I must say, this is really fascinating. I wish in Norway where I live those kind of trucks should have been more. I really enjoyed your video and thank you for showing us. I learned a lot of it.
Were lucky we can have rescues of this size. In many countries because of space and roads Rescue 23? wouldn't be able to fit thru to get to the scene. God bless USA!
I'm watching this video, oh yeah it's a heavy rescue. 42 feet long, mmmm, that's a big rig. "Come look inside at the Command Center," and proceeds to enter back cab. "Seats five and through here is the Command Center." Wait! What? Is that inside of the truck??? Have they conquered a space /time rip or something? ?? HTF? Damn! What a Rescue Unit!
@@HeroesNextDoor I’ve subscribed when I saw your videos I subscribed straight away. These days I don’t watch TV it’s either TH-cam or Netflix. I must say TH-cam Chanel’s I getting better all the time.
I absolutely love this channel! I do a fire cadet program in Florida with a county department when I go on holiday there, unfortunately the fire marshal isn’t too well and i can’t fly so I’m watching your videos to keep up!
642 *FOR ANYONE UNSURE.....* 72 tons is 144,000 lbs, that's each bag, 288,000 lbs combined, ONE WORD....WOW!!!!!!* Another awesome vid, thx & stay safe all.
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Definitely! We are booked out through May, but we are working our way outside of PA. We are working on making a trip to New York in the upcoming months!
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I thought he was joking when he said it was a walk-inside. I had no idea they could fit all of that stuff on the outside and still fit a walk-in. I'm sure that truck is twice as capable than most companies.
My country bought some new rescue vehicles with cabins large enough to allow rescuers to suit up inside when the vehicle is on the way to the accident scene, reducing the response time. It has a projector too that the commander can use to brief rescuers on the rescue operation
Also great to know that even though it's not a fire truck it does carry a number of different fire extinguishers just incase. E.g they were the first to turn up at an RTA and a fire started, they could commence a small attack until fire truck arrive 🙏🏽
Wow that's a fairly new rescue, a Nice one too, my local Fire Department has a 1999 E-One Rescue it use to to have a command center inside but sadly it was taken out.
*Im sure i cant be alone with thinking this* but It would be cool to do a walk around of the apparatus your showing us while having all the lights on, emergency & scene lights around the veh......just an idea, THX.
Greetings from Japan. I am a firefighter of Tokyo Metropolitan Fire Department. I just shared this video with my colleagues and we unanimously agreed this HRV is now the wet dream of our entire station. Our HRVs (which we refer as Hyper Rescue Vehicle) have similar equipments but not as comprehensive as the one in the video. We’ll need two different types of HRV to match the equipments equipped in this one. However, we do have more equipments and supplies that are specifically for earthquake search&rescue and hazardous materials situation. It’s fascinating to observe the difference between HRVs in the US and Japan! Wondering does all HRV in fire departments of United States are similar to this? Or this is just happen to be the few outstanding ones? Excellent video! Stay safe.
Thanks for watching! Yeah this rescue is definitely one of the nicest ones we have seen. Most rescues have most of the same equipment, but they might only have two or three hurst tools. This truck is so well equipped because of the area and hazards they deal with
@@HeroesNextDoor I do not have a personal contact with anybody at the station but they do have their own contact form on their stations website. circlevillevfd.org/contact.html You can also checkout the main page itself. You can check out their apparatus and they have a picture on the top of the main page. circlevillevfd.org/
They are very fiscally responsible, they have 2 rental properties that are part of their fire station which is why they have some really nice equipment
Be good for you to when covid is gone as much as possible to arrange to come to the south australian metropolitan fire service station in the city which is huge to do a video on some their sweet rigs.(some things are stored near another station tho) We got atleast 3(but i think 4 now) hooklift units which have multi use so they can do Pumping Road crash rescue (RCR) Fire fighting Water rescue(WTRRES) Building rescue (BLDRES) Command center Ocean rescue Hazmat And much much more We then have ladder trucks pumper trucks hazmat units etc the hooklift is just more of a variety to make it easier if they need more help for a set aera. We then got state emergency and country fire which are different yet again.
We are working on doing some more soon! We did a ladder over at West Whiteland if you have not seen that yet! Here is the link to it th-cam.com/video/wPmqLEvcEpk/w-d-xo.html
@@HeroesNextDoor I’ve never seen that much extrication equipment on a rescue before, so that would make sense. I live in NW Washington State and most departments here have their ladders serve as the heavy rescue.
