999 response - first drive with BHECCS
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
- This is my first response for BHECCS, a charity response scheme providing enhanced care in collaboration with the ambulance service.
You can find out more about them here bheccs.org.uk/
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Very educational on how I can help emergency vehicles coming up behind me, just stopping/slowing isn't always the right thing to do, wait until they have visibility and can easily get past. Its easy to panic and do the wrong thing, but videos like this allow you see what the emergency driver needs you to do. keep up the good work.
Yes. My initial response to any blue lights or sirens behind me is to immediately speed away as fast as possible, but then I figure out it's probably not me that the ambulance is chasing so I can move aside and then follow them through the traffic if I'm quick 😂
Found your videos, like most things on UA-cam, purely by accident, clearly you're an incredibly skilled emergency responder but what's also great about your video's is the understanding it gives us all as mere drivers, what to look for, how best to acknowledge our intentions, and how to best help you proceed safely, I've been driving 30+ years myself and have learned a lot of valuable lessons by watching your videos and listening to your commentaries, thanks for the great videos and your invaluable service.
Hey Chris, could you show us the technical setup of your car some time? All the lights, radio, and other special equipment it may have, and how you use them in your daily life? That would be great.
He's done that before I think in other videos?
@@marksapollo Not the technical side of the car iirc. Also he has a shiny new car now😁
@@feynthefallen
Agreed, would love a tour.
The B6 R-Design PHEV he's using is an absolute beast.
300bhp, 0-60 in 6.6 seconds, and limited to 120mph (not bad at all for a set of wheels weighing in at almost two tonnes!)
No wonder the cops in the UK and Scandinavian countries have always used V and S series for their Traffic and Road Crime units.
@@davieee1168 I followed that channel too... Ambuchannel. It was always so skilful driving and the narration was spot on.. Kinda like Chris here.
I´m not sure though, that is was cancelled due to what he was showing of the car, more like the bosses was afraid of what he MIGHT end up showing (in terms of privacy of the "customers") that they forced him to shut down.
Sad really, because videos like these is both entertaining are educational.
@@davieee1168 Literally anyone can fake an emergency vehicle. You can get the equipment (graphics + lights) pretty much everywhere you want.
The guy from the Netherlands - Ambuchannel - was forced to stop with this due to the EU's over-regulation and absolutely insane data protection laws. Fortunately the UK doesn't have to abide that EU nonsense anymore.
I love the new car, those Volvos are completely underrated. They also look really good liveried up. Great driving as always and good to see you back. Hope all is well with yourself Chris 😊
Love the way you keep a good distance from the vehicles in front going through the double white line sections, giving you plenty of forward vision & not pressurising the other drivers.
Thank you Chris for another great video. I got my license a while ago, 1967 in New Zealand. I still enjoy driving a lot. I find your videos instructional, especially when you have to drive along the English country roads. It’s great to see the high level of competency from the UK drivers. All the best from Sydney Australia 🇦🇺
3:34 that was incredible. They even recognized at the end when it was safe enough to let you pass, and then slowed down before you even got going again. Massive props to that driver.
To be honest it didn't need to get to that situation to start with. They were able to pull over from 3:05. That's 10 seconds worth of safe places to pull over. Yet chose to check their mirrors far too late and have to block him from being able to overtake for a considerable amount of time. Yes they realised he couldn't pass. But it never needed to get to that point.
@@mikedinni6318
Glad i’m not the only one to see that ! I sometimes think my expectations of other drivers is too high so i’m glad i’m not alone 😊
@@mikedinni6318 Too busy texting on their phone or deeply focused on a phone call I bet.
@SSR Suspension
There was ample space to stop to allow the response car to pass before the double white lines.
If you can’t drive then don’t drive, if you can’t watch the footage then don’t comment on it ffs !
@SSR Suspension now watch it again from 3:05 (as I said) and tell me he didn't have over 10 seconds of available road to pull over.
