I hope people learn the following from this video: if you're stuck in traffic, PLEASE don't hug the shoulders so any emergency vehicles can respond quickly. It may be YOUR loved one they are trying to save.
This advice however doesn’t apply to Germany, they go between the lanes. It does seem to create more space but, they ensure drivers are taught what to do in those situations. So they automatically pull over to the side of the road when there’s a traffic jam just in case they need to allow emergency vehicles through.
@@a20axf these things are only an issue in countries where formal driving lessons are totally absent and people need to educate drivers through TH-cam… these simple things (like using your blinkers and not overtaking on the right) are not an issue in Western Europe.
@@jaredzarge6461 you're blaming the wrong people. You say the problem is overtaking on the right but really it is those who don't move over so you can overtake on the left. Your imprecise statement adds to their false belief that they are right.
Good driving, I've been on similar types of runs myself. At least you didn't have an idiot pull out in front of you at the last second. Luckily when it happened to me a deputy was behind me. The driver of the car got an ear full and a ticket. We had some great officers at times if they got on scene before us and an exit ramp was close by they would alert dispatch and tell us to go down the off ramp. Always try to keep good relationships with the LEOs they'll help you out when they can.
Had a similar thing running a Striker 1500 up the interstate code 3. We were doing 5 over and getting passed. One nice thing is that the train horns under the cab face out the side so my foot may have accidentally stepped on the button when a car window was in line. Accidentally of course 😂
"Pinned Qs" may not even be recognized as a siren. The rising up and down sounds like a siren. Drivers have thought peaked Q was brake squeal. Powercall got it wrong. Should dwell on the LOW tone, not the high. Low tones travel farther and penetrate vehicles better.
Watching all the cars passing on the right just made me shake my head.... I understand that the firetruck is probably going slower than those passing but still. And seeing that almost no vehicles moved over like they're required to do is just sad. I guess they don't care about someone else's life that might be in danger.
As a driver and officer, don't forget that electronic warning is also a megaphone. Sometimes it works better to get off the sirens and horns and announce to the drivers to just move left or right. They will obey you.
It's always astonishing to me that people are dumb enough to fail to yield to an emergency vehicle... I can't believe how dumb some people are. But the guy that said park this bish sideways at the end was hilarious
In my State all emergency response vehicles have the right away. When their sirens r on. U yield the whole road to them. By pulling out of the way. Its big fines here and a arestable offense if u don't follow those laws. I hope your State legislatures pass the same laws in your State too. A second late can mean a loss of life. U guys shouldn't have to stress on the emergency calls you're responding to. Nice driving from the responding emergency driver.
I know your comments a year old but that's the law/same in all states. It's just half the driver's don't know how to drive and the rest are to nervous to squeeze over to make room especially on highways an interstates
My younger brother is a firefighter/EMT for the town of Norton Massachusetts and he tells me about these same type of idiots who think, what's the hurry? There's no where to turn! You just have to wait! It does piss off my brother and I'm sure it does for all of the firefighters 🚒 🚑🚒🚑🚒🚑 Sometimes the truck comes so close to hitting the those idiots! Like some one said..... Move out of my way, I might be going to your house or to a loved one that got hurt really bad or to a serious car accident! JUST MOVE OUT OF THE WAY! THOSE BIG TRUCKS ARE GOING TO SAVE SOMEONE 😳 👀 😬 😕 😫! Best to all the firefighters in the 🇺🇸 USA 🇺🇸!
people where i live have a major issue with parking on the inside shoulder when traffic stops, and the muddy median will suck in anything that falls off the pavements edge, we've had to scream at people to move off so we can get by (i should add, im not emergency services, but we are part of the response when it affects the highway)
According to NFPA, if the water and/or foam tank capacity is over 1,250 gallons or the gross vehicle weight rating is over 50,000 pounds, the maximum speed is 60 mph or the fire service speed rating for the tires, whichever is lower.
