I was a serving leading firefighter with essex fire and rescue service for 36 years and wish to heap praise on all firefighters especially those in the big cities fighting against all the traffic 👍

My dad was a firefighter for 27 years. Full respect to all firefighters everywhere. Thank you for your service. 🚒❤️

@tonyharris6863

5 жыл бұрын

thank you kens dad. real heroes.

@rileynewman8949

4 жыл бұрын

My mum got beating up by a firefighter who at the time was her boyfriend.

@Class380Fan

4 жыл бұрын

@@rileynewman8949 clown

@rileynewman8949

4 жыл бұрын

@@Class380Fan nice i got sexualy assaulted by him do you think that's right? The fact that he got away with it. Nah not on my fucking watch. So next time think before you act.

@donnaphilbin6563

3 жыл бұрын

D and 🎩

The stress of getting through small London streets, the relief of getting onto a open 4 lane one. I mean, that bit with the engine driving through that 1 lane road then having to stop by the bus as people run out into the street, that must've been stressful.

Dennis Metz Turntable Ladder (camera), Dennis Pump Escape (rear roller shutter), and Saxon Pump Ladder (open rear pump bay), all 3 turning out of LFB A24 Soho. Great machines, built by great English companies.

@shaneharrisnj3484

2 жыл бұрын

The ladder was a Dennis/Camiva.

@grahamclifton1483

2 жыл бұрын

@@shaneharrisnj3484 Thanks Shane!

@shaneharrisnj3484

2 жыл бұрын

@@grahamclifton1483 no problem.

I once met the Chief Fire Officer of London Fire Brigade, Mr Brian Robinson. He told me that the crews of LFB A24 Soho spent all their time climbing in and out of actresses’ dressing room windows…

I am member from a volunteer für Brigade in Germany and also member of the B.F.S.A. my füll respect for all gute Fighter in the world

i wonder how far they will get before they get stuck in traffic, (5 seconds after they leave the station) wow thats a record XD

LFBs responds time are pretty impressive despite traffic.

those appliances are surprisingly agile for their size

nice video, shows the skill and patience of the drivers.

I wish people would stop suggesting Britain gets "Q" sirens. They work great in America, but that's because they suit the environment, driving styles, and the vehicles they're on. We've used (and still do) 2 tone air-horns sirens because they fit in with our environments, vehicles and driving style. Doesn't New York have an embargo on the use of Q sirens because they're just too loud for the general population? The idea of a siren is to get people out the way, not wake up the city.

@briankelly5816

Жыл бұрын

Lol very true!!

@briankelly5816

Жыл бұрын

Plus English two tones sound better

@shaneharrisnj3484

Жыл бұрын

@@BlackieFoxxless and you know who else uses the Q on vehicle's that aren't ment for it? The Philippines! They have these Japanese style trucks, but they go "all out" (excessive decorating, wrapping, lighting and Sirens) on their trucks.

@0ne-6right40

Жыл бұрын

@@shaneharrisnj3484 Yeah Q sirens along with the stock Japanese mech siren. But one thing I don’t understand is how after it was suggested in NYC that Hilo sirens be used more often, they are still allowing mech sirens again. Seems a little counterintuitive to me. Plus the Two tone/ Hilo sirens are proven to be more effective than electric wailers And mech sirens.

@jamjardj1974

Жыл бұрын

Well said.

I love those bells

Loving the old Dennis Pump!

@thehighwaycowboy2822

3 жыл бұрын

Did my EFAD training in a Dennis RS. Lovely motors

@YelpBullhorn

Жыл бұрын

@@thehighwaycowboy2822 .... London only had SSs. Pretty much the same machine though. Fantastic Perkins V8 sound.

Many thanks for posting.

Fantastic One!👍

@john_smith1471

11 ай бұрын

@@BlackieFoxxless You’ve asked this before, you are trolling, These are professional drivers, anything like that would be a serious disciplinary matter, fwiw majority of the car drivers moved over and created a space as much as they could.

I love the Dennis pump and the Dennis TL! I also love those uk PA sirens! But it would of been better if they turned on there 2 tone air horns trough the traffic jams!

