The German, Dutch, Belgian and Austrian emergency vehicles mostly still use a real horn. The advantage is that the sound is unmistakable and cannot be confused with other noises such as alarm systems, etc. There is also less environmental noise that can overwhelm the sound. Another advantage of a real horn is that it is primarily aimed in the desired direction (direction of travel) and does not pointlessly fill the area with sound. Thanks to the consistent tone, the vehicle can also be located better by road users, the direction and speed can be estimated.
the european siren ("Martinshorn" or more specific DIN 14610) also have a longer reach than the us-style wailing sirens - not much but still noticable btw, european policecars also have the american yelping-siren in addition to the normal siren
@@nobodx longer reach? Although having the same db(A) level at the same measured (very close) distance, in terms of long reach a martin horn by far won't be heard so far away "btw, european policecars also have the american yelping-siren in addition to the normal siren" highly depends on the country; Yelp signals can be used as stop signal in Germany, whereas other countries might not have it at all, or use wail and yelp sirens as regular sirens
" is that it is primarily aimed in the desired direction (direction of travel) and does not pointlessly fill the area with sound." true for many emergency vehicles, but not all. The old Engines from the Copenhagen FD had their martin horns mounted sideways in the grill, and the previous generation of Bavarian emergency doctor cars had their martin horns mounted behind the bumper, facing down towards the road.
In netherlands emergency vehicles only use sirens when they need them as well. You see them often driving just with lights on when it is dark. Only turning sound on when aproaching busy intersections and stuff. Cuts down masivly on sound polution.
In Germany there is also the law to turn on the siren only at intersections. In the evening or at night, the siren is sometimes left out at intersections, but if an accident happens, the fire brigade/emergency service/police are liable, but the siren is not the fire department's liability /emergency service/police
In the Netherlands we have three different sounds for Police, Fire car and ambulance.. For me that does not matter, because when I am driving on the road, I know I have to act immediately just to let them pass through.. The sounds always makes me creaps out as a driver.. But I really think it is NECESSARY to let them go through one side or another. Thanks for sharing. ❤
One thing in EU is the color of the flash lights of all emergency vehicles (police, ambulance and fire dept.). The color is bright blue. That is a very good thing compared to white, orange or even red flash lights. Bright blue is very visible in a bright day or totally dark night. All other colors just disappear in the surrounding lights. Many times it is difficult to figure out from the sirens where the emergency cars are coming from, but bright blue flash can be seen from very far away. In EU orange flash lights are used in all type of service vehicles wheter they are used to mainrain the roads or being a vehicle of some person maintaing something else. Also very slow vrhicles like tractors use orange flash lights. White and red are not used except the police uses one red light on the roof of the car when they order another car to stop immediately. It is not flashing but it is like a very bright red high beam.
In einer Geschichtsdokumentation über die Berliner Feuerwehr stand, dass das Blaulicht erst kurz vor Kriegsbeginn (WW2) eingeführt wurde, weil es von angreifenden Flugzeugen im Dunklen weit weniger gut gesehen werden konnte als beispielsweise rotes Blinklicht. Dabei nicht vergessen, dass damals die Helligkeit der Signallichter bei Weitem nicht so groß wie heute war! Die Blaulichter waren bis Ende der sechziger Jahre ja nichts Anderes als eine dauerhaft leuchtende 10-21W Glühlampe um die ein Parabolspiegel kreiste. Recht gut zu erkennen hier: ua-cam.com/video/wXeLrv06xRU/v-deo.html
Random Fact; The siren that we know as the "emergency service siren" was created by John Robison in 1799 in scotland and it has been adapated all around the world.
In Austria they just turn it on when there is 1) an emergency and 2) the situation (e.g. traffic) makes it necessary. Otherwise they just go with blue lights - even in an emergency
11:50 The "Martin's Horn" (siren), invented in Germany, is still used in Germany in Belgium, the Netherlands, Austria, Switzerland and Lichtenstein! New York may soon be added to the mix. The shrill sound of police sirens gets on New York's nerves. A Europeanization is needed. The constant howling could soon be followed by the "Tatü-Tata" known in Germany.
really? New York is going European when it comes to the sound of emergency sirens? that would mean all those millions of citizens need to learn to recognise it.
@@embreis2257 I don't know if it will actually be introduced, the mayor's idea dates back to 2019. If the German "Martinshorn" is introduced, it will probably be quieter than the one in Germany, otherwise New Yorkers would be annoyed again. We don't know it any differently in Germany and it makes sense, the police siren in Germany is also quieter than the fire brigade's, which is why you often hear the police too late.
@@biloaffe that bill was rejected, and the idea wasn't from the major. Apart from that the martin horn is also used in e.g. Sweden, Chile, very few places in the US, Ukraine, Hungary,
@@embreis2257 no, the bill was rejected years ago. No, they wouldn't have to learn it. You'd recognize it as soon as you hear it. Apart from the bill, one EMS provider in NYC has adapted hi-lo sirens long before the bill was introduced
@@EnjoyFirefighting Thanks for your answer 👍 I once saw a report on TV where it was said that it was the mayor's idea 🤔. But it doesn't matter, it wasn't implemented.
Italy was missing. The fire department there also has a distinctive siren. And the police always look perfect, their uniform flawless and their hairstyle and sunglasses always on point.
you mean the carabinieri...?! in their Lamborghinis and Ferraris??? This is not a "normal police force". Organizationally, they belong to the Ministry of Defense
"And the police always look perfect, their uniform flawless and their hairstyle and sunglasses always on point" Yeah, that's the most important point for sure. Looks. Gangsters will pee themselves and think twice, before facing such a stylish policemen. But Italian gangsters are stylish as well...
@@dnocturn84I think u should go look at the American white racist policeman😂😂 Wanna just say that we don’t have gangster and the Mafia is not more visible same except the Camorra.
the horns used in germany belgian netherlands austria ... are very easy to locate for a driver as well as you can hear dirctly if it is coming at you, going side ways to ur location or going away from you because it sounds distinctly different. you can also estimate the distance it is away from you very easy, while at the same time the sound doesnt go to much to the sides and back so its less noise polution for the rest of the city.
it's always kinda strange that you're able to hear a (for example) police car coming from hundreds of meters away, but after it has passed you the sound drops of real quick. but at the same time it's really nice that only the people that have to hear the siren hear it. and people "behind" the siren don't get bothered by it.
@@ChristiaanHW It's the "doppler effect". The sound waves get squished together as the ambulance comes closer (higher pitch) and stretched out as it moves away (lower pitch).
Here in Hong Kong people don't really care about giving ways to emergency vehicles, even padastrians, that's why in the video you see that thee ambulance has to wait for a period of time before crossing.
I am lucky living in the Netherlands how us people should react in traffic when emergency with alarm want to pass. In the Netherlands,if we don NOT react as we MUST do, the police can come around and you have to pay a lot of money...!! Just like it should have been alk around the world..!! That is my opinion... have a nice day...❤
fyi, it's not just in the Netherlands. Not getting out of the way of emergency vehicles can cost you dearly in Germany, Austria, Belgium, Luxembourg, Spain, Italy, France, Slovenia, etc.
The same thing here in Germany and you get a point, so the point is a penalty depending on what you do in traffic, you get one point or several and after a certain number of points your driving license is revoked
@@ayuex1871 And now ,we give 12 points to our own Joost from the Netherlands for his cooperation on the songcontest...! That's a joke..But you are so right!!
