What's It Like Being a Firefighter? | Inside The London Fire Brigade

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    Following the London Fire Brigade and its every day heroes as they respond to a whole range of emergencies.
    In this third episode, 54-year-old Crew Manager Aldo is about to retire. He’s handing over the baton to graduate Joe - a 25-year-old rookie who is learning the ropes and living out his childhood dream of becoming a firefighter. After completing training, Joe is put to the test when he has go into a burning house and fight his first fire. It’s a challenging fire in an attic room with difficult access and the potential to create a lethal backdraft.
    In Brixton fire station, firefighter Josie is called to a fire in a top floor flat which is filling with smoke. Unable to see anything inside, she needs to use a specialist thermal camera to locate the flames.
    Despite all their best efforts, the London Fire Brigade can’t always reach every fire in time...
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  • @spilledmaxdog9567
    @spilledmaxdog9567 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    I’m a firefighter in the US, it’s always interesting to see how other departments do things! Be safe 👌🏻

    • @fabischiwoppek3827
      @fabischiwoppek3827 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      As a German firefighter I totally agree with you, there are always new things to learn and seeing how other departments/countries handle same scenarios in different ways. Stay safe 💪👨‍🚒

  • @looneytune6955
    @looneytune6955 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    God bless these lads and lasses. The situations these people put themselves in for our safety is to be admired.

    • @joeandrews7329
      @joeandrews7329 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Fire engines are red, and their pincers are hydraulically powered by generators. From Joe. X

  • @Naturelady-rf5zx
    @Naturelady-rf5zx ปีที่แล้ว +23

    whenever I see a fire engine I say a little prayer to Brigid Goddess of fire to keep them safe.

    • @joeandrews7329
      @joeandrews7329 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Red machines. From Joe. X

  • @jackharrison6771
    @jackharrison6771 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    Our Fire & Rescue crews are brilliant; I've never known a bad one. I think there should be a mandatory prison for anyone attacking them on shouts and hoax calls. And time wasters should be billed - Isn't their job dangerous enough?

    • @barryking7384
      @barryking7384 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      fair play to them ⭐️🤲🏾

    • @davidhoins4588
      @davidhoins4588 ปีที่แล้ว

      Grenfell showed nothing but lack of proper communication,lack of proper fire fighting equipment, racism, violence and hate towards female fire fighters, time to forget the pr videos, tear it down,start over with properly trained fully equipped fire fighters and stop the London pr stunt that's nothing more than a pathic British flag waving nonsense

    • @danielelise7348
      @danielelise7348 ปีที่แล้ว

      How many do you know?🤔

    • @jackharrison6771
      @jackharrison6771 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@danielelise7348 Quite a few, over 40yrs or so.

    • @888ssss
      @888ssss ปีที่แล้ว +1

      they discriminate against men, making them work an extra ten years more than a female for retirement ?

  • @elizaann1888
    @elizaann1888 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    How lucky are we to have these brave souls. x Great video, very enlightening.

    • @joeandrews7329
      @joeandrews7329 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

      BA's are important for them. From Joe. X

  • @siy8230
    @siy8230 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I wanted a fireman's pole from my bedroom down to the lounge when I was a kid 😂

    • @joeandrews7329
      @joeandrews7329 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      No chance!. From Joe. X

    • @siy8230
      @siy8230 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

      ​@joeandrews7329 that's what my folks said 😢😂😂😂

  • @grandmasashes0
    @grandmasashes0 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Big love to the Fire Brigade. Brave souls. I hope someone is watching over you keeping you all safe❤️ Probably the most life threatening out of all the emergency responses…
    Nice to see an insight into the fire brigade for a change.

    • @joeandrews7329
      @joeandrews7329 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

      The 999 call sends them out. From Joe. X

  • @trob0914
    @trob0914 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Interesting to see the standard procedures of the LFB. I’m kind of shocked at seeing non SCBA firefighters and officers so close or inside a structure fire,also I didn’t notice any packed up firefighters wearing hoods. The procedures are definitely different than U.S. SOPs that I’m use to seeing. God speed and Stay Safe, LFB!!

    • @timk.2381
      @timk.2381 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Then look at some fire departments in the us. They also use no SCBA during overhaul. like New York, Detroit, etc.

  • @FullyEpic
    @FullyEpic ปีที่แล้ว +17

    keep it up love these videos.