Never get tired of watching your videos Chris, they show what and how you handle different situations, good driving from other Cars, awareness of when it was safe to allow you to pass on double whites, and you never push them to speed up, just hang back. Drive Safe, Stay Safe.
Been missing your videos, great to see you back. I think it’s a great vantage point for (us) the average commuter to see how skilled you and your colleagues are and just how we can improve what, when and how we move to make your extremely important job easier and safer.
Seeing the speed is something totally different 😍😍
As a swede(not the vegetable) it’s nice to see you in a Volvo,be safe out driving😊
Except it's a Chinese Volvo 😉
Fantastic drive Chris. Hope the new role is going well. Jeez that Volvo is quick!
300bhp PHEV, 0-60mph in 6.6 seconds and restricted to 120mph (unrestricted could easily cruise to 150+)
Genuine understated "wolf in sheep's clothing", bit like the Skoda Octavia vRS Challenge Edition or Cupra Leon VZ300.
Nice to see you back Chris! Another great new video, lots to learn from this for us normal road users. Love the new car
Great video and even more enjoyable as its my route to work from Lethworth to Luton. Having video content like yours has been an insperation for me and this year acived my Rospa Gold on my BMW1200GS. I hope that others not only learn from your videos on what to do when the emergancy services approach but also learn to be better drivers and riders too.
Great work and thank you for the work you do.
Indeed! XD
Congrats on your Rospa! Hoping to be starting my advanced rider qualifications as soon as I have the time to get my A2 done and dealt with.
Some good driving skills on show, I'd forgotten how much of a switchback is the road from Hitchen to Barton-le-Clay, let alone at those speeds. Well done! 👏🏻
Another amazing drive. So nice to see people's awareness. You don't get that in London.! You're a lifesaver
We have missed you on here Chris...
Take care, old lady subber👍❤️
Thank-you for your dedication x
Thanks for sharing Chris, amazing skills & calmness (as always) thanks for doing what you do 👍👏🏻🇬🇧
What a beautiful vehicle. Thank you for your service.
superb driving ,your experience show's through and through. I loved the part where you silenced to reduce pressure on the vehicle in front ,and also as you say how they too recognized the safest choice. Great watch
Nice Whelen light setup on that car! Love the graphics package! This looks so much better than the usual odd battenburgs.
Great video and a lovely new Volvo. I think the speed/direction indicator looks very smart.
Just a quick Thank You if you was driving on Pixmore Ave in Letchworth yesterday as u let me come past the Parked Cars in my Mobile Car Park, aka Car Transporter after I Delivered to the Toyota in the Town.... Many Thanks again and keep up the Good Work and the Great Content
Ah ha...thanks and yes that was me. You're welcome. Besides.... head on you'd have def won 😁👍
Welcome back Chris.
As always brilliant videos. Some good driving from the public in this episode.
Volvo looks swift!
Hey Chris congratulations on the new car! It looks amazing. I bet it drives superbly!
fantastic drive chris, thats a fair amount of distance you travel. im a para up in derby working the FRV and also soon to be MFR in my own car, very rare i get sent over 10 miles and thats being a limited lucas resource as well!
Highlight of this trip for me was BMW driver YZ05UZX!
Well done to that driver for recognising when it is safer to yield and when it is better to proceed. A good responder and a reactive driver make good progress, that was a tricky section of road and the driver behaved admirably. Recognition is well-deserved as few public drivers respond in this way.
Nice Pull Push steering technique. glad to see it in action when you took the roundabouts. Brilliant.
The exported bitrate looks pretty poor, with all the leaves and fast moving footage it hurts my eyes a bit. If you could bump it up a bit that would be awesome. Haven’t noticed this issue in previous videos.
Ah your videos bring back memories of my time in Stevenage Old Towm!
Not sure if this has ever been covered before, or indeed how feasible/difficult it would be to achieve, but a video about the best things we as drivers can do to make emergency vehicle's journeys easier would be amazing - like the two examples you mentioned here about no overtaking opportunity might not be obvious at first.
