Have to say I'm impressed that the other drivers are actually moving to the side. I've watched several response video's where people don't move over or try to beat the truck through an intersection.
As a retired EVOC Instructor, letting the siren cycle works a whole lot better. Leaving it at hi pitch does nothing but burn out the motor brushes faster and you can actually loose the hi pitch after a while in ambient noise. A lot of car drivers have reported, "They never heard the siren" Let the Q cycle up and down to be most effective in moving traffic.
+aussiefirie I travel the roads a lot and I find it so frustrating when in spite of the pretty lights, I still cannot hear the siren. It is way too high in pitch. It never use to be like that. So that is why I would love to see the Q siren introduced into Australia.
+Lakes Shore if you can't hear the sirens, either turn your music down in the car or get your hearing checked. have been at Central train station in Sydney and managed to hear City of Sydney station and Darlinghurst station turn out with all the noise of trains, people and traffic
+aussiefirie I do have a hearing impairment now, a birth defect and I wear a hearing device now. As for the music comment, I will ignore that as it is not worth getting into an argument about what I do or don't do. So you can hear in Central Sydney, goodo for you. I live in Adelaide, and I am talking about Suburban areas and country areas. I still stand by and will encourage our State Government, to introduce the Q sirens in the near future. And what's more, they are interested in the idea. ,
Its's amazing to me how many of you whine about the siren.... 300 guys die a year doing this and your talking about sirens... when enroute the officer is doing the sizeup who do we have enroute? what part of town is it in? who do I have on the truck? two probies I better keep an extra eye on them... come on guys!! he doesnt need to be worried if people are bothered by the siren they should be!
These drivers r doing an excellent job on pulling over 4 them so they don't have 2 go against traffic 2 go around them I give props 2 the vehicles that took upon them selves 2 safely run the red light and move over good job drives showing respect
And the Chief replies" Thank you for your input. Due to your suggestion the department will cut back on battery costs next year by replacing all electronic sirens with a vuvuzela for the apparatus officer and the Q will be replaced with a hand cranked model. thus eliminating costly vehicle batteries! (LOL)
I was getting upset at all the comments regarding his Q siren, I mean come on, how many armchair quarterbacks on siren pattern etiquette are there, until I actually watched the video. All I'm saying is from now on, I am going to watch videos first, read comments second, lol. before I open my mouth. I see what everyones talking about.
Amazing siren use. Love the horn use as well. People heard that siren, stopped and pulled over. Keep pumping that q my friend. Hope to see more like this. Plus he used that much q since there were several hundred cars on the road. Safty first man.
Very funny to see that. Fire trucks in Germany have only one switch. For turning the sirene on and turning it off :D Fire trucks in USA needs an driver and one more guy who is only playing with the sirenes XD
I am not going to armchair the response or sirens. I watch alot of responding videos. And I must say this community should be applauded for yeilding to the responding truck.
we often blast through red lights and intersections with hardly slowing down, of course only when we see that cross traffic has stopped. There wasn't a single accident with an emergency vehicle in my city caused by that as long as I can think back.
To everybody bashing the officer's use of the Q, theoretically, you're correct about pitch and tone changes being more effective, but that is for normal / light traffic, not rush hour heavy traffic. Notice he was only "Screaming" the Q through mostly intersections, interchanges, and merge ramps. The addition of the air horn being used frequently while the Q was held down, just proved the effectiveness of his technique. Stop being a backseat officer and let the man run his truck. Point blank.
What makes this funny is not only that he is Q Happy, but when he doesnt need he never lifts his foot but when he does need it he barely touches it... Im surprised that Q didnt burn up and jump off the front bumper lol. I only full blast it at intersections and in heavy traffic. The rest of the time i pretty much try to keep it around 3/4 crank on the highway and rev it at about 2/5 crank on an empty street just in case someone pops up or I need to blast it quickly.
I had a person one time seeing the hoses here ours were laid across the road a Drunk Driver drove past me and others and right over the hoses almost hitting guys and a fire truck Don't even think the driver seen us sure never remembered doing it in court found Guilty on several counts 4.0 test at hospital DUI and other charges to I don't think he saw any thing that night not even the fire he did not remember doing any of it major fire to... Makes you wonder...
Lights on, sirens gotta be on to. I can't stand all the negative comments from the public about siren and horn usage, don't tell us how to do our job. You think you can be better, join some station and Proove it!