There are normally red lights either side of fire stations in the UK, that require you to make an emergency stop when they flash - and to remain stationary until they stop flashing! This allows for the unimpeeded egress of fire engines from their stations. Those ambulance cars and motorcycles in Edinburgh carry senior paramedics to top-level emergencies, either as an advance party, or where assistance is required. In London, the Metropolitan Police have a river unit, with a number of boats of various types, based and working upon the River Thames.
@EnjoyFirefighting It's not for no reason - it's to let the big fire engines out. Maybe not an emergency stop as per driving test stuff, but I think you know what I meant 😉
@@paulharvey9149 yeah, when lights turn red you stop. But an emergency stop is absolutely NOT necessary. Or do they turn on the red lights only 3 seconds before the fire engines leave the station? In case that's true, then it's the fire department's fault. We have traffic lights in front of many stations as well, and they're activated well before the fire apparatus leave - traffic can stop at the red light just like they stop at every other red light as well
@@EnjoyFirefighting Just like a level crossing then, flash lights, drop barriers, wait 45 minutes and then let the train through - just as somebody that's got bored waiting decides to drive around them. Or perhaps best not, eh?
@@paulharvey9149 funny you mention level crossings. Common setup here: 1. light turn yellow for 3 seconds 2. light turn red 3. lights stay red with barriers staying up for another 10 to 23 seconds, depending on if it's one barrier covering both sides of the road or split barriers covering only one side of the road. With 13 to 26 seconds after the lights turned yellow, vehicles have plenty of time to gently slow down and come to a stop 4. in case of one long barrier for both sides, it will go down after 23 seconds; in case of split barriers: the barrier covering the entry lane will go down after 10 seconds, the barrier covering the exit lane goes down after another 10 seconds 5. rule of thumb: gates are down 90 seconds before the train comes through. Might as well take longer, like 3 minutes, in case the train comes to a stop at the previous station first At most level crossings gates covering the entire road will make it impossible to go around the gates. And no-one will wait 45 minutes for a train here ...
Interesting to see that Vietnam uses both Euro- and US-style fire trucks, that's the first time I've ever seen both types in one place And regarding the one you said was dead quiet, it was probably going through a resedential area at night, at least here in Europe, emergency vehicles will usally run lights only, no sirens when going trhough residential areas at night, unless they absolutely have to run the sirens, they don't want to wake everyone up if not nescessary! Kinda funny to see your reaction to a Mercedes fire truck, you might only be familiar with their road cars and race cars, but Mercedes either makes or at least has made pretty much anything with a minimum of four wheels and an engine, tractors, semi trucks etc....
Cuba has old vehicles from Castro's Rule when he decreed that no new cars would be imported, so there remain only well cared for historic US cars from the 1950s and early 1960s
That's a thing of the past, many modern vehicles are now on the streets of Cuba, at least modern for Cuban standards, it remains a terrible place to live of course. The well looked after US classics from the 50s and 60s is only a tourist trap these days and are mostly seen in Havana, not in places like Camagüey or Santiago.
3:15 The fire brigade in Abu Dhabi, for example, is trained by German firefighters. There was a report about it once. A long time ago. Title: Feuerwehr Abu Dhabi: Brandschutz "made in germany" | SPIEGEL TV 7:14 In our harbour, we occasionally see foreign rescue vehicles and fire engines. They are delivered from Germany to their country of destination. If I saw it correctly, the Vietnamese fire engine was from MAN. This is a German vehicle.
the Vietnamese MAN still had the distinct horn sound, not the electronic ones some of the other Vietnamese cars had. wouldn't be surprised to learn the MAN truck was acquired second-hand after it was decommissioned in Germany 🙂
As a dutch, i have been wondering for quitte some years, what would happen in the busy USA, India and Chinees city's if they would use the German Belgian or Dutch horn and sound system, I once had an MICU Ambulance behind me(also nice to check for youtube movies btw) and i could not stay in front of it. For me the main differnece is the sound of pressure to move out of the way compared with a stressed out nervous sound that is asking attention but is not directly motivating me to move.
I know in some countries policecars drive with flashlights by default. They even keep flashing when they are parked on an intersection while there is NO emergency, just to "let people feel they are being watched, so they behave". Many times there is just a car with flashlights there without an officer... If you (ab)use your emergency vehicle signals like that, the signals lose their significance. How do you expect people to know the difference between an emergency where they need to make way and a vehicle just rudely begging at everybody to be seen by using flashlights as christmas decoration
The turntable ladder combination on top of the Fire truck has existed in the UK for many years, with the more modern type as displayed here, now being used by different Fire Services in major UK cities!
I can Tell you that the german firetrucks especally the new ones from Hannover are the most modern fire trucks you can find in the world. Even thou they look small, they are crazy!!!
That was fascinating, Joel. The sound of those German claxons made me want to hop a plane a start this summer's adventures. In my city, the police service is experimenting with using UK Battenburg markings on its cars - green and blue on white. It looks cool. All of that equipment looked great, especially the Seoul police car and the Honolulu ladder truck!! Cheers, John in Canada
What you saw at 5:17 areound was the Special Police Forces the MEK Mobiles Einsatz Komando (Mobile Task Force) but could've also been the SEK Spezial Einsatz Komando (Special Task Force) Wich atleast in Hamburg is the Same
Emergency vehicle in the Netherlands have Traffic signal preemption (also called traffic signal prioritisation) is a build in system that allows an operator to override the normal operation of traffic lights and signals. The most common use of these systems manipulates traffic signals in the path of an emergency vehicle, halting conflicting traffic and allowing the emergency vehicle right-of-way.
The Austrian, Belgian, Dutch, and German sirens use acoustic horns. There has been research on the topic of acoustic vs digital horns. The results favored acoustic horns as they are better identified by other road users and for longer distances. Both give other road users more time and room to get their vehicles out of the way and/or to stop which results in the emergency vehicles getting faster to their destination. One downside to acoustic horns is their increased disturbance of other people but crews try to mitigate this by using the horns only when needed. In our town of 15k people, we have a voluntary fire brigade that has 1 to 2 dozen missions a month. Most are non-emergencies (e.g. cutting down a high tree after a storm has ravaged it). We have no police station but a depot for ambulances. They have dozens of missions every day and during the day you will hear sirens from time to time but drivers mostly don't use them at night as the streets are quite empty. Only when they want to force their right of way at a crossing or somebody's vehicle is blocking their way they will use the horn.
All emergency vehicles in the Netherlands have those distinctive stripes (except for undercover police cars). This makes them easily stand out between other vehicles. Police cars are usually white with blue and red stripes (there are also blue with white and red stripes, but those are usually reserved for specific high-ranking officers) Firetrucks are red with blue and white stripes And Ambulances are yellow (a specific shade that generally isn't used for commercial cars) with blue and red stripes. As a result, ambulances usually stand out the most of all three. There are also a few different types of vehicles that each emergency unit uses, each with the corresponding color scheme: Fire: large trucks, smaller trucks, cars (not commonly used) Medical: ambulance vans, cars, helicopters (of which there are 3 operational in the country) Police: cars, vans, motorcycles, helicopters There are also some trucks occasionally used by police, but I've only ever seen those used when they brought in a water cannon to break up a protest, and I don't remember it being painted in police colors either
Hi, i am a belgian who is discovering your video's for a month now. What I think would be nice to see is an interview where you can ask every question you would like to ask to an european, just to see what that gives. I'm a Belgian who traveled a lot of europe, who studied european journalism and has a masters degree in theatrical arts. I dont have a youtube channel and i dont really plan on starting one. On the other hand i think its cool to look at People of which you covered some video's before to do an interview with. Keep going with your nice content, i'm enjoying it!
