It's unbelievable how the cars, bicycles and even pedestrians in NY didn't care about the fire trucks arriving and were still driving/ crossing the road instead of waiting for the trucks to pass!
@Johnny’s Bricks which van am I supposed to blurr?The medical examiner van? I didn't show any deceased person at all?! Is a ME van parking on the street nearby its office "too much" for you?
Helmets don't make a difference. If a driver decides to run you off the road he's going to do you in. Helmets are worthless. Better off dead than spending a life of pain and permanent life debt to the legal and medical industry.
Marco E. The old foreign troops here in the Federal Republic of Germany use sometimes her own home siren as second siren. In Celle City was the Royal Air Force of U.K. troop station in the history - the Emercency Command Car use often both siren - fast free way on street for so a small car! At the NATO troop place in the Lüneburger Heide do you hear the wail in the 70's and 80's too.
But it is shit. I am working in Danmark in the EMS, and we have 3 Siren Types, also the Wail, and its annoying quiet. i do very much miss the Air-Pressure 'Martins-Horn'.
Altair1193 Hmmm ... in Germany all it is a EN norm - so I am sure do you found in the net how many dB(A) our Martin Horn should have in 10, 50 or 100 meter. I wonder me if Denmark not use same - they are in the same EU with same regularies. Edit: StVO §55 Abs.2: […] „Die Lautstärke darf in 7 m Entfernung […] und in einem Höhenbereich von 500 mm bis 1 500 mm über der Fahrbahn an keiner Stelle 105 dB(A) übersteigen.“ […] Litterally: The sound should have in 7 m [...] and at a high of 500 mm till 1 500 mm over the street at no place more as 105 dB(A). Maximum 120 dB(A) at 1 m far from the signal horn. I found this over google in a german blog over the siren and light of german EMS. HTH.
@The Logical Twit ... interesting statement concerning the circumstance that I experienced also empty streets in NYC ... and tbh I wouldn't dare to call the streets tiny there; I guess we have a completly different impression of what a tiny street is ,,,
@The Logical Twit I experienced some few rush hour traffic jams there as well, but also such situations (this is in Midtown Manhattan): th-cam.com/video/NxzVBIGXrNY/w-d-xo.html th-cam.com/video/DqjwzOm_V6M/w-d-xo.html
Had the same though. Maybe that's the reason for the flags on american fire trucks, to remind people to think of others. You won't find a single flag on cars in Germany (except in times of soccer championship).
most historic cities have pretty wide streets in many places, there aren't that many downtown areas left with the ancient streets today. It would be an inssue in some towns and cities, but in most of them it wouldn't be much of an issue
Us fire trucks are made for us characteristic an German ones are made for German characteristic of emergency. A "better" doesn't exist (sorry for my not perfect English. Speaking English is just a hobby on my :D)
soweit ich weiß werden die Sirenen mit einem Fußpedal vom Beifahrer gesteuert (Drauf drücken= lauter, loslassen= leiser), während die Hörner vom Fahrer sowie dem Beifahrer über ein Seil (wie in alten Filmen die Hörner bei LKW's) gesteuert werden.
UselessBanana Ich mein, ich hab das in nem Police-Car mit nem handhebel gesehen, aber das gleiche Prinzip. Ich find das super, so kann man besser auf sich aufmerksam machen.
Das kann gut sein, vor allem weil ein Fahrzeug der Polizei ja wesentlich kleiner und nicht so "schwerfällig" wie ein Feuerwehrfahrzeug ist. Der Fahrer muss da ja öfters auch mal ordentlich am Lenkrad kurbeln und hat deshalb nicht immer beide Hände frei, da ist so ein Pedal im Fußraum (mittlerweile gibt es nämlich schon einige Fahrzeug wo der Fahrer ebensfalls eins hat) schon ganz praktisch ;)
It's not that German trucks are inferior to American trucks or American trucks are inferior to German trucks. They're each made for their own environment. There's lots of tight roads overseas in which American trucks simply couldn't fit in. However there's taller buildings in specifically New York City so it would make sense the FDNY needs bigger trucks. Either way I have nothing but respect for both German fire departments and the FDNY/American fire departments. Me personally I'm a bit more biased towards the FDNY because that's what I want to join.
@@Birb_of_Judge maybe "many" is a bit over the top, but it's at least a common type of special unit of which you can usually see 1, sometimes even 2 in the large cities here; many buses are designed as Large Capacity Ambulance, some few other buses are designed as Command Post
The one seen in the video is from Hannover. Hannover alone has at least three busses. Two of them are used as a large capacity ambulances, the third to move people to further education and to provide shelter for the people whose houses are on fire, as well as for drivers training.
@@vesuvio3364 In Germany every rescue vehicle has Blue lights and you have special rights on the road while using them. Also we have orange lights for some other vehicles, but those are just there to get awareness of the vehicle like for example tow trucks or a heavy duty transport via truck
@@vesuvio3364In fact, blue is the only legal color for emergency light in most european country, amber is reserved to warning (and traffic bar), red to traffic lights, rear lights and brake lights and finally, white is reserved to lighting. (Green is only for traffic lights and other colours are prohibed on the road)
@@vesuvio3364They are not reserved for the NYPD. FDNY vehicles have blue lights to the rear, but stupid New York State laws prohibit front facing blue lights
Bus is for transferring info. If there is a code 3 fire, mostly a bus would be there, to transfer info to other stations if the fire is spreading to code 4
@@Absolut531kmh Completely wrong. This bus is a "Großraumrettungswagen" (GRTW), meaning bigbigbig ambulance! You see other cars (ELW 2) or trucks (ELW 3) called "Einsatzleitung", meaning local post command.
Is it just me or does it seem like watching this Americans don't seem to care that a fire engine is responding to a call and don't bother to get out of the way...
Duck city drivers don't give a fuck. Doesn't matter what city they don't care. In smaller downs a lot of them don't care or they're just too dumb to get out of the way
When I respond in my personal car to the station (I’m Pennsylvania you are only allowed 2 small bubble lights on your car and no siren. But I run full LED set ups anyway) people move instantly without me even touching the horn. I can easily go 100mph or more on route 248 and that road has a 45 mph speed limit
@Duck You realize, of course, that this video depicted NYC...and more specifically the island of Manhattan where the population density is 72,033 persons/sq. mi (27,826 persons/sq.km). It is THE most densely populated county in the United States. FOR COMPARISON: As a country, the USA has approximately 92.2 residents per square mile of land area.
To be fair, much of the time, those cars HAD no place to go to get out of the way. But, yeah- we're currently suffering through a plague of clueless self absorbed asshats...
First time american siren shows up: (0:09) Oh. Thats cool. First time german siren shows up: (10:20) hm... [insert reaction to jumpscare here] that was loud.
Ach Gott,jetzt gibt es den ewigen Streit wer die tolleren Fahrzeuge hat....führt doch zu nichts.Die Bedingungen sind doch zwischen USA und Deutschland viel zu unterschiedlich als das man wirklich sagen könnte,dass eine Nation die besseren Fahrzeuge hat.
der dienende Das Video an sich soll ja nur als Vergleich dienen, Grade weil die USA und Deutschland so verschieden sind was das angeht, gut in den Kommentaren gibt es immer solche kriege aber die meisten hier sind eher aufschlussreiche Diskussionen.