Some companies around here do that too. The area that Alert Fire Company covers us a lot of different hazards so they need a large variety of equipment
Do you know what crew mans this rig? Weather it be the engine crew or ladder crew. Or what ever truck is not really needed that crew would get this truck.
This is a volunteer station, we run what ever truck or trucks are needed for the call. So the crew depends entirely on who is responding to the station
This was built in 2006 when electric tools were not as good. If you check out the Alert Station Cribs episode we did they just purchased some electric Hurst tools to add to their trucks, they just haven't put them on yet.
do you have fire fighting gears/ fire fighting equipments or medical equipmets supplies? I hope you can donate to us! Im a fire volunteer in philipines
There is a wire connected to the front for power and the hose on the back is for exhaust. Is there a hose somewhere too? Can you give us the time stamp?
weird...our HRV's in Germany cost like...half as much unless they are for a specialized Department, the stuff that's on this particular one is pretty similar to what we have on ours...I know everything costs like 3 times as much in the USA, but it would be very hard vor a VFD or combination Department to get permission to purchase a 1 million dollar rig lol
Might also be because this vehicle is supposed to handle all kinds of rescue e.g. water, trench, hydraulic cutters while other countries might instead have different vehicles for different kinds of rescue
Hierzu muss man allerdings auch erwähnen, dass die Einsatzbelastung im Gegensatz zu einer FFW in Deutschland sehr hoch ist. Das Einsatzgebiet ist recht klein und hat "nur" ca. 5.000 Einwohner. Dennoch liegt die Einsatzzahl bei ca. 450-500 Einsätzen im Jahr. Die Einsatzbelastung der zweiten Feuerwache ist sogar im Schnitt etwas höher (ohne Medizinische Einsätze, da diese auch RTWs beheimaten). Ebenfalls sollte man im Hinterkopf behalten, dass wie im Video erwähnt, ein recht großer Steinbruch, eine Eisenbahnstrecke und ein "Autobahnabschnitt" teil des Einsatzgebietes ist.
Actually, pretty much is everything is cheaper in the United States and you get much more for your money. You can't compare the 3rd world rigs in Germany to this.
How can this rescue truck have a walk in from where those 5 seats were when yiu just walked all around showed us the compartments because yiu said you can pull the draws from on side to the next weird .
@@HeroesNextDoor Randolph Manooth said when Fire Departments started going to the bigger box rescue units that were also Ambulances, paramedics did not like it. They would tell him at conventions they would pull up and people thought it was an ambulance and wanted to know where the paramedics were. The public was also expecting to see Squad 51 pull up.
Can someone tell me if they would seriously use every single thing on that truck? Aren't most firemen doing basic things like car rescues and health emergencies? This seems like overkill but I'm not an expert so I don't know.
It’s overkill until you need it. The heavy lift airbags were purchased because they got in a situation where they needed them and didn’t have them. They respond to a lot of calls and having all that equipment make it easier and quicker to perform rescues.
For sure, but they have an engine and ladder and the neighboring stations have a lot more engines. This rescue has a lot of specialty equipment that a lot of other stations don’t have.
What is with the 8 man cab and three separate extrication reels, for a volunteer department that is responding with one or two per apparatus? All the gadgets are great, but manpower puts out fires and conducts rescues, not gadgets
They have a lot more than 2 volunteers show up. Also they are not an engine company, Downingtown is split into two separate Fire companies so they respond to rescues.
@@HeroesNextDoor I understand that; but since they are probably responding with one or two on the apparatus, with the remainder of personnel arriving on scene piecemeal, by private or individual vehicles, the 8 &10 man cabs are not necessary. That piecemeal arrival also obviates the need for multiple reels to conduct simultaneous operation. Both in theory, and in practice, operations become sequential, not simultaneous. That is problematic in an all volunteer agency, where fire and rescue response are time sensitive. Unless they are waiting to assemble at the firehouse before responding on the apparatus en masse, (which I pray they are not for the public's sake) arrivals will be staggered, and consequently operations become sequential, not simultaneous. I never suggested that they were an "engine company," it is obvious that the apparatus is a heavy rescue.
Check out this BRAND NEW $380,000 Engine from New Whiteland Fire Department in Indiana!
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Funny state of the art tricks equipment etc but every rescue show you see thry all say the pay sucks.
