Good video with a nice ride-along. But I have to confess that I spent the first sixty seconds wondering why the idiot in the van wasn’t pulling over to let the engine pass..... before realising it was an ambulance!
In GERMANY we name it "Rettungsgasse" or in English emergenyc lane... If someone don't reacts quick it's costs 2000€ or you can go to jail for 1 year ! When the Traffic jam beginns the motorway with 2,3 or 4 lanes every driver must make a " Rettungsgasse " the left lane must drive to the left and the other right lanes must drive to right. Sorry for my bad English I'm from germany
LP und mehr Motorrad Polizei Do you dream now right? Das mit der hohen Strafe ist in Österreich, nicht Deutschland! Sie sind ja - bis zur Brücke - auf ihrer Rettungsgasse gefahren. Danach war diese mit Metall vollgeparkt, daher nahmen sie die linke Spur. Klappte auch nur, weil der Verkehr am Unfallort abfließen konnte. Auch das ist in D unüblich ...
the driver of the engine did a great job of keeping distance from the ambulance and the coe driver was paying realy good attention to traffic and sirens and air hrns was text book you guysdid a great job keeping everyone safe
I found that when traffic is stopeed, they do want to help but are panicked. Gefting off the siren off and on and saying on the PA and giving instructions, like "cars on the left move left, cars on the right move right" works very well. There is a reaosn why most sound system have a PA, use it.
In Denmark, we also got a highway with an emergency-lane for the emergency-vehicles to rush by all the traffic. If i remember correctly, the law in Denmark also says that, if the crossing-light is red, but an emergency vehicle needs to use it, all vehicle at that place are allowed to ignore the red light, so they can give space for the emergency-vehicle to rush by.
I wasn't sure why he shut that Siren off on the interstate but from hearing them talk about it I found out why (our county does not have an interstate so I've never responded on one)
i am an over the road trucker glad to see everyone move like that to let you guys thru i am also a vol. firefighter. i do get thru your coverage area quite a bit great videos turner
Watching this I know you guys are hard at work with what you do but your doing it in a Beautiful part of the U,S please tack care we want to see more of you and the things you do, I know it's only the start of December but I would like to wish you all and your family's a happy Christmas and a very quiet one, keep up your very good work and go home to your family's every night.
With an ambulance running "pass block".............. Yeah............(8^) OK, but what is the population of Bototourt County Virginia (where Buchanan is located) vs. the population of the county that you live in????? That's why these guys have a clear road
In Europe, it's taught that you leave an alley in the middle for emergency vehicles. People in the left lane go as far left as they can, people in the right go as far right and that leaves a clear route down the middle. Look up German videos. They fucking know how to do it.
so nice to see you guys in action (just earned a new subscriber :-) ). i have deep respect for you guys. always wanted to be some kind off rescue worker, but got a bad foot injury i school, so they told me that i never could have that kind of a job :-( .
do you have any opportunity to work as a voluntary firefighter or paramedic? same for me in Germany. had some injury in school and cannot work as a fulltime firefighter but I became a voluntary paramedic for the red cross. riding ambulances and saving lives on weekends and during night while working on a 9-5 job in the office
@@Ben-ht3hw It´s only in the fire department here were you can be a voluntary. but if i should have that kind off job today, would be as a towtruck driver.
Ahh the I-81. It’s a crapshoot every time I get on it. Always check the DOT cameras before i commit. There is always US-11 which runs parallel to the interstate.
Add the title with 'Buchanan, VA' and maybe 'USA' ;-) Anyway a nice ride-along video. Best regards from Germany. Maybe take a view at my FDNY and DFD ride-alongs ( palylists ).
PULL TO THE RIGHT! Jesus! This is why law enforcement should more strictly enforce the "drive on the right, pass on the left" law! I love America, but we really need to adapt Germany's way of driving on the freeways and interstates.
Good response but I have a question, it look like you guys were wearing brush gear, and if so what would you end up doing if one of the trucks burst into flames?
why not just drive down the hard shoulder? If it was heavy traffic like this in the UK, we'd just jump on the shoulder (if there was one) and ride it as long as we can. Are the rules different in the US?
Im not trying to make fun or bash any technique used in responding, this is solely out of curiousity: Why do you choose to split the traffic instead of going up the shoulder? Is it a liability issue or just a preference? I know some departments choose the shoulder. I know in this case, you are going to take the same route through as the apparatus in front of you. Good response and thank you for the video.
waffle 😂most fire trucks are auto. Pretty much every new modern one. But there's still a lot of oldies out there that are manual. Like our brush truck is a ford f-550 with the 7.3
The shoulder is wide open and these people still decide to come to a dead stop in the left lane instead of shifting right... Revoke all of their licenses.