    • @joeandrews7329
      @joeandrews7329 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Not forgetting the 999 episodes from series 10 in 1998 about the west midlands fire school uploaded by DoctorVision. From Joe. X

  • @christurner1427
    @christurner1427 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    That was just what it was like, did this for 27 years and most days were good, not predictable that's the best aspect of this job. And the pension is great, retire at 52 and you are still healthy enough to have a good life. I am glade to see they have some good kit at last. Best wishes for all of the boys and girls now serving. Keep it moist.

    • @joeandrews7329
      @joeandrews7329 19 วันที่ผ่านมา

      The robot wars machine Tornado was like a fire engine in the extreme warriors series 2 USA/UK international championships episode. By hearing the 999 call, getting round the traffic and to the emergency by winning the trophy!. He was in it's series 5 module before remodelling for series 6. From Joe. X

  • @dtb4394
    @dtb4394 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    18:43 A wrong move, even after arriving at Hospital can still end in someone becoming disabled. I was caught in a property fire once. Closest thing to Hell on earth I have ever experienced. In a heartbeat you cannot see your hand in front of your face for black smoke. The heat and smoke affects every part of your body. Externally and internally. Forget about trying to breath properly until you can get away from the smoke. If you cannot get out, in a matter of seconds you become confused and disorientated. Always, always have working smoke alarms and an escape plan. Prevention, is a great defence against fire too. Surge protection for plugs and electrical devices is a must also. Most fire departments offer free home safety checks last I heard.

  • @ianatstanage
    @ianatstanage หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I joined the Battersea Red Watch in 1979. The station looks the same, but the kit is so much better nowadays. Great days.

    • @joeandrews7329
      @joeandrews7329 19 วันที่ผ่านมา

      45 years now. From Joe. X

  • @johnwaller2886
    @johnwaller2886 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Oops! a smoker ! that completes the triangle of fire, cut out any of the three, and one would be quite safe

    • @joeandrews7329
      @joeandrews7329 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Never easy to find the cause!. From Joe. X

  • @user-jl1vb5qy3g
    @user-jl1vb5qy3g หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Can u guys bring back more episodes of this

    • @joeandrews7329
      @joeandrews7329 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Not easy to find. From Joe. X

  • @grahammaguire404
    @grahammaguire404 28 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    "Oi wheres the fackin bog roll " said a voice in the early hours of the morning, the Indian meal they ate for evening mealtime had done its job much to the disapproval of the firefighters " Ring Piece"😂

    • @joeandrews7329
      @joeandrews7329 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Nobody knows this, a firehouse heat temperature inside is 3,000 degrees centigrade!. From Joe. X

  • @izaacbarnard5061
    @izaacbarnard5061 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    love the videos just subed

    • @joeandrews7329
      @joeandrews7329 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Lesley Sharp narrates the programme. From Joe. X

  • @jeanniecampbell1374
    @jeanniecampbell1374 28 วันที่ผ่านมา

    what a great video ...I was fixed on every frame what a Great bunch of people and well filmed too ..thanks for down loading ..AMAZING WORK THEY DO ,,loved those french students too .

    • @joeandrews7329
      @joeandrews7329 19 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Their coach set ablaze!. From Joe. X

  • @TheRyskwic
    @TheRyskwic ปีที่แล้ว +2

    When is this footage from? I was under the impression that LFB is using the brown/yellow uniforms, not the navy one anymore...

    • @johnnybartlett7967
      @johnnybartlett7967 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I think this show was from like mid 2010s

    • @conortreslove-hayes205
      @conortreslove-hayes205 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Filmed in 2016/ 2017, got the newer uniform a year or two later

  • @joeandrews7329
    @joeandrews7329 20 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Fire brigade pincer sets are hydraulically powered. And they're operated by generators. From Joe. X

    • @joeandrews7329
      @joeandrews7329 19 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Another word for the fire brigade is the fire school. From Joe. X

  • @alexandercritchlow3112
    @alexandercritchlow3112 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Those that suffer from hoarding have the government not thought about offering them discount payments at storage facilitys

    • @joeandrews7329
      @joeandrews7329 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

      If they wait too long a price is paid!. From Joe. X

  • @user-sv6eb6ll6m
    @user-sv6eb6ll6m 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Hi there from Blantyre burnbak

    • @joeandrews7329
      @joeandrews7329 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