Es gibt auch Amerikaner in den Kommentaren das die USA von den deutschen eine Scheiben abschneiden sollen . Aber was das mit dem Verkehr zu tun hat sind wir besser hust Rettungsgasse hust
Germany: modern equipment (expecting the few eastern trucks in the video) but only blue lights on the roof. USA: All trucks look like made in the 50ies, but they all have a christmas tree on the roof - blue, red, white, orange lights, but does not even make them faster. Everybody thinks: AH look the Coca Cola truck is in town! Christmas is comming soon! :-) just joking
Robert I guess your answer isn't related that much to the previous comment, but anyway: Well, in the US you have more but smaller stations, while we have less but larger stations. Both come with pros and cons. In my home town (200k inhabitants and 31 sq mi large) only 1 station from the career FD covered the entire city first due. Being able to respond code 3 with an average speed of 40 mph in city traffic they are still able to cover sth like 95% of the city area within a 6 minutes drive
"cause we habe been doing it longer." what exactly have you been doing longer? Rosenbauer apparatus? Well, 6 minutesis still far below the legal requirements, and keep in mind: within 6 minutes they cover 95%,which emans that they have reached the far outskirts of the city or rather the city limits. Most parts are reached within a 2 to 4 minutes long drive, while the calculated time is set at 8 minutes (+ 1.5 minutes for the emergency call + 3.5 minutes before someone calls the emergency phone number e.g. in case of a fire). And within these 6 minutes, there's not only one apparatus arriving on scene but a convoy of numerous apparatus arriving at the same time,like in my home town 5 apparatus for a basic, unconfirmed fire alarm. There's no time wasted while waiting for units form other stations to arrive True, here we have lesslights (ranging from only 1 on unmarked cars to usually 6 on full-size fire trucks) and still we are usuallymoving faster through traffic.
well, we don't really have more calls based on our response tactics. Again referring to my home town, they have an average of only 5 to 6 calls per 24h shift. The station has more than 50 units and, because the old station was in a bad shape and too small, is currently upgraded from 47 to 55 bays. The old parts of the station are demolished and are built up again
German fire trucks use actual air horns as sirens, thus are very loud compared to federal Q here in america. With the sirens being so loud, its common courtesy to not blast everyone if they're already moved out of the way lol
It's because sirens are really loud. No reason blaring one, if there is no traffic in the way. Ambulances here in Germany do the same thing. If there are no cars blocking the ambulance's path, no siren. The siren is only used when there are cars that need to move out of the way. I hate that back home in Bulgaria, ambulance drivers blare the siren the moment they leave the hospital (I live very close to a hospital) and I see the idiots every day, blasting their sirens as they go up and down my empty street with no traffic. What's that siren for? You want me to move my house out of the way, or what?!
În Germany we switch the sirens off on our own risk. If we are involved in a traffic accident while we had the siren off, then we are completly responsible for it and drivers aren't forced to move out of the way or stop. In some countrieslike e.g. the Netherlands emergency vehicles have to have their siren on, no matter how few vehicles are there in front of the emergency vehicle
Thank you very much for your explanation of the German firefighting equipment. I did notice in all the TH-cam videos there were many more vehicles in the German task force coming from One Direction then in the US coming from multi directions. Also the explanation of the ladder trucks in Germany solved my problem. They always look so ,excuse the expression, naked. Great video and great explanations.
die sirene bei denen kann auch ähnlich der push-to-talk-taste bei handys und headsets betätigt werden. also wenn man 2 sekunden nur draufdrückt es auch nur diese 2 sekunden aufheult. speziell in der genannten szene drückt der typ also mehrmals hintereinander drauf.
@@chaosXP3RT efficient is definitely true. We have a lot of different vehicles for different purposes. 2 scenarios for example 1: House fire: There will be like a lot of LFs which are specialized for fires and 1 or maybe 2 ladder trucks because you dont need that much tools in this scenario. 2. Car crash or Truck crash: There will be 1-2 HLFs and definitely 1 or 2 RWs an HLF is an LF but with a so called "Rüstsatz" which can be translated to basic technical rescue set which includes materials to get people cut out of a broken car and we have the RWs which are basically a giant tool box with everything you want. The only thing a RW has not is water, no water storage in vehicle nor a built in pump, they normally have extinguishers though. And everything we need extra is near around. Everyone is specialized in a certain way, because you dont need all the stuff at the same time all the time As an example. We are in my City a big Feuerwehr with a few departments in every part and for our 16 Square miles of normal Response area we have only one ladder and if a neighboring department needs a ladder we go there too.
Tobi Fricke ja jeder mag halt riesige Weihnachtsbäume die auf den Straßen rum fahren (auch im Sommer) und nicht vorankommen weil ihr Motor zu schwach für ihr Gewicht ist
no shit! And it's not like that it would be a surprise, since American Aerials are designed for slightly different tasks and due to different aspects ...
American fire trucks look good- Germany Fire Trucks look good As long as they serve the community well I have equal respect for both. Best of luck to all firefighters who risk their lives everyday to save others.
German ones usually have just a short cab, no tank, no pump, no ground ladders and no heavy rescue tools, verstehe ich nicht... Ein HLF 20 hat schere spreizer, 4teilige Steckleiter, 3 teilige schiebeleiter, und normal 2000 L wasser und ich glaube das 9 Leute mehr sind als 5 in den Amerikanischen. PS: dass soll nicht so klingen als wenn ich jemanden hier beleidigen will :D
An amusing little historical perspective: in a lot of smaller towns in Germany, station houses of the local fire fighters built in the 1920s were actually quite large and spacious, with four or six large carports with large doors. One could say that they were quite oversized for the type of vehicles of that time. These station houses were designed to hold artillery pieces of the Reichswehr and hide them from the prying eyes of Versailles Treaty inspectors, if the Reichswehr was expanded beyond the limits permitted by the treaty. It didn't happen, at least not in the time of the Reichswehr, but one was prepared...
this cab design exists since 1998 and is widely spread in the communal sector, especially garbage collection and at fire departments. The low entry cab offers several advantages, like getting in or off the cab easier, having a lower overall vehicle height and the bus doors are perfect for tight spots. The driver would usually still get off the truck via the door on this side
The mercedes econic was designed as a binmens truck hence the quick doors, but having four seats in one row has also made it favourable to fire brigades.
I don't mean to offend anyone... I'm here just to discuss technologies. 1. I don't know why American ladder trucks are that huge in terms of overall length, but their ladders are short. Even those gigantic tiller trucks usually have ladders no taller than 150 ft., which is merely 50 m approximately. A ladder of an equivalent reach can be easily fit onto a much shorter European three-axle truck chassis. I've never seen any American ladder trucks having a steerable tag axle, so their turning radius is appalling. They also have huge rear overhang which swings out way too much. Maneuvering on busy urban streets is not a pleasant job. 2. Also, the idea of having a manually steerable trailer doesn't sound like a good idea at all. Technology for an automatic hydraulic counter-steer trailer axle is mature. Having a firefighter do that job is not only challenging, but also dangerous. There're plenty of accidents involving tiller trucks, and excessive speed is often the cause. At least there should be some positive speed control feature, just like on a pusher-type articulated bus. 3. It appears to me that all-wheel-drive engines are a standard for most stations in Germany, but they are extremely rare in the US. Only bush fire units are AWD, and they are only seen in stations in high wild fire hazards areas. Do Germans need more off-road capabilities? Not sure... Judging from how much pickup trucks there are in the US... 4. I've never seen any American rescue trucks with built-on cranes... which seems to be very common everywhere else. Isn't a crane pretty handy in a variety of scenarios?
Even the enormous Tiller Ladders usually are not 150' ones but 105' ones, even shorter than you'd expect them to be. There are just few, and I mean very few, larger Aerials in the range up to 164' max .... The few European Midmount Ladders had a long verhang as well, but they didn't succeeded in large numbers and aren't common at all Well, in fact there are truck cranes at quite many German fire departments, both career / paid departments as well as at volunteer departments
The aerial ladders of the FDNY are 100 Ft. The Tower (bucket) ladders are generally 75 Ft with some being 95Ft. I don't believe that any FD's in the USA have cranes. That function is usually done by private tow services with large wrecker trucks or construction company cranes can be used.
Actually, I don't mean mobile cranes, I mean built-in cranes, like those on utility trucks. There're lots of rescue trucks in Europe, Asia, etc. with a small crane installed at the very back. Very handy in many scenarios, car wrecks, not-too-bad building collapses, etc.
Well comparatively speaking i will say this there is no better people i think then those who serve others in there worst time of need honor them all wherever they may be
It'd also be cool to see you compare fire trucks in American cities vs fire trucks in more rural areas. For example, when I lived in the high desert in Southern California the fire trucks were designed to go off-road and fight wildfires as well as house fires.
it for sure would be interesting, yes! FUnny side note: in Germany there are hardly differences between apparatus in urban and rural areas, there are hardly any Brush Trucks and apart from some few Unimogs and trucks with extra offroad tires. We usually take the plain normal apparatus offroad as well
No idea what you're talking about, but the Lego fire brigade (both German and American) can be found here: www.bluebrixx.com/de/bluebrixxspecials/fire_rescue
I always found that German fire trucks look "more serious". American fire engines look like show trucks. Don't get me wrong, I do appreciate that the firemen and -women are proud of their engines and keep them clean and well maintained, but I can't help it- the Germans look and sound more serious to me.