@@BradleyPetrohoy Makes good sense from a safety standpoint. I wonder what the value is of running Code in the fast lane at less than the speed limit. Knowing traffic is backing up behind the emergency vehicle, and knowing people are jockeying for position switching lanes and trying to pass each other, I wonder if the firetruck is more of a traffic hazard in this situation. If so, maybe Code 1 in the middle or right lane is appropriate until running up on traffic. I am not criticizing. Just thinking.
@@johnhallford2099 exactly; With our slower units I stay out of the fast lane as long as there's no speed limit and give traffic the chance to pass me as long as I can proceed in my lane without slowing down
It is illegal in most states. There are signs on the highways and interstates that will say, "State Law: Move over and slow down for emergency vehicles."
One thing to notice is very few cars in America give way (or more room) to emergency vehicles. This is the complete opposite to Europe. Shows that American driving school doesn't put any emphasize on it
Some of those passes had to be mere inches. Especially once that annoying cable guardrail started . I don't know why some states feel it needs tobe right on the edge of the pavement.
I loved this video really professional and omg the stupid motorists ,im drive a semi and car drivers are getting thicker by the dy ..brilliant really enjoyed this ..Thank you .
Ok, so in The Netherlands most of the times a fire truck goes about as fast as I am allowed to drive or just a little faster on the highway than I am allowed to (not sure what the maximum speed is on that stretch there) but even if they wouldn't be, I would stay behind it, I don't get why you want to might end up with the vehicle behind you causing you all kinds of stress while trying to move out of the way for it...I'd rather end up in a traffic jam with just traffic in front of me having to pay attention to everyone approaching behind me instead of seeing blinking lights, it's...much less stressfull.
This may be a dumb suggestion, but why don't the police shutdown the opposite lanes so the firetrucks and ambulances can get there faster. They can use those lanes until they have to cross back over closer to the accident.
Just so people know on a highway do not slam ur breaks from a Emergency vehicle. Just move over to the right and slow down a little , DO NOT SLAM UR BREAKS .
In my state, I believe it is a misdemeanor to pass and emergency vehicle while sounding siren and displaying warning light. But then most asshole drivers ignore most laws anyway!
Too bad you need to have the siren on due to state law ... same law also for nighttime response, empty backroads in the middle of nowhere? In that aspect I'm kind of happy that we can switch off the siren on our own responsibility; Quite often light traffic allows us to make only minimum use of the siren, if at all. And as long as we're slower than the posted speed limit and flow of traffic I will usually move over to the middle lane (as long as I can proceed there without slowing down due to vehicles ahead) to let faster traffic pass me
It's not illegal to pass them when responding. It's illegal to not yield and to pass them while they're on scene without giving them at least a lance of clearance.
@@Firebuff101 Well I live in wisconsin & it's illegal to pass emergency vehicles. Also it's not smart because if you pass & the emergency vehicle needs to change lanes you've blocked their route.
@@Firebuff101 It falls under this part of the law. 346.90 Following emergency vehicle. The operator of any vehicle other than one on official business shall not follow an authorized emergency vehicle responding to a call or alarm closer than 500 feet or drive into or park his or her vehicle within the block where, or within 300 feet of the driveway entrance or similar point of access to a driveway or road on which, fire apparatus has stopped in response to an alarm. The personal vehicles of members of a volunteer fire department answering the alarm are considered on official business.
What happened to pulling the fuck over for emergency vehicles ? Even on the highway u have to pull over to the side or is that depending on. The state ?
First of all EAERY driver that past, didn’t move over or hindered an emergency vehicle will need to retake a driver license course to get their license back. LOL Law enforcement can easily get the license plates of every vehicle from the dash cam.
7:42 I cannot understand what is wrong with such people. That silver car has like 2 meters space on his right. What is stopping him from turning his steeringwheel hard right and give gas?
Got all that grass in the middle, why not make the emergency lane wide enough to fit the damn emergency vehicle???? God damn over paid brainless engineers.
pretty bad when traffic is passing on the right! not supposed to do that! surprised they didn't cause a secondary crash doing that and at least no idiots decided to jump in front of you on the shoulder to attempt to get ahead in traffic and end up blocking the lane like they tend to do
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I hope people learn the following from this video: if you're stuck in traffic, PLEASE don't hug the shoulders so any emergency vehicles can respond quickly. It may be YOUR loved one they are trying to save.