We used to have sirens which could simply be identified between the three main emergency vehicles. Explanation beforehand: A was a higher tone and with stress/emphasis on it, the b is the lower tone and without stress/emphasis on it. An ambulance has four syllables in Dutch, so the siren had four tones A-b-A-b (am-bu-lan-ce), the politie (police in Dutch) had three syllables and a three tone siren b-A-b (po-li-tie) and the fire brigade (brandweer in Dutch) had two syllables and a two tone siren A-b (brand-weer). If you listened carefully, you would know which emergency vehicle was rushing towards an accident or emergency. But nowadays the sirens aren’t as recognizable anymore. Maybe it’s an EU thing, lots of it is these days. Or they use an ‘improved’ siren, ‘the new siren is better to hear’ or whatever silly excuse a civil servant has made up. But I think the sirens were better recognizable in the past.
Canada has slowly but surely become far more like the US in far too many ways. 'Individualism' becomes covering term to being a selfish asshat with no consideration for the common good and the urgent needs of others. Sad to see it pronounced in other countries like Singapore. In a number of European countries, its a crime not to make way if you can. In the UK alone, you can face a fine up to £5000 for 'willfully impeding' the progress of emergency vehicles. As for Cuba, you see many very old/repurposed vehicles due to the US embargo (and its pressure on other countries) making it difficult to import new ones for decades. (Also, note how you did not see those predestrian-mowing bull bars on police vehicles outside of North America.)
As a French I can say we use the same horn as the Germans, not 100% identical but still mainly the same. Also some crazy fact for you to know: in Paris and all surrounding area, firefigters are linked to the military, yes they are soldiers AND firefighters and they live like in a true military base and must do one year of training like a regular infantry soldier before actually training like a firefighter, this is probably why Paris brigade is the third most efficient in the world. In addition to this, in Marseille, a city close to the sea in the south, firefighters are part of the navy, so same routine as in paris with additional specialised training for rescue in sea obviously. Also the reason why europeans use ladder trucks looking like a london bus with the ladder on their backs is because unlike in US our roads inside cities are not as big and wildly spread out, having a truck focus in lenght to move the truck will only result in being trapped in the endless circulation of cars so we do with the height instead to gain space and mobility in tiny streets
here in Portugal there are several models and types of vehicles and motorbikes... All blue or blue and white are from PSP (Public Safety Police)... Yellow or fluorescent green are from INEM (National Institute for Medical Emergency)... Reds or red and white are from the Fire Department... all white are from SNPC or PC (National Service for Civil Protection)... Yellow with orange and other colors are from INSN (basically lifeguard/Coastal services).. gray and green or all green belong to the GNR (National Republican Guard)... the military uses specific camouflage green. Also PSP...GNR and Fire Departament have distinguish siren sounds between themselves... an red ambulance has a different sound from yellow one
Those green trucks in Vietnam can be used to transport police or military or firefighters, most first responders use those truck because they were built for emergency services only I think
sirens for ambulances are three toned, all other emergency vehicles are 2 toned, with fire trucks from high to low and police sirenes from low to high. You are correct in that the dutch and german (also Flanders, Switzerland, Austria) systems are similar, advantage being you know, without having to see the emergency vehicle, what type of emergency vehicle approching.
Hello from Switzerland, our sirens are also the typical "Martin horn" (2 tones horn) like in Germany, although sometimes with a slightly different pitch. I found it interesting that in some countries there are apparently green signal lights for ambulances. I found the big red light rail bad in one of the Asian countries, but you could hardly see the lights. Regarding the ambulances being "normal" vans, I don't think this is the crucial point. Many of us have a broader structure, but not all of them. The professional care provided by the medical staff and the available equipment is likely to be more crucial here. In Germany, as here, an emergency doctor is on call very quickly if there is a significantly critical/life-threatening situation. In cases of serious accidents outside of the cities, it is not uncommon for REGA (a private organization for the air transport of patients and repatriation of patients from abroad) to be called in; the journey to a clinic (possibly a specialist clinic) is much shorter and is easier for the patient gentler.
Actualy germany starts using a system called "Hali-System" it makes it so that police, ambulance and also firetrucks gave always green light and all others have red light after they pased it it switches bac to the normal system rhythm
The boat trailer in 20:20 looks like a Euro-style trailer with a passive-adaptive braking system. That totally would make sense for an emergency purpose.
You should at Burmese emergency responses. The police vehicles are essentially blue canvas topped military trucks or Toyota sedans. But what's more ubiquitous is green canvas topped military trucks and Military Chinese Type 90 Armored Personnel Carriers filled to the brim with green clad men with locally made copies of the G3. I'm so thankful I'm in the US and I don't have to risk getting a 20mm shell my way when I go out.🤣
As a european it really pisses me off how the people in 3rd world countries dont give a flying fuck about fireturcks or ambulances and just go continuingh what ever they were doing...
Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Austria and Switzerland use real horns, not electronic sounds. the Vietnamese truck was an MAN, probably bought from Europe when it was decommissioned there
Yeah, dog training with the club feels like there's a responder passing every 10-15 minutes, but then we are sat between the two highways that lead to the primary hospital, and have the main vehicle depots for each of the responders within 5 minutes of the same hospital
Avante is the KDM (Korean Domestic Market) name but it’s basically the Elantra here in the US. Japan is also very prevalent in the different name/same car ideal. Example would be Mazda‘s Miata (North America)/MX5 (Europe)/Roadster (Japan). On another note, you definitely need to check out the Italian Sirens: Ambulanza Sirena or Vigili Del Fuoco Sirena (including Pneumatic variants).
NL; Police, Ambulance, Firedepartment all have a distict sound in the siren. Dutch, German and Beligian are similar but still different compared with each other. This might be my bias being from South Limburg, but Germany and Belgium are just around the corner. Our services even work together now days. So maybe that has to do with why they sound similar?!?
Hi, Joel! 11:50: Germany and obviously, (I didn`t know it), The Netherlands and Belgium have the same alarm sound! Maybe when the Netherlands and Belgium buy a german ambulance car or firefighting car, the alarm-system is already installed? At least for the european market.
What I (German) don't like in the USA are the colorful lights on the emergency vehicles. It always looks like a disco. In Germany we only have blue warning lights for all emergency vehicles (police, fire and ambulance).
18:28 This a Lada (Vas) 2107, made in the Soviet Union(Since Cuba and the Soviets were commie buddies the got some craggy cars for Mother Russia). It is a very slow ,unsafe ,and cheap car made for the people of Soviet Russia. The last 2107 was produced at Suzuki's factory in Egypt. where production ended In August 2011. The car was made for over 40 years and was sent to: Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Germany, Finland, Portugal, Iceland(under 100 cars exported), Sweden, United Kingdom and Ireland, Turkey, Egypt. Ladas were forbidden to be imported to Italy since the car was based on a Fiat 124. Lada is still in business and you can go check out there website if you want.