Ich bedanke mich mich bei euch allen ! Ihr, die ihr euer Leben aufs Spiel setzt um uns zu Helfen!!! Danke euch allen, Feuerwehrleuten, Polizisten, Ärzte, Johanniter, Malteser, Firefigter, Cops, Medicals bei allen die da sind, wenn man auf Hilfe angewiesen ist. Danke, besonders auch einen großen Dank an die Unterstützer und Helfer in der Not vom THW......Danke ihr habt mir und meinen Lieben schon mehr wie einmal den Arsch gerettet! von mir ein Herzliches Dankeschön an alle von euch. Danke sehr...... Martin
The more I watched this video, the more I was just amazed at how many people actually want to live in a place like NYC and other cities.. What a shit hole of sound, lights, people and just the dirty look... Also there is a huge difference in visibility from USA to other countries the way the trucks are setup....
I have no idea how i got here, but the first clip of german fire trucks is shot in Regensburg at the "Hauptfeuerwache Berufsfeuerwehr Regensburg", about 200m away from where i live, like i can literally see it when i look out the window. What a coincidence. Edit: the shot from 13:20 is also from there, just going the other direction. Same for the shot at 15:20.
123USAmund Aber die Amerikanischen, ja klar DIE schaffen es da hoch? Komisch, immerhin haben in Deutschland so einige Wehren Hubretter mit einer Arbeitshöhe von bis zu 170', der höchste in Deutschland eingesetzte Hubretter erreicht 300' ... was nur schlappe 3 mal so hoch ist, wie jeder Hubretter des FDNY. Ach ja stimmt, das FDNY HATTE mal Hubretter, die über die 100' bzw 105' hinaus ragten, was waren das doch gleich für Leitern? Ach ja: Magirus Leitern aus Deutschland, die aufgebaut auf einem Mack-Fahrgestell eine Höhe von 144' erreicht haben Jedoch sehe ich die realistische Chance, dass manch Deutsche DL tatsächlioch auf den Trump Tower hinauf kommen könnte ... z,.B. die auf Multicar aufgebauten DL10, die würden bestimmt in den Aufzug hinein passen
na, versuchst wieder abzulenken? :D Zeig mir doch mal nen Hubretter des FDNY der auch nur ansatzweise dort hoch kommen würde? Ach ja, die reichen ja nur 100' bzw 105' hoch, tut mir leid
Emergency vehicles Including fire apparatus from Germany is better because the technology is advance, it has more equipment, it's the future designs, and it responses has more power and strength.
USSOCOM At least I don't want to have an American fire truck in my town. First reason woulld be: it wouldn't be able to reach my house because it's not sufficiently maneuverable
@@EnjoyFirefighting actually it's kind of kinda funny u mention that as I've seen a truck once that couldn't get to a back steet so it sprayed water what looked like 100+ feet to put out the fire in the house
I'm confused why the German traffic is moving out of the way? I was watching NYFD vids and it seems like the goal of the traffic is to block the trucks as long as possible? =D
The first diffirence I saw was not so much on the fire trucks themself but in the behavior of the people nearby. The people on the sidewalk had o be stopped by a guy to make room so they could leave to save people and most cars just didn't care. Here in Germany would that behaviour be completely unthinkable and illegal, we would make room, so the firefighter could do their job.
Awesome, the first German truck is from my town! European trucks are more cleverly designed and more compact to get into the old city streets, but I do admit... American fire trucks look cooler.
After 9/11 in America the town I grew up in Clintonville, WI. We have 3 companies in the area, one called Seagrave built several new fire trucks for Nyfd.
Insgesamt ein gelungener Zusammenschnitt, wenn auch bei den amerikanischen Fahrzeugen nicht so abwechslungsreich. Und natürlich auch eine gute und informative Beschreibung!
The ones in the videos are old styles, Though I think Germany keeps older equipment in service longer, at least in rural areas. look at the trucks at rear of convoy on most of the rural shots.
do you mean the one at 12:40? It's a pod carrier (btw one without a crane). In general: these pod carriers are used to transport a range of various special operations equipment pods to the scene. Those cover tasks which are rarely needed. Thus it wouldn't be cost efficient to purchase and maintain e.g. 10 complete special operation trucks, but rather have two of those Pod Carriers for 10 different equipment pods. This specifc one at 12:40 is in service at the Stralsund CFD and only serves for one special equipment pod "maritime firefighting". It covers a greater area than the Stralsund FD does within the city
EnjoyFirefighting - International Emergency Response Videos Thank you it's a smart idea to do it that way one universal vehicle to do many things. The crane I was asking about was at 12:16 are they used for doing rescues?
Yes it indeed is, especially since some of the special equipment pods cover tasks which are needed only few times a year. Those truck cranes are used for all kinds of heavy rescue / technical support lifting operations which go beyond the capacity limit of the smaller truck mounted cranes or Tower Ladders. Examples are e.g. vehicle rollovers, accidents with trucks being involved, storm damages like fallen trees, damages roofs, collapsed buildings structures, derailed railroad vehicles, sunken boats, ...
EnjoyFirefighting - International Emergency Response Videos A convoy of specialised trucks would be cooler to film than just one pod transport though...
John O Brien dude my company’s brush truck is from 1972 and we haven’t had a problem because we keep it well maintained. The Germans drive hella quick. Probably dangerous I’m America because people have no clue how to drive
2 differences noticed quickly: 1. German fire crews don't feel the need to fly a stupid flag - Less insecure ? 2. German drivers get out of the way, anyway they can safely - Less self-centred ?
@@112Ishaan Don't YOU know the origin and purpose of flags, and the nature of scoundrels who wrap themselves in them, calling themselves 'patriots'? Get yourself education.
Actually in 2016 they were told to remove the flags because of liability issues. And the main reason they had them was to honor the people who died in 9/11
Ich denke, es gibt keinen, der besser ist als der andere. Unabhängig davon spielen beide die Rolle ihrer Funktion. Das ist es was am wichtigsten ist. Das soll bei der Rettung und Bekämpfung von Bränden helfen.
I recognized it a couple of times lately, that Americans write "Mecades", "Mercades" or "Marcades" instead of "Mercedes" ... is there a reason for it? We don't say "Furd" to a Ford either? Well, besides Mercedes-Benz fire apparatus based on a MANV or Iveco chasis are quite popular as well
mostlightbars here have a modular concept. The ones with the most options chosen are usually found at the highway patrol. Apart from the emergency lights on both ends, those often also have the following segments in between: a third blue emergency light, a white floodlight, a red take-down light, 2 message boards (one forward and one backward facing), backward facing amber warning lights and even the siren's loudspeaker. Often the same lightbars with less than half of these modules are used also by e.g. units from the FD or EMS. However by now some departments also choose the rather flat versions with lights throughout the entire lightbar, like this one: th-cam.com/video/QhUubhL9eK8/w-d-xo.html
Good question! I always wondered that, too. Btw, those are known as Squad companies. They are essentially rescue/engine companies. They respond as an engine in their own first due area, and as a special company in a larger area. They are specially trained firefighters, and considered elite units in the FDNY.
At the end of the day if my house is on fire I do not care whether it is a big bulky American fire truck or a Swiss army knife German fire truck with a crane. As long as it gets the job done and save lives that's all that matters.
thinking about it, it doesn't make them very unique if you might find one specific set of sirens on pretty much any kind and size of emergency vehicle of any emergency service ...
I find the designs of the german trucks versus the American ones very fascinating. On some of the german ladder trucks it looks like they use the front of a Mercedes bus for the cab. It is also interesting that they use mobile cranes, and I even seen a bus turned into a fire response vehicle. Understandably though if there are only few fire apparatus I could understand the need for a bus if you are having to travel a long distance and need to bring extra fire crew along. There aren't that many lights on german trucks and most of them don't flash as much as American lights. To sum it all up America and Germany have completely different infrastructures so that means different types of trucks to adapt to that environment.
yes, in fact the chassis of the so-called Mercedes-Benz Econic truck is from the Mercedes-Benz Citaro bus. The cab is designed differently though. Yes, in many large cities and some few towns the fire departments operate truck cranes for heavy rescue and lifting operations which go beyond the capabilities of Tower Ladders. Although some departments also operate a large crew bus, the buses you see here in the video are so-called Large Capacity Ambulance (Bus). Most departments use vans as crew carriers
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It's unbelievable how the cars, bicycles and even pedestrians in NY didn't care about the fire trucks arriving and were still driving/ crossing the road instead of waiting for the trucks to pass!