@shaneharrisnj3484

9 ай бұрын

Sadly these trucks in this video has no air horns installed and the "PA" sirens, are just Woodway Commander type sirens.

Loving this. Respect

Looks like the White Watch. Driving in central London was great fun on roads designed for horses and carriages. 'Wing mirrors don't count' was the motto. You could judge those lovely slab-sided appliances to fag paper gaps. A24 had one square mile back then. 5 minutes to get there, 40 minutes getting back

@MrHotspur67

Жыл бұрын

Dan Shillabeer that's a blast from the past mate. We briefly served at the same time in the early 90's. It was my beloved Blue Watch that were the stars though not the punchy white watch haha. I only clicked on this when I was explaining to my youngest how Gary used to ride the front making his films before H&S was a thing.Hope your well mate, still see Tom and Mark whenever there's a do. take care Andy Shaw (nosher 🙄)

@danshillabeer9523

Жыл бұрын

@@MrHotspur67 hi mate! Always had a soft spot for the blues, so many characters! Different world, eh? Might see you at a jolly one day 🔥👍

very brave men-god we need you right now!

1992 & not using two-tones on fire engines? Maybe it was just my area that still used two-tones on the engines right up into the 2000s. I came to this video hoping to be able to hear that nostalgic noise again.

@richardjohnrimell6049

2 жыл бұрын

I think they are still used today but only as a back up if the sirens yelps and whailes are not responding

Not a foreign plate in site ! Thoughs were the days !

@shaneharrisnj3484

3 ай бұрын

There's a Volvo in that fleet at the time. Back when they were reliable as a truck brand.

@jdrepiv - In those days the turn-out was always PL, P, TL, other (Pump Ladder, Pump, Turntable Ladder, Special) with the Stn Officer riding the Pump. The turn-out bulbs on the ceiling reflect that sequence also - Red, Green, Yellow, Blue.

@olivergravestock6876

2 жыл бұрын

When was this

@hazyblue69

2 жыл бұрын

@@olivergravestock6876 This was the very early 1990's

really good too see this vid again it really shows the great skill those drivers have. thanx for reposting it.

Far better sirens in those days than the naff ones these days.

This is why urban departments, especially in Europe have longer response times

Maneuvering/driving in that traffic is a nightmare !!

Classic case of not adjusting the siren tone to how many vehicles are driving in convoy, I believe it's the front passenger of the ALP who says to the driver change the tone after a taxi and pedestrian cross the it's path, but fair play it was really new technology :-)

@MrBoomerang22

5 жыл бұрын

Steven kiel it's not a ALP it's a TL I used to drive these. At the start of video the print out states A24 PL. A24 P. A24 TL which is Turn Table Ladder

Damn it's worse than New York trying to get through traffic in London during an emergency.

Me and my good lady have been in London this weekend seeing the sights, and celebrating her birthday. And I have just driven that exact route today in my car, and so I couldn’t wait to tell my missus about this particular video, (I first watched it years ago!), and I specifically focused on the point where the silly twat nearly got flattened by the sneaky TL! Just showed it her...... and guess what... she wasn’t impressed! But I’m so glad I watched it again. It was a lot quieter today though!!!

@04smallmj Yeah, my Wife is American and having witnessed first hand the noise that is the mechanical Q siren, I can say the public complaints here in Britain would be drowned out by it. xD

the joys of driving for the lfb

Great that this vid is back :) Please buy some two tone air horns even if you have to have whip round to get them. They really help !!

I thought the London Fire Brigade disorder the Volvo FL6 Saxons until 1995 and 1998 to replace the Dennis SSs and the Dodge 100 Series Pumps

I always thought the LFB started using Volvo's like the one at 1.03 around late 1996 and early 1997 after Dennis appliances were taken off run and put in reserve.

@brad4057

5 жыл бұрын

1st volvo fl6 on H reg so around 1990 still had a couple of dennis ss on the run in 1999 the dennis TL's Did 25 years of service

It would help if one of the appliances used Two Tone Air Horns, I have found these excellent at moving traffic. There must be loads of these spare, please put them on the appliance :)

@benwisely5962

3 жыл бұрын

train672 I totally agree with you the older Dennis pump the one that left the station first has two tones! These PA sirens aren’t that loud as two tones!

wow ur right that is a lot of tradffic. great video faved!