I'm happy to stand corrected, but I believe the unsuitable spot for overtaking refers to the double solid white lines and blind corners. If I remember correctly, even response drivers aren't supposed to cross a double solid. In this circumstance, the best practice as a general motorist is to keep going until a suitable place for a pass is found and then slow and make space for the EMS.
Hi Chris, discovered your videos recently and they're really interesting! I can see you're always trying different things so I thought perhaps a suggestion would be to display indicator animations (literally just flash arrow images left or right on and off) when you're coming up to complicated junctions or roundabouts so we can see which way you're intending to go. Thought it might add to the interest. Thanks for posting
I really find these videos fascinating to watch
Nice driving as ever Chris. How do you find the big Volvo??
Standard of fellow motorists in this video was pretty damn good. Wasn't really any holds or tricky situations.
Agreed, made for a very easy run given how considerate everyone was. Thanks for the comments.
Ps, the Volvo is very nice to drive😀
Yes I have reassessed my view of how many brain-dead idiots there are sitting in the driver's seat of most cars (you can't say they are driving the cars) - these people were actually *aware* of what was going on around them!
What a great demonstration of priority driving. Our laws in Australia prohibit anybody other than an ambulance service responding to provide pre-hospital medicine, and we don't have the ambulance shortages like the UK appears to have.
8:07 thought that was an early overtake then you absolutely send it. Good stuff.
Excellent drive as usual; using the car's performance effectively.
what a coincidence ive been watching your videos for a while know and it was a question ive had for months now when are you going to do a shift with BHECCS now here we are.....love your content
I would love to see that in 4k quality!
And this car looks really nice.
Hitchin to Bartons a nightmare road. All of the bushes and verges are littered with bits from collisions. I cycled it regularly in the late 90s. I’m guessing it’s probably worse now.
Roadworks / temporary light set-ups must be a real challenge!
I wish the UK used red and blue lights like we do over here in Australia, I believe the visibility is much better instead of just blue flashing lights, I could be wrong but that's from my own eyes!
I love watching you go down the streets I go through all of the time. And to you go to Letchworth sometimes.
Mr M, not only are you to be forever admired for what you do, your driving skills are quite enviable. Some of your videos however appear to show drive times beyond what would be considered 'reasonable' in an emergency.
Is this because you're the closest = minimal regional EMS = NHS cutbacks? I fully understand that your ability to answer honestly on a public platform may be restricted ;o)
Regardless, THANK YOU for what you do.
Fantastic drive well done keep up the good work, our hero
The BMW did do well driving on the double white line section where you overtook!!!!
Blows my mind that some people don't even attempt to give way.
Good to see you back Chris
Most of the other drivers did a good job!
I appreciate the people who would just drive straight up onto empty sidewalk to get out of the way. You gotta do what you gotta do
What about the driver who pull onto a green box and was fined for stoping on it to let a ambulance out 😅😅😅😅
Great video, would be nice if we could see more of the journey like starting off and arriving on scene.
One of the most hazardous problems when driving at this time of year is obviously just how low The Sun is in the sky.
Blinding.
This is when sun visors come into a League of their own.
Although I think perhaps early January can be the worst, sometimes you are lucky if you can see the silhouette of a stationary vehicle.
Great video, great driving, and great car!
Great to see your videos again!
Awesome drive
Love the speedometer! I do believe that it could be a tad smaller myself. Amazing content you make!
Size is fine
I heard it takes about an hour to get EMS service in the UK. That's sad. Both in Dubai and the US, I can get one within moments.
Nice to see you are back
Was that chopper in the air related to the accident as well?
Great to see a new upload! I like seeing the different interaction on those narrow roads with bad visibility, hence the double white lines.
But is your video quality worse? Even the text in the lower third in the beginning is pixelated and I am definitely on 1080p.