Standard trashfire big city.
There's not really anywhere for them to get out of the way at because New York was designed like shit.
Welcome to NYC
Like berlin
The point of NYC is the chaos that runs controls and owns the city and everything still runs despite that.
It doesnt matter if USA or Germany, they ALL do a great Job
🇺🇸🇩🇪:) thanks to all Firefighters out there...
You are right they are Our heroes 👍👌👏
You're Right, They Are All Heroes!🚒
@Johnny’s Bricks which van am I supposed to blurr?The medical examiner van? I didn't show any deceased person at all?! Is a ME van parking on the street nearby its office "too much" for you?
Firefighters medics cops and tactical response thank you
and tell me just how do the slogans and and flags help?
9:08 Not sure that helmet will save him if he wears it like that...
He is a delivery guy, which more likely has to 'use' one because is company policy.
😂😂
XD
lol
Helmets don't make a difference. If a driver decides to run you off the road he's going to do you in. Helmets are worthless. Better off dead than spending a life of pain and permanent life debt to the legal and medical industry.
11:07 First time i have heard that on a german vehicle.
Marco E. Its a like a test version
Marco E. The old foreign troops here in the Federal Republic of Germany use sometimes her own home siren as second siren. In Celle City was the Royal Air Force of U.K. troop station in the history - the Emercency Command Car use often both siren - fast free way on street for so a small car! At the NATO troop place in the Lüneburger Heide do you hear the wail in the 70's and 80's too.
But it is shit. I am working in Danmark in the EMS, and we have 3 Siren Types, also the Wail, and its annoying quiet. i do very much miss the Air-Pressure 'Martins-Horn'.
Altair1193 Hmmm ... in Germany all it is a EN norm - so I am sure do you found in the net how many dB(A) our Martin Horn should have in 10, 50 or 100 meter. I wonder me if Denmark not use same - they are in the same EU with same regularies.
Edit:
StVO §55 Abs.2:
[…] „Die Lautstärke darf in 7 m Entfernung […] und in einem Höhenbereich von 500 mm bis 1 500 mm über der Fahrbahn an keiner Stelle 105 dB(A) übersteigen.“ […]
Litterally: The sound should have in 7 m [...] and at a high of 500 mm till 1 500 mm over the street at no place more as 105 dB(A). Maximum 120 dB(A) at 1 m far from the signal horn. I found this over google in a german blog over the siren and light of german EMS. HTH.
OldLordSpeedy / My colleagues and I are questioning that too. but unfortunately there isn't a Martins horn or something similar yet
9:47 That was some badass reverse
If you're doing this every day you know exactly the position you have to stand for turning the steering wheel
@@uhrensohnmentalitaet True, but i'm sure we have all seen people who've driven for 20 years that can't do that in a smart car. Good is good
reversing a Smart is definetly more difficult than reversing a truck ... for real! ^^
Plot twist: The clip was actually in reverse.
Yes it was!!
And he had a lot of street (compared to MANY FDNY houses !)
Don't hit a bump' though ! 😉
"We can do that".. stuck in traffic jam with the flag on. Quite symbolic.
Mindbender05 ur just a sensitive snowflake
suppose to be sarcastic? unfortunately is flat
@The Logical Twit ... interesting statement concerning the circumstance that I experienced also empty streets in NYC ... and tbh I wouldn't dare to call the streets tiny there; I guess we have a completly different impression of what a tiny street is ,,,
@The Logical Twit I experienced some few rush hour traffic jams there as well, but also such situations (this is in Midtown Manhattan):
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Had the same though. Maybe that's the reason for the flags on american fire trucks, to remind people to think of others. You won't find a single flag on cars in Germany (except in times of soccer championship).
Für die Amis haben unsere Karren doch viel zu wenig Beleuchtung.
LusorLeon 721 is so 😂
Zerox ja aber viel Bling Bling fallt auf
is so
Zerox echt so
Das Blaulicht ist besser zuerkennen als das von den Amis.Ich war in Amerika gewesen
I just love how different countries handle emergency services differently. Just shows the adaptability of human society.
I dont care whos fire truck are better...this are brave man and woman
Germany has historic cities. Fat trucks wouldn't fit.
most historic cities have pretty wide streets in many places, there aren't that many downtown areas left with the ancient streets today. It would be an inssue in some towns and cities, but in most of them it wouldn't be much of an issue
Us fire trucks are made for us characteristic an German ones are made for German characteristic of emergency.
A "better" doesn't exist
(sorry for my not perfect English. Speaking English is just a hobby on my :D)
America is better
@@walleywalley587 why?
Sag mal steuern die Amys die Sirene mit ner Kurbel oder was?
soweit ich weiß werden die Sirenen mit einem Fußpedal vom Beifahrer gesteuert (Drauf drücken= lauter, loslassen= leiser), während die Hörner vom Fahrer sowie dem Beifahrer über ein Seil (wie in alten Filmen die Hörner bei LKW's) gesteuert werden.
UselessBanana Ich mein, ich hab das in nem Police-Car mit nem handhebel gesehen, aber das gleiche Prinzip. Ich find das super, so kann man besser auf sich aufmerksam machen.
Das kann gut sein, vor allem weil ein Fahrzeug der Polizei ja wesentlich kleiner und nicht so "schwerfällig" wie ein Feuerwehrfahrzeug ist. Der Fahrer muss da ja öfters auch mal ordentlich am Lenkrad kurbeln und hat deshalb nicht immer beide Hände frei, da ist so ein Pedal im Fußraum (mittlerweile gibt es nämlich schon einige Fahrzeug wo der Fahrer ebensfalls eins hat) schon ganz praktisch ;)
Meines Wissens nach ist das fast schon wie UselessBanana gesagt hat. Die normalen Wail, Yelp Töne werden jedoch trotzdem mit Schaltern betätigt.
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It's not that German trucks are inferior to American trucks or American trucks are inferior to German trucks. They're each made for their own environment. There's lots of tight roads overseas in which American trucks simply couldn't fit in. However there's taller buildings in specifically New York City so it would make sense the FDNY needs bigger trucks. Either way I have nothing but respect for both German fire departments and the FDNY/American fire departments. Me personally I'm a bit more biased towards the FDNY because that's what I want to join.
Thank you, thank you SO MUCH for a comment which isn't based on blind patriotism, biased opinions, prejudices, alternative facts or just idioty
EnjoyFirefighting - International Emergency Response Videos no problem both do everything they can to help people and do a damn good job at it lol
EnjoyFirefighting - International Emergency Response Videos no problem both do everything they can to help people and do a damn good job at it lol
Stephen Anderson agreed
Stephen Anderson if NYFD put blue strobe lights on their trucks then they would probably be more noticeable
All jokes aside - the germans got a freaking bus on their side. 11:13
sure, many departments have them here ^^
@@EnjoyFirefighting I personally have never seen one
@@Birb_of_Judge maybe "many" is a bit over the top, but it's at least a common type of special unit of which you can usually see 1, sometimes even 2 in the large cities here; many buses are designed as Large Capacity Ambulance, some few other buses are designed as Command Post
www.cm-foto.de/details.php?image_id=7653 not only 1 :D
The one seen in the video is from Hannover. Hannover alone has at least three busses. Two of them are used as a large capacity ambulances, the third to move people to further education and to provide shelter for the people whose houses are on fire, as well as for drivers training.
Als ich mir das Video nachts angesehn hab, is meine Freundin beim ersten ami truck aufgewacht und meinte dass die Katze stirbt.
Es ist gerade 00:39😂
Genial
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@@bastikhk7518 nein 2:39
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Gotta say, the blue lights of the german firetrucks are a lot more visible against the red brake lights of other cars.
Indeed. I don't know in Germany but in NYC, blue lights are reserved for NYPD.
@@vesuvio3364 In Germany every rescue vehicle has Blue lights and you have special rights on the road while using them. Also we have orange lights for some other vehicles, but those are just there to get awareness of the vehicle like for example tow trucks or a heavy duty transport via truck
@@vesuvio3364In fact, blue is the only legal color for emergency light in most european country, amber is reserved to warning (and traffic bar), red to traffic lights, rear lights and brake lights and finally, white is reserved to lighting. (Green is only for traffic lights and other colours are prohibed on the road)
@@vesuvio3364They are not reserved for the NYPD. FDNY vehicles have blue lights to the rear, but stupid New York State laws prohibit front facing blue lights
when you need a crane and a bus responded, shit just got real.