This advice however doesn’t apply to Germany, they go between the lanes. It does seem to create more space but, they ensure drivers are taught what to do in those situations. So they automatically pull over to the side of the road when there’s a traffic jam just in case they need to allow emergency vehicles through.
Yeah they move at the LAST SECOND!!!
@@a20axf these things are only an issue in countries where formal driving lessons are totally absent and people need to educate drivers through TH-cam… these simple things (like using your blinkers and not overtaking on the right) are not an issue in Western Europe.
@@jaredzarge6461 very true!
@@jaredzarge6461 you're blaming the wrong people. You say the problem is overtaking on the right but really it is those who don't move over so you can overtake on the left. Your imprecise statement adds to their false belief that they are right.
I love it when idiots pass Emergency Vehicles rolling code on the interstate only to be passed by the same ones less than a few minutes later.
I love it lol happens to me all the time
Thats the new level of intelligence!
Stupidity and selfishness at its finest
exactly it’s the best feeling too lol like see ya sucker
What’s the problem with passing?
Good driving, I've been on similar types of runs myself. At least you didn't have an idiot pull out in front of you at the last second. Luckily when it happened to me a deputy was behind me. The driver of the car got an ear full and a ticket. We had some great officers at times if they got on scene before us and an exit ramp was close by they would alert dispatch and tell us to go down the off ramp. Always try to keep good relationships with the LEOs they'll help you out when they can.
Man...I was clinching teeth and cursing that whole video. Props to you and your driving abilities!
good gawd that gave me so much anxiety
Had a similar thing running a Striker 1500 up the interstate code 3. We were doing 5 over and getting passed. One nice thing is that the train horns under the cab face out the side so my foot may have accidentally stepped on the button when a car window was in line. Accidentally of course 😂
Sorry man,my foot slipped
The guy: WHAT DID U SAY???I CAN'T HEAR U
😂
That is one way to deal with them I guess 😂
That was some dam fine driving
He's one of our sketchy drivers but he did good lol
@@ep-ou7sc some good driving for a sketchy driver
Huge respect to these firefighters and all the other firefighters around the world ♡
Greetings from Türkiye ♡
Love the videos! Thank you for your service. 🇺🇸
Cars: oh sirens im just going to stay driving.
Fire engine: HONNNK
Cars: Ok time to move to the line.
My 4 favorite things, pinned Q’s, roaring powercalls, loud ass air horns, and idiots that dont know how to get out of the way
Hell yeah!!!
"Pinned Qs" may not even be recognized as a siren. The rising up and down sounds like a siren. Drivers have thought peaked Q was brake squeal. Powercall got it wrong. Should dwell on the LOW tone, not the high. Low tones travel farther and penetrate vehicles better.
@@robertgift True I’ve thought the same
Watching all the cars passing on the right just made me shake my head.... I understand that the firetruck is probably going slower than those passing but still. And seeing that almost no vehicles moved over like they're required to do is just sad. I guess they don't care about someone else's life that might be in danger.
Welcome to America. Land of the Free, Home of the Entitled.
Damn, that was one hell of a jam. Am glad it wasn't me in the middle of it
As a driver and officer, don't forget that electronic warning is also a megaphone. Sometimes it works better to get off the sirens and horns and announce to the drivers to just move left or right. They will obey you.
I do that every so often when I'm officer
@@ep-ou7sc best screaming federal q
Fun fact, in Canada the rural firetrucks aren't governed, and have been seen doing upwards of 80mph.
My dad's dept purchased a sutphen years ago that out ran the cops
Finally a shoulder being used for the RIGHT purpose!
That cackle at then end though lol
It's always astonishing to me that people are dumb enough to fail to yield to an emergency vehicle... I can't believe how dumb some people are. But the guy that said park this bish sideways at the end was hilarious
Lol that was me.