@SECAmbCFR thank u 4 that i always wondered why you looked up when you run down stairs but now i know :)

the 1st pump is a dennis and the 2nd is a 1st gen volvo fl6 with saxon bodywork

You guys are lucky they pull over. In Los Angeles, California down in Watts everyone drives like they got their license at a Pub while they were drunk. They don't pull over they race us or pull over to the wrong side of the road. I wish you could see it, but the fire department won't let us film while we are working. It is pretty funny though

The Volvo appliance seen running as the Pump in this video now belongs to a friend of mine and we plan to restore her to operational condition.

Can somebody please tell me where can I find the old shout allarm bell from 0:07 tone? I´d love to have it as an alarm clock.

That traffic pattern is a nightmare

all the rollers and bentleys just parked wherever !!

Proper old skool 90s or 80s filmage! and good ole denis too

Ah yes, Pall mall and st. james street was both one way back then and shaftesbury avenue at the trocadero didn't have the bus lane option then so they was forced to turn left and wait for the traffic to move.

@philatthepub what year did the LFB first have the volvo saxons?

I love te message at the end, this should be printed in big bold letters on every dring licence, with a warning fall to heed message could cost you 3 points and £500 fine.

wow so much congestion even in front of the station can barely can move.

in glasgow fire and rescue take different routes in case one gets stuck

@Charlzey1998

3 жыл бұрын

Standard procedure in the LFB, but Sohos grounds littered with 1 way routes

@Someloke8895 Yeah, mechanical Qs are illegal in NYC, probably because of how loud they are. They must be almost deafening in stationary traffic and for pedestrians, especially when they are used at their highest pitch for a long time... Martin horns are pretty good though and those are mechanical.

@AwsomeFan2010 an AFA is an Automatic Fire Alarm

YES! THIS VIDEO IS BACK!

well doen to those drivers, its bad enough driving a car in london let alone a machine that size. ROA for them all (round of applause)

Nice

too bad the firemen didn't whip open the doors when that bike rider whipped by.

How many LF's & Subs between the 3 PL-P-Ariel appliances ?

@Charlzey1998

6 жыл бұрын

Usually a second leading hand or Sub on the HP, e.g. in Londons burning when they had the ALP the passenger wore Crew manager markings

I wonder with the congestion charge nowadays if three engine following the same route would get there any quicker ??

@cemops8660

2 жыл бұрын

no it would take the same time, but you also need to realise car ownership has gone up lol

yes the 90s before they changed the chime to a better one

I am constantly appalled by the uncaring behaviour of London drivers especially the London cabbies. Compare their driving and the way in which USA drivers give way to fire appliances. It should be mandatory in this country for all drivers to pull into the nearside and stop when any emergency vehicle either approaches or intends to overtake..

missing the old two tones.

boy that traffic!!

What is the pedestrian at 1:23 thinking? "Oh look, another fire truck? Well, I'll just nip across the road now." Dolt.

a surreal experience, it seems people have no awareness.

Silly question what's a AFA for the uninitiated?? Is it All Fire Appliances??

@SECAmbCFR

2 жыл бұрын

Automatic Fire Alarm

@Brian-zl8qj

2 жыл бұрын

@@SECAmbCFR thank you

Obviously 1992 but London hasn’t changed. Traffic is still just as bad if not worse. People could be burning to death in such instances, this is why I feel London needs some of its roads to be dedicated emergency and fire routes. If it means car drivers, taxis’s and buses etc can’t use them so be it, people’s lives are worth more.

very nice video, but missing the two tones

Good

They should have reloated Soho Fire Station. The Roads are far to busy now. Ive seem the Fire Engines held up in Traffic a few times over the years.