If they had been a little more observant, perhaps if you kept the siren on a little longer, the two that you catch just after the 5 min mark could have pulled into the layby or its entrance/exit.
Another good one Chris... the Volvo V60...hope it's the T6..nice to know how it compares to your last VRS...
This Swedish nurse approves this car 👍👍
3:36 - "The BMW Driver did really well here"..........well that's a first :D
I’m guessing it’s the case, but do you only pull over for lights AND sirens in the UK? in the US we’re generally told to pull over even if only the lights are on.
Do the different sirens have any meaning? In Germany we only have one siren sounds for all emergency vehicles.
Speedometer is a great addition!
Hi, thank you for filming, great to see, who supplies your uniform ?? I'm looking for that type for my team. Tom
I'll double check with the team and come back to you
Seeing how other road users react and give way, just imagine this in China or someother far eastern counrty ! Great driving as always .
or London.
How come you keep changing the sirens, what is the reason for this?
Gives me faith in humanity to see all those cars move aside! But I don't understand what the honking is for?
Not sure but from watching these videos I think it is the way to activate a change of siren tone
Hes either saying thank you some times, or its too get the attention, might even be built in with the siren idk
How is the Volvo compared to the Octavia VRS?
Great stuff again Chris.
Nice responsible drive in the twin turbo Swede showing how it is done safely Chris (Do they fit rumblers?)
Hi Chris, just have a question about your Skoda that you got for your job.
Would you be allowed to take it out of the country, or would you have to remove all the emergency lights and stuff?
Trailing the two cars on the double whites, did you notice how close the 2nd car was to the 1st car, not a safe braking distance at all. Were they trying to speed the other car up?
I was on the ambos, and one of the most upsetting calls was to a FR car, on blues and two shout, that was hit by an overtaking car from the opposite direction. The driver was not badly hurt, but was more upset by the failure to respond, rather than the fact of being hit by a cretin.
Also what's more fun to drive? This Volvo or your old Skoda VRS? You get to test the cars performance daily so must have good insight.
This looks a lot more bulky to be fair, can’t be as nimble around roads. I would rather a BMW or a smaller VAG vehicle like the Skoda or Cupra
This is very interesting. I'm doing my blue light course and A to B run soon for my Police training so it's good to see.
Take a look at Chris Gilbert 999 for commentary driving. Good luck with your blue light course.
@@fastman05
Thanks mate, I'll check him out.
Was that HEMS at 8:19 ?
I wouldn't be able to work there. I'd be totally annoyed by the number of roundabouts making a quick emergency response impossible and slowing down patient transports to the hospital as well; Also that winding road countryside road, at many spots without any clearance to the side ... with the amount of traffic I'd say it's a main road for them, however the layout of the road would be "suitable" only for the least important and barely used roads here.
What exactly do you assist the ambulance service with?
proper 'beware the hun in the sun 'conditions too, esp with the damp roads
nice car, love the livery.
Is it possible to get both km/h and mph in the nice speed widget? Like the compass too.
Will see what I can do…
@@ChrisMartinEMS What about a POV video?
@@larskristianmoe-hansen9574 like chest mounted?
@@ChrisMartinEMS yeah
@@ChrisMartinEMS Head Mounted or Shoulder mounted is likely to be better, as Chest mounted will be too low to see over the dash.
Forgive my ignorance but, it's there a particular reason for you controlling the siren by sounding the car horn and not with a separate switch of some sort?
My guess is that it is easier, and more reliable, to wire into a robust existing circuit with a securely mounted control, rather than trying to mount a new control which would probably end up in a different place in every vehicle type.
He uses the horn to thank people for pulling over safely as well as a warning. I don't think it controls the sirens though, I believe that's a separate button still. The horn may just cut them off in some way. But he stops the sirens when no one is around and it's a fast road as his own words are you can get a headache from them sometimes.
@@marksapollo It does, same on Police cars. The siren controller responds to the signals sent by the horn so there's no actual wiring the sirens into the horn, it's the system which knows to respond to the use of the horn button. It's quicker in terms of ergonomics not to be leaning over to a separate bank of buttons.