Dont know what it must be like living right across the street from a fire station, good and bad, good, the firemen can walk just across the street if you have an emergency, bad, would always be waiting to hear those sirens go off whenever a Engine or Engines leave the station,. I have a station where everyday at Noon the station has a outdoor siren that winds up, holds the top note for about 10-20 seconds then it winds down after that, can prety much hear it throughout the whole town......
If the Officer on this rig would have taken his foot off of the "Q" and put it up the drivers BUTT for all of those red lights he busted on the way, the likelyhood of having an accident at those intersections would have been greatly reduced. You guys need to understand that Red Lights and Sirens DO NOT GIVE YOU the right to bust Red Lights at intersections. I am sure those riding at your mercy would appreciate that. Stay Safe out there!!
huhh? I don't know which FD in Germany you talk about, but many fire trucks do have several different sirens: the air driven martin horn, the electronic siren, some additionally have the high-pitched electronic siren. And for the normal electronic siren there are also the different modes like city mode, countryside mode and martin horn simulation mode - when you count that together you should get more than one switch :)
lol you really should calm down a bit when responding. We don't use the siren even half as much, never use the horn, got more traffic and still move easier through it...
I don't understand why everyone is so upset over a siren. Big deal! The officer is more worried about his size up. Where is it, who's on my truck, what conditions do we have, is it a working structure fire, (This video is proof, because its in the title) do i need to have a roof crew ready? Is there confirmed entrapment? We aren't worried about a damn siren! They are replaceable, lives aren't
who are the 50 people that dislike this video? And why? 911 was called and the responding agency responded to said call. I'm confused about the " I don't like this," responce to this video.
I know your comments old But they do it for safety. Sirens are not only for the traffic on the road. It's to warn anybody around that there coming. Fire trucks weigh alot and with there speed it takes a bit longer to come to a stop.
There going through a city , there doing there job , why comment and say they over use stuff ! If your house was on fire would it matter don't think so !!
You obviously don't know how to use a Q then. The difference in frequency is what makes it work. Some people have hearing loss at certain frequencies, and if you keep it wound out to the same frequency, some people may not hear it. That's the reason for wail and hi-low tones. It also draws a lot of amps so you are putting strain on the elecrical system by running it constantly. And you may not have a problem hearing now, but you will. BTW, it's hear, not here.
I'm surprised the Q doesn't fly off the truck... They are not made to hold down for long periods of time, good way to break it and burn it up, let it wind down a little.
No its an increasingly annoying and irritating sound that should be done away with. Its use on emergency vehicles has been outlawed in about 40+ states because of ineffectiveness, annoyance, sound pollution, and it just plain sucks lmfao.
The Qb2 siren needs to cycle up and down, the change in the siren pitch from low to high and back again is what gets the attention of the traffic, NOT putting your foot into it and letting it reach the high pitch and stay there..
Look up federal signals operating guides some time. The Q is supposed to be allowed to wind down. Every time you push that pedal down you are making the batteries scream as you pull 100amps out of them. By by batteries.
He's lucky the electrical system held out and they made to the scene, next question is where was the officer I would have smacked him upside the head after about the first 15 seconds
because if you hold that fucker down its loud as shit!!!!!!!! If your an engineer try it..................it works. And they have two sirens going for your change of tone rant.
I was going to comment on the over use of the Q. But i see everything i was going to say has already been said. Has the driver got shares in the company that make them or what?
My GOD, get off the Fed Q. I dare you to get out and touch that housing when you get on scene! And all the air horn blasts, your going to deplete your air brakes too!
Good thing that Q comes with a foot pedal, cause he must have been using his hands to play with something else. And you wonder why they are called wackers.
Who says there's too much Q? To me, that's what a fire truck should sound like and there is NO such thing as too much Q! You people dont know what your saying
There is nothing wrong with him using the darn siren trust me ive had to lay on it going to a residential fire in town and thats the only way to get to the call sometimes
Have to say I'm impressed that the other drivers are actually moving to the side. I've watched several response video's where people don't move over or try to beat the truck through an intersection.
2 minutes later, my ears are still ringing from the Q...
Love the reflection of the truck when it pulls up on scene!! pretty cool
As a retired EVOC Instructor, letting the siren cycle works a whole lot better. Leaving it at hi pitch does nothing but burn out the motor brushes faster and you can actually loose the hi pitch after a while in ambient noise. A lot of car drivers have reported, "They never heard the siren" Let the Q cycle up and down to be most effective in moving traffic.
