999 Blue light run following fire engine to single car RTC..

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  • @alanhutchins4233
    @alanhutchins4233 3 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    Whoever was driving the fire engine is who I want driving if I ever have need of the fire service. Excellent job.

    • @Spray_UK
      @Spray_UK 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah wait until they get into a town

    • @Pobsta-de7hb
      @Pobsta-de7hb ปีที่แล้ว

      Well it sure as hell beats the milkman just having a go in one for a laugh, of course it is who we all want to drive if we need them, all of the drivers are trained and awesome.

  • @damianc7692
    @damianc7692 2 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    Totally respect the fire engine driver; superb driving at speed in the conditions. That grey rental van should have been sent on driver awareness course for blocking you for that long! I’m surprised you’re so disciplined on using your horn in addition to the sirens.

    • @peteroconnell8764
      @peteroconnell8764 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I see where your coming from but He thought the siren was from the fire truck, it was only when the cam car went to the side so that the van could see him in the mirror that he realised there was a second emergency vehicle

  • @mylo3126
    @mylo3126 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    There’s a certain pleasure in watching a Wrl getting her head on the way to a call. Fair play to the driver he kept the momentum up which is no easy thing on a14 ton fire appliance . I used to have to grimace getting caught behind a lighter ambulance attending the same call as you never could carry the same speed through junctions , corners , lights etc and with the best will in the world it took a while to get the speed up again !
    Ah happy days !! Retired seven years and still miss the runs on blue & twos. 👨‍🚒

  • @michellehawkins7840
    @michellehawkins7840 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    So impressive how both drivers handle the road conditions at the same time keep up the good work your do 😊👍

  • @thehighwaycowboy2822
    @thehighwaycowboy2822 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Driver of that pump did a superb job

  • @specialandroid1603
    @specialandroid1603 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I like that the horn is off when stuck behind traffic at lights.

  • @Choober65
    @Choober65 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    DAMN Those fire engines have some poke! When seconds count.

  • @nemisisbenn5774
    @nemisisbenn5774 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Noteworthy that the response car driver only used wah-wahs when necessary, unlike many who turn them on and forget. Well done.

    • @iamadamowen
      @iamadamowen 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Interesting thought. I'd always be very careful given Alan Armsden (Executor of the Estate of Rachael Cheesewright, Deceased) v Kent Police (2009).

    • @mammadtori3964
      @mammadtori3964 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I've seen ambulance drivers just running around with all lights flashing and having no mission :)

    • @EmergencydriveUK
      @EmergencydriveUK  3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I am not familiar with the case mentioned but assume that a police car hit someone whilst on a call and did not have his siren on. You should note that I use the siren where ever I believe there is a need based on a risk assessment at that time such as but not limited too
      Slow moving traffic
      Traffic that may over take
      30 mph roads when approaching junctions or hidden drive ways
      Anywhere where pedestrians are .
      I won't have my siren on if there is no one to hear it.

    • @iamadamowen
      @iamadamowen 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      The thrust of the case was indeed the use of sirens during a blue light response. The road was curved and there was a side junction. A lady pulled out of the side road as she was unable to see the approaching police car and was killed in the collision. The court held that had the sirens been on she might not have done so.
      I'm just unhappy with the comment "turn them on and forget." There are good reasons why sirens are left on.

    • @OwenBenGaming
      @OwenBenGaming 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Disagree with the “turn them on and forget” however I do agree that many have them on when it’s not necessary, as a response driver myself I only use sirens where my dynamic risk assessment dictates that I do

  • @kelvinbeckley2118
    @kelvinbeckley2118 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Love watching your videos around bracknell, joining scas in Jan and have requested to be your neighbour at the ambulance station, so love to see the reactions on roads I will likely be responding on too

    • @EmergencydriveUK
      @EmergencydriveUK  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hey did you get to bracknell, what's it like now? I have retired but I bet the roads are still as troublesome as they ever were....