Bus is for transferring info. If there is a code 3 fire, mostly a bus would be there, to transfer info to other stations if the fire is spreading to code 4
@@Absolut531kmh Completely wrong. This bus is a "Großraumrettungswagen" (GRTW), meaning bigbigbig ambulance! You see other cars (ELW 2) or trucks (ELW 3) called "Einsatzleitung", meaning local post command.
@@febfeb1958 ELW=Einsatzleitwagen
(fyi)
Is it just me or does it seem like watching this Americans don't seem to care that a fire engine is responding to a call and don't bother to get out of the way...
Duck city drivers don't give a fuck. Doesn't matter what city they don't care. In smaller downs a lot of them don't care or they're just too dumb to get out of the way
When I respond in my personal car to the station (I’m Pennsylvania you are only allowed 2 small bubble lights on your car and no siren. But I run full LED set ups anyway) people move instantly without me even touching the horn. I can easily go 100mph or more on route 248 and that road has a 45 mph speed limit
@Duck
You realize, of course, that this video depicted NYC...and more specifically the island of Manhattan where the population density is 72,033 persons/sq. mi (27,826 persons/sq.km). It is THE most densely populated county in the United States. FOR COMPARISON: As a country, the USA has approximately 92.2 residents per square mile of land area.
To be fair, much of the time, those cars HAD no place to go to get out of the way. But, yeah- we're currently suffering through a plague of clueless self absorbed asshats...
I really don’t see any cars in Germany. NYC is really packed. Are they supposed to go on to the side walks and mow people down?
America: I don’t give a fuck.
Germany: Shit, I have to clear this place, because there is a firetruck!
Kann man nichts gegen sagen, ist einfach so
No, there's literally no space for cars to go anywhere in NYC. When the traffic is insane.. Oh Boy.
imYonzix th-cam.com/video/GmZFJi7hqY8/w-d-xo.html Thats in Germany US Army Firefighter
No, that's just New York City.
lol only in NY drivers don’t care
NY is such a big city which means lots of traffic which means no where to go
11:00 Very unusual to hear that siren from Germany! :)
Estonian Rescue Services there was a considering if we should use the "Yelp" sirene here in Germany, too. but so far it didn't went through.
CathyTheAdmin, Why not?
Estonian Rescue Services good question. the politicians didn't think it'll work...
wail and yelp sirens don't meet the acustic and thus legal requirements to be used on our public roads
It's easy to write standards in such a way to favor the traditional, preferred. method...
Can you imagine how much it must suck to maneuver those huge ladder trucks through NYC's streets WITH traffic? Major props to those guys.
well, to be honest the street layout is more than simple, I guess maneuvering a 100' Tower Ladder through a 1000 to 2000 year old city center
The driver at 9:42 sure seems like he knows what he's doing
First time american siren shows up: (0:09)
Oh. Thats cool.
First time german siren shows up: (10:20)
hm...
[insert reaction to jumpscare here]
that was loud.
Mr. Magnetix how is that loud you can hear that from a Kilometer on a Busy highway so it isn’t loud!
In reality they are even louder
Many of them to this date are pneumatic horns
Aryan R actually yea you can hear them of 1.0 kilometers I think
@@112Ishaan You Mean 10 Football Field Hamburgers? I'm not European
@@chris52209 is it some ametican joke about the fact that we use kilometer instead of miles, well you can go and calculate it
Thumbs up for the engineers that constructed these vehicels to fit into their special circumstances
Especially to the Japanese fire truck manufacturers who engineered those cute little fire trucks for the Tokyo fire department.
0:39 is being insane a qualification for being a New York taxi driver? I know hardly speaking English is.
AndreiTupolev the taxi drivers and residents don't care about the trucks anymore.
I'm sure I'll replay again and again and again
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AndreiTupolev I like
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Ach Gott,jetzt gibt es den ewigen Streit wer die tolleren Fahrzeuge hat....führt doch zu nichts.Die Bedingungen sind doch zwischen USA und Deutschland viel zu unterschiedlich als das man wirklich sagen könnte,dass eine Nation die besseren Fahrzeuge hat.
der dienende Das Video an sich soll ja nur als Vergleich dienen, Grade weil die USA und Deutschland so verschieden sind was das angeht, gut in den Kommentaren gibt es immer solche kriege aber die meisten hier sind eher aufschlussreiche Diskussionen.
der dienende Danken MEINE REDE!!!
Es sind alle gleich gut 😊
Es gibt auch Amerikaner in den Kommentaren das die USA von den deutschen eine Scheiben abschneiden sollen .
Aber was das mit dem Verkehr zu tun hat sind wir besser hust Rettungsgasse hust
Die Amy Autos sind schöner meiner Meinung nach
Germany: modern equipment (expecting the few eastern trucks in the video) but only blue lights on the roof. USA: All trucks look like made in the 50ies, but they all have a christmas tree on the roof - blue, red, white, orange lights, but does not even make them faster. Everybody thinks: AH look the Coca Cola truck is in town! Christmas is comming soon! :-) just joking
well, to be honest I showed both old and new trucks from the western and eastern states ...
Coca Cola truck...
Robert I guess your answer isn't related that much to the previous comment, but anyway:
Well, in the US you have more but smaller stations, while we have less but larger stations. Both come with pros and cons. In my home town (200k inhabitants and 31 sq mi large) only 1 station from the career FD covered the entire city first due. Being able to respond code 3 with an average speed of 40 mph in city traffic they are still able to cover sth like 95% of the city area within a 6 minutes drive
"cause we habe been doing it longer." what exactly have you been doing longer? Rosenbauer apparatus?
Well, 6 minutesis still far below the legal requirements, and keep in mind: within 6 minutes they cover 95%,which emans that they have reached the far outskirts of the city or rather the city limits. Most parts are reached within a 2 to 4 minutes long drive, while the calculated time is set at 8 minutes (+ 1.5 minutes for the emergency call + 3.5 minutes before someone calls the emergency phone number e.g. in case of a fire).
And within these 6 minutes, there's not only one apparatus arriving on scene but a convoy of numerous apparatus arriving at the same time,like in my home town 5 apparatus for a basic, unconfirmed fire alarm. There's no time wasted while waiting for units form other stations to arrive
True, here we have lesslights (ranging from only 1 on unmarked cars to usually 6 on full-size fire trucks) and still we are usuallymoving faster through traffic.
well, we don't really have more calls based on our response tactics. Again referring to my home town, they have an average of only 5 to 6 calls per 24h shift. The station has more than 50 units and, because the old station was in a bad shape and too small, is currently upgraded from 47 to 55 bays. The old parts of the station are demolished and are built up again
Love haw some German vids are really long silent convoys like they're off to some real bad but secret emergency.
Chris Lates German Sirens are very loud
German fire trucks use actual air horns as sirens, thus are very loud compared to federal Q here in america. With the sirens being so loud, its common courtesy to not blast everyone if they're already moved out of the way lol
That because you guys care and follow the rules American don’t give a shit New York forget about it
It's because sirens are really loud. No reason blaring one, if there is no traffic in the way. Ambulances here in Germany do the same thing. If there are no cars blocking the ambulance's path, no siren. The siren is only used when there are cars that need to move out of the way.
I hate that back home in Bulgaria, ambulance drivers blare the siren the moment they leave the hospital (I live very close to a hospital) and I see the idiots every day, blasting their sirens as they go up and down my empty street with no traffic. What's that siren for? You want me to move my house out of the way, or what?!
În Germany we switch the sirens off on our own risk. If we are involved in a traffic accident while we had the siren off, then we are completly responsible for it and drivers aren't forced to move out of the way or stop. In some countrieslike e.g. the Netherlands emergency vehicles have to have their siren on, no matter how few vehicles are there in front of the emergency vehicle
Thank you very much for your explanation of the German firefighting equipment. I did notice in all the TH-cam videos there were many more vehicles in the German task force coming from One Direction then in the US coming from multi directions. Also the explanation of the ladder trucks in Germany solved my problem. They always look so ,excuse the expression, naked. Great video and great explanations.