"I've never seen a ladder loaded on top like that" right after the Hong Kong ladder there was a Canadian ladder, loaded the exact same way..... And later even Auburn's ladder is loaded that way....You should deep dive in European emergency vehicles......
Vietnam last green cargo truck is transporting more firefighters because in the firetruck that not enough seat for more firefighter to arrive at scene so they we use that green truck to transport more firefighters at scene
The grey unmarked police cars at 5:10 min are most likely a german S.W.A.T. team (SEK, Sonder Einsatz Kommando). At 20:46 min you can see something special in Germany, Austria and few other european countries. The VW Transporter (T5?) driving in front of the Mercedes Ambulance is a so-called "Notarzteinsatzfahrzeug" (NEF) which transports a "Notarzt" to the patient. A Notarzt is an emergency physician working alongside the EMS in the field. He/she is dispatched in severe cases of trauma, shortness of breath, loss of consciousness and other cases which may be life-endagering or in cases with a lot of injured people. Here the NEF is shown escorting the Ambulance towards a hospital, the Notarzt is with the patient in the Ambulance.
2:50 The Chinese automotive industry more or less started with the factories Volkswagen built there. The Passat/Santana models made a large portion of the initial production there. 13:50 Built by Magirus, a company founded in Ulm by Conrad Dietrich Magirus, commander of the voluntary firefighters brigade, in 1866; in 1936 taken over by Humboldt-Deutz (cologne), the brand was revived as Magirus-Deutz in 1949; in 1974 the company became part of a joint venture with Fiat and rebranded in 1983 as Iveco Magirus, since 2013 again only Magirus, in 2024 sold to holding company Mutares SE & Co KGaA. 18:30 The embargo against Cuba meant they had for a long time to hold on to the cars imported in the early 1950s, except for some imports from esatern Europe like that Lada police car (Lada being a Russian brand, using in the 1960s and 1970s mostly designs bought from Fiat, later from Renault-Simca). Later Cuba could also import some Asian cars. 19:45 A real big boy from Hamburg, Germany: ua-cam.com/video/RnbIUhVApV4/v-deo.html 22:20 The Canadian fire trucks seem all to use their own local color scheme. Very confusing.
What I really don't like, since my childhood, are wrong wailing sirens in movies from Hollywood. It may not be a big deal, but missing details like this still bother me. Millions are spent on film shoots, crew and actors, and then you can't get it done? For me, it's like when a machine gun is fired and all you hear is "bang bang". Especially incomprehensible when filming is not done in studios, but in real places in other countries and cities. What's next? The voice of the announcement of a New York subway in Berlin, London or Paris? 🤷♂
love how you complain about the circumstance that the guy who recorded all of the videos on his own and has payed to travel to all those places simply has never been to Australia yet
@@EnjoyFirefighting you make a point, cause ngl i thought it was him gathering videos taken by other ppl then edit them into a vid so i thought he just said ye nah fuck the aussies i don't feel like grabbing some vids from the internet for em.
Hey, Cubas emergency vehicles look old because there is no real import of new ones, due to the poverty of the country and due to the embargo policy of the US, I believe! You should google it, interesting realationship between those two countries! LG Martin!
Im not an expert, but from what I know cuba still primarily has older cars from the 50's because in 1962 the U.S. implemented an export ban to Cuba. Also due to communist rule private ownership wasn't really allowed. In 2008 Raul Castro (Fidels brother) lifted a 50 year law banning the sale of vehicles.
Technical comparison would be interesting in my opinion ... I really like the Canadian vehicles looking fire but here is the point how much gallons it swallow by minimum 600 hp v8 big block I guess second point what's about equipment and how much gallons can the carry in case of fire department
Germany uses the Martin´s Horn after the Patron Saint Martin. Most of western europe does. If you pay close attention, you can hear the half-tone difference between Fire-, Ambulance- and Police cars. That´s how we know what is coming and what alert kicks in over the car radio.
the martin horn is named after the company name Max B. Martin; the patron is named Florian. And when using the same product and setup, Fire, EMS and Police sound exactly (!) the same
Let see how Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippine, Brunei, Thailand, Africa and other more country response to ambulance because these video yet show you the whole world hehe..
It's weird there weren't France, we have the same as Germany, I don't know who got it first but there is a video that tells you why we use those more than the ones in the US or other parts, it works better and is heard from further away
The German, Dutch, Belgian and Austrian emergency vehicles mostly still use a real horn. The advantage is that the sound is unmistakable and cannot be confused with other noises such as alarm systems, etc. There is also less environmental noise that can overwhelm the sound. Another advantage of a real horn is that it is primarily aimed in the desired direction (direction of travel) and does not pointlessly fill the area with sound. Thanks to the consistent tone, the vehicle can also be located better by road users, the direction and speed can be estimated.
the european siren ("Martinshorn" or more specific DIN 14610) also have a longer reach than the us-style wailing sirens - not much but still noticable
btw, european policecars also have the american yelping-siren in addition to the normal siren
@@nobodx😂😂😂😂😂
switzerland too
@@nobodx longer reach? Although having the same db(A) level at the same measured (very close) distance, in terms of long reach a martin horn by far won't be heard so far away
"btw, european policecars also have the american yelping-siren in addition to the normal siren" highly depends on the country; Yelp signals can be used as stop signal in Germany, whereas other countries might not have it at all, or use wail and yelp sirens as regular sirens
" is that it is primarily aimed in the desired direction (direction of travel) and does not pointlessly fill the area with sound." true for many emergency vehicles, but not all.
The old Engines from the Copenhagen FD had their martin horns mounted sideways in the grill, and the previous generation of Bavarian emergency doctor cars had their martin horns mounted behind the bumper, facing down towards the road.
In netherlands emergency vehicles only use sirens when they need them as well. You see them often driving just with lights on when it is dark. Only turning sound on when aproaching busy intersections and stuff.
Cuts down masivly on sound polution.
When it’s dark you see the light easy.
At daytime you won’t see it that good so you need the horn.
Thats just bs, they use them when they are allowed. If not allowed theyll run blues only
In Germany there is also the law to turn on the siren only at intersections. In the evening or at night, the siren is sometimes left out at intersections, but if an accident happens, the fire brigade/emergency service/police are liable, but the siren is not the fire department's liability /emergency service/police
Same in uk
In the Netherlands we have three different sounds for Police, Fire car and ambulance.. For me that does not matter, because when I am driving on the road, I know I have to act immediately just to let them pass through..
The sounds always makes me creaps out as a driver.. But I really think it is NECESSARY to let them go through one side or another. Thanks for sharing. ❤
I wish ambuchannel was still up because that showcased it so well
Same in Austria: All use the Martins-Horn, but with different patterns.
Nope all three are the same
@@user-ie6jr4bg1w not true
You can come to germany i know a place where you can sleep and when school is over maybe i can show you around
One thing in EU is the color of the flash lights of all emergency vehicles (police, ambulance and fire dept.). The color is bright blue. That is a very good thing compared to white, orange or even red flash lights.
Bright blue is very visible in a bright day or totally dark night. All other colors just disappear in the surrounding lights. Many times it is difficult to figure out from the sirens where the emergency cars are coming from, but bright blue flash can be seen from very far away.
In EU orange flash lights are used in all type of service vehicles wheter they are used to mainrain the roads or being a vehicle of some person maintaing something else. Also very slow vrhicles like tractors use orange flash lights.