    • @kelvinbeckley2118
      @kelvinbeckley2118 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@EmergencydriveUK hey, yeah I went to bracknell, the driving was... interesting to say the least, however after a few months I decided the situations we face daily are not more me and my mental health deteriorated massively so I stepped away, happy retirement!

    • @EmergencydriveUK
      @EmergencydriveUK  2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@kelvinbeckley2118 you need to look after your mental health, it might have looked like the ideal job but sometimes you have to accept that the role is making you ill. It takes a strong character to do your role in the ambo and I am pleased that you identified your own needs. Take care whatever you are doing now.

  • @paulhedges4778
    @paulhedges4778 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    People moaing or laughing at how many polis there or fire engines....all we see is a dash cam video, we have no idea what's going on or anything, all we can be grateful for is our emergency services our NHS and our armed forces (land, sea, air)

  • @kitkatmccabe
    @kitkatmccabe 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    When I see drivers in videos like this who are slow to move I have to think why don't our emergency services have a rumbler siren to get people and drivers to move more quickly out of the way especially if they have loud music or headphones in?

  • @Unmarkedemergencyvehicles
    @Unmarkedemergencyvehicles 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Awesome video ! Lovely response like usual

  • @MichaelLKW-Fahrer
    @MichaelLKW-Fahrer 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    People really don't check for a 2nd blue light vehicle. .

    • @EmergencydriveUK
      @EmergencydriveUK  3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      You might notice that the second responder will try to always use a different tone on the siren, hoping that traffic might hear its different and realise a second vehicle is approaching....... doesn't always work though..

    • @stuartwhite8215
      @stuartwhite8215 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@EmergencydriveUK Absolutely that is a big plus, though in my day when we only had two tones there were a lot of "squeeky bum" moments when the vehicle pulled in to let the first appliance past then pulled out in front of the second one!

    • @EmergencydriveUK
      @EmergencydriveUK  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@stuartwhite8215 It still happens today, check out the red car in this video...th-cam.com/video/jy2yDFH28jw/w-d-xo.html

    • @EnjoyFirefighting
      @EnjoyFirefighting 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      not surprised when the 2nd vehicle falls behind that much ...

    • @EmergencydriveUK
      @EmergencydriveUK  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@EnjoyFirefighting Its not a race.......safety comes first, just because it was ok for the first vehicle to continue doesn't mean a second vehicle can just follow blindly through.........its all about risk assessment. As an officer I am more than happy to wait a few seconds to ensure no one is put at risk

  • @rustydusty2992
    @rustydusty2992 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Are you not allowed to assist the passage of the tenders/ladders as an escort or is it only the police that can do that.

  • @GeorgeThoughts
    @GeorgeThoughts 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I'm curious what the initial information was considering there was one car in the RTC and upon your arrival there didn't seem to be a rush or significant damage, but three fire engines and yourself (who i assume are an officer of some kind) were dispatched to the scene?

    • @BlueFiesta
      @BlueFiesta 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Three pumps & one officer is the standard (minimum) response to any incident on a motorway for crew safety & to effectively set up the highway (coning off) procedure.

    • @GeorgeThoughts
      @GeorgeThoughts 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@BlueFiesta great reply, thank you!

    • @thert.hon.thelordnicholson7261
      @thert.hon.thelordnicholson7261 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      pre-determined attendance probably

    • @EnjoyFirefighting
      @EnjoyFirefighting 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@BlueFiesta at least they send sufficient apparatus, still I'd expect a unit which is specificly made to secure highway incident scenes ... either seperate apparatus or a trailer; Or at least some fold-up sign on top of the apparatus on scene, just to make it a bit more visible and safer to work on scene

  • @BucksBlueLightVids
    @BucksBlueLightVids 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Great video mate

  • @jeremysolly7757
    @jeremysolly7757 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Genuinely curious, would it be helpful for the police car to take the lead, such that it could have cleared that traffic light junction for the fire appliance rather than it having to switch off the siren and wait?

    • @EmergencydriveUK
      @EmergencydriveUK  2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      The following car is a fire officer not police car and therefore does not have the authority to stop traffic at red lights....