Ok
With the amount of tools and equipment on that truck, I was not expecting to see that large of a walk in area. This rescue rivals Rescue 1, FDNY.
Wow, that’s a lot of rescue equipment.
Absolute fantastic heavy rescue unit. Best ive seen so far to be honest. Can literally respond to more or less every type of rescue emergency.
Glad you like it!
Wow, this thing can run fires, car crashes, ice rescues, water rescues, EVEN TRAIN DERAILMENTS. This is the ultimate rescue co.
My 5th son is in the Airforce and is a Firefighter. He would love this.
I love it!!! There’s a lot of stuff in there, probably one of my favorite rescue’s I ever seen!
Yeah they have everything you could possibly need!
That is truly an awesome apparatus! Every county in the United States should have at least one like it.
I must say, this is really fascinating. I wish in Norway where I live those kind of trucks should have been more. I really enjoyed your video and thank you for showing us. I learned a lot of it.
Glad to hear it! Thanks for watching!
Gotta love the heavy rescue. Good video! It’s super cool to see a combo rescue. I’ve never seen one like this!
Yeah it's pretty awesome! Thanks for watching!
Gorgeous looking rescue. Clean and organized, love to see it.
Glad you like it!
I really appreciate the work you put into explaining the details of rigs. Can't wait to see more heavy rescues. Thank you !!!
Thanks we try. We are working on a concept to bring you even closer too.
Were lucky we can have rescues of this size. In many countries because of space and roads Rescue 23? wouldn't be able to fit thru to get to the scene. God bless USA!
I'm watching this video, oh yeah it's a heavy rescue. 42 feet long, mmmm, that's a big rig. "Come look inside at the Command Center," and proceeds to enter back cab. "Seats five and through here is the Command Center."
Wait! What? Is that inside of the truck??? Have they conquered a space /time rip or something? ?? HTF?
Damn! What a Rescue Unit!
Haha yeah it’s pretty nuts!
That is an impressive setup thanks for sharing.
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@@HeroesNextDoor I’ve subscribed when I saw your videos I subscribed straight away. These days I don’t watch TV it’s either TH-cam or Netflix. I must say TH-cam Chanel’s I getting better all the time.
A very impressive truck! Packed full of everything a ff needs
I absolutely love this channel! I do a fire cadet program in Florida with a county department when I go on holiday there, unfortunately the fire marshal isn’t too well and i can’t fly so I’m watching your videos to keep up!
Thanks for watching! Hopefully your fire marshal gets better. Thanks for helping us grow though!
@@HeroesNextDoor no worries!
Happy New Year
Same to you!
Happy new year!!
642 *FOR ANYONE UNSURE.....* 72 tons is 144,000 lbs, that's each bag, 288,000 lbs combined, ONE WORD....WOW!!!!!!* Another awesome vid, thx & stay safe all.
Rescues are, of course, the best apparatus in the fleet. :)
Hey Guys, i‘m a german Fire Fighter an this Truck 😳 has incredible many functions.
You do a great Job💪🏻
Thanks for watching!
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What a beast. Very impressive for us in Germany.
This truck is awwwwwsome if my mom and dad dept had this I would be shocked
Who ever spec that truck years ago nailed it , perfect in 2021 that rig with all tools is 2million
Absolutely! It's crazy that it's a 2006, it has equipment on it that most 2020 rescues don't have!
Great vehicle, thank you for the video..
Continue 👌👍
Thanks for watching and helping us grow!
such a beauty of a truck
that was awesome. Well set up
It sure is. Ready for anything
Nice still exited to see a video on Carmen fire department
Definitely! We are booked out through May, but we are working our way outside of PA. We are working on making a trip to New York in the upcoming months!
@@HeroesNextDoor awesome I am so excited to see a video on my district
SUPER RESCUE!!
Great presentations you do here on this channel! I subscribed tonight. Thank you!
Thanks for subscribing and watching!
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Loved it.
Happy new year’s to everyone ❤️❤️🎊🎊
I thought he was joking when he said it was a walk-inside. I had no idea they could fit all of that stuff on the outside and still fit a walk-in. I'm sure that truck is twice as capable than most companies.
Yeah haha it’s definitely a loaded rig!
My country bought some new rescue vehicles with cabins large enough to allow rescuers to suit up inside when the vehicle is on the way to the accident scene, reducing the response time. It has a projector too that the commander can use to brief rescuers on the rescue operation
That's a beautiful rescue truck
Would love it if my dept would get something like that!!!