      A new recruit joined in this episode. From Joe. X

  • @user-sv6eb6ll6m
    @user-sv6eb6ll6m 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Verry hood firefighter and good video serious to from Christopher O'neill in scotland 🇬🇧 and i like the e.ergincy programes traffic cops and plice interceptors Nd psramedics amablencecs to verry goos indid❤😊

    • @joeandrews7329
      @joeandrews7329 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Every situation is essential!. From Joe. X

  • @sherman4970
    @sherman4970 หลายเดือนก่อน

    THE best job in the world .👍👍👍👍👍👍

    • @joeandrews7329
      @joeandrews7329 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Never easy!. From Joe. X

  • @alex-internetlubber
    @alex-internetlubber หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Comparing this to FDNY is funny, just how different they are personality wise

    • @joeandrews7329
      @joeandrews7329 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Keep your distance when tackling emergencies, best not to get in each other's way!. From Joe. X

  • @ranjitsian5481
    @ranjitsian5481 ปีที่แล้ว

    Good work 👍

    • @joeandrews7329
      @joeandrews7329 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Those guys need smelly-vision!. From Joe. X

  • @epictetus8028
    @epictetus8028 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Surprised to see that new firefighter not say "sir" when talking to the guy with the two impellers.

    • @joeandrews7329
      @joeandrews7329 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Mister is another word!. From Joe. X

  • @rkl233
    @rkl233 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I've only ever had to call them once fortunately hope i never have to call them again but when I moved in to the house I'm in now had a very very old cooker which i turned on to warm it up to cook food 5 minutes later i could hear spitting opened the oven flame shot out to the wall but never stuck fortunately so called them evacuated my house 2 fire engines turned up at which point the thing had put itself out turns out was a tiny bit of bacon fat but thank fuck they reassured me i hadn't wasted their time they were there when I needed them

    • @joeandrews7329
      @joeandrews7329 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Commanders use white helmets. From Joe. X

    • @rkl233
      @rkl233 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@joeandrews7329 tah

  • @davidjohn2663
    @davidjohn2663 ปีที่แล้ว

    branch lines , feel the knots...

    • @walterkronkitesleftshoe6684
      @walterkronkitesleftshoe6684 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      "Longest way in... shortest way out". I Never used a guide line "in anger" in 30 years in the job... apart from at the training school.

  • @andraskarsai8501
    @andraskarsai8501 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    What was a lit cigarette doing in a drawer?

    • @2sik_UK
      @2sik_UK ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He was saving it incase it is worth something in the future

  • @thenoblenemesis9758
    @thenoblenemesis9758 ปีที่แล้ว

    4:13 it’s captain America!

  • @aportman58
    @aportman58 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Firefighters around the kitchen station is no different than around American fire station kitchen tables! Firefighters all the same!

    • @joeandrews7329
      @joeandrews7329 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

      The cook is a person recruits must obey!. From Joe. X

  • @benjaminnilsson8004
    @benjaminnilsson8004 ปีที่แล้ว

    Where is episode 1??

    • @joeandrews7329
      @joeandrews7329 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Lesley Sharp narrates the series. From Joe. X

  • @Ck7479
    @Ck7479 ปีที่แล้ว

    Landon colcolan nice 😁

  • @stephensails
    @stephensails หลายเดือนก่อน

    What kind of hell is that office!

    • @joeandrews7329
      @joeandrews7329 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

      London fire brigade. From Joe. X

  • @Kbats733
    @Kbats733 ปีที่แล้ว

    About or right turn?🤷

  • @austinprieto2762
    @austinprieto2762 ปีที่แล้ว

    does Europe not Verticle Vent?

    • @rampage2477
      @rampage2477 หลายเดือนก่อน

      its not really a thing in the UK

  • @SkaMaRtiSt1991
    @SkaMaRtiSt1991 ปีที่แล้ว

    Were ey loisence!!!

  • @robnewman6101
    @robnewman6101 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great Plauge & Fires of London.
    Fireman Sam.

    • @joeandrews7329
      @joeandrews7329 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

      A tv series that was!. From Joe. X

    • @robnewman6101
      @robnewman6101 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Thanks.

    • @joeandrews7329
      @joeandrews7329 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@robnewman6101 Another show on You Tube you'd look at is 999 with Michael Buerk from 1998 with the west midlands fire school recruits and follow their story from course 497 uploaded by DoctorVision. From Joe. X

  • @ryangoddard4841
    @ryangoddard4841 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    whats funny i was in batsea yesteday lol!