White and red are not used except the police uses one red light on the roof of the car when they order another car to stop immediately. It is not flashing but it is like a very bright red high beam.
across Europe there are also places where red, amber or white lights are used as well
@@EnjoyFirefighting yes, but not for the police
@embreis2257 combination of blue and red can also be see. On police cars
In einer Geschichtsdokumentation über die Berliner Feuerwehr stand, dass das Blaulicht erst kurz vor Kriegsbeginn (WW2) eingeführt wurde, weil es von angreifenden Flugzeugen im Dunklen weit weniger gut gesehen werden konnte als beispielsweise rotes Blinklicht. Dabei nicht vergessen, dass damals die Helligkeit der Signallichter bei Weitem nicht so groß wie heute war! Die Blaulichter waren bis Ende der sechziger Jahre ja nichts Anderes als eine dauerhaft leuchtende 10-21W Glühlampe um die ein Parabolspiegel kreiste. Recht gut zu erkennen hier: ua-cam.com/video/wXeLrv06xRU/v-deo.html
The disadvantage of blue is you don't see them from a bigger distance.
Random Fact; The siren that we know as the "emergency service siren" was created by John Robison in 1799 in scotland and it has been adapated all around the world.
In South Korea, ambulances turn on a siren in real emergency cases. No siren means no emergency.
In Austria they just turn it on when there is 1) an emergency and 2) the situation (e.g. traffic) makes it necessary. Otherwise they just go with blue lights - even in an emergency
11:50 The "Martin's Horn" (siren), invented in Germany, is still used in Germany in Belgium, the Netherlands, Austria, Switzerland and Lichtenstein! New York may soon be added to the mix. The shrill sound of police sirens gets on New York's nerves. A Europeanization is needed. The constant howling could soon be followed by the "Tatü-Tata" known in Germany.
really? New York is going European when it comes to the sound of emergency sirens? that would mean all those millions of citizens need to learn to recognise it.
@@embreis2257 I don't know if it will actually be introduced, the mayor's idea dates back to 2019. If the German "Martinshorn" is introduced, it will probably be quieter than the one in Germany, otherwise New Yorkers would be annoyed again. We don't know it any differently in Germany and it makes sense, the police siren in Germany is also quieter than the fire brigade's, which is why you often hear the police too late.
@@biloaffe that bill was rejected, and the idea wasn't from the major.
Apart from that the martin horn is also used in e.g. Sweden, Chile, very few places in the US, Ukraine, Hungary,
@@embreis2257 no, the bill was rejected years ago.
No, they wouldn't have to learn it. You'd recognize it as soon as you hear it. Apart from the bill, one EMS provider in NYC has adapted hi-lo sirens long before the bill was introduced
@@EnjoyFirefighting Thanks for your answer 👍 I once saw a report on TV where it was said that it was the mayor's idea 🤔. But it doesn't matter, it wasn't implemented.
Italy was missing. The fire department there also has a distinctive siren. And the police always look perfect, their uniform flawless and their hairstyle and sunglasses always on point.
you mean the carabinieri...?! in their Lamborghinis and Ferraris??? This is not a "normal police force". Organizationally, they belong to the Ministry of Defense
"And the police always look perfect, their uniform flawless and their hairstyle and sunglasses always on point" Yeah, that's the most important point for sure. Looks. Gangsters will pee themselves and think twice, before facing such a stylish policemen. But Italian gangsters are stylish as well...
@@dnocturn84 Just wanted to write, italian crime syndicates and Mafia won't take you serious as a police officer if you aren't stylish.
@@dnocturn84I think u should go look at the American white racist policeman😂😂
Wanna just say that we don’t have gangster and the Mafia is not more visible same except the Camorra.
the horns used in germany belgian netherlands austria ... are very easy to locate for a driver as well as you can hear dirctly if it is coming at you, going side ways to ur location or going away from you because it sounds distinctly different. you can also estimate the distance it is away from you very easy, while at the same time the sound doesnt go to much to the sides and back so its less noise polution for the rest of the city.
it's always kinda strange that you're able to hear a (for example) police car coming from hundreds of meters away, but after it has passed you the sound drops of real quick.
but at the same time it's really nice that only the people that have to hear the siren hear it. and people "behind" the siren don't get bothered by it.
@@ChristiaanHW It's the "doppler effect". The sound waves get squished together as the ambulance comes closer (higher pitch) and stretched out as it moves away (lower pitch).
Switzerland emergency vehicles have similar sounding vehicles…
15:54 A semi-compact van is optimally designed to manoeuvre traffic and deal with narrower roads.
You Must Look : Feuer und Flamme . It‘s a Doku Serie over the German Fire Department 🇩🇪🚒
Yes but in 🇩🇪
Here in Hong Kong people don't really care about giving ways to emergency vehicles, even padastrians, that's why in the video you see that thee ambulance has to wait for a period of time before crossing.
I am lucky living in the Netherlands how us people should react in traffic when emergency with alarm want to pass. In the Netherlands,if we don NOT react as we MUST do, the police can come around and you have to pay a lot of money...!!
Just like it should have been alk around the world..!! That is my opinion... have a nice day...❤
fyi, it's not just in the Netherlands.
Not getting out of the way of emergency vehicles can cost you dearly in Germany, Austria, Belgium, Luxembourg, Spain, Italy, France, Slovenia, etc.
@@PDVism as it SHOULD be..
Funnily I’ve never seen it working as perfect as in Scotland. Better than in Germany even if it is a German invention.
The same thing here in Germany and you get a point, so the point is a penalty depending on what you do in traffic, you get one point or several and after a certain number of points your driving license is revoked
@@ayuex1871 And now ,we give 12 points to our own Joost from the Netherlands for his cooperation on the songcontest...! That's a joke..But you are so right!!
There are normally red lights either side of fire stations in the UK, that require you to make an emergency stop when they flash - and to remain stationary until they stop flashing! This allows for the unimpeeded egress of fire engines from their stations. Those ambulance cars and motorcycles in Edinburgh carry senior paramedics to top-level emergencies, either as an advance party, or where assistance is required. In London, the Metropolitan Police have a river unit, with a number of boats of various types, based and working upon the River Thames.
an emergency stop? Are you really supposed to come to an emergency stop, for no actual reason?
@EnjoyFirefighting It's not for no reason - it's to let the big fire engines out. Maybe not an emergency stop as per driving test stuff, but I think you know what I meant 😉
@@paulharvey9149 yeah, when lights turn red you stop. But an emergency stop is absolutely NOT necessary. Or do they turn on the red lights only 3 seconds before the fire engines leave the station? In case that's true, then it's the fire department's fault. We have traffic lights in front of many stations as well, and they're activated well before the fire apparatus leave - traffic can stop at the red light just like they stop at every other red light as well
@@EnjoyFirefighting Just like a level crossing then, flash lights, drop barriers, wait 45 minutes and then let the train through - just as somebody that's got bored waiting decides to drive around them. Or perhaps best not, eh?
@@paulharvey9149 funny you mention level crossings. Common setup here:
1. light turn yellow for 3 seconds
2. light turn red
3. lights stay red with barriers staying up for another 10 to 23 seconds, depending on if it's one barrier covering both sides of the road or split barriers covering only one side of the road.