Great job as always!
Thanks for watching!
Love ❤️ the vids you make and those rigs you mentioned. 👍🏻👍🏻
Thanks for watching and helping us grow!
@@HeroesNextDoor np bro and thx.
Great as always! Also Happy New Year!
Thanks! Happy new year to you too!
Tool time Tim ... Just needs a beer keg and some lawn chairs ,,, God bless
Come to LaGrange Fire Department in Indiana! We'd love for you to check out our station and rigs! 😁
How far are you from Greenwood, Indiana? We are heading out there in February. Shoot us an email at watchheroesnextdoor@gmail.com
That is so amazing
notice the receiver hitches also -guessing the winch fits them -wonder if they have a clover leaf tie down that fits it ?
Also great to know that even though it's not a fire truck it does carry a number of different fire extinguishers just incase. E.g they were the first to turn up at an RTA and a fire started, they could commence a small attack until fire truck arrive 🙏🏽
Yeah this truck is ready for everything!
@@HeroesNextDoor 🙏🏽 amen brother
We have two stations in our department. We respond with the rescue truck and the other station responds with the EMS and an Engine to all accidents.
Wow that's a fairly new rescue, a Nice one too, my local Fire Department has a 1999 E-One Rescue it use to to have a command center inside but sadly it was taken out.
What did they replace it with?
@@HeroesNextDoor the command center was in the cab so they replaced it with extra seating
@@HeroesNextDoor My Local fire department is South Metro in Colorado
No way! We watch their videos all the time!
@@HeroesNextDoor Nice!
two questions can you do a video on the Oshkosh Strikers, or do you already have one? and is there a video on the HAZMAT trucks?
He should have started with the automatic roll up doors. D-town always building fireman friendly trucks!
The roll up doors were not working right so they took the motors out and made them push up
He's talking like he's on a episode of MTV Pimp my ride. Gangsta
Hahaha we’re trying to bring that same feel with these tours
@@HeroesNextDoor Keep it up! Love it
*Im sure i cant be alone with thinking this* but It would be cool to do a walk around of the apparatus your showing us while having all the lights on, emergency & scene lights around the veh......just an idea, THX.
That’s a good idea! We will have to try that next time
Greetings from Japan. I am a firefighter of Tokyo Metropolitan Fire Department. I just shared this video with my colleagues and we unanimously agreed this HRV is now the wet dream of our entire station. Our HRVs (which we refer as Hyper Rescue Vehicle) have similar equipments but not as comprehensive as the one in the video. We’ll need two different types of HRV to match the equipments equipped in this one. However, we do have more equipments and supplies that are specifically for earthquake search&rescue and hazardous materials situation. It’s fascinating to observe the difference between HRVs in the US and Japan! Wondering does all HRV in fire departments of United States are similar to this? Or this is just happen to be the few outstanding ones? Excellent video! Stay safe.
Thanks for watching! Yeah this rescue is definitely one of the nicest ones we have seen. Most rescues have most of the same equipment, but they might only have two or three hurst tools. This truck is so well equipped because of the area and hazards they deal with
It would be cool to see you guys go to Circleville Volunteer Fire Department Station 8 in North Huntingdon PA. It’s a 5 door station!
That sounds cool, do you have a contact for someone there?
@@HeroesNextDoor I do not have a personal contact with anybody at the station but they do have their own contact form on their stations website. circlevillevfd.org/contact.html
You can also checkout the main page itself. You can check out their apparatus and they have a picture on the top of the main page.
circlevillevfd.org/
Awesome thanks!
@@HeroesNextDoor No problem!
Very cool
thanks!
What a budget they must have!
They are very fiscally responsible, they have 2 rental properties that are part of their fire station which is why they have some really nice equipment
@@HeroesNextDoor good! If well run, a non-municipal funded FD can be well equipped!
Hi mate nice trucks any new trucks coming in happy new year from Dublin
Thanks! Happy new year! More truck videos are coming soon!
@@HeroesNextDoor thx cant wait I'm a new sub
What paramedic rank you
I'd like to find a die cast model of a truck like that, add it to my die cast model collection
Personally I don't like how it's a yellow tho I can understand it helps to see it, not sure if there's another reason
Ayyy nice vid
Thanks for watching!
