As being a former volunteer, I enjoy the commercial trucks more than the custom cabs. Excellent video, my 1 comment would be to identify the fire department responding.
I got the surprise of my life when my local air ambulance flew over the Little League Baseball Grand Slam Parade last night, followed by a car accident on my main road through my community. Wet roads probably led to the dump truck and minivan colliding and putting the minivan in the ditch.
Great stuff, day, night, clear weather, wet weather. You are a real trooper. Great camera work, steady and in focus each time. Love the radio traffic too.
Based on the number of specialized and/or really expensive looking trucks in your video, I'm going to guess your property taxes are as sky high as ours. When I was growing up, our town's FD bought a $2,000,000 100 foot ladder truck which they nicknamed "princess". The tallest building in town was 2 stories.
Are American emergency vehicles exempt from traffic laws when under lights and sirens? E.g. driving on wrong side of road or not using their indicators.
Great videos, not gonna lie that one engine flying down the right lane past stopped traffic scared me, he was moving along pretty quick and if someone in line heard the siren they may instinctively pull to the right right into their path. If you're passing on the right like that, they need slow down so they can stop if needed. I drove a number of engines as well as heavy rescues for years and would never move along at that rate in that lane.
Mostly older retired firefighters. They go to calls to deal with traffic and stuff like that. It takes a load off of the local police department, and works well in the volunteer-mostly area this videos were filmed in for retention of older people with more experience.
I want to ask something. While watching the video, it struck me. Why do American fire trucks always have the same design?I'm talking specifically about fire trucks with cabins close to the ground and two crew compartments.These fire trucks have two-piece headlights with square-shaped windshields and rectangular front grilles.This design looks like it's from the 1970's.Is there anyone who can provide detailed information on this issue?
@@Belchmaster41 I guess I could understand that reasoning. It just is weird to me where we down here in the south legally have to run both lights and siren we cannot run one or the other. Look up Vanessa K free Chattanooga TN and there you will see why it is law. We have to sit thru slides and take a test yearly in order to be qualified to drive.
