Where I'm at in NC we can only run lights and it's only courtesy. Can't run red lights, can't pass traffic, can't run a siren. This is way more effective
City of reading fd has a fully paid staff. 5 engines 3 ladders and a rescue truck. Each piece is staffed with 1 firefighter and an apparatus driver. This is Pennsylvania
Moved to new jersey from Pa, Jersey is blue lights only for firefighters with the exception of the Chief and the second in command either Deputy or Asst Chief depending on your department they can run red lights and siren. In Pennsylvania its the same as new jersey. Only difference is in PA the Fire Police Captain and LT can run red lights and siren in jersey its all blue.. New jersey is in the stone age.
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I do not understand why the northern and western states do not allow lights and sirens from first responders who have to travel a little ways to the station or scene. I also do not understand the blue lights. Down hear the Blue lights are for police only. Red lights for fire.
@POV-Response Different States, Different Laws. Different Politics. Up north, some PDs HATE FFs having ANY flashing light (let alone - OMG! a SIREN). Other PDs OK with it!
@@POV-Fire-Response I'm in Saskatchewan, Canada. We use reds and sirens for our Volunteer Firefighters POVS. Rank is irrelevant. Pulling over is legally required. Albert's has green courtesy lights, no siren. British Columbia has absolutely nothing. Manitoba has reds only, but they are still emergency vehicles. Ontario and Quebec are the same as Alberta. Idk about everyone else. That's it, as far as my knowledge goes.
I have a question because im thinking about volunteering. What happend if you miss the truck leaving the station? Can you head to the scene with your vehicle? @POV-Response
Im a volunteer firefighter so ill give you an answer. Different stations have different policies. Best thing to do is take any questions to your local department to be answered. We dont meet at the station. One person goes to get the truck while everyone else responds to the scene.
according to some policies, I think if you miss the truck, you're out of luck then for that particular call when it came in. Sometimes, I think it can also depend on how long it takes for you to get your gear on
@@Fire-dl4dt What sense does that make? Why would you not put more bodies on a rig instead of just going to the scene and clog up the roadway? We're not allowed to leave without at least 4 people on the apparatus. Just doesn't seem to make any sense to not have people on the equipment
@@chaset1383 because it doesn't take but one person to grab the truck. Not only that but if we waited on everyone to get to the station we would be waiting too long.
Ha ha. That was the alert on the cencom gold to let me know the emergency lights were on. Thats when I had a light bar on the truck with traffic adviser functions.
If it takes Volunteers 11 minutes driving Code 3 in personal vehicles to get to the scene, its time the District/Department reevaluate the need of the community for additional stations and the need to staff stations with volunteers 24 hours per day. An Engine arriving on scene with only one or two firefighters is ineffective.
@@POV-Fire-Response are you looking for any addition products for scene lighting? Such as a lightbar that lights up ditches and very far in front of you? I just installed a Nilight 20 inch on my ranch hand bumper and it puts out an insane amount more light than any lightbar (fire/pd) could ever!
Mutual Aid Call. My response was 11 minutes. Yes it was a long ride for me. The other units were on the scene a lot sooner than myself. Also the fire ground consist of a lot more than just putting out the fire. You need to have man power for all kinds of jobs as well as relief to those fighting the fire. This fire was contained to the back side of the house. We did save some belongings to the people who lived there. Are there times when I get to the fire scene the only thing left is a foundation? Sure it does happen. But that is usually from a fire burning a lot longer than reported or there is no immediate water source available.
@@POV-Fire-Response I know the comment sounded like I was bashing the fire department that was not my intent I understand big rural fire departments has company's that their district alone could be 20+ square miles. Also I never play TH-cam firefighter when watching videos I don't know the circumstances the firefighters and the IC encounter when they arrive on scene so it's not for me to say what are they doing
Speed isn't important. Safely arriving is. You're no use to anyone if you get in a wreck trying to be the first one there. All you end up doing is diverting resources from the initial call to come deal with the consequences of your stupidity
@@hosedragger-204 but I would believe in doing both getting their quick but safe that's what I meant but having a car like that doesn't get you from A To B as fast as it needs and to me that is essential for the response 🙂🙂🙂
In the 2 states I run in no laws are broken as my vehicle is considered an emergency response vehicle. As long as due regard is being used. Also no one sat in a vehicle. I don’t know where you got that idea.
Most state laws say volunteer firefighters POV’s are emergency vehicles and can disregard traffic laws while responding as long as intersections are clear and due regard is used
@Tom Schleif Our tanker pumper is the one pulling out with the number 8 on it. It has a 2000 gallon tank.
Where I'm at in NC we can only run lights and it's only courtesy. Can't run red lights, can't pass traffic, can't run a siren. This is way more effective
I just got on in the town I live in here in texas we can run A siren and red and blue lights.
City of reading fd has a fully paid staff. 5 engines 3 ladders and a rescue truck. Each piece is staffed with 1 firefighter and an apparatus driver. This is Pennsylvania
Moved to new jersey from Pa, Jersey is blue lights only for firefighters with the exception of the Chief and the second in command either Deputy or Asst Chief depending on your department they can run red lights and siren. In Pennsylvania its the same as new jersey. Only difference is in PA the Fire Police Captain and LT can run red lights and siren in jersey its all blue.. New jersey is in the stone age.
i love the rear view mirror u should keep that
What is you're rank in the department @POV-Response
What dash cam you got there? Thinking about getting one like that for myself.