    • @joeandrews7329
      @joeandrews7329 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Battersea. From Joe. X

  • @paulwright9106
    @paulwright9106 หลายเดือนก่อน

    You firefighters earn EVERY £ you get , thank you .

  • @lissie8602
    @lissie8602 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Yes ill admit im a hoarder and have had fire service come tell me the risk of hoarding ive also had a small flat fire and they save my flat

    • @joeandrews7329
      @joeandrews7329 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Dark corridors are traps. From Joe. X

  • @ashleyhoward8926
    @ashleyhoward8926 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    9:30 It's never, ever a Truck

    • @tba8241
      @tba8241 หลายเดือนก่อน

      We don't call them Trucks,they're Pumps

  • @user-hk4oh2ku8w
    @user-hk4oh2ku8w 23 วันที่ผ่านมา

    stop fire is better for the health i think

  • @geordiejones2
    @geordiejones2 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Not sure this is a job for a Doris.

  • @robnewman6101
    @robnewman6101 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    19th, 20th & 21st Centuries Emergency Services.
    Fire & Rescue.

  • @SEPK09
    @SEPK09 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Hoarding, surely a mental health issue !!!

  • @JoeZUGOOLA
    @JoeZUGOOLA 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Hello I'm sorry, you're hoarding is a fire risk

  • @daynatorngren7699
    @daynatorngren7699 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Prank callers should be fined.

  • @jonsmith233
    @jonsmith233 ปีที่แล้ว

    Do female firefighter get there own sleeping area as u never get to see where they sleep

    • @enderwolfg1033
      @enderwolfg1033 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      In the UK it’s a 12 hour shift so they don’t usually sleep

    • @azul8811
      @azul8811 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@enderwolfg1033 Aren’t the shifts in the LFB, O930 to 2000 hours, and 2000 hours to 0930 hours? If so, what would be the point of not having bunks for those working on the night tours?

  • @robnewman6101
    @robnewman6101 ปีที่แล้ว

    Jupiter 999 from WP over.
    WP go ahead, from Jupiter 999 over.
    Fire at Pontypandy Fire Station over.

  • @michaelchaplin6695
    @michaelchaplin6695 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Not worth working for them on minimum wage, I applied for a role and they never even replied to me because I stated I USE TO SUFFER WITH DEPRESSION but am all good now, don't apply don't fight for Britain war, fire this place never gives fuck all back just take take take

  • @thesmallnotesduo
    @thesmallnotesduo ปีที่แล้ว

    "But you're a girl". Always Sunny in Philadelphia

  • @888ssss
    @888ssss ปีที่แล้ว

    the woman firefighter gets to retire 10 years earlier than her male counterparts - why is that discrimination allowed ?

    • @walterkronkitesleftshoe6684
      @walterkronkitesleftshoe6684 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      They aren't allowed to retire early.
      What DID piss me off was when I was in the job, you had to work 15 years before you got your final pay increment (or long service pay).
      I did my fifteen years... and almost exactly on the day when I received my first long service increment, the government decided that "the long service increment was discriminatory against women" and so decided that EVERYONE got the increment after their first 4 years... meaning me and lots of others had lost out on a LOT of pay that we'd all had to wait 15 years for... then when we finally got there EVERYONE was given it !!!

  • @martinvazquez8707
    @martinvazquez8707 ปีที่แล้ว

    They need to get water on the fire when they get there in the first place this is not how you fight fire!!

    • @adamatch9624
      @adamatch9624 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Oh you a firefighter? Where from? How long? Any special training?

  • @stephendowning157
    @stephendowning157 27 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Shite, censorship why bother to show it?!!

  • @Mus-Doc
    @Mus-Doc ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Similar to obesity. "My body my choice" until it becomes a massive tax payer issue putting pressure on the public health or fire service. Then the tone changes to my right to healthcare my right to the fire service. It's never "my responsibility to myself and the greater public"

    • @naomimoran5564
      @naomimoran5564 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hoarding more often then not IS a mental health disorder,
      Fix the health system

    • @Mus-Doc
      @Mus-Doc ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@naomimoran5564 the healthcare system is under tremendous burden often due to preventable diseases, and injuries. If these individuals took responsibility for their health, the system would be able to assist those who have issues that are not due to poor patient health responsibility such as those with genetic diseases, spontaneous cancers etc.