None of the people on the road were idiots, they got through. You want to see idiots go look at countries where people dont even give a shit or bother to even attempt to make room for emergency vehicles. Whether you panic and go left right up or down, so long as you tried and got out of the way, its ok
You can clearly see the hard shoulder. Even here in the UK, emergency services tend not to use the hard shoulder and will approach in the middle, pushing traffic to both sides, unless both lanes are completely jammed with nowhere to go, then you will see them go to the hard shoulder.
Same thing as full time department, we respond to emergency calls. The only difference between a full time fire dept and volunteer fire dept is that full time firefighters are paid and firehouses are staffed 24/7, while volunteers don't get paid and stations are not manned 24/7. Volunteers usually respond to fire calls from wherever they are at. Home, work, the store, restaurants, etc. That's how it is for over 70% of the US fire service.
it's actually sad how many vehicles don't even move over. You're supposed to slow down to 60km and move the hell over, not just stay in your lane as normal.
People pulled over a lot in this video. They did good by making way. One criticism I have though is it’s better if possible to pull over to the right because as you saw whenever they pull to the left it slows the emergency vehicles down.
The law is to pull to the right for emergency vehicles. Driving down the breakdown lane would be made difficult by the vehicles attempting to pull to the right
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My god, that view out front of your station is to die for.
Where do you work? I want to go there. It’s beautiful
@@ffandrewd2986 I think you meant, "where do they work?"
Buchanan, Virginia, USA :)
Good video with a nice ride-along. But I have to confess that I spent the first sixty seconds wondering why the idiot in the van wasn’t pulling over to let the engine pass..... before realising it was an ambulance!
OMG SAME.🤣
SAME lol
Glad it wasn't just me lmao 🤣
Omg sameeeeeees I’m glad I was not the only one
Me to lol. We r the idiots then 😂 just kidding hope everyone is doing well!
In GERMANY we name it "Rettungsgasse" or in English emergenyc lane... If someone don't reacts quick it's costs 2000€ or you can go to jail for 1 year ! When the Traffic jam beginns the motorway with 2,3 or 4 lanes every driver must make a " Rettungsgasse " the left lane must drive to the left and the other right lanes must drive to right. Sorry for my bad English I'm from germany
LP und mehr Motorrad Polizei Do you dream now right? Das mit der hohen Strafe ist in Österreich, nicht Deutschland! Sie sind ja - bis zur Brücke - auf ihrer Rettungsgasse gefahren. Danach war diese mit Metall vollgeparkt, daher nahmen sie die linke Spur. Klappte auch nur, weil der Verkehr am Unfallort abfließen konnte. Auch das ist in D unüblich ...
@@ItsDonsta "Scheiße", so viel Zeit muß sein!
In germany, we would also shut down the road in order to give the firefighters and rescue team safe working conditions :P
You’re English is better than my German.
I think that's what they start doing here when people would get the message
the driver of the engine did a great job of keeping distance from the ambulance and the coe driver was paying realy good attention to traffic and sirens and air hrns was text book you guysdid a great job keeping everyone safe
Why is it necessary to keep distance from the ambulance
I found that when traffic is stopeed, they do want to help but are panicked. Gefting off the siren off and on and saying on the PA and giving instructions, like "cars on the left move left, cars on the right move right" works very well. There is a reaosn why most sound system have a PA, use it.
Under the sounds of the siren and horn, the engine sounds awesome.
Who else just loves the sound of the Motorola squelch opening
In Denmark, we also got a highway with an emergency-lane for the emergency-vehicles to rush by all the traffic.
If i remember correctly, the law in Denmark also says that, if the crossing-light is red, but an emergency vehicle needs to use it, all vehicle at that place are allowed to ignore the red light, so they can give space for the emergency-vehicle to rush by.
Yes but with due regard. Make sure traffic with the green light stops first then run the red to make way.
Miss those old sound of older firetruck make. I use to be a volunteer fireman for St.helens Oregon for seventeen years
I feel for these guys in any fire company anywhere i have gone through this process myself as a volunteer for a short time
I just love wheeling our rescue thru traffic like this. Excellent work.
The commentary is better than the response
+KosukiFire hahaha I'm glad you got a kick out of it.
+Turner Griffin
Stay Safe
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I wasn't sure why he shut that Siren off on the interstate but from hearing them talk about it I found out why (our county does not have an interstate so I've never responded on one)
Because it's useless there. I could have gone without all the terrible "jokes".