  • @kempo_95
    @kempo_95 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Crazy that they keep both lanes open on the highway at the accident.

    • @jessebella9322
      @jessebella9322 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Not really, it is the correct thing to do. The number of problems and accidents closing them off during that time of the day would cause is unreal. First responders had already been there and assessed the situation, cleared the lanes, and finally coned off the area they would be working in, thus making it safe for them to do so. Opening the lanes and keeping them clear and running after having done all of that was the perfect thing to do. Nothing crazy about it.

    • @kempo_95
      @kempo_95 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jessebella9322 I would definitely prefer if they close the left lane to create a bit more safe space. And that would also force the traffic to slow down. If someone is not paying attention, and driving slightly on the shoulder, he will drive straight in the back of the fire truck.

    • @jessebella9322
      @jessebella9322 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@kempo_95 hmm perhaps that one maybe but im sure they know best, i guess it depends on the traffic and that due, if its rush hour it can be a problem even one lane

  • @CoppersInKiltZZ
    @CoppersInKiltZZ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    love your videos mate just wish someone would give you some better sirens would make your life easier I think

    • @geoffhalstead1811
      @geoffhalstead1811 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      A ship or locomotive horn would wake people up.

  • @jameskenneth1477
    @jameskenneth1477 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Is this in Bracknell?

  • @emergencyservicesnews
    @emergencyservicesnews 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hi, do you mind if we share this video on our Facebook page, with credit to your TH-cam channel, please? ^ JJ

  • @DominicCarter-z4v
    @DominicCarter-z4v 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The fire engine's blue lights look like they just blink every few seconds. Are they really like that or is it the camera not picking it up?

    • @EmergencydriveUK
      @EmergencydriveUK  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@DominicCarter-z4v that will be the camera frame rate

  • @NeilM01989
    @NeilM01989 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Nice, liked, subscribed and shared your video and your channel to my fb group 🧑🏻👍🏻🚒

  • @EnjoyFirefighting
    @EnjoyFirefighting 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    so it looks like 3 Engines for a single car accident? I'd understand to send multiple apparatus, but 3 of (what it seems like) the same type? Whatfor?
    Also was surprised that you didn't keep up with the Engine as it entered the traffic circle, caused issues with the van then ...

    • @EmergencydriveUK
      @EmergencydriveUK  3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @EnjoyFirefighting - International Emergency Response Videos I think we have very different rules here in the UK, as emergency responders we still have to give way at red lights. I did not have a good enough view to continue through the red light without slowing and checking it was safe to continue. Regards the three appliances at the incident, we have a pre determined attendance for this incident type, as it was on a motorway our safety procedures require a minimum number of personnel to implement safety procedure hence the number of appliances attending......

    • @EnjoyFirefighting
      @EnjoyFirefighting 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@EmergencydriveUK sure you have very different regulation when it comes to emergency responses, it's always a bit odd in the UK (just my opinion).
      I have no issue with the number of apparatus at all. Just surprised to see no apparatus which is specificly upgraded or seperately designed to block off highway incident scenes and manage the traffic flow. If not a seperate truck or trailer, the minimum I'd expect are rear-facing message boards, fold-up traffic warning signs on top of the fire truck or sth similar.
      In my village of 10k inhabitants the local volunteer FD will send out multiple apparatus for an accident scene on the higwhay as well: usually the Chief Car, the Engine to be the only one actually working on scene, then the Tanker with traffic safety trailer and the Heavy Rescue Truck with the 2nd traffic safety trailer to block and cone off the scene. I also like the Swedish approach where close to every modern Engine, Tanker, Pod Carrier (prime mover) and even some Aerials have a fold-up traffic warning sign on top of their truck as they don't pull any traffic safety trailers like in Germany; Now also the first TMA equipped fire apparatus are in service there

    • @EmergencydriveUK
      @EmergencydriveUK  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@EnjoyFirefighting Wow, that's some great kit you have on your trucks. We are lucky to have a small popup sign to put out AFTER we have closed the lanes. I think the UK fire service could learn loads from you guys in Europe in regards to road traffic incidents along with the education of drivers to create an emergency lane........keep safe