Just stumbled on your vid. That's quite a big machine! Just curious, what is the max weight of that unit?
That’s a good question, I’m not sure. It’s definitely heavy!
When can you you do the old truck
Hopefully soon, it depends when we have another opening in our schedule
We took out Minquas's EMS ATV for a rescue training!
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Why does the rescue have windows on that "hump" in the roof?
Just to let light in so it’s not super dark in the cab
Record a tour of the ladder truck at this station
We could get that to happen
Be good for you to when covid is gone as much as possible to arrange to come to the south australian metropolitan fire service station in the city which is huge to do a video on some their sweet rigs.(some things are stored near another station tho)
We got atleast 3(but i think 4 now) hooklift units which have multi use so they can do
Pumping
Road crash rescue (RCR)
Fire fighting
Water rescue(WTRRES)
Building rescue (BLDRES)
Command center
Ocean rescue
Hazmat
And much much more
We then have ladder trucks pumper trucks hazmat units etc the hooklift is just more of a variety to make it easier if they need more help for a set aera.
We then got state emergency and country fire which are different yet again.
That sounds awesome! We would love to come out to Australia and see some of your stations!
How often dose that truck leave Quarters
fairly often because of the specialty equipment they have
@@HeroesNextDoor the rescue truck by me probably goes out weekly because it responds to the CO and Gas calls
At first I was like 1 million in 2006 hmm that doesnt sound right no way then realizes how many jaws they have on the truck that explains it
Hahaha yeah, the truck won a lot of Fire shows too
@@HeroesNextDoor it definatly deserves it
That is the total cost, 700K + 300K for all the equipment.
Do a tower truck next
We are working on doing some more soon! We did a ladder over at West Whiteland if you have not seen that yet! Here is the link to it th-cam.com/video/wPmqLEvcEpk/w-d-xo.html
Does their ladder truck carry any extrication equipment, or does only the rescue rig actually have tools?
The Ladder has some too I think, but the rescue has a lot more equipment
@@HeroesNextDoor I’ve never seen that much extrication equipment on a rescue before, so that would make sense. I live in NW Washington State and most departments here have their ladders serve as the heavy rescue.
Some companies around here do that too. The area that Alert Fire Company covers us a lot of different hazards so they need a large variety of equipment
Do you know what crew mans this rig? Weather it be the engine crew or ladder crew. Or what ever truck is not really needed that crew would get this truck.
This is a volunteer station, we run what ever truck or trucks are needed for the call. So the crew depends entirely on who is responding to the station
Allright thanks for telling me, my parents are volunteer firefighters aswell so I get how it kinda works
Surprised you guys don’t have the battery operated extraction tools.
This was built in 2006 when electric tools were not as good. If you check out the Alert Station Cribs episode we did they just purchased some electric Hurst tools to add to their trucks, they just haven't put them on yet.
its like a home depot truck
Hahaha great comparison
do you have fire fighting gears/ fire fighting equipments or medical equipmets supplies? I hope you can donate to us! Im a fire volunteer in philipines
can we see the ladder??
Yes, we are going to have to go back there soon to film the ladder and the old Mack Fire Truck they have!
Why is there a hose connect to the fire truck
There is a wire connected to the front for power and the hose on the back is for exhaust. Is there a hose somewhere too? Can you give us the time stamp?
i have a question,what's "ground ladder ? i don't know how to translate it
A ground Ladder is a folding ladder or sliding ladder that touches the ground 🪜
@@HeroesNextDoor OK。thank
No space spared.
Are they als or bls
Neither, they don’t run any ems calls
weird...our HRV's in Germany cost like...half as much unless they are for a specialized Department, the stuff that's on this particular one is pretty similar to what we have on ours...I know everything costs like 3 times as much in the USA, but it would be very hard vor a VFD or combination Department to get permission to purchase a 1 million dollar rig lol
Yeah, the reason Alert Fire Company was able to purchase this rig is because of how fiscally responsible they have been over the years.
Might also be because this vehicle is supposed to handle all kinds of rescue e.g. water, trench, hydraulic cutters while other countries might instead have different vehicles for different kinds of rescue
I’ve seen German heavy rescues, they don’t have 50% of this equipment.