I was about to say the commentary alone is worth 1M Subs
i am an over the road trucker glad to see everyone move like that to let you guys thru i am also a vol. firefighter. i do get thru your coverage area quite a bit great videos turner
Yes the camera setup in the fire truck was really very good and thank you very much for allowing us from NZ to view it, its a great video.
Damn that jake brake sounds great. And your driver knows how to whip that truck. Great video.
Watching this I know you guys are hard at work with what you do but your doing it in a Beautiful part of the U,S please tack care we want to see more of you and the things you do,
I know it's only the start of December but I would like to wish you all and your family's a happy Christmas and a very quiet one, keep up your very good work and go home to your family's every night.
At least traffic was reasonably well behaved and left a passage way.
+bluemtnsman haha in south florida here you dont get that
JayMoto,,, having worked in south Florida for three years, I can attest to that.
NYC is worse
With an ambulance running "pass block"..............
Yeah............(8^)
OK, but what is the population of Bototourt County Virginia (where Buchanan is located) vs. the population of the county that you live in?????
That's why these guys have a clear road
7:54 "I'ma be different and pull to the left. On a bridge." SMH
In Europe, it's taught that you leave an alley in the middle for emergency vehicles. People in the left lane go as far left as they can, people in the right go as far right and that leaves a clear route down the middle. Look up German videos. They fucking know how to do it.
@@Arkiasis this isn't Europe though
@@chrisgeorge74 That is evident.
@@mikeymcmikeface5599 I know, but @onemanarmy comment is just useless
@@Arkiasis it's not the same in every European country, much less in America
so nice to see you guys in action (just earned a new subscriber :-) ). i have deep respect for you guys. always wanted to be some kind off rescue worker, but got a bad foot injury i school, so they told me that i never could have that kind of a job :-( .
do you have any opportunity to work as a voluntary firefighter or paramedic?
same for me in Germany. had some injury in school and cannot work as a fulltime firefighter but I became a voluntary paramedic for the red cross. riding ambulances and saving lives on weekends and during night while working on a 9-5 job in the office
@@Ben-ht3hw It´s only in the fire department here were you can be a voluntary. but if i should have that kind off job today, would be as a towtruck driver.
1:07 beauty of a horn!
Ahh the I-81. It’s a crapshoot every time I get on it. Always check the DOT cameras before i commit. There is always US-11 which runs parallel to the interstate.
Add the title with 'Buchanan, VA' and maybe 'USA' ;-) Anyway a nice ride-along video. Best regards from Germany. Maybe take a view at my FDNY and DFD ride-alongs ( palylists ).
great driving and responce too the civilians
lmao the firefighter made the horn noise at 8:24
The Real Heroes! Respect from Hungary! :)
PULL TO THE RIGHT! Jesus! This is why law enforcement should more strictly enforce the "drive on the right, pass on the left" law! I love America, but we really need to adapt Germany's way of driving on the freeways and interstates.
Agree 100%. I bet you at least 70% of road rage/reckless driving charges would cease to exist if this rule was better enforced.
Great response video!
Good response but I have a question, it look like you guys were wearing brush gear, and if so what would you end up doing if one of the trucks burst into flames?
Awesome video!
BTW...This town/city of Buchanan is in Virginia...One of many Buchanan 's.
when the wrecker beasts you to the scene
Great video great response just one thing kept losing sound
Do you plan on becoming a career firefighter eventually?
why not just drive down the hard shoulder? If it was heavy traffic like this in the UK, we'd just jump on the shoulder (if there was one) and ride it as long as we can. Are the rules different in the US?
Thank you
mean like the only fire station
Im not trying to make fun or bash any technique used in responding, this is solely out of curiousity:
Why do you choose to split the traffic instead of going up the shoulder? Is it a liability issue or just a preference? I know some departments choose the shoulder. I know in this case, you are going to take the same route through as the apparatus in front of you. Good response and thank you for the video.
Rumble Strips! Drove that interstate every week day for 12 years, sketchy to say the least.
@@moeji1I figured that was the reason
Anyone know the horn type of the truck?
That Jake break though!
What kind of camera is this?
better escape route than in Germany
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Where exactly is this Fire Department?
I like to watch you roll down the road and to see pix but I would prefer you show a video of the accident/fire.
Makes since
Run sirens when no ones around and when you get on the interstate turn it off...