    • @EnjoyFirefighting
      @EnjoyFirefighting 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@EmergencydriveUK you mean the small tripod-based signs? Better than nothing but in my opinion not suitable to secure an incident on a highway.
      A video I made a few years ago, driving down a highway and approaching an accident scene: first you see a van with fold-up arrow board on the roof standing on the shoulder, acting as pre-warner. Then way further down the road an Engine with attached traffic safety trailer blocks the right lane and directs traffic onto the left lane; THe arrow board of the trailer is set up and thus is taller than any type of fire apparatus around, making it very easy to spot from a greater distance even if you're approaching at high speeds. Pls just ignore the slow driving snow plow ahead of me in the left lane, it has no meaning to the on scene procedures and safety procedures there: th-cam.com/video/z96ZIqNuZp8/w-d-xo.html
      Also worth watching: another video with such a traffic safety trailer put in place; Additionally the Engine placed a traffic safety cart with a small arrow board on the right lane; Besides the hose cart hanging at the rear, a traffic safety cart with cones, warning lights and sometimes a small arrow board is common on modern Engines and Rescue Engines at most departments here: th-cam.com/video/9ArU90aYMOc/w-d-xo.html
      Swedish approach as mentioned before. Every large fire apparatus on scene had such a fold-up traffic accident warning sign on top, both the two Engines and the Pod Carrier / prime mover: th-cam.com/video/urXZ4UiJqG0/w-d-xo.html

  • @Dreddingbath
    @Dreddingbath 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Interested in why you chose to follow and not overtake, unsafe in the conditions, unnecessary given the situation or maybe an unwritten rule?

    • @EmergencydriveUK
      @EmergencydriveUK  2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      There is no point in me getting to the incident first, I don't have the required equipment to assist.

  • @Stoobers
    @Stoobers 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Ooh.. Bracknell!

  • @L-8
    @L-8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Three fire engines for a single car incident?

    • @EmergencydriveUK
      @EmergencydriveUK  ปีที่แล้ว

      The car was on the motorway, the most dangerous roads to work on. With three crews there you can safely close a lane and create a safe working area if needed. Thanks for watching

    • @L-8
      @L-8 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@EmergencydriveUK Ah, I guess that makes sense. Interesting video

  • @Aldaron47
    @Aldaron47 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Bracknell to Reading? I guess you were assisting Reading teams?

    • @EmergencydriveUK
      @EmergencydriveUK  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      There was one appliance from Wokingham, Wokingham road (Reading) and Bracknell

  • @AM2K2
    @AM2K2 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    cheers

  • @davewhite768
    @davewhite768 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Old school fire appliance.. was it a dennis 🤔

    • @ukemergencyvideos3335
      @ukemergencyvideos3335 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      04 plate Mercedes Atego.

    • @davewhite768
      @davewhite768 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@ukemergencyvideos3335 saw that at the end of the video 🤦

  • @kevgray.
    @kevgray. 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    We need more fire stations they shouldn't have to go that far......

    • @MrRichmac23
      @MrRichmac23 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      in fairness there were already two appliances there presumably from a closer station.

  • @bottlediggingchris3966
    @bottlediggingchris3966 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    The driver of the enterprise van needs to pass their driving test

    • @Pobsta-de7hb
      @Pobsta-de7hb ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yea , didnt slow nothing down though really, made no difference what so ever luckily

  • @lyndawest5329
    @lyndawest5329 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Where was this?

  • @Trainsplssubb
    @Trainsplssubb 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    are you in a police car.

  • @waeller.rescue
    @waeller.rescue 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    😎👍

  • @greigs9384
    @greigs9384 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Berkshire? Surprised it wasn’t a London machine you were following. Maybe they were all busy in Surrey that day?

  • @jimmccoy7576
    @jimmccoy7576 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    What waste of resources

    • @EnjoyFirefighting
      @EnjoyFirefighting 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      do you know what the caller reported on the phone, how he described the incident and scale of emergency?