Hierzu muss man allerdings auch erwähnen, dass die Einsatzbelastung im Gegensatz zu einer FFW in Deutschland sehr hoch ist. Das Einsatzgebiet ist recht klein und hat "nur" ca. 5.000 Einwohner. Dennoch liegt die Einsatzzahl bei ca. 450-500 Einsätzen im Jahr. Die Einsatzbelastung der zweiten Feuerwache ist sogar im Schnitt etwas höher (ohne Medizinische Einsätze, da diese auch RTWs beheimaten). Ebenfalls sollte man im Hinterkopf behalten, dass wie im Video erwähnt, ein recht großer Steinbruch, eine Eisenbahnstrecke und ein "Autobahnabschnitt" teil des Einsatzgebietes ist.
Actually, pretty much is everything is cheaper in the United States and you get much more for your money. You can't compare the 3rd world rigs in Germany to this.
Tower ladder
How can this rescue truck have a walk in from where those 5 seats were when yiu just walked all around showed us the compartments because yiu said you can pull the draws from on side to the next weird .
Not all of the drawers are complete pull through, only some of the back ones. The command station does not go all the way to the back of the rescue
What type of engine powers all of that?
I think a Cummins or a CAT, I’m not 100% sure
@@HeroesNextDoor That is a long way from Squad 51.
Haha true that!
@@HeroesNextDoor Randolph Manooth said when Fire Departments started going to the bigger box rescue units that were also Ambulances, paramedics did not like it. They would tell him at conventions they would pull up and people thought it was an ambulance and wanted to know where the paramedics were. The public was also expecting to see Squad 51 pull up.
Yeah, that’s interesting. Around here at least people are pretty use to the massive rescues because all the stations around here have big rescues.
Need handrails,very dangerous if icy or wet! Get rid of that banana yellow!
Why do I see condoms on the roof of the apparatus bay at 4:46?
Bird Shit
Can someone tell me if they would seriously use every single thing on that truck? Aren't most firemen doing basic things like car rescues and health emergencies? This seems like overkill but I'm not an expert so I don't know.
It’s overkill until you need it. The heavy lift airbags were purchased because they got in a situation where they needed them and didn’t have them. They respond to a lot of calls and having all that equipment make it easier and quicker to perform rescues.
@@HeroesNextDoor I see. Thanks for the info!
Nice truck n all but the could save a hella lot money and probably dual purpose the truck
For sure, but they have an engine and ladder and the neighboring stations have a lot more engines. This rescue has a lot of specialty equipment that a lot of other stations don’t have.
If they dont want that truck I would take it off their hands, nothing like that here in asia
heroes don't drive yellow fire trucks,...how sad...
Air “Cylinders”. Not bottles.
Yeah I’ve been told 🤣
Bottles are for water, tanks have tracks, cylinders are for air 😉
Wtf now that’s a shit ton of rescue equipment just to get canceled am I right??
Yeah, but it’s definitely used a lot since they have so much equipment and specialty equipment
Gotta say, not 100% on having to walk around on top like that. Especially when having to lean forward to close the cabinets. Add in icy weather...
What is with the 8 man cab and three separate extrication reels, for a volunteer department that is responding with one or two per apparatus? All the gadgets are great, but manpower puts out fires and conducts rescues, not gadgets
They have a lot more than 2 volunteers show up. Also they are not an engine company, Downingtown is split into two separate Fire companies so they respond to rescues.
@@HeroesNextDoor I understand that; but since they are probably responding with one or two on the apparatus, with the remainder of personnel arriving on scene piecemeal, by private or individual vehicles, the 8 &10 man cabs are not necessary.
That piecemeal arrival also obviates the need for multiple reels to conduct simultaneous operation. Both in theory, and in practice, operations become sequential, not simultaneous. That is problematic in an all volunteer agency, where fire and rescue response are time sensitive. Unless they are waiting to assemble at the firehouse before responding on the apparatus en masse, (which I pray they are not for the public's sake) arrivals will be staggered, and consequently operations become sequential, not simultaneous.
I never suggested that they were an "engine company," it is obvious that the apparatus is a heavy rescue.
@@DowntownDeuce2 we respond to station to staff the trucks and get them out,
@@Willg95 I am sorry to hear that. Hopefully you guys receive public support, manpower, and funding to staff your equipment soon.
@@DowntownDeuce2 as it was mentioned alert is all volunteer. But we usually get good turnout for calls. We've had it standing room only on that truck
Funny state of the art tricks equipment etc but every rescue show you see thry all say the pay sucks.
Haha well they are an all volunteer station so yeah the pay sucks haha