+CaptainBlueSmoke I wish we have the Q sirens in Australia.
+Lakes Shore HELL NO!!!
+aussiefirie I travel the roads a lot and I find it so frustrating when in spite of the pretty lights, I still cannot hear the siren. It is way too high in pitch. It never use to be like that. So that is why I would love to see the Q siren introduced into Australia.
+Lakes Shore if you can't hear the sirens, either turn your music down in the car or get your hearing checked. have been at Central train station in Sydney and managed to hear City of Sydney station and Darlinghurst station turn out with all the noise of trains, people and traffic
+aussiefirie I do have a hearing impairment now, a birth defect and I wear a hearing device now. As for the music comment, I will ignore that as it is not worth getting into an argument about what I do or don't do. So you can hear in Central Sydney, goodo for you. I live in Adelaide, and I am talking about Suburban areas and country areas. I still stand by and will encourage our State Government, to introduce the Q sirens in the near future. And what's more, they are interested in the idea. ,
Its's amazing to me how many of you whine about the siren.... 300 guys die a year doing this and your talking about sirens... when enroute the officer is doing the sizeup who do we have enroute? what part of town is it in? who do I have on the truck? two probies I better keep an extra eye on them... come on guys!! he doesnt need to be worried if people are bothered by the siren they should be!
+John Brown 300 people isn't much hhhhh =876896
holly hell that q aint gonna have any brushes left on it by the end of that call :0
So replace the brushes at a local motor shop and put it back into service. That Q siren sounds older than most jawns viewing and commenting .
I thought the siren was right on. Thank you for sharing the video, and Happy Holidays.
These drivers r doing an excellent job on pulling over 4 them so they don't have 2 go against traffic 2 go around them I give props 2 the vehicles that took upon them selves 2 safely run the red light and move over good job drives showing respect
Well..that's what supposed to do anyway so..
An effective siren changes it's tone. Lift the foot off the Q once in awhile dude.
And the Chief replies" Thank you for your input. Due to your suggestion the department will cut back on battery costs next year by replacing all electronic sirens with a vuvuzela for the apparatus officer and the Q will be replaced with a hand cranked model. thus eliminating costly vehicle batteries! (LOL)
Ohhh stfu lol. I for you love this. Use the Q as much as you can. And the horn. Love it:)
I was getting upset at all the comments regarding his Q siren, I mean come on, how many armchair quarterbacks on siren pattern etiquette are there, until I actually watched the video. All I'm saying is from now on, I am going to watch videos first, read comments second, lol. before I open my mouth. I see what everyones talking about.
Sounded like responses of the 70's and 80's
@@fmartinjr over ten years later you found my comment lol
Amazing siren use. Love the horn use as well. People heard that siren, stopped and pulled over. Keep pumping that q my friend. Hope to see more like this. Plus he used that much q since there were several hundred cars on the road. Safty first man.
+Benjamin Roth I agree with you completely. Ricky Lee Welch LT. Firefighter.
Very funny to see that. Fire trucks in Germany have only one switch. For turning the sirene on and turning it off :D Fire trucks in USA needs an driver and one more guy who is only playing with the sirenes XD
I am not going to armchair the response or sirens. I watch alot of responding videos. And I must say this community should be applauded for yeilding to the responding truck.
does that siren go off the revs of the engine cuz it sounds like whenever he changes gear it starts over?
we often blast through red lights and intersections with hardly slowing down, of course only when we see that cross traffic has stopped. There wasn't a single accident with an emergency vehicle in my city caused by that as long as I can think back.
is this a volunteer fire department or a regular fire department I couldn't tell
To everybody bashing the officer's use of the Q, theoretically, you're correct about pitch and tone changes being more effective, but that is for normal / light traffic, not rush hour heavy traffic. Notice he was only "Screaming" the Q through mostly intersections, interchanges, and merge ramps. The addition of the air horn being used frequently while the Q was held down, just proved the effectiveness of his technique. Stop being a backseat officer and let the man run his truck. Point blank.
What makes this funny is not only that he is Q Happy, but when he doesnt need he never lifts his foot but when he does need it he barely touches it... Im surprised that Q didnt burn up and jump off the front bumper lol. I only full blast it at intersections and in heavy traffic. The rest of the time i pretty much try to keep it around 3/4 crank on the highway and rev it at about 2/5 crank on an empty street just in case someone pops up or I need to blast it quickly.
