our laws in Australia force drivers to give way to emergency vehicles even if you would contravene any other traffic rules. An emergency vehicle trumps everything and you must go through regardless. You can even be prosecuted for failing to move for an emergency vehicle.

@@anakinskywalker4113 you can only go threw red lights or other law if you are instructed by a police officer but in Wales ambulances push there way threw the traffic they ain't hanging around and if not they use the other side of the road and or the pavement.

Also, curiously, in the UK, drivers ARE NOT legally required to give way to an emergency vehicle. Crazy, but true.

@@YelpBullhorn yeah it is crazy on how we have the choice not to give way

Would notmally take me 30+ in the artic lol

they don't get paid enough- BUT they do the job because they want to.

And this was only filmed in February 2021

I’ve travelled that route myself on several occasions, lemme tell you, traffic was light compared to when I’ve done it. That said, you gotta wonder why the sound is muted a few times

@@paulcollyer801 muted for radio transmissions regarding the job probably. Patient confidentiality.

@@stevesmith7530, dunno about LAS, (must ask my bro), but SECAMB are very mindful of transmitting stuff that could breach GDPR.

You’re a paramedic?

@@TheWendable Yes!

Thank you for what you do! legends

Deffo not a bot copy/pasting the top comment

Thank you! In this case I was working :)

A ride along was practically impossible before covid for a regular civilian. Now you'll have better luck finding a pot of gold at the end of a rainbow.

From 1 minute on? What do you expect her to do in that situation? Absolutely nothing she can do?

@@xswanny767 I know that. But it seemed as she was indicating to turn right and as the emergency person said, that she didn't even know they were even behind her.

@@thezanzibarbarian5729 Plenty of other cars he might have been referring to, mainly the peugeot that was right next to them holding up traffic while they were indicating to come out onto on coming traffic. You actually can tell the range rover sped up when they got behind it(we have no idea who is driving it so how do we know it's the woman he refers to). However, they were stuck in a line of traffic with absolutely nothing they could have done.

Never mind the bus driver who pulled on out in front of them after the bridge.

Probably updates over the radio that contain patient information actually.

Probably not the London ambulance service is one of the busiest in the world the nearer ambulances were most likely busy and that was the nearest available ambulance

There are some pretty long runs these days . Even as far as 20 miles .

Sound effect reasons? Not totally sure ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

He's a paramedic

@@BucksBlueLightVids no he's not

@@willking9763 I know him personally, he is a paramedic who works for LAS

@@BucksBlueLightVids I'm pretty sure he's a ACA or EAC, not a paramedic

I'm not a Paramedic, I worked in LAS for a year and a bit where we also did the Critical Care Transfer Service as overtime, this video is from that. 🙂

And we All know what FIAT stands for, ? It Again Tomorrow… now What was the F? I forget 😂😂😂

Fiats are unreliable, I wouldn’t like to risk breaking down on the way to hospital

Fiat Ducato

From my own experience driving to emergencies I would say a little perhaps, but your focus is on getting to the incident quickly and safely. If you have an accident, or cause one, then you are no good to the patient/s your are going to help therefore you have to stay totally focused.

always manual

@@NathansTransportCommuntiy what about police cars?

@@leonardochapman4736 same thing emergency vehicles are always manual however this may change in the future the reason is they have more control over the cars than an automatic it does not make sense to me so I hope you understand.

@@NathansTransportCommuntiy thanks

@@NathansTransportCommuntiy Pretty stupid yeah. Why give the driver more to think about.

@Emergency Scotland 999 Well I will be in the emergency services

@Emergency Scotland 999 oh I see well I am not going to be a firefighter

@@williamfairchild7439 you might be good luck

@@sebby324 well thank you and I will be

@@sebby324 I will wear boots, pants, coat, breathing apparatus, hood and helmet when I'm a firefighter

Autos are normal now in many services, as for bigger engines, the cost does not match the benefit at all.

do you have hot Air, or just cold?

racist

@@user-jt5vm3mi1w i dont know whats more funny, the fact you think british is a race, or the fact that you see any type of racism here lmao

@@charliew6024 got u lel

the siren is used to alert other drivers to give way, in a standstill situation with no possible movement or on clear roads with no traffic to alert, the siren is temporarily turned off, the flashing lights are enough, the siren sound may also be turned off if it would cause distress to the patient

What Mack says, plus you don’t want to bully someone into running a red light & subsequently having a crash in front of you.

pretty sure you should have called 999, not commented on a youtube video

Radio communications are confidential, as are conversations about the call.

what you have just said proves you have zero experience in the field and you dont have a clue