In my State all emergency response vehicles have the right away. When their sirens r on. U yield the whole road to them. By pulling out of the way. Its big fines here and a arestable offense if u don't follow those laws. I hope your State legislatures pass the same laws in your State too. A second late can mean a loss of life. U guys shouldn't have to stress on the emergency calls you're responding to. Nice driving from the responding emergency driver.
I know your comments a year old but that's the law/same in all states.
It's just half the driver's don't know how to drive and the rest are to nervous to squeeze over to make room especially on highways an interstates
This is what I call good use of the sirens and q and air horn and power call
I like my noise lol
@@ep-ou7sc best with 130 BPM kick drum
To whom ever is driving, awesome job..........👍
Incredible! Everyone is simultaneously having a brain fart. Thank goodness for dash cam.
My younger brother is a firefighter/EMT for the town of Norton Massachusetts and he tells me about these same type of idiots who think, what's the hurry? There's no where to turn! You just have to wait! It does piss off my brother and I'm sure it does for all of the firefighters 🚒 🚑🚒🚑🚒🚑
Sometimes the truck comes so close to hitting the those idiots! Like some one said.....
Move out of my way, I might be going to your house or to a loved one that got hurt really bad or to a serious car accident!
JUST MOVE OUT OF THE WAY!
THOSE BIG TRUCKS ARE GOING TO SAVE SOMEONE 😳 👀 😬 😕 😫!
Best to all the firefighters in the
🇺🇸 USA 🇺🇸!
I was holding my breath the whole time!
So was i!
The operator definitely got some skill behind the wheel
I65 sucks. My dept covers about 30 miles of I24. You guys have your hands full I’m sure!
I hate driving in heavy traffic... love being in the back for it, though. All the extra siren gets me hyped for the call lol
True but if you have ever been stuck in traffic that gets very annoying for example toronto
True heroes and nobody remember or respect them :(
Dude. Firetrucks arent bitches. They are lovely dolls!!!
The fire trucks on my department are beautiful ladies they have all the bling not one of them is a b****
Awesome driving brothers
As I watch this I was like moving my head to the left. Lol
Yall be safe we have been lucky here not to have any wrecks yet but the storms just moved in
so much siren and yelling I thought we were going to a fire....
We thought we were going to an MVA with entrapments... Got on scene, no entrapment... All this and all we got to do was sweep....
Love when people fly past me i just think "il see ya in 2 minutes" lmao
people where i live have a major issue with parking on the inside shoulder when traffic stops, and the muddy median will suck in anything that falls off the pavements edge, we've had to scream at people to move off so we can get by (i should add, im not emergency services, but we are part of the response when it affects the highway)
When your firetruck is too slow to pass anyone else. The first part of the video puts an interesting twist on "Left Lane for Passing Only."
According to NFPA, if the water and/or foam tank capacity is over 1,250 gallons or the gross vehicle weight rating is over 50,000 pounds, the maximum speed is 60 mph or the fire service speed rating for the tires, whichever is lower.
@@BradleyPetrohoy Makes good sense from a safety standpoint. I wonder what the value is of running Code in the fast lane at less than the speed limit. Knowing traffic is backing up behind the emergency vehicle, and knowing people are jockeying for position switching lanes and trying to pass each other, I wonder if the firetruck is more of a traffic hazard in this situation. If so, maybe Code 1 in the middle or right lane is appropriate until running up on traffic. I am not criticizing. Just thinking.
@@johnhallford2099 exactly; With our slower units I stay out of the fast lane as long as there's no speed limit and give traffic the chance to pass me as long as I can proceed in my lane without slowing down
Good job 2 about 75 percent of traffic 4 either moving or trying 2 move over in the right direction including that one semi truck ty
I would have been blasting the horn
Isnt it a law not to pass a responding emergency vehicles.
I wish.
It is illegal in most states. There are signs on the highways and interstates that will say, "State Law: Move over and slow down for emergency vehicles."