@Someloke8895 Aah, OK. Yeah, there would be a lot of complaints about that haha

What happens if LFB ram or hit cars with their fire engines? Does the Met police have the authority to arrest firefighters or does the UK law forbid that?

just watched this and 2nd pup away is a volvo fl6 isnt it

Is it uncommon in the UK that all trucks of one station are en route together? in the country where I live the customary battalion condsists of three trucks and when a fire gets called in it's nearly always the entire battalion that gets dispatched. Of course not if there is only a car or a pile of waste on fire.

@john_smith1471

Жыл бұрын

Don’t understand the question, what is a battalion? remember these scenes are over 30 years ago, 1992, there have been big cut backs with further fire station closures and appliances withdrawn since, the other fire station that attended and arrived first no longer exists.

@joelwhitaker That traffic does suck. That must be a pain to get to a fire

Lol nice video. Do the people there know how to move out the way when they hear sirens. The ones that was walkin across the street.... and the two cars that pulled directly in front of the fire truck and cut him off..... really?

It doesn't look like they were getting out of the way of the first one either.

And here I thought New York City was bad. Wow

Proper old skool lfb

London’s Burning, anyone?

@Tazkoodenec47

4 жыл бұрын

oh yeah

And all because the lady loves milk tray!!!

they were were a year or 2 old at the time of the video

2 Lanes actually, but only one was free.

Beautiful Trucks.I bet the drivers of these trucks wish they had a snow plow on front of trucks to move the cars out of way.

Maybe Boris the Buffoon dhould watch this and realise why London stations should have been so close

haha and people just walk out infront of a moving fire engine, unbelievable.

What a shame,look how long it took to get thru.how old are these rigs?

@Zackislivid

3 жыл бұрын

For them not old but now there about 20 or 30 years old but we decommissioned them out of services and we started useing scanias and Volvo because there newer

@Zackislivid

3 жыл бұрын

And it's not our fault that idiots drivers don't make way for emergency services and you can't say much your fire appliances are from the 1980s 70s 90s

night mare driving in these conditions but thats london-and then u get people asking---------why is it taking fire brigade so long to respond to call? this is why

Wow, I bet FDNY jakes feel better about their traffic problems watching watching this!

soon be able beam all the traffic up scotty UK

Get the 2 tones on

@nevillemason6791

4 жыл бұрын

Come to Merseyside or North Wales. They've never gone away! Check out the video 'Chip shop fire Llanberis'.

3 pumps to an afa, God now a days we only send one

@Wouter112

7 жыл бұрын

PL, P and TL

@Charlzey1998

6 жыл бұрын

Its because Inner Londons a high risk area

@jld9107

4 жыл бұрын

In Middlesbrough they phone you up 1st

It would be faster if fire crews went by foot and mailed equipment to the required address. Sad but true, not it all cases people in cars are evil blockers of emergency services, I was a witness to few times (by chance, right) that some woman driver just got scared by all the noise and dramatic situation of such vehicles passing by. In driving schools they teach you that you should allow them to pass by. In real life - you have to be really skilled to make some room for you and them.

FIRE BRIGADE LONDON 🚒 TREVOR HARRIS

Bloody London traffic

Yikes! The cyclist at 3:25 wants a good talking-to.

@Leonardo85ITA Im not so sure about that, its much better than listening to the hi-low, yelp and wail on a run, but to each his own, we run the Q over here in the states mostly works fantasticly here

Just like in America, nobody yields the fire trucks.

@gavgav27 yeh it really annoys me people blocking the way and also ambulance chasers! Abusing situation to get through quicker.

0:42

How many hours per mile do they do 😂

@Zackislivid

3 жыл бұрын

These pumps and do about 120mph but because of traffic they have to go slow

@firejam78

3 жыл бұрын

@@Zackislivid they won't do 120 mph mate, I drive one regularly and only if we get a clear run will we get 80 mph.

@Zackislivid

3 жыл бұрын

@@firejam78 huh because where I live Scottish fire and rescue do about 120mph I did a speed test

@firejam78

3 жыл бұрын

@@Zackislivid I guarantee you they will not do 120 mph I think you mean KPH which is 74mph

What is the matter with some of those drivers, and more to the point pedestrians- can't they see and hear there are emergency vehicles in a hurry????