You're welcome :)
Yes, it's for sure strange in some aspects when you don't know the background, and once you know it, it all makes sense
Bei 2:26 hat die CD wohl eine Macke😂
Andi 123 😂
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die sirene bei denen kann auch ähnlich der push-to-talk-taste bei handys und headsets betätigt werden. also wenn man 2 sekunden nur draufdrückt es auch nur diese 2 sekunden aufheult. speziell in der genannten szene drückt der typ also mehrmals hintereinander drauf.
German trucks are definitely more technical, efficient (and beautiful...). However God bless both US and German fire fighters!
Everything you said is opinion
@chaosXper everything he said is true.
@@chaosXP3RT efficient is definitely true. We have a lot of different vehicles for different purposes.
2 scenarios for example
1: House fire: There will be like a lot of LFs which are specialized for fires and 1 or maybe 2 ladder trucks
because you dont need that much tools in this scenario.
2. Car crash or Truck crash: There will be 1-2 HLFs and definitely 1 or 2 RWs an HLF is an LF but with a so called "Rüstsatz" which can be translated to basic technical rescue set which includes materials to get people cut out of a broken car and we have the RWs which are basically a giant tool box with everything you want. The only thing a RW has not is water, no water storage in vehicle nor a built in pump, they normally have extinguishers though.
And everything we need extra is near around. Everyone is specialized in a certain way, because you dont need all the stuff at the same time all the time
As an example. We are in my City a big Feuerwehr with a few departments in every part and for our 16 Square miles of normal Response area we have only one ladder and if a neighboring department needs a ladder we go there too.
To be fair, the USA clips are all in NYC. Most of the rest of U.S. will definitely move out of the way for them
Yeah no We are a bunch of jackasses in the USA
chris damn right
Nope, the uploader commented sone comments, where he said, that the clips are from everywhere in America
@@DominikSeidel1676 No, all the US clips are in Manhattan in New York City. One of the most crowded urban areas in the US.
@@DominikSeidel1676 No, he said that it's only from NYC, and that the German clips are from all over the country.
11:14 is that an evacuation bus or a space ship XD
it's a FD operated Large Capacity Ambulance
wow is that a Citaro Merc?!
Hä I thought that the vehicle was a space ship which brokes out from Area 51
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Saber ToothGaming
I'm from Germany and I never see a car like this
11:36 lel the ice cream truck xD
German fire trucks = fast BOIS
When it comes to being fast were freakin usain bolt
German trucks have annoying ass sirens sorry
0:11 "its 3am, open window, and you hear two cats taunting eachother"
Hauptsache Fährt, Macht Krach und Kann leuchten ;)
Zudem ist das Auto was man selber fährt eh immer das schönste, bei mir ist es bei min. 17:23
Und kann Leute retten
@@minecoll_yt Das ist nur Nebensache 😂
Löschen wäre nicht schlecht oder
Love the way Engine 54 came barreling out of their quarters! Germans have much more respect for emergency vehicles.
so großkotzig die Ammies meistens auch sind... die Feuerwehr dort bekommt deutlich mehr Anerkennung als wir bei uns
Aber nicht auf der Straße, wenn es ums Platzmachen geht, offensichtlich.
Tobi Fricke ja jeder mag halt riesige Weihnachtsbäume die auf den Straßen rum fahren (auch im Sommer) und nicht vorankommen weil ihr Motor zu schwach für ihr Gewicht ist
das stimmt nicht
Ka, ich mach denen sicherlich nicht Platz, weil ich keine Anerkennung für deren Job habe...
@@LaggerYT1337 bist du bescheuert
German Trucks have much more Equipment an the Siren is much louder.
They are very compact but have allot of Equipment.
Also the Design is very important
no shit! And it's not like that it would be a surprise, since American Aerials are designed for slightly different tasks and due to different aspects ...
true, but irrelevant.
DerAnus Yes Ladders but the other Units like Heavy Rescue Engins not.
and the oscar goes to
Germany and USA 😂😂
DerAnus thank you 😁
Fail Master Germany
DONALD TRUMP nope
American fire trucks look good- Germany Fire Trucks look good
As long as they serve the community well I have equal respect for both. Best of luck to all firefighters who risk their lives everyday to save others.
German ones usually have just a short cab, no tank, no pump, no ground ladders and no heavy rescue tools, verstehe ich nicht... Ein HLF 20 hat schere spreizer, 4teilige Steckleiter, 3 teilige schiebeleiter, und normal 2000 L wasser und ich glaube das 9 Leute mehr sind als 5 in den Amerikanischen.
PS: dass soll nicht so klingen als wenn ich jemanden hier beleidigen will :D
Es ging in dem Punkt um Drehleitern, nicht um die Löschfahrzeuge
EnjoyFirefighting - International Emergency Response Videos achso, hab mir schon gedacht das ich da was fallsch verstanden hab
kein Problem, passiert eben mal
EnjoyFirefighting - International Emergency Response Videos are you english
Turtel mcguire No, actually I'm German
German drivers are much more organized
Good joke
@@stavros1216 you born is a joke
because most of the clips are from nyc where nobody knows how to drive
@@harrier331 So you are assuming, that he is a Nazi for having a German name?
Really uncool
@@harrier331 What he "said" has nothing to do with being a Nazi. Go get an education first, fool.
An amusing little historical perspective: in a lot of smaller towns in Germany, station houses of the local fire fighters built in the 1920s were actually quite large and spacious, with four or six large carports with large doors. One could say that they were quite oversized for the type of vehicles of that time.
These station houses were designed to hold artillery pieces of the Reichswehr and hide them from the prying eyes of Versailles Treaty inspectors, if the Reichswehr was expanded beyond the limits permitted by the treaty. It didn't happen, at least not in the time of the Reichswehr, but one was prepared...
14:14 The cab design on this apparatus is interesting. Is this a new safety measure for fire fighters getting on and off away from traffic?
this cab design exists since 1998 and is widely spread in the communal sector, especially garbage collection and at fire departments. The low entry cab offers several advantages, like getting in or off the cab easier, having a lower overall vehicle height and the bus doors are perfect for tight spots. The driver would usually still get off the truck via the door on this side
The mercedes econic was designed as a binmens truck hence the quick doors, but having four seats in one row has also made it favourable to fire brigades.
17:47 was ist denn das für ne hässliche Karre? ( das grüne? / blaue? direkt an der Ampel vor dem VW )
Das Video an sich finde ich genial :)
Tobias Adrian :D unglaublich hässlich das Teil!
sieht aus wie n fiat multipla haha
das is n microcar :D googlet es mal ^^
EIn Audi a2, ansich finde ich audi gut, aber dieses Model haben sie richtig verkakt
marimo100100 das ist ein Micro car und kein A2. Die beiden kann man sehr gut unterscheiden 😁
I don't mean to offend anyone... I'm here just to discuss technologies.
1. I don't know why American ladder trucks are that huge in terms of overall length, but their ladders are short. Even those gigantic tiller trucks usually have ladders no taller than 150 ft., which is merely 50 m approximately. A ladder of an equivalent reach can be easily fit onto a much shorter European three-axle truck chassis. I've never seen any American ladder trucks having a steerable tag axle, so their turning radius is appalling. They also have huge rear overhang which swings out way too much. Maneuvering on busy urban streets is not a pleasant job.
2. Also, the idea of having a manually steerable trailer doesn't sound like a good idea at all. Technology for an automatic hydraulic counter-steer trailer axle is mature. Having a firefighter do that job is not only challenging, but also dangerous. There're plenty of accidents involving tiller trucks, and excessive speed is often the cause. At least there should be some positive speed control feature, just like on a pusher-type articulated bus.
3. It appears to me that all-wheel-drive engines are a standard for most stations in Germany, but they are extremely rare in the US. Only bush fire units are AWD, and they are only seen in stations in high wild fire hazards areas. Do Germans need more off-road capabilities? Not sure... Judging from how much pickup trucks there are in the US...
4. I've never seen any American rescue trucks with built-on cranes... which seems to be very common everywhere else. Isn't a crane pretty handy in a variety of scenarios?
Even the enormous Tiller Ladders usually are not 150' ones but 105' ones, even shorter than you'd expect them to be. There are just few, and I mean very few, larger Aerials in the range up to 164' max ....
The few European Midmount Ladders had a long verhang as well, but they didn't succeeded in large numbers and aren't common at all
Well, in fact there are truck cranes at quite many German fire departments, both career / paid departments as well as at volunteer departments
The aerial ladders of the FDNY are 100 Ft. The Tower (bucket) ladders are generally 75 Ft with some being 95Ft.