  • @SA-ff9uc
    @SA-ff9uc ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Fireman, not firefighter.

    • @davepowell7168
      @davepowell7168 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Female fireman? Times change

    • @2sik_UK
      @2sik_UK ปีที่แล้ว

      Idiot, when your house catches fire and a woman turns up im pretty sure you should probably respect and appreciate them, fireman came from when it was just men, im pretty sure you wouldn't like people calling you the opposite gender

    • @mrarmyant2014
      @mrarmyant2014 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@davepowell7168 shouldnt exist.

    • @roychivers8134
      @roychivers8134 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      FIRE FIGHTER......BOTH..

    • @walterkronkitesleftshoe6684
      @walterkronkitesleftshoe6684 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@davepowell7168 Firewomen.

  • @markdarby1529
    @markdarby1529 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    tell the French to stay in France pls

  • @leehawk7068
    @leehawk7068 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Watching the part about women firefighters and what she said about people being surprised or making comments about seeing women fjrefighters
    I'm surprised in this day n age that I'm in the UK that this is even an issue or even a surprise for me I say good on then they are just as capable as men
    I been living in another country for last 15 years and here I am not surprised people make sexist comments they seem to still be living in the 13th century where it's seriously rare to see a woman firefighter or as a taxi driver or driving any form of public transport hell some men still think a woman's place is at home washing dishes and cleaning house or pushing pens in some office

    • @waterproof_teabags3592
      @waterproof_teabags3592 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Males have more muscle mass and the ability to lift and carry more. In emergencies I'm not sure how a female will be able to carry a heavy man

    • @bw630veisto8
      @bw630veisto8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@waterproof_teabags3592 Yet women have been nurses since the beginning of medicine and have been perfectly capable of handling bodies. Women might be smaller, but they're not weak. Big muscular men can't lift infinitely heavier and heavier people either. This is why co-operation has been invented. A little helping hand, in a job, where team effort is required, is better than having to prove your "worth". Now tell everyone how you're so much better than women.

    • @waterproof_teabags3592
      @waterproof_teabags3592 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @BW630 Veisto nurses always operate in a team environment and now days always operate in a safe area where they always have control and equipment to help them without many risks to themselves .
      Fire fighters are much different, they don't always have control of the situations and have to drag and help alot of unconscious people without equipment and the help of fellow fire-fighters.
      So now quote me where I said I'm better ?

    • @walterkronkitesleftshoe6684
      @walterkronkitesleftshoe6684 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Woman shouldn't be in the job... That was when it started going down hill. They took away a LOT of the entry requirements in the 1990s. "Minimum height" was discriminatory, basic strength tests "favoured males".
      Merseyside where this was filmed ended up employing a number of short arses, including women around 5 ft tall who could NOT reach the equipment in the top shelves of the lockers.... so at a cost of over 1 million pounds to the taxpayer, the equipment stowage on the ENTIRE fleet of engines was adapted to have special "drop down shelves" so the midgets could reach the equipment on them....
      The "seven dwaves" had difficulty climbing up into the cabs and so as the fire authority replaced the fleet of engines in phases, all the new engines had to have expensive "drop down" pneumatic suspensions fitted to lower the cab steps so they could climb in.
      I kid you not !!!
      They even had 2 women who were so short that the standard BA sets, with their adjustable backplates, could not be shortened enough to fit their tiny female frames and so at CONSIDERABLE public cost the brigade commisioned the manufacturers (Draeger of Germany) to build two specially adapted BA sets to be personally issued to the two women in question !!!
      I worked with a number of the women and it was often embarrasing watching them struggling with heavy equipment or jammed couplings, and if you offered to help you'd be scowled at for being "patronising". "The Job" went to ratshit after all that.
      I await the day when they fit hydraulic "chair lifts" to the fire engine crew cabs, because after all, who are you or I to step on the dreams of a wheelchair bound paraplegic who wants to be a fireman?
      Take me back to these days.

  • @Nycmade_
    @Nycmade_ ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Crazy to see other depts work. I see no dept is more fierce then the FDNY. These guys were doing nothing at that fire

    • @walterkronkitesleftshoe6684
      @walterkronkitesleftshoe6684 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Its the way the UK fire Brigade appears to have gone. If there's no fire risk, or danger of fire spread they just leave it to burn... In my day you got your arse kicked and were told to "get in there!!!".