I had a person one time seeing the hoses here ours were laid across the road a Drunk Driver drove past me and others and right over the hoses almost hitting guys and a fire truck Don't even think the driver seen us sure never remembered doing it in court found Guilty on several counts 4.0 test at hospital DUI and other charges to I don't think he saw any thing that night not even the fire he did not remember doing any of it major fire to... Makes you wonder...
Holy "Q" batman!!!!! More cowbell!!!!!
So what, no overuse of sirens there, just underuse of motorists brains.. in fact ,you should have given it more Q...
Lights on, sirens gotta be on to. I can't stand all the negative comments from the public about siren and horn usage, don't tell us how to do our job. You think you can be better, join some station and Proove it!
Love to see old videos and last comment was 2 months ago wow
Dont know what it must be like living right across the street from a fire station, good and bad, good, the firemen can walk just across the street if you have an emergency, bad, would always be waiting to hear those sirens go off whenever a Engine or Engines leave the station,. I have a station where everyday at Noon the station has a outdoor siren that winds up, holds the top note for about 10-20 seconds then it winds down after that, can prety much hear it throughout the whole town......
Oh well. Majority of the country lives next to or near inconvenient entities. Rail lines, airports, schools, highways, parks, commercial businesses.
If the Officer on this rig would have taken his foot off of the "Q" and put it up the drivers BUTT for all of those red lights he busted on the way, the likelyhood of having an accident at those intersections would have been greatly reduced. You guys need to understand that Red Lights and Sirens DO NOT GIVE YOU the right to bust Red Lights at intersections. I am sure those riding at your mercy would appreciate that. Stay Safe out there!!
They were going to an emergency dumbass
huhh? I don't know which FD in Germany you talk about, but many fire trucks do have several different sirens: the air driven martin horn, the electronic siren, some additionally have the high-pitched electronic siren. And for the normal electronic siren there are also the different modes like city mode, countryside mode and martin horn simulation mode - when you count that together you should get more than one switch :)
lol you really should calm down a bit when responding. We don't use the siren even half as much, never use the horn, got more traffic and still move easier through it...
Really???? Some folks just do not deserve the equipment they have! Such a lack of respect for your department's equipment!
I don't understand why everyone is so upset over a siren. Big deal! The officer is more worried about his size up. Where is it, who's on my truck, what conditions do we have, is it a working structure fire, (This video is proof, because its in the title) do i need to have a roof crew ready? Is there confirmed entrapment? We aren't worried about a damn siren! They are replaceable, lives aren't
who are the 50 people that dislike this video? And why? 911 was called and the responding agency responded to said call. I'm confused about the " I don't like this," responce to this video.
captain likes his q. hah
DANG! That's more cars than I'd see in a year at my Station! Half our runs, we don't even need the siren..
Older horns and Mechanical Q siren.
Let off the Q… You’re going to break the darn thing! Let it cycle. Hard to watch the whole video with sound (ears are ringing)
I understand using the horn alot to move traffic but why do it when the roads empty for as far as your eyes can see?
Lol....I say the same thing. ...smh
BarmyTwubble agreed! Also damn take your foot of the damn Fed Q peddle, it is of no use to you when it is cranked all the way up.
Its to let any unseen drivers know that you are coming, and for them to prepare themselves
Stigma to always use it through intersections
I know your comments old
But they do it for safety. Sirens are not only for the traffic on the road. It's to warn anybody around that there coming. Fire trucks weigh alot and with there speed it takes a bit longer to come to a stop.
There going through a city , there doing there job , why comment and say they over use stuff ! If your house was on fire would it matter don't think so !!
You obviously don't know how to use a Q then. The difference in frequency is what makes it work. Some people have hearing loss at certain frequencies, and if you keep it wound out to the same frequency, some people may not hear it. That's the reason for wail and hi-low tones. It also draws a lot of amps so you are putting strain on the elecrical system by running it constantly. And you may not have a problem hearing now, but you will.
BTW, it's hear, not here.
its not annoying if the crew knows how to use them.
Someone break that Q off, holy shit.
That's a nice sounding Detroit and an amazing Jake Brake! Sounds just like our tanker!
I'm surprised the Q doesn't fly off the truck... They are not made to hold down for long periods of time, good way to break it and burn it up, let it wind down a little.
is that the driver wearing the utley shirt?