Why does the sound keep cutting out @ the start?
privacy mute
probably a privacy mute to keep specific locations hidden
crazy traffic
yep
Are you guys out of Virginia
What state is this in
How fast can that fire truck go?
NFPA Regulations is that they are governed at 65mph.
65 mph because they are pretty heavy
when a new video?
squad will be responding code 3 on channel 3
Do this trucks have automatic transmission?
I'd assume so, that's pretty much the standard for emergency vehicles in the US. Leaves a hand free for operating sirens/radios/etc.
All emergency vehicles in U.S. are not automatic transmissions. This one is, but not all.
waffle 😂most fire trucks are auto. Pretty much every new modern one. But there's still a lot of oldies out there that are manual. Like our brush truck is a ford f-550 with the 7.3
My department uses 18 speed roadranger Peterbilt tankers and the other trucks are only avail in auto.
Why does the audio cut out during parts of the video?
I'm guessing they are muting audio that may be privacy protected or something (patient name, DOB, or other info).
Okay that makes sense.
Is that a flir gun on the dash?
These guys are hilarious😂
What state is this in? I live in Pennsylvania. I live about 6 miles from I-81.
+Matt Darkes This is Virginia, I live in Virginia and recognize the inspection sticker on the windshield.
Around troutville va
Put a back camera pls
nice vid
Ah yes classic
The shoulder is wide open and these people still decide to come to a dead stop in the left lane instead of shifting right... Revoke all of their licenses.
is it the only station you gas have?
+Lane Felix yup only one.
Isn't that what the Emergency lane in for? Emergencies? Nope they don't use it.
Rumble strips don’t really let you drive over some of them
“Here ye here ye make way” XD
None of the people on the road were idiots, they got through. You want to see idiots go look at countries where people dont even give a shit or bother to even attempt to make room for emergency vehicles. Whether you panic and go left right up or down, so long as you tried and got out of the way, its ok
Do they not have hard shoulders in the states or something
You can clearly see the hard shoulder. Even here in the UK, emergency services tend not to use the hard shoulder and will approach in the middle, pushing traffic to both sides, unless both lanes are completely jammed with nowhere to go, then you will see them go to the hard shoulder.
The shoulder might have rumble strips I think that’s why they didn’t drive on it
Where is BVFD? Town, state?
Buchanan, Virginia.
Thanks. Great videos.
were you 5th due? why it take 13 min to get to seen?
There are not many fire stations in a rural area. They have bigger response areas which causes longer response times.
what exactly do volunteer fire depts do?
Same thing as full time department, we respond to emergency calls. The only difference between a full time fire dept and volunteer fire dept is that full time firefighters are paid and firehouses are staffed 24/7, while volunteers don't get paid and stations are not manned 24/7. Volunteers usually respond to fire calls from wherever they are at. Home, work, the store, restaurants, etc. That's how it is for over 70% of the US fire service.
Is this Virginia?
Oliver Camacho yes
Just wondering how old r u?
+Travis DeJung 19
+Turner Griffin Were u controlling the sirens? Because in most departments i see they have pedals on the passenger side and u r sitting there :D
+AJ Deere T680 I don't have foot controls,I use an switch box hehe.
oh... The Standard way
Yep..only the electronic q.
You Guys Have Access to Street Cameras !?!?!?
yeah thankfully VDOT has an app with the traffic cameras on it.
Turner Griffin sickkkk
it's actually sad how many vehicles don't even move over. You're supposed to slow down to 60km and move the hell over, not just stay in your lane as normal.
People pulled over a lot in this video. They did good by making way. One criticism I have though is it’s better if possible to pull over to the right because as you saw whenever they pull to the left it slows the emergency vehicles down.
When the tow truck beats fd and ems..... that's pretty sad
Sometimes tow trucks run code too, but usually it’s when instructed to by police.
what county
Botetourt County, Virginia
I would have just held down the Q
Cool.
Squad. 3 come in. Over
Wouldve been much quicker driving on the breakdown lane.
The law is to pull to the right for emergency vehicles. Driving down the breakdown lane would be made difficult by the vehicles attempting to pull to the right
Rumble strips might be there
Parting the red sea !!!!.
nice country
wow
11:00 wie in Deutschland auch, Hauptsache im Stau mit dem drecks Lkw auf der linken Spur!
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Why the hell do you call that 'heavy traffic"?
you call this "heavy traffic"? i dont see the what your headline is promising!
this is easy. at least half empty road. almost no car playing obstacle!
ugly siren ugly bug!
Tiller 127BVFD knocking off it not ugly this truck was design last year he not ugly
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Love those sirens😍
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