With 13 to 26 seconds after the lights turned yellow, vehicles have plenty of time to gently slow down and come to a stop
4. in case of one long barrier for both sides, it will go down after 23 seconds; in case of split barriers: the barrier covering the entry lane will go down after 10 seconds, the barrier covering the exit lane goes down after another 10 seconds
5. rule of thumb: gates are down 90 seconds before the train comes through. Might as well take longer, like 3 minutes, in case the train comes to a stop at the previous station first
At most level crossings gates covering the entire road will make it impossible to go around the gates. And no-one will wait 45 minutes for a train here ...
Interesting to see that Vietnam uses both Euro- and US-style fire trucks, that's the first time I've ever seen both types in one place
And regarding the one you said was dead quiet, it was probably going through a resedential area at night, at least here in Europe, emergency vehicles will usally run lights only, no sirens when going trhough residential areas at night, unless they absolutely have to run the sirens, they don't want to wake everyone up if not nescessary!
Kinda funny to see your reaction to a Mercedes fire truck, you might only be familiar with their road cars and race cars, but Mercedes either makes or at least has made pretty much anything with a minimum of four wheels and an engine, tractors, semi trucks etc....
they probably acquired them as used cars and didn't modify them before entering service in Vietnam
First I saw a mixed vehicle pool of european and american Emergency Vehicles was in Chilean and Argentinian videos.
Russische Sirene nicht zu vergessen !!!
6:39 NOT THE SCOOBY DOO VANS 💀
impressed by the surfboard strapped to the firetruck ladder in Honolulu 😂
Elantra is the North American name for Avante. There was a car produced under the name of Elantra but was discontinued in South Korea.
Cuba has old vehicles from Castro's Rule when he decreed that no new cars would be imported, so there remain only well cared for historic US cars from the 1950s and early 1960s
That's a thing of the past, many modern vehicles are now on the streets of Cuba, at least modern for Cuban standards, it remains a terrible place to live of course. The well looked after US classics from the 50s and 60s is only a tourist trap these days and are mostly seen in Havana, not in places like Camagüey or Santiago.
As a german it amazes me how slow emergency vehicles are in some countries even when the traffic is minimal. They just move at regular speed. 😮
3:15 The fire brigade in Abu Dhabi, for example, is trained by German firefighters. There was a report about it once. A long time ago. Title: Feuerwehr Abu Dhabi: Brandschutz "made in germany" | SPIEGEL TV
7:14 In our harbour, we occasionally see foreign rescue vehicles and fire engines. They are delivered from Germany to their country of destination. If I saw it correctly, the Vietnamese fire engine was from MAN. This is a German vehicle.
the Vietnamese MAN still had the distinct horn sound, not the electronic ones some of the other Vietnamese cars had. wouldn't be surprised to learn the MAN truck was acquired second-hand after it was decommissioned in Germany 🙂
As a dutch, i have been wondering for quitte some years, what would happen in the busy USA, India and Chinees city's if they would use the German Belgian or Dutch horn and sound system, I once had an MICU Ambulance behind me(also nice to check for youtube movies btw) and i could not stay in front of it. For me the main differnece is the sound of pressure to move out of the way compared with a stressed out nervous sound that is asking attention but is not directly motivating me to move.
10:40 avante(in Korea) = elantra(other country)
The sirens in the Netherlands and Germany have been tested so that the sound travels as far as possible and is best audible
I know in some countries policecars drive with flashlights by default. They even keep flashing when they are parked on an intersection while there is NO emergency, just to "let people feel they are being watched, so they behave". Many times there is just a car with flashlights there without an officer...
If you (ab)use your emergency vehicle signals like that, the signals lose their significance. How do you expect people to know the difference between an emergency where they need to make way and a vehicle just rudely begging at everybody to be seen by using flashlights as christmas decoration
13:49 putting the ladder on top like that is also quite commen in germany
The turntable ladder combination on top of the Fire truck has existed in the UK for many years, with the more modern type as displayed here, now being used by different Fire Services in major UK cities!
I can Tell you that the german firetrucks especally the new ones from Hannover are the most modern fire trucks you can find in the world. Even thou they look small, they are crazy!!!
In Sweden they have a mix of Scottish siren first and then German horn ;-)
That was fascinating, Joel. The sound of those German claxons made me want to hop a plane a start this summer's adventures. In my city, the police service is experimenting with using UK Battenburg markings on its cars - green and blue on white. It looks cool. All of that equipment looked great, especially the Seoul police car and the Honolulu ladder truck!! Cheers, John in Canada
Why do North American alarms often sound like a dying turkey?
What you saw at 5:17 areound was the Special Police Forces the MEK Mobiles Einsatz Komando (Mobile Task Force) but could've also been the SEK Spezial Einsatz Komando (Special Task Force) Wich atleast in Hamburg is the Same
Emergency vehicle in the Netherlands have Traffic signal preemption (also called traffic signal prioritisation) is a build in system that allows an operator to override the normal operation of traffic lights and signals. The most common use of these systems manipulates traffic signals in the path of an emergency vehicle, halting conflicting traffic and allowing the emergency vehicle right-of-way.
The Austrian, Belgian, Dutch, and German sirens use acoustic horns. There has been research on the topic of acoustic vs digital horns. The results favored acoustic horns as they are better identified by other road users and for longer distances. Both give other road users more time and room to get their vehicles out of the way and/or to stop which results in the emergency vehicles getting faster to their destination.
One downside to acoustic horns is their increased disturbance of other people but crews try to mitigate this by using the horns only when needed. In our town of 15k people, we have a voluntary fire brigade that has 1 to 2 dozen missions a month. Most are non-emergencies (e.g. cutting down a high tree after a storm has ravaged it). We have no police station but a depot for ambulances. They have dozens of missions every day and during the day you will hear sirens from time to time but drivers mostly don't use them at night as the streets are quite empty. Only when they want to force their right of way at a crossing or somebody's vehicle is blocking their way they will use the horn.
15:26 That’s because our roads are designed to be bottlenecks. And it has nothing to do with the number of people.
All emergency vehicles in the Netherlands have those distinctive stripes (except for undercover police cars). This makes them easily stand out between other vehicles.
Police cars are usually white with blue and red stripes (there are also blue with white and red stripes, but those are usually reserved for specific high-ranking officers)
Firetrucks are red with blue and white stripes
And Ambulances are yellow (a specific shade that generally isn't used for commercial cars) with blue and red stripes. As a result, ambulances usually stand out the most of all three.
There are also a few different types of vehicles that each emergency unit uses, each with the corresponding color scheme:
Fire: large trucks, smaller trucks, cars (not commonly used)
Medical: ambulance vans, cars, helicopters (of which there are 3 operational in the country)
Police: cars, vans, motorcycles, helicopters
There are also some trucks occasionally used by police, but I've only ever seen those used when they brought in a water cannon to break up a protest, and I don't remember it being painted in police colors either
Hi, i am a belgian who is discovering your video's for a month now. What I think would be nice to see is an interview where you can ask every question you would like to ask to an european, just to see what that gives. I'm a Belgian who traveled a lot of europe, who studied european journalism and has a masters degree in theatrical arts. I dont have a youtube channel and i dont really plan on starting one. On the other hand i think its cool to look at People of which you covered some video's before to do an interview with.
Keep going with your nice content, i'm enjoying it!