I don't believe that any FD's in the USA have cranes. That function is usually done by private tow services with large wrecker trucks or construction company cranes can be used.
Siyao Luan you know it's Canada and Mexico too, right?
Barb Heinkel Probably. I live in the US and have been to many, many cities, but I've never gone across the borders, so I can't say for sure.
Actually, I don't mean mobile cranes, I mean built-in cranes, like those on utility trucks. There're lots of rescue trucks in Europe, Asia, etc. with a small crane installed at the very back. Very handy in many scenarios, car wrecks, not-too-bad building collapses, etc.
Well comparatively speaking i will say this there is no better people i think then those who serve others in there worst time of need honor them all wherever they may be
it nice to see that some stations still have a original seagrave
It'd also be cool to see you compare fire trucks in American cities vs fire trucks in more rural areas. For example, when I lived in the high desert in Southern California the fire trucks were designed to go off-road and fight wildfires as well as house fires.
it for sure would be interesting, yes!
FUnny side note: in Germany there are hardly differences between apparatus in urban and rural areas, there are hardly any Brush Trucks and apart from some few Unimogs and trucks with extra offroad tires. We usually take the plain normal apparatus offroad as well
0:14 that sounds exactly like a Dying cat
Still better than german sirens
Wdym, it’s a classic eq2b
Anyone else think of Lego upon seeing some of the German rigs?
That's exactly what I think when I see the American tucks, to be hoenst
Well, Denmark does use the same stuff, so Lego has plenty of local design inspiration, I guess.
And now you know why they look like german truck's, because they are
No idea what you're talking about, but the Lego fire brigade (both German and American) can be found here: www.bluebrixx.com/de/bluebrixxspecials/fire_rescue
@@greengregor6843 that's not Lego but some copy cat.
I love you forever FEUERWEHR
FIRE TRUCK
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Feuerwehr this is from Germany
I always found that German fire trucks look "more serious". American fire engines look like show trucks. Don't get me wrong, I do appreciate that the firemen and -women are proud of their engines and keep them clean and well maintained, but I can't help it- the Germans look and sound more serious to me.
All firefighters are heroes the world over.
Ich bedanke mich mich bei euch allen ! Ihr, die ihr euer Leben aufs Spiel setzt um uns zu Helfen!!! Danke euch allen, Feuerwehrleuten, Polizisten, Ärzte, Johanniter, Malteser, Firefigter, Cops, Medicals bei allen die da sind, wenn man auf Hilfe angewiesen ist. Danke, besonders auch einen großen Dank an die Unterstützer und Helfer in der Not vom THW......Danke ihr habt mir und meinen Lieben schon mehr wie einmal den Arsch gerettet! von mir ein Herzliches Dankeschön an alle von euch. Danke sehr...... Martin
nice
Bedeutung voller Wörter
The more I watched this video, the more I was just amazed at how many people actually want to live in a place like NYC and other cities.. What a shit hole of sound, lights, people and just the dirty look... Also there is a huge difference in visibility from USA to other countries the way the trucks are setup....
Agreed. big cities are interesting to visit, but I damn sure wouldn't want to live in one!
As an American I agree. Other than business and college, why live there?
17:57 der hats eilig
Der kommt zu spät zur schule🤣
Warum sollte er dort 50 fahren omg..... Logik
I have no idea how i got here, but the first clip of german fire trucks is shot in Regensburg at the "Hauptfeuerwache Berufsfeuerwehr Regensburg", about 200m away from where i live, like i can literally see it when i look out the window. What a coincidence.
Edit: the shot from 13:20 is also from there, just going the other direction. Same for the shot at 15:20.
Osnabrooklyn 😀
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Schinkel
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Osna
USA:karnevalzug
Deutschland: Feuerwehr
ist aber so
USA: Feuerwachchen
Deutschland: Feuerwache
UND wir denken wenigstens etwas an die Umwelt LOL
123USAmund Aber die Amerikanischen, ja klar DIE schaffen es da hoch? Komisch, immerhin haben in Deutschland so einige Wehren Hubretter mit einer Arbeitshöhe von bis zu 170', der höchste in Deutschland eingesetzte Hubretter erreicht 300' ... was nur schlappe 3 mal so hoch ist, wie jeder Hubretter des FDNY.
Ach ja stimmt, das FDNY HATTE mal Hubretter, die über die 100' bzw 105' hinaus ragten, was waren das doch gleich für Leitern? Ach ja: Magirus Leitern aus Deutschland, die aufgebaut auf einem Mack-Fahrgestell eine Höhe von 144' erreicht haben
Jedoch sehe ich die realistische Chance, dass manch Deutsche DL tatsächlioch auf den Trump Tower hinauf kommen könnte ... z,.B. die auf Multicar aufgebauten DL10, die würden bestimmt in den Aufzug hinein passen
Trump Tower? Da wollen wir ehrlich gesagt auch nicht Hin mit unseren DL
na, versuchst wieder abzulenken? :D
Zeig mir doch mal nen Hubretter des FDNY der auch nur ansatzweise dort hoch kommen würde? Ach ja, die reichen ja nur 100' bzw 105' hoch, tut mir leid
New York people are crazy, especially the taxi drivers, they don’t stop for sirens
Emergency vehicles Including fire apparatus from Germany is better because the technology is advance, it has more equipment, it's the future designs, and it responses has more power and strength.
granturismomh Nah the ‘murican vehicles have more muscle. You are probably right about the technology though...
granturismomh Do you believe your own bs?
USSOCOM At least I don't want to have an American fire truck in my town. First reason woulld be: it wouldn't be able to reach my house because it's not sufficiently maneuverable
@@EnjoyFirefighting actually it's kind of kinda funny u mention that as I've seen a truck once that couldn't get to a back steet so it sprayed water what looked like 100+ feet to put out the fire in the house
NY firetrucks: *gets stuck in traffic*
German firetrucks:
*watery blitzkrieg intensifies*
I'm confused why the German traffic is moving out of the way? I was watching NYFD vids and it seems like the goal of the traffic is to block the trucks as long as possible? =D
FDNY*
Well, German drivers care
celina de most of them. Gibt ja genügend Idioten, die es nicht interessiert.
Well, you were watching videos in Manhattan. I don’t think Germany has any city has dense and congested as Manhattan New York...
therant311 also in Manhattan there are times during day or night where the streets are completly empty ... just like in some German cities ^^
11:01 hat der etwa in Amiland eine Sirene geklaut?
Germán 👍👍👍👍👍👏👏👏👏
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The fact that most German firefighter vehicles are by Mercedes is enough for me to make my decision which ones I prefer.
The first diffirence I saw was not so much on the fire trucks themself but in the behavior of the people nearby. The people on the sidewalk had o be stopped by a guy to make room so they could leave to save people and most cars just didn't care. Here in Germany would that behaviour be completely unthinkable and illegal, we would make room, so the firefighter could do their job.
people: [sees truck coming]
also people: [still crosses road...}
Awesome, the first German truck is from my town! European trucks are more cleverly designed and more compact to get into the old city streets, but I do admit... American fire trucks look cooler.
After 9/11 in America the town I grew up in Clintonville, WI. We have 3 companies in the area, one called Seagrave built several new fire trucks for Nyfd.
@@xyzxyz9310 if yo look carefully into japanese ambulance uts way better then german
They‘re not built to look cool, they‘re built to save people‘s life
The from the Trucks is not Importent!
Insgesamt ein gelungener Zusammenschnitt, wenn auch bei den amerikanischen Fahrzeugen nicht so abwechslungsreich.
Und natürlich auch eine gute und informative Beschreibung!
GREETINGS TO ALL FIREFIGHTERS OF THE WORLD!!
The difference in the amount of street traffic is amazing.
you hardly ever see gridlocked traffic in Germany
American fire trucks are looking so ... old ...
The ones in the videos are old styles, Though I think Germany keeps older equipment in service longer, at least in rural areas. look at the trucks at rear of convoy on most of the rural shots.
is that a bad thing? i personally like the old fire trucks from America in this video instead of the new LED firetrucks.
They have barely changed the Marauder cab in 37 years. Can't believe they still use the same wrap around windows and headlights and same basic design.
Bobman84 oh that is the same design and it is intentional?
and bad
the German apparatus I noticed that it looked like they have a truck with a dumpster and crane. What are they used for?
do you mean the one at 12:40? It's a pod carrier (btw one without a crane).