Emergency vehicles need to fast moving with experienced drivers. A slow moving vehicle ought to be passed
@@samueloduor8138 it's hard to get any fire apparatus to run the highway speed limit even for trucks
@@maxhallman1036 Don't they have about 600 to 700 HP though?
One thing to notice is very few cars in America give way (or more room) to emergency vehicles. This is the complete opposite to Europe.
Shows that American driving school doesn't put any emphasize on it
Some of those passes had to be mere inches. Especially once that annoying cable guardrail started . I don't know why some states feel it needs tobe right on the edge of the pavement.
can be lucky to have that space between the fast driving lane and the guardrail at all lol
It looks like US needs "Rettungsgasse" too.
The most agonizing ride ever!
You should always get out of the way for a emergency vehicle
Isn’t it illegal to pass an emergency vehicle with its emergency lights activated?
Yes.
Could use a rumbler on that powercall
that engine screaming louder then the siren xD
It are two sirenes through each other. If an actual engine would make such noise then it would explode any second.
Where is this at. I see a lot of vehicles with Kentucky State tags.
I65 between shepherdsville and Kentucky
He had a evil laugh at then end lol
I loved this video really professional and omg the stupid motorists ,im drive a semi and car drivers are getting thicker by the dy ..brilliant really enjoyed this ..Thank you .
I heard the Hyper Yelp but not a Powercall.
Good driving. Gotta love the assholes passing an emergency vehicle...stay safe brothers!!
Truck is slow so what
Is that the fastest that engine can go
Was ist ein "powercall"?
WHAT PART OF THE “MOVE OVER LAW” DOES KENTUCKY NOT UNDERSTAND?
All of it apparently
What state are you in?
He's in Kentucky
Ok, so in The Netherlands most of the times a fire truck goes about as fast as I am allowed to drive or just a little faster on the highway than I am allowed to (not sure what the maximum speed is on that stretch there) but even if they wouldn't be, I would stay behind it, I don't get why you want to might end up with the vehicle behind you causing you all kinds of stress while trying to move out of the way for it...I'd rather end up in a traffic jam with just traffic in front of me having to pay attention to everyone approaching behind me instead of seeing blinking lights, it's...much less stressfull.
is this in louisville kentucky?
In my state your not supposed to pass responding vehicles
If you cant hear that wail your legally deaf
Yep
They hear it...choose to ignore it
@@mikeabernathy8787 I know
@@mikeabernathy8787 so true
That engineer from too much q would probably roll 50 mph past all these cars lol
This may be a dumb suggestion, but why don't the police shutdown the opposite lanes so the firetrucks and ambulances can get there faster. They can use those lanes until they have to cross back over closer to the accident.
they can't cross back over the median, they'd be stuck on the opposite lane
Whoever was on Q
Should've hold that for soild 10 mins untill you get there
I try to be nice to the Qs lol
@@ep-ou7sc if i was you i would keep Q and air horn pressed all the way to the scene LOL
You got the best job in the world and stay safe :)
@@ep-ou7sc best screaming federal q
Your suppose to pull over even in multiple lane in Indiana! So annoying!!!
The end laugh was all to funny.
I’m sorry, but is this Minnesota?
Kentucky
The GTFUOTW horn
Last I checked, your not supposed to pass an emergency vehicle with it's siren on like that.
Location?
I'm really wondering why you are running a siren going up the interstate with no one around and the occasional car passing. Like, why??
For 10 millionth time. State law! Truck in motion responding to an emergency the siren and lights must both be on
Just so people know on a highway do not slam ur breaks from a Emergency vehicle. Just move over to the right and slow down a little , DO NOT SLAM UR BREAKS .
@jeepthing98 thank u 😂
Why the hell are people passing?! WTF
Move out of the way 🚒
MY God, your fire police are allowed on turnpike type highways, that looked like I81. Our FP are not!!
those stupid wire fences get in the way. Sometimes they cause multivehicle pileups. Why are they not in the middle of the ditch?
In my state, I believe it is a misdemeanor to pass and emergency vehicle while sounding siren and displaying warning light. But then most asshole drivers ignore most laws anyway!
they should clean those side lanes
Love how the cars are going faster
Too bad you need to have the siren on due to state law ... same law also for nighttime response, empty backroads in the middle of nowhere?
