The object of the rumbler is to get drivers out of the way by having them actually feel the siren. Some people blast their radios, so Federal Signal’s Rumbler and Whelen’s version of it are great alternatives/additions. The lower tone vibrates inside the drivers, getting them out of the way faster.
Oh we're they ever! Reminds me of home in Long Island back in the 1950's, when the sirens would go off for the volunteer Fire Departments out there. I'd had lived some 10-15 miles away, and you could still hear them. Love this video, keep up the good work.
Just incase.. A few of my videos from the past have adult language in them. Alot of these are clips was where the crew didn't know I was filming,so they acted naturally, not scripted.
Hey Frank, if you don't know what the rumbler does, it emits a lower tone that drivers can feel when the siren is blasting over their radios and stereos. Some police departments sport the rumbler on their units to get speeders to pull over when they chase them down, and they also use the rumbler to get people out of the way when responding to a call.
I usually have my fire pager with me at all times that I record and try to get audio regarding the call at hand. It helps to narrate the clip. I thank you for your comments. -Frank from Delaware!
+fmartinjr on 2 separate occasions I observed idiots close 2 where I live in Louisiana that wouldn't get out of the way of fire trucks. 1 occasion I had 2 wave the traffic bec the idiots couldn't see the fire truck with lights and sirens blaring in front of them with no obstructions of course. Every firefighter waved at me. I have no clue how long they sat there? The 2nd time from 2 different directions me and another truck driver had 2 shutdown traffic that couldn't see or hear a fire truck trying 2 come out of the street where their station is located and again everyone in the fire truck waved frantically thanking us. I had a time when I was turning onto a main rd when I heard sirens. I couldn't tell where the siren sound was coming from until I got straight. Upon looking in my mirror I spotted the fire truck coming up behind me so I got on the shoulder right away. The fire truck turned down a street way b/4 reaching me so I pulled back onto the hwy. I drive 18 wheelers 4 a living.
Nice video of res-ponders. That one Fire Truck with the air horn, I thought for a minute that it almost sounded like the air horn on an AmTrak train! Really great sounding and video work, Thank you for sharing.
If the fire chief's vehicle was towards the beginning, what was the partially marked pickup up at 6:35, the unmarked SUV at 7:17 and the unmarked pickup at 7:32?
+Fix It-Felix Jr. I had all of this in my plan well before we assembled as an apparatus committee in 2010. A lot of companies have followed the spec. There is many videos of the Squad responding on my channel.
I'm a firefighter in PA that was a great video our fire cops have red lights and sirens and so do our chiefs but those rigs like a lot better than ours
What is with the responders and no sirens? Don't y'all take EVOC? If lights are on the siren is too. And why is the chief so far ahead of the responders?
If you're referring to the vehicles with only blue/white and red to the rear they appear to be POV's, most states don't allow audible warning on fire POV's.
If you don't know what happened to me on my local mountain, I was on a nature walk about less than a year ago, probably around the fall of the year, and as I was coming down the mountain, I started running, and I just don't know why I started running, but while running, I was unstoppable and couldn't stop myself in time, and suddenly slipped on a rock up there, fell, and scraped up my right elbow so badly that it started bleeding. The pain was so bad that I had to try and walk home in pain.
Do you know what kind of light that is on the front in the center of the Rescue truck ( it has 3 lights on it, and it spins around.) Also how much do they cost? Thanks.
The front center warning is the Roto Ray. Very popular in the Mid Atlantic region. The cost I can't remember but,is very expensive! I was the committee purchasing member that ordered all of the visual and verbal devices for this rig in 2010.
+fmartinjr You did a great job lighting it up. I'm very jealous and would love to take a ride on that. We don't have a heavy rescue here we're a ladder company in my town :(. Greetings from Williamstown Fire Company Sta. 29-1. Williamstown NJ
+Mathew “856GreaseMonkey” Festoff No need for jealousy, we just appreciate each other's equipment. Hopefully, more departments see other innovations like this and make those additions themselves.
+fmartinjr The RotoRay is older than the BeaconRay.. The Denver FD had one on every apparatus and used Sterling 30 sirens. I have never seen the RotoRay advertised for after market use. Might be just factory installation.
+Gary Plastek Depends. Volunteer company that would be about right. Firefighters need to get to the station and man the trucks. Chiefs keep vehicles at home.
The POVs seem to only run blue to the front but have blue and red to the rear. Is this how Delaware is? I'm from Iowa we run just blue for fire department and just white for rescue squad/ems unless you are on a combination department (Fire EMS or Fire Rescue) in which you can run blue and white and it has to be 360. We don't even have fire police. Also is everything in this video volunteer manned or is some of it (chief, hazmat) from a paid department?.
In PA Fire and EMS use red, white and ambers in the back. Fire Police run blue and white lights unless they are a Fire Police Captain or Fire Policw Lieutenant; then they can run Red white and amber. PD uses Red white, blue and amber. (Amber being the traffic advisor and rear lights.
In DE, FIre Police run blue/white to the front, and may have air horns but not sirens to respond. Rear - anything goes. In PA, the difference is that volunteers may have the lights but no audible warning systems, and are thus not able to get through intersections. In DE, they can.
sounded like one of the first vehicles had the New Rumbler Siren, that sounded really cool, they say it almost literally shakes the ground a tiny bit.....I have never seen a Hummer used in that capactity before, well except for the ones that they used on CSI Miami...LOL, what was the hummer, Fire Dept????? It's not good when u see the Haz Mat unit responding Code 3 like it wasw...
Depends on what is involved. I have known accidents to involve tanker trucks of gasoline or hazardous chemicals that is leaking. Even trucks with a full tank of diesel can be an issue if the you end up needing a whole pile of absorbant and a typical pumper or rescue doesn't normally carry what ever is needed for that particular incident.
Again, a wonderful code 3 experience Bro!! Thanks for your continued posts to youtube! I was surprised how ineffective the warning lights appeared on the front of the hazmat compared to the rear of the trailer.. Just the video? And an eQ2b with the eQ grill to boot! Nice!
Thank you. Yeah,the front warning is horrible on the HazMat truck.It does have High beam wig wag.. but here the the High beams are activated which is overriding the alternating flash pattern.
Nice video! I drive my wife crazy when I hear sirens. I'm in Ohio, Only Red and white for Fire/Rescue and EMS, Police blue and red, we all can use a little white but not all white. We all have to use sirens if we use lights. We can all use a little white/amber. All amber for wreckers and constructiion guys.
Sarcasm,to the Delaware Facebook viewers of the sharing of last week's video.The topic became once the notice of fire trucks "leaning or Flexing as they turn left and right.A little heated discussion about what sirens are and aren't needed,Train horns,confusing traffic,too fast,too slow, being contradictive, etc.
i was wondering why this was pg? my son (almost 2) LOVES watching firetruck, police, typical lil boy stuff, i skimmed through to see anything too graphic but i didnt see anything.
fmartinjr my friend yesterday was at newport skate park and this kid's handlebar went into his stomach and my friend stopped the bleeding with his shirt.
I am not in favor of mounting a railroad horn on a fire truck for two reasons: First, horns and sirens say a lot about what it is. Putting a horn that says 'Locomotive' on something that should say 'Fire Truck' can be misleading. Second, locomotive horns are very expensive. At the railroad where I work, there have been many thefts of locomotive horns by truckers, train enthusiasts, and volunteer fire departments. This makes the locomotive inoperable until a expensive replacement horn can be procured.