In general: these pod carriers are used to transport a range of various special operations equipment pods to the scene. Those cover tasks which are rarely needed. Thus it wouldn't be cost efficient to purchase and maintain e.g. 10 complete special operation trucks, but rather have two of those Pod Carriers for 10 different equipment pods.
This specifc one at 12:40 is in service at the Stralsund CFD and only serves for one special equipment pod "maritime firefighting". It covers a greater area than the Stralsund FD does within the city
EnjoyFirefighting - International Emergency Response Videos Thank you it's a smart idea to do it that way one universal vehicle to do many things. The crane I was asking about was at 12:16 are they used for doing rescues?
Yes it indeed is, especially since some of the special equipment pods cover tasks which are needed only few times a year.
Those truck cranes are used for all kinds of heavy rescue / technical support lifting operations which go beyond the capacity limit of the smaller truck mounted cranes or Tower Ladders. Examples are e.g. vehicle rollovers, accidents with trucks being involved, storm damages like fallen trees, damages roofs, collapsed buildings structures, derailed railroad vehicles, sunken boats, ...
EnjoyFirefighting - International Emergency Response Videos Thank you
EnjoyFirefighting - International Emergency Response Videos A convoy of specialised trucks would be cooler to film than just one pod transport though...
Ik I'm 5 years late but I love hearing those PA300s in the FDNY clips, one of my favorite sirens, it's just a classic
As someone who lives in America, I truly love seeing the differences between the different trucks. And the FDNY PA-300 is something of a rarity now.
i think a "vehicle-exchange" between NY and e.g. Hamburg would be interesting. Which vehicle will perform better in the other country? :)
The huge US vehicles would probably get stuck in the narrow streets of some german city centers.
they will our trucks are way to big for it
The Europeans drive the American trucks ten times better .That if the American trucks in the exchange stop breaking down .
John O Brien dude my company’s brush truck is from 1972 and we haven’t had a problem because we keep it well maintained. The Germans drive hella quick. Probably dangerous I’m America because people have no clue how to drive
John O Brien those American trucks are ran and maintained everyday without an issue.
DIfferent ways to do their job.
2 differences noticed quickly:
1. German fire crews don't feel the need to fly a stupid flag - Less insecure ?
2. German drivers get out of the way, anyway they can safely - Less self-centred ?
Don’t u know the meaning of the flag? You’re so dumb
Btw I’m from the border of Germany
@@112Ishaan Don't YOU know the origin and purpose of flags, and the nature of scoundrels who wrap themselves in them, calling themselves 'patriots'? Get yourself education.
Actually in 2016 they were told to remove the flags because of liability issues. And the main reason they had them was to honor the people who died in 9/11
well the German trucks can also fly German flags 12:55 ;)
I never knew that the Shell gas stations were overseas. You learn something new everyday.
Shell is from netherlands
Smartest American right here
Here I go watching more fire truck videos at midnight
Ich denke, es gibt keinen, der besser ist als der andere. Unabhängig davon spielen beide die Rolle ihrer Funktion. Das ist es was am wichtigsten ist. Das soll bei der Rettung und Bekämpfung von Bränden helfen.
Genau
FDNY is not a good representation of US fire trucks.
it's the only one I have
Fluffle Puffle Notice. Im from Germany, I love American Fire trucks!
Check out Texan and Arizona Fire Trucks. Those are some of the most common and Heaviest.
How is it not ? lol its American
Why the hell not
Why do all American fire appliances sound, at times, like they are torturing a cat?
At 11:19 was the bus-like vehicle a command unit?
no, the bus at 11:19 is a Large Capacity Ambulance
In Münster Germany is a bus Witch is a command unit I saw it at an emergency where a bomb was found
@@itsurbrothersmom sorry für die Korrektur aber in dem Fall wäre es which nicht Witch.
Witch bedeutet Hexe
@Not a Panther danke aber weiß ich jetzt auch haha ist ein Jahr her
Wo genau im Video kommt der deutsche Feuerwehr truck aus dem thumbnail vor?
ganz zum Schluss bei ca. 19:35
@@EnjoyFirefighting Ok danke
The Germans has a fuckin' bus in their fire fleet. That's cool!
You are breathing The Bus is for evacuation and for Mass casualty injured.
You are breathing yea my local EMS has a old Thomas bus that is used for mad casualties
This is so cool, it gives me a chance to show my fire truck loving, half German toddler how both operate ❤ Thank you
1:28 wtf?
why wtf? what's the question you want to know concernign 1:28?
@@EnjoyFirefighting He means the bike driver with the dog that is faster than the fire truck
@@yuukiarts welcome to NYC
Holy ambulances! 4:25
Yeah!
FaZe Rain's Cat Wow!
This daring 9 11 I filmed it top
Daumen hoch für die tolle Erklärung der Unterschiede! Wieder was gelernt :)
That rig with the tribute paint in the thumbnail
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Did anyone else realize that almost every fire truck or emergency vehicle is a marcades Benz.
I recognized it a couple of times lately, that Americans write "Mecades", "Mercades" or "Marcades" instead of "Mercedes" ... is there a reason for it? We don't say "Furd" to a Ford either?
Well, besides Mercedes-Benz fire apparatus based on a MANV or Iveco chasis are quite popular as well
Probably because mercedes benz is a Deutsche company
In Holland are the most firetrucks also Mercedes.
Ambulance too.
Danielle Smith awesome! I love euro vehicles
Amerca has a couple kinds of trucks like a SeaGrave or LaFrance
Netherlands Germany use exactly Same sirens
Why do some of the German vehicles have a full lightbar but only some of it flashing? Like at 12:30 only the outer part is rotating.
mostlightbars here have a modular concept. The ones with the most options chosen are usually found at the highway patrol. Apart from the emergency lights on both ends, those often also have the following segments in between: a third blue emergency light, a white floodlight, a red take-down light, 2 message boards (one forward and one backward facing), backward facing amber warning lights and even the siren's loudspeaker. Often the same lightbars with less than half of these modules are used also by e.g. units from the FD or EMS. However by now some departments also choose the rather flat versions with lights throughout the entire lightbar, like this one:
th-cam.com/video/QhUubhL9eK8/w-d-xo.html
Was mich am Martinshorn immer wieder positiv überrascht ist wie leicht man die position des Einsatzfahrzeugs alleine am Geräusch orten kann.
It's interesting to see the difference between the two countries though I must admit the FDNY trucks seem more imposing.
1:25 What is inside the large box on top of some of the engines/trucks?? That truck at my timestamp has 3 boxes or it looks like 3, minimum 2.
Good question! I always wondered that, too. Btw, those are known as Squad companies. They are essentially rescue/engine companies. They respond as an engine in their own first due area, and as a special company in a larger area. They are specially trained firefighters, and considered elite units in the FDNY.
At the end of the day if my house is on fire I do not care whether it is a big bulky American fire truck or a Swiss army knife German fire truck with a crane. As long as it gets the job done and save lives that's all that matters.
4:31 where's the housing/lens for the center rotator?
I feel like each german vehicle combined with a different siren for each vehicle gives them a sense of uniqueness and personality
thinking about it, it doesn't make them very unique if you might find one specific set of sirens on pretty much any kind and size of emergency vehicle of any emergency service ...
@@EnjoyFirefighting 13:35 in this clip, the truck feels like he's a gentle giant. Powerful when he needs it, humble all other times
Actually in germany every firetruck is unique
I find the designs of the german trucks versus the American ones very fascinating. On some of the german ladder trucks it looks like they use the front of a Mercedes bus for the cab. It is also interesting that they use mobile cranes, and I even seen a bus turned into a fire response vehicle. Understandably though if there are only few fire apparatus I could understand the need for a bus if you are having to travel a long distance and need to bring extra fire crew along. There aren't that many lights on german trucks and most of them don't flash as much as American lights. To sum it all up America and Germany have completely different infrastructures so that means different types of trucks to adapt to that environment.
yes, in fact the chassis of the so-called Mercedes-Benz Econic truck is from the Mercedes-Benz Citaro bus. The cab is designed differently though.
Yes, in many large cities and some few towns the fire departments operate truck cranes for heavy rescue and lifting operations which go beyond the capabilities of Tower Ladders. Although some departments also operate a large crew bus, the buses you see here in the video are so-called Large Capacity Ambulance (Bus). Most departments use vans as crew carriers