In that aspect I'm kind of happy that we can switch off the siren on our own responsibility; Quite often light traffic allows us to make only minimum use of the siren, if at all. And as long as we're slower than the posted speed limit and flow of traffic I will usually move over to the middle lane (as long as I can proceed there without slowing down due to vehicles ahead) to let faster traffic pass me
Being a former firefighter in Kentucky, I have been to 2 motor vehicle accidents both in 1991 while I was still a Rookie Firefighter.
What? 2 in nearly 30 years? thats all?
It's rude to pass emergency vehicles. Can't do that in my area, pull da fuck over or get pulled over.
They weren't even in the same lane, they were doing absolutely nothing to block the progress of the engine.
All good if the emergency vehicle is travelling under the posted speed limit, it's fine to overtake as long as you don't imped the vehicle.
It's not illegal to pass them when responding. It's illegal to not yield and to pass them while they're on scene without giving them at least a lance of clearance.
@@Firebuff101 Well I live in wisconsin & it's illegal to pass emergency vehicles. Also it's not smart because if you pass & the emergency vehicle needs to change lanes you've blocked their route.
@@Firebuff101 It falls under this part of the law. 346.90 Following emergency vehicle. The operator of any vehicle other than one on official business shall not follow an authorized emergency vehicle responding to a call or alarm closer than 500 feet or drive into or park his or her vehicle within the block where, or within 300 feet of the driveway entrance or similar point of access to a driveway or road on which, fire apparatus has stopped in response to an alarm. The personal vehicles of members of a volunteer fire department answering the alarm are considered on official business.
emergency lanes are called emergency lanes for a reason....
Rettungsgasse? Was ist das, noch nie gehört... 🤦♂️
Great peddling the q
8:28 what’s dummy’s pass a fire truck going c3?!
When you stepped on the Q everyone slowed down or moved....Pin that bitch!
What happened to pulling the fuck over for emergency vehicles ? Even on the highway u have to pull over to the side or is that depending on. The state ?
First of all EAERY driver that past, didn’t move over or hindered an emergency vehicle will need to retake a driver license course to get their license back. LOL Law enforcement can easily get the license plates of every vehicle from the dash cam.
Somehow they should be ticketed for passing a emergency vehicle with lights and sirens going .
this video proves why 90% of the people driving shouldn't have gotten their license.
Going slow in the fast lane? Wow
Drive the mirrors of their cars and don't pay them, they think twice the next time :(
Um, hey Engineer, you need to step it up. Everyone is passing you.🤣🤣🤣
7:42 I cannot understand what is wrong with such people. That silver car has like 2 meters space on his right. What is stopping him from turning his steeringwheel hard right and give gas?
Too many ignorant and downright evil self absorbed people in this world now. It’s sad.
Got all that grass in the middle, why not make the emergency lane wide enough to fit the damn emergency vehicle???? God damn over paid brainless engineers.
Is Engine 5131 out of service? I thought Engine 5132 was a reserve and 5130 and 5131 were the front liners?
5131s pressure relief valve broke and 2 valves are stuck shut...
911ep500 Oh no, that’s not good. Hopefully the repairs don’t take too long.
@@isaiahheid9000 i don't miss it. 31 isnt all that great. 32 is the better truck
911ep500 Gotcha! Yeah I like older trucks too.
WFT are idiots doing passing an emergency vehicle with lights and sirens going??😮😮😮
If I was cheif I would've shut down traffic on the east or north lanes and had all in coming units travel in the open lanes
pretty bad when traffic is passing on the right! not supposed to do that! surprised they didn't cause a secondary crash doing that and at least no idiots decided to jump in front of you on the shoulder to attempt to get ahead in traffic and end up blocking the lane like they tend to do
These people can't loose their spot mentality has go to go
Why r theses fools passing a fire truck with lights and sirens on I thought there supposed 2 be back at least 500ft from them at all times