  • @user-ei3dq2dw6i
    @user-ei3dq2dw6i 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Fire engines lights are pathetic needs more on them

  • @armchaircritic5605
    @armchaircritic5605 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    What is wrong with some of these drivers. Use your mirrors. The idiot in the Enterprise rental van needs to resit for his driving licence.

  • @tobyrose6906
    @tobyrose6906 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Enterprise Van eventually moved over. I would of Blasted a. Horn when I passed him.

  • @DVDfeverGames
    @DVDfeverGames 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Why? And unnecessary intro.

  • @marccarter4469
    @marccarter4469 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    They arrive and there are two engines there already why the hell do you need that many emergency services at a single car rtc waste of taxpayers money.

    • @EmergencydriveUK
      @EmergencydriveUK  3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      It's not a waste of tax payers money, it's for safety purposes. A dead firefighter would cost you a lot more. The safety systems are risk assessed at national level and determined number of personnel are allocated to fulfil the risk assessment needs...

    • @EnjoyFirefighting
      @EnjoyFirefighting 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @Marc Carter you never know what the caller reported to dispatch; I remember a case where a car slipped off the on-ramp at a highway in my home town; No-one got injured, car was in the field, no traffic put in danger ... not sure what they reported, but they made the Career FD respond with Command Van, Chief Car, Engine, Tanker, Powder Tanker, Heavy Rescue Truck and 2 companies from the volunteer FD with a Crew Van and Engine each ... additionally 2 ambulances, highway patrol car etc; Turned out to be a minor incident then ... so what

    • @marccarter4469
      @marccarter4469 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@EnjoyFirefighting exactly, waste of money and resources maybe the people on the 999 phone should ask more questions so they send an appropriate response.

    • @EnjoyFirefighting
      @EnjoyFirefighting 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@marccarter4469 can't blame them;
      Emergency Drive UK also explained that it has to do with their own safety to send out a certain minimum number of apparatus.
      Apart from that sometimes the caller hangs up, or the information on the incident came in via a third party e.g. calling police and then they informed integrated Fire & EMS dispatch, or it was reported via eCall or automatic crash report systems from the vehicles involved without any information being transfered on how the scenario is like. Even if they have direct contact, a caller might have difficulties to actually describe the scale of the incident ... it's not uncommon that the scenario he describes sounds like the most serious horrific crash and once crews arrive on scene it's hardly more than a fender bender.
      2 years ago I had an incident which pretty much repeated itself yesterday: accident with two school buses. Two years ago it was 2 school buses and electric car in between and it was reported that the school buses were full of people; Yesterday one school bus ended up in the ditch while the other one overturned, again expected to have lots of passengers. Luckily in both scenarios both buses together had only ONE passenger on board. The initial response however was according to an expected mass casualty incident.

    • @EnjoyFirefighting
      @EnjoyFirefighting 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@marccarter4469 the response to the single car accident at the on-ramp: th-cam.com/video/0HQjCv7aqBQ/w-d-xo.html
      full house response with 18 apparatus to sth which then turned out to be a false alarm: th-cam.com/video/yTd6FwG-4uQ/w-d-xo.html
      what the volunteer FD in my village sends out to accident scenes on the highway: only the Engine works right on scene, while both the Tanker and the Heavy Rescue will block lanes and direct traffic: th-cam.com/video/-61_STBdHx4/w-d-xo.html
      Lots of apparatus responding to a highway accident involving a truck and van, with only 1 man injured. However they expected it to be worse, to have more than one patient: th-cam.com/video/S_m5gPW4OoA/w-d-xo.html
      Around here we have locations where every critical patient will get at least 2 Emergency Doctor Cars and 2 ALS Emergency Ambulances to respond. Or 2 First Responder Cars, Emergency Doctor Car and ALS Emergency Ambulance. Most EMS units I had on scene for a medical incident was a mom which gave birth: 2 First Responder Cars, ordinary ALS Emergency Ambulance, ordinary Emergency Doctor Car, Children Emergency Ambulance and finally also a Newborn Doctor Ambulance, so in total 6 units and with 3 doctors