It's pretty common on most Emergency Vehicles to have this setup, it allowed the driver to keep his/her hands on the wheel at all times, reducing the risk to take hands off to change tone (you can imagine how many times he'd be taking his hand away in this video). You just hit "999" mode, which turns on the lights, and then the horn starts the cycle of tones.
10:08 What was up with the police block?
Very beautiful car
what’s the occasional pip for? is it a thank you? or an extra warning? or both?
The horn cycles through siren tones. 2 honks turns it off by the sounds.
4:22 weird! A 1992-1996 ford f150. I don't imagine you guys have many of those over there. A flareside at that!
We have them in Australia, along with the Chevrolet Silverado and Dodge Ram. Some are used by police, and the F-250 was the standard ambulance here for many decades.
8:21 is that HEMS??
Out of all the cars you've driven, whats been the worst one to drive?
Hi Chris....great video. Love the car and the driving. Can I ask what Sat Nav you use?
When you doing your first drive with POSHH?!?!?
POSHH??
@@ChrisMartinEMS POSHH and BHECCS, it's a very funny joke
Honest review of the Volvo? How do you find the lag? Drive these at advanced level daily and really struggle with it and end up in manual virtually all the time
How are speed cameras dealt with whilst you're on a call?
They go to the registered number plate like usual but the fine gets knocked once it realises hes an EMS PARAMEDIC
Emergency Medical Charity?
I get that this was a rural situation, buy man that was a long drive to get to an emergency call. Driver did an excellent job, but it goes to show that if you live rural, it is even more important for you to know CPR and First Aid, even though ideally everyone would know these things.
nice driving skills
Quick question, with the new role in BHECCS, have you upgraded your driving qualifications? I remember one video where you mentioned being 'allowed' to do 20mph over the speed limit as that was your exemption but in this clip you touched 100mph on the dual carriageway, 30 over the NSL. Was that just a little slip or a new allowance?
The driving qualification doesn’t change the ability to claim exemptions. I hold L3 certificate in emergency response driving (I suspect as Chris has been in the game a little longer he may hold IHCD with some updates - just a gentle jab at his vintage in service!)
The guideline is NSL plus 20 for most trusts on normal roads but on motorways and dual carriageway it is down to the driver to justify using the exemption triangle.
Myself - on a run - a fair few years ago - that was certainly exceptional - I achieved NSL plus 65…..
It comes down to the justification - and a CCP doing 100 on a clear, open stretch of road in a suitable vehicle and in which he can stop in the distance he can see to be clear would be fine.
The legal side of the speed we can do (I drive DCA's rather than RRV's but the exemption is the same) is 'is it safe and justifiable' - Trusts have guidelines and if we breach them are unlikely to support us in a dangerous/careless driving charge beyond basic evidence about the job we were on. My trust is Speed limit + 50% so in a NSL I am allowed to do 105mph, although a Fiat Ambulance will only do about an indicated 105-108 mph so doesn't really top the ton in real speed as it is optomistic.
@SSR Suspension Police sits at 3(ish) levels like you say.
Basic - Drive the car with no exemptions.
Standard - Response driving with exemptions for speed, keep lefts and red lights - in my force there was a speed cap of +20 until last year at which point the cap was removed so drivers who have taken a course since then are deemed to be "Standard Plus".
Advanced - Traffic, ARV etc which pushes the overtaking aspect further, allows for unmarked and high performance vehicles.
@SSR Suspension RPU come down harder on your lot more than average punters in similar circumstances from what I've seen. Police barely blink an eyelid these days to some horrendous driving,including injuries to vulnerable persons.
would you ever consider getting a tune/remap for the volvo s60? bringing it to stage 3 or even 2 or 1 would give you alot more power for that not much $
government vehicle, go figure
Awesome video how long did it take for you to become a critical care paramedic