We used to have sirens which could simply be identified between the three main emergency vehicles. Explanation beforehand: A was a higher tone and with stress/emphasis on it, the b is the lower tone and without stress/emphasis on it. An ambulance has four syllables in Dutch, so the siren had four tones A-b-A-b (am-bu-lan-ce), the politie (police in Dutch) had three syllables and a three tone siren b-A-b (po-li-tie) and the fire brigade (brandweer in Dutch) had two syllables and a two tone siren A-b (brand-weer). If you listened carefully, you would know which emergency vehicle was rushing towards an accident or emergency. But nowadays the sirens aren’t as recognizable anymore. Maybe it’s an EU thing, lots of it is these days. Or they use an ‘improved’ siren, ‘the new siren is better to hear’ or whatever silly excuse a civil servant has made up. But I think the sirens were better recognizable in the past.
Singapore firetrucks are mainly from SK Fire, tink this company uses Scannia trucks....
the elantra is just the north american name for the avante. most south korean car models from the 2010's are named differently for each market.
Canada has slowly but surely become far more like the US in far too many ways. 'Individualism' becomes covering term to being a selfish asshat with no consideration for the common good and the urgent needs of others. Sad to see it pronounced in other countries like Singapore. In a number of European countries, its a crime not to make way if you can. In the UK alone, you can face a fine up to £5000 for 'willfully impeding' the progress of emergency vehicles. As for Cuba, you see many very old/repurposed vehicles due to the US embargo (and its pressure on other countries) making it difficult to import new ones for decades. (Also, note how you did not see those predestrian-mowing bull bars on police vehicles outside of North America.)
In Australia we use Toyota, Kia, VW & BMW sedans, SUV's and vans as police vehicles
As a French I can say we use the same horn as the Germans, not 100% identical but still mainly the same. Also some crazy fact for you to know: in Paris and all surrounding area, firefigters are linked to the military, yes they are soldiers AND firefighters and they live like in a true military base and must do one year of training like a regular infantry soldier before actually training like a firefighter, this is probably why Paris brigade is the third most efficient in the world. In addition to this, in Marseille, a city close to the sea in the south, firefighters are part of the navy, so same routine as in paris with additional specialised training for rescue in sea obviously. Also the reason why europeans use ladder trucks looking like a london bus with the ladder on their backs is because unlike in US our roads inside cities are not as big and wildly spread out, having a truck focus in lenght to move the truck will only result in being trapped in the endless circulation of cars so we do with the height instead to gain space and mobility in tiny streets
here in Portugal there are several models and types of vehicles and motorbikes... All blue or blue and white are from PSP (Public Safety Police)... Yellow or fluorescent green are from INEM (National Institute for Medical Emergency)... Reds or red and white are from the Fire Department... all white are from SNPC or PC (National Service for Civil Protection)... Yellow with orange and other colors are from INSN (basically lifeguard/Coastal services).. gray and green or all green belong to the GNR (National Republican Guard)... the military uses specific camouflage green.
Also PSP...GNR and Fire Departament have distinguish siren sounds between themselves... an red ambulance has a different sound from yellow one
Those green trucks in Vietnam can be used to transport police or military or firefighters, most first responders use those truck because they were built for emergency services only I think
sirens for ambulances are three toned, all other emergency vehicles are 2 toned, with fire trucks from high to low and police sirenes from low to high. You are correct in that the dutch and german (also Flanders, Switzerland, Austria) systems are similar, advantage being you know, without having to see the emergency vehicle, what type of emergency vehicle approching.
The hawaian firetruck had a surfboard sticking out of the back lol.
As a European its crazy for me to think that in the US and Canada emergency vehicles have to stop to 0 at intersections
Hello from Switzerland, our sirens are also the typical "Martin horn" (2 tones horn) like in Germany, although sometimes with a slightly different pitch.
I found it interesting that in some countries there are apparently green signal lights for ambulances.
I found the big red light rail bad in one of the Asian countries, but you could hardly see the lights.
Regarding the ambulances being "normal" vans, I don't think this is the crucial point. Many of us have a broader structure, but not all of them. The professional care provided by the medical staff and the available equipment is likely to be more crucial here. In Germany, as here, an emergency doctor is on call very quickly if there is a significantly critical/life-threatening situation. In cases of serious accidents outside of the cities, it is not uncommon for REGA (a private organization for the air transport of patients and repatriation of patients from abroad) to be called in; the journey to a clinic (possibly a specialist clinic) is much shorter and is easier for the patient gentler.
NOrth america sounds like gta you cant take that for serious
I think most of Europe use the same sirenes, ambulances and so on.
that's not correct, not even close
Too bad there were no Porsche police cars (Germany, Netherlands) or Lamborghini, Ferrari and even Bugatti police cars (Italy, UAE).
Uk drive subaru wrx and mitsubishi evo..
Germany doesnt drive any Porsche police cars
@@EnjoyFirefighting They do.
@@viceroyzh no, definitely not. Not a single Porsche is used today, not at any state or federal police service across Germany
@@EnjoyFirefighting i thought our "Autobahn-Polizei" would use them.
Actualy germany starts using a system called "Hali-System" it makes it so that police, ambulance and also firetrucks gave always green light and all others have red light after they pased it it switches bac to the normal system rhythm
we have the same or just slightly different sirens here in switzerland as in germany
The boat trailer in 20:20 looks like a Euro-style trailer with a passive-adaptive braking system.
That totally would make sense for an emergency purpose.
You should at Burmese emergency responses. The police vehicles are essentially blue canvas topped military trucks or Toyota sedans. But what's more ubiquitous is green canvas topped military trucks and Military Chinese Type 90 Armored Personnel Carriers filled to the brim with green clad men with locally made copies of the G3. I'm so thankful I'm in the US and I don't have to risk getting a 20mm shell my way when I go out.🤣
As a european it really pisses me off how the people in 3rd world countries dont give a flying fuck about fireturcks or ambulances and just go continuingh what ever they were doing...
The european emergency sirens have a lower pitch which makes them audible from a longer distance - double the distance.
13:30 That's a Ladder Truck.
13:44 that's called a Magirus ladder, very common where I'm from.
The Scania ladder truck is similar to what we use in Australia
Belgium and Vietnam seem too have similar sirens like Netherlands and Germany.
Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Austria and Switzerland use real horns, not electronic sounds. the Vietnamese truck was an MAN, probably bought from Europe when it was decommissioned there
@@embreis2257it from french bro , we call that man gimaex 1.7
Singapore's are typically silent as long as they aren't in that much of a rush or obstructed.
Yeah, dog training with the club feels like there's a responder passing every 10-15 minutes, but then we are sat between the two highways that lead to the primary hospital, and have the main vehicle depots for each of the responders within 5 minutes of the same hospital
Avante is the KDM (Korean Domestic Market) name but it’s basically the Elantra here in the US. Japan is also very prevalent in the different name/same car ideal. Example would be Mazda‘s Miata (North America)/MX5 (Europe)/Roadster (Japan).
On another note, you definitely need to check out the Italian Sirens: Ambulanza Sirena or Vigili Del Fuoco Sirena (including Pneumatic variants).
NL; Police, Ambulance, Firedepartment all have a distict sound in the siren. Dutch, German and Beligian are similar but still different compared with each other. This might be my bias being from South Limburg, but Germany and Belgium are just around the corner. Our services even work together now days. So maybe that has to do with why they sound similar?!?
Hi, Joel! 11:50: Germany and obviously, (I didn`t know it), The Netherlands and Belgium have the same alarm sound! Maybe when the Netherlands and Belgium buy a german ambulance car or firefighting car, the alarm-system is already installed? At least for the european market.