You can guys can stop complaining about the Q siren, the video is three years old.
No its an increasingly annoying and irritating sound that should be done away with. Its use on emergency vehicles has been outlawed in about 40+ states because of ineffectiveness, annoyance, sound pollution, and it just plain sucks lmfao.
The Qb2 siren needs to cycle up and down, the change in the siren pitch from low to high and back again is what gets the attention of the traffic, NOT putting your foot into it and letting it reach the high pitch and stay there..
Look up federal signals operating guides some time. The Q is supposed to be allowed to wind down. Every time you push that pedal down you are making the batteries scream as you pull 100amps out of them. By by batteries.
He's lucky the electrical system held out and they made to the scene, next question is where was the officer I would have smacked him upside the head after about the first 15 seconds
because if you hold that fucker down its loud as shit!!!!!!!! If your an engineer try it..................it works. And they have two sirens going for your change of tone rant.
I was going to comment on the over use of the Q. But i see everything i was going to say has already been said. Has the driver got shares in the company that make them or what?
My GOD, get off the Fed Q. I dare you to get out and touch that housing when you get on scene! And all the air horn blasts, your going to deplete your air brakes too!
I would rather hear this siren than what they use in Germany, France, UK, ect. Way better.
Good thing that Q comes with a foot pedal, cause he must have been using his hands to play with something else. And you wonder why they are called wackers.
Gotta be honest, Not a fan of the Power call, nor the high pitch long ride of the q, unless it's through traffic. Either way, be safe out there!!
Why do you have to go and ruin the great sound of a federal by having the powercall going at the same time? haha Great sound quality though.
Who says there's too much Q? To me, that's what a fire truck should sound like and there is NO such thing as too much Q! You people dont know what your saying
que sirena electrica de mierda, loco si hay mejores. esta mania de ponerles esas sirenas chotas.
Las mejores son las que usan en NEW YORK...111111111
Tap the brakes on the Q man...lol
There is nothing wrong with him using the darn siren trust me ive had to lay on it going to a residential fire in town and thats the only way to get to the call sometimes
what's with all the negative comments? seriously, if u don't have anything nice to say or type, DON'T SAY OR TYPE IT AT ALL
@chladekryan Define "Too much Q action" It's a mechanical siren, how can there be "too much"
what was the long delay for?
a new guy broke a q doing that it isn't good for them to run them at a constant like that
It is okay to let off the Federal ya know...your foot does not need to be pressed down on it the entire time.
I had to turn the volume down. My neighbors are running up and down the streets looking for a fire!!!
Did anyone hear any incoming truck assignments ??????? or updates on the scene ..... NOPE!!
They trying to warn the next city with the use of the Q like.
let it peak, then let off.
Y'all are grounded from the Q siren and air horn until you learn how to use them! Damn!
If you drop a brick on the q pedal, it saves your foot from holding it the whole time...
you can never over use a q sirens there's some driver out there that cant even hear the regular sirens
No Q is amazing, powercall sounds like a dying moose on steroids... its awful...
car vs fire truck head on......car would win....
a free trip to the junk yard
It’s okay to lift your foot up a few times there buddy
you'll find out when you get there and that fucker is smoking, what $1500 mistake looks like! lmao
Dude, lay off the Q. You are not doing any good holding it down like that.
That fucking siren is so stupid and annoying. I'm glad i live in Australia.
i think they used enough q siren for god sakes its gonna catch on fire!!!
This truck was very slow....!!
Siren is great but why is the fire always on the other side of the state
The point if a Q is the changing tone. Why people hold it down. I dunno
Not in UK they don't, especially that "Federal Q" siren.
Looks like a Pierce from the reflection in the truck at the end.
was city was that for that fire department hotel fire response?
Exactly why you don't let chief in the jump seat lol, poor Q
Why is the fireball always 10 miles away.
What is wrong with these US sirens????!!!!
I'm a probie who knows how to use a Q that's for sure
@Tsunamikiller88 Is it a mid mount ? Or a rear mount?
That is what a fire truck is supposed to sound like.
Did you guys get your new house? Where is it?
What kind of engine is this ?
You trying to get rid of your q bye burning it up
overused the sirens for sure
i forgot what the q means someone tell me plz
mute, MUTE! Where's the damned MUTE!!??!?!?
Wow!!!! Take your FOOT of the Pedal!!!!!!!
my neck hurts..
That was painful to listen to!
I don't think he used enough of the Q lol