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@@POV-Fire-Response Thank you
Boy there's something you'll never see in California!
Nice siren change up
Must be nice to be able to run red lights and sirens. I can only run blue lights. No siren
I do not understand why the northern and western states do not allow lights and sirens from first responders who have to travel a little ways to the station or scene. I also do not understand the blue lights. Down hear the Blue lights are for police only. Red lights for fire.
@@POV-Fire-Response some of us have been trying to get to changed but it never gains traction
@POV-Response Different States, Different Laws.
Different Politics.
Up north, some PDs HATE FFs having ANY flashing light (let alone - OMG! a SIREN).
Other PDs OK with it!
@@POV-Fire-Response I'm in Saskatchewan, Canada. We use reds and sirens for our Volunteer Firefighters POVS. Rank is irrelevant. Pulling over is legally required.
Albert's has green courtesy lights, no siren.
British Columbia has absolutely nothing.
Manitoba has reds only, but they are still emergency vehicles.
Ontario and Quebec are the same as Alberta. Idk about everyone else. That's it, as far as my knowledge goes.
I was wondering why you were pulling out of a residence and not a station
It's a POV response lmao
Are you a Volunteer firefighter for county or city?
I volunteer in Beech Island SC. It is an unincorporated area of Aiken SC. We cover 69 square miles.
@@POV-Fire-Response does your department have specific rules to follow for lights and sirens to be able to run them?
What dash cam did you use for this?
I have a question because im thinking about volunteering. What happend if you miss the truck leaving the station? Can you head to the scene with your vehicle? @POV-Response
Im a volunteer firefighter so ill give you an answer. Different stations have different policies. Best thing to do is take any questions to your local department to be answered. We dont meet at the station. One person goes to get the truck while everyone else responds to the scene.
according to some policies, I think if you miss the truck, you're out of luck then for that particular call when it came in. Sometimes, I think it can also depend on how long it takes for you to get your gear on
@@Fire-dl4dt What sense does that make? Why would you not put more bodies on a rig instead of just going to the scene and clog up the roadway? We're not allowed to leave without at least 4 people on the apparatus. Just doesn't seem to make any sense to not have people on the equipment
@@chaset1383 because it doesn't take but one person to grab the truck. Not only that but if we waited on everyone to get to the station we would be waiting too long.
@@chaset1383 not only that but we dont know who is going till we get on scene.
What a heck is that beep--beep--beep sound. It sounds like a damn heart monitor.
Ha ha. That was the alert on the cencom gold to let me know the emergency lights were on. Thats when I had a light bar on the truck with traffic adviser functions.
If it takes Volunteers 11 minutes driving Code 3 in personal vehicles to get to the scene, its time the District/Department reevaluate the need of the community for additional stations and the need to staff stations with volunteers 24 hours per day.
An Engine arriving on scene with only one or two firefighters is ineffective.
sometimes, it takes longer for volunteers to get their gear on after arriving at the station
It was mutual aid response not their district
its a mutual aid response but ok
What dash cam do u use
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@@POV-Fire-Response do you still currently use that?
@@POV-Fire-Response are you looking for any addition products for scene lighting? Such as a lightbar that lights up ditches and very far in front of you? I just installed a Nilight 20 inch on my ranch hand bumper and it puts out an insane amount more light than any lightbar (fire/pd) could ever!
Beep..........Beep...........Beep..........Beep.....🤣
With a long response like that what's left when they arrive, foundation.
Mutual Aid Call. My response was 11 minutes. Yes it was a long ride for me. The other units were on the scene a lot sooner than myself. Also the fire ground consist of a lot more than just putting out the fire. You need to have man power for all kinds of jobs as well as relief to those fighting the fire. This fire was contained to the back side of the house. We did save some belongings to the people who lived there. Are there times when I get to the fire scene the only thing left is a foundation? Sure it does happen. But that is usually from a fire burning a lot longer than reported or there is no immediate water source available.
@@POV-Fire-Response I know the comment sounded like I was bashing the fire department that was not my intent I understand big rural fire departments has company's that their district alone could be 20+ square miles. Also I never play TH-cam firefighter when watching videos I don't know the circumstances the firefighters and the IC encounter when they arrive on scene so it's not for me to say what are they doing
Jesus. Where was this guy responding from ... Guam?!
brushy? Don't know about Guam but definitely timbuktu!
Hes responding to mutual aid so hes responding to a different district so its gonna take long
I think you need to turbo charge your car as you could of got there first 👍👍👍
Speed isn't important. Safely arriving is. You're no use to anyone if you get in a wreck trying to be the first one there. All you end up doing is diverting resources from the initial call to come deal with the consequences of your stupidity
@@hosedragger-204 but I would believe in doing both getting their quick but safe that's what I meant but having a car like that doesn't get you from A To B as fast as it needs and to me that is essential for the response 🙂🙂🙂
Man you broke all kinds of laws. Running stop signs and red-lights passing on a double yellow line.
Oh, and all that to sit in your car wow!!!!!!!
In the 2 states I run in no laws are broken as my vehicle is considered an emergency response vehicle. As long as due regard is being used. Also no one sat in a vehicle. I don’t know where you got that idea.
Most state laws say volunteer firefighters POV’s are emergency vehicles and can disregard traffic laws while responding as long as intersections are clear and due regard is used
@@MichaelSmith-du1kn bro you literally hear him get out of the car