10:05
😂looks like a mobile home
"LADA" cars, built since the 1970s... if I'm not mistaken, the LADA in the video is the VAZ-2105 model built between 1980 and 2010.
20:44 THE BEST my Home and favorite film city HANNOVER love it!
19:52 BMW Motorcycles
What I (German) don't like in the USA are the colorful lights on the emergency vehicles. It always looks like a disco. In Germany we only have blue warning lights for all emergency vehicles (police, fire and ambulance).
I personally prefer it the north American way 😊
It depends on the state and city or county. Some police vehicles in the US have only blue lights
The English police cars are so cute. It's kind of hard to be intimidated. 😂
They drive a lot of wrx and evo's as well.
And the dutch highway police used to drive 911's.
@rogerk6180 ok if they turn up in a 911 Ill lay down and handcuff myself. 😂
@@Alex.The.Lionnnnn they sadly no longer do lol. But they did for many many years.
18:28 This a Lada (Vas) 2107, made in the Soviet Union(Since Cuba and the Soviets were commie buddies the got some craggy cars for Mother Russia). It is a very slow ,unsafe ,and cheap car made for the people of Soviet Russia. The last 2107 was produced at Suzuki's factory in Egypt. where production ended In August 2011. The car was made for over 40 years and was sent to: Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Germany, Finland, Portugal, Iceland(under 100 cars exported), Sweden, United Kingdom and Ireland, Turkey, Egypt. Ladas were forbidden to be imported to Italy since the car was based on a Fiat 124. Lada is still in business and you can go check out there website if you want.
he looks so happy for this..
"I've never seen a ladder loaded on top like that" right after the Hong Kong ladder there was a Canadian ladder, loaded the exact same way..... And later even Auburn's ladder is loaded that way....You should deep dive in European emergency vehicles......
Most fire trucks in Australia are either Scania or Mercedes Benz, most ambulances are Mercedes Benz vans
Vietnam last green cargo truck is transporting more firefighters because in the firetruck that not enough seat for more firefighter to arrive at scene so they we use that green truck to transport more firefighters at scene
The grey unmarked police cars at 5:10 min are most likely a german S.W.A.T. team (SEK, Sonder Einsatz Kommando). At 20:46 min you can see something special in Germany, Austria and few other european countries. The VW Transporter (T5?) driving in front of the Mercedes Ambulance is a so-called "Notarzteinsatzfahrzeug" (NEF) which transports a "Notarzt" to the patient. A Notarzt is an emergency physician working alongside the EMS in the field. He/she is dispatched in severe cases of trauma, shortness of breath, loss of consciousness and other cases which may be life-endagering or in cases with a lot of injured people. Here the NEF is shown escorting the Ambulance towards a hospital, the Notarzt is with the patient in the Ambulance.
I know this well, thanks to Notruf 112 and Emergency series
2:50 The Chinese automotive industry more or less started with the factories Volkswagen built there. The Passat/Santana models made a large portion of the initial production there.
13:50 Built by Magirus, a company founded in Ulm by Conrad Dietrich Magirus, commander of the voluntary firefighters brigade, in 1866; in 1936 taken over by Humboldt-Deutz (cologne), the brand was revived as Magirus-Deutz in 1949; in 1974 the company became part of a joint venture with Fiat and rebranded in 1983 as Iveco Magirus, since 2013 again only Magirus, in 2024 sold to holding company Mutares SE & Co KGaA.
18:30 The embargo against Cuba meant they had for a long time to hold on to the cars imported in the early 1950s, except for some imports from esatern Europe like that Lada police car (Lada being a Russian brand, using in the 1960s and 1970s mostly designs bought from Fiat, later from Renault-Simca). Later Cuba could also import some Asian cars.
19:45 A real big boy from Hamburg, Germany: ua-cam.com/video/RnbIUhVApV4/v-deo.html
22:20 The Canadian fire trucks seem all to use their own local color scheme. Very confusing.
What I really don't like, since my childhood, are wrong wailing sirens in movies from Hollywood. It may not be a big deal, but missing details like this still bother me. Millions are spent on film shoots, crew and actors, and then you can't get it done? For me, it's like when a machine gun is fired and all you hear is "bang bang". Especially incomprehensible when filming is not done in studios, but in real places in other countries and cities. What's next? The voice of the announcement of a New York subway in Berlin, London or Paris? 🤷♂
Nothing from Australia or New Zealand either?!🙄 oh well. BTW the American cop car at 9:36 is Australian, a rebadged and stripped down Holden caprice.
wow i love how the vid he is reacting to just ignores how we (Australia exists) lovely
love how you complain about the circumstance that the guy who recorded all of the videos on his own and has payed to travel to all those places simply has never been to Australia yet
@@EnjoyFirefighting you make a point, cause ngl i thought it was him gathering videos taken by other ppl then edit them into a vid so i thought he just said ye nah fuck the aussies i don't feel like grabbing some vids from the internet for em.
Blud Singaporuan and Italian firetrack look the same even the call number😂
Hey, Cubas emergency vehicles look old because there is no real import of new ones, due to the poverty of the country and due to the embargo policy of the US, I believe! You should google it, interesting realationship between those two countries! LG Martin!
17:22 Joel’s favourite city: Edinboro
Im not an expert, but from what I know cuba still primarily has older cars from the 50's because in 1962 the U.S. implemented an export ban to Cuba. Also due to communist rule private ownership wasn't really allowed. In 2008 Raul Castro (Fidels brother) lifted a 50 year law banning the sale of vehicles.
Vietnam is using emergency vehicles from all over the world, anything they can get their hands on!
Very few late model vehicles in Cuba, because of US trade embargos
Funny he as an American didn't know that....
9:05 OMG IT CAN STRAFE!!! 🤩🤩🤩🤩😍
I've watched the video you react several years ago and i alos had the same complain as you on how there's some many nations doesn't appear here
13:20 rumble siren in Hong Kong, Nice 🤩
Technical comparison would be interesting in my opinion ...
I really like the Canadian vehicles looking fire but here is the point how much gallons it swallow by minimum 600 hp v8 big block I guess second point what's about equipment and how much gallons can the carry in case of fire department
5:23 The fire truck in Vietnam is just like American fire truck in China 😂
I'm surprised to hear that the canadian sirens sound exactly like the portuguese ones, I thought they were a bit more "americanised" than european.
Germany uses the Martin´s Horn after the Patron Saint Martin. Most of western europe does. If you pay close attention, you can hear the half-tone difference between Fire-, Ambulance- and Police cars. That´s how we know what is coming and what alert kicks in over the car radio.
the martin horn is named after the company name Max B. Martin; the patron is named Florian.
And when using the same product and setup, Fire, EMS and Police sound exactly (!) the same
Let see how Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippine, Brunei, Thailand, Africa and other more country response to ambulance because these video yet show you the whole world hehe..
Every vehicle in Cuba is really old? They have a lot of 1950s era American and other cars still in regular service and they maintain them I believe
It's weird there weren't France, we have the same as Germany, I don't know who got it first but there is a video that tells you why we use those more than the ones in the US or other parts, it works better and is heard from further away
No Australia 😭
I know hey and I like the look of ours.
I noticed even in USA the fire appliances are cabover. I think that layout is safer for visibility when driving fast through cities.