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Thank you!

Thanks! Depends what you're looking for. If you want to see some units go by with sirens, midtown is a pretty good bet on any day-- even if they're going to "junk" calls, there's so much traffic that they make a lot of noise and can't get by very quickly. Some houses are so busy you could probably just hang out nearby and catch them leaving without waiting long, although those are more in areas I don't know if you'd really want to be hanging around. You could download an inexpensive scanner app and keep it on so if anything big happens you'll know right away. I use Police Scanner 5-0, which was $5 when I got it but I think might be more now. Also the FireWire app is very useful, but sometimes things come through on a delay so you can't solely rely on it. But overall it's great.

@@TripleJFire thanks!

Thank you very much!

Yeah I think maybe it was in need of repair!

@@TripleJFire It needs a re-tuning BADLY lol

Haha yup! That was like 9 months ago so hopefully it’s fixed by now 😆

Thanks! Working on it!

Thank you!!

For me, it’s E40 and L35 because they’re right in my neighborhood, followed by E74 and L25, then E54 and L4. You’d see whatever you’re closest to most often-though some houses are definitely busier than others, just getting more calls. Like I believe E53/L43 are particularly busy.

@ what’s the most common battion special unit and squad.sorry for asking so many questions.have you ever caught the super pumper

I still haven’t caught the super pumper-definitely want to! I see R1 a lot, Squad 18 and 41-I’m kinda on the border, if we go north for something it’s usually 41 and if south it’s 18. Battalion 9 & 11, and we’ll see MERV 1 and High Rise Unit 2 at 10-77s. I’d say what we’ve gotten most excited to find so far are the purple k’s and foam units in terms of rarity!

I love seeing MERV, too! I can definitely do an ESU compilation-my footage is finally labeled and organized so I can find everything.

Thank you!

47 was using a spare, and I believe those are all older. Not sure if 48 is due for a new rig soon though!

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They do have mini FDNY ambulances for navigating crowds, and the NYPD has quite a few little Smart cars. With all the equipment they carry, I don’t know how many other vehicles could be “shrunken” down! Bus lanes are full size but bike lanes are quite narrow (and filled with delivery e-bikes). Interesting to think about since there’s never enough room for anything in Manhattan!

@@TripleJFire: Some countries use smaller fire vehicles than we do and create bus/bike/taxi lanes wide enough for them. They also bury fire hydrants in the middle of the street, so that parked cars are no issue. Of course, the hydrants are accessible only when traffic is diverted, as it is during fires.

The in-street hydrants is something I didn’t know about-interesting!

Thanks! I try to make it so you’ll see what we saw. We try not to talk when something exciting happens because I always cut it out of the video 😆

I have footage, it’s labeled, and I’ve just gotta pull it together! Mostly vehicles driving around since I was usually catching them for my son.

Cool. We may start seeing more containers here. I believe DSNY and/or the mayor’s office wants to do it, and it’s related to a prop on our ballot. We’ll see what happens!

Haha and that is exactly what I think of saying when we see them! Courtesy of the great Majestirium 😂

I left that in there on purpose 😏

Oh ok

I like that you found it! I left it there as a little Easter egg, and I was wondering if anyone would notice!

In the Easter egg was found Mister softee

I had to look into this because I still didn’t know! They repair department vehicles in the field, carrying parts and equipment. I found the answer in a Facebook post by the FDNY, which I can’t link here. And haha, I agree the name is a little… redundant?

Hi! So it took probably about 30-40 hours of work over the span of 2 weeks. I was so focused on figuring out how to do it and getting it done, and although I took a few short videos to track the progress, I didn’t really think of doing the video until I was almost done with it. Even though it’s been a year, I probably can/should make a longer video about it! In the meantime, if you have specific questions, feel free to ask!

The guy on the Citi bike? Or right after that? Haha maybe I’ve been living under a rock but I don’t know the guy/videos… if you have a link or the name of the guy you’re talking about, I’m curious now!

I like this idea! I was actually recently thinking of something similar-and this gives me a good idea of how to look for footage. Of course, several months ago, when I went and labeled/indexed hundreds of clips, I had not thought of anything like this, so it’ll be a slow combing through material 🙃

@@TripleJFire awesome, thank you so much. I saw one video where at an intersection a fire truck had left the airhorn blaring cause some cars were not really moving and the people at the intersection were covering their ears in reaction to that.

Ha, yeah, I’m not sure why they have the smart cars. For squeezing through traffic maybe? I’m going to look into that!

I sure hope so!

@@TripleJFire Days like the 80s are near, I can see it.

C’est vrai!

They are great!

Oh we’ve got plenty of leftists offended by the flag here too, especially in Manhattan! But thank goodness it hasn’t gotten in the way of R1 displaying it proudly.

@@TripleJFire I haven't travelled for a good few years, previously drove trucks from the UK in and around Western Europe. If I ever fly abroad again, it will be West, paying homage to New York Fire Houses and witnessing those awesome machines up close. God Bless America.

Very cool! And the rigs here really are something to see!

I can’t always catch TSU barreling past a horse drawn carriage! 😆

haha I was trying to guess which clip this was before checking!

Lol

Most of them have them most of the time. Occasionally they'll run out of them. Rescue 1 runs out of stuff quickly in general. And it depends on the house--I think most of them have given them for free, but at a few you have to pay. I don't remember which ones did and didn't, because we went through a stint where we rang a lot of doorbells! You can buy t-shirts (with cash) at most of them too.

@@TripleJFire Thanks for the help!

hope you have a good trip!

The white ones are leased and all have Florida plates-beyond that, I don’t know. I guess they didn’t have to register them in NY. I’ve seen a couple on the road this year but not nearly as many as the previous few years.

But either way, amazing costume. I'm jealous

Thank you! I wonder if you can find out what ever happened to Mr. Twister!

The buff mom is me! 🫣 Full credit to my son for getting me into it. Agree that the R1 chauffeurs make that beast of a rig look nimble! Air horn still doesn’t stop pedestrians from walking in front of it sometimes though 😂

Very cool. I’d love to hear a truck with an actual bell! Agree that Rescue 1 is iconic!

I almost left this one as private or unlisted just to share the link with family, because it’s not really consistent with the channel, but then I figured no harm in making it public 😂

@@TripleJFire Yeah lol

Thank you!