I am ex Firefighter from GMFRS. 90s And 00s. It used to be a great job years ago before all the rank structures changed. We were actually allowed to laugh and joke and would get through some of the traumatic events by playing silly pranks on eachother. We always got the job done. Nowadays everyone is a Micro Manager and grassing eachother up, end up on a disciplinary for the slightest things now . I was retired out on ill health as an Operational LFM
Grate use full information As am currently awaiting to join the fire service department lots of interesting things that can be taken in as a reminder to keep me updated! From Cumbria district.
That is a nice setup. Here in the states most professional firefighters have very similar stations. The situation is very different for the volunteer stations. As you mentioned once, money is the allowable entity. Some of our volunteers are still working out of old buildings that were built 50 or more years ago and limit the size and numbers of vehicles. Plus our systems have become too sufisticated to allow some companies to meat the requirements. Overall most have done their very best to keep up. Yet everyday more requirements keep the pressure on. Great video!
50 years is a rather moderate age for stations on this side of the pond. You can see many departments operate from more than 100 year old stations, however depending on the specific country in Europe station size and placement can be very different; Thus stations from both volunteer and career departments tend to be very large in Germany, the largest of career FD stations have more than 40 or 50 truck bays. Also among volunteer departments there are many with more than 20 truck bays
Very informative and helpful video, thank you. One question, why would you need to lift the car during an RTC as shown toward the end of the video. Thanks in advance
Hi There I'm from Cumbria not Norfolk but we use the same techniques The car isn't lifted. When a crew arrive on the scene of a Road Traffic Collection they do what's called vehicle stabilisation. What that consists of is various chocks, blocks and wedges are used under the vehicle to stop the vehicle rocking, rolling and to keep the vehicle steady this reduces the risk of any further spinal injuries to the patient and if the hand break isn't on then it reduces the car from rolling or moving. Good question and I hope that explaination answered it for you😊
0:20 Did I understand correctly that most of the firefighters do their work on a voluntary basis (at least in this city)? Great video and interesting insight! And I would like to say thank you twice: On the one hand not to deactivate the comment function and on the other hand not to wear a covid mask during the video. Thanks! Greetings from Germany
Hi, No all of our firefighters at NFRS are paid. However many (on-call) are primarily employed elsewhere and carry an alerter so they can attend incidents for us, they are paid a retainer and also for the incidents. Thanks for your interest!
@@ashlyn4everold I'm not too sure of the details of what burnt in that particular incident. But our clothing etc is designed to withstand heat and flame, but would burn eventually. Have you watched our Ask a Firefighter video on You Tube? Our crew members answer some of these kind of questions there if you want to take a look?
Well I'm sure as adults they're competent at using stairs, the idea of the pole is to get to the appliance as fast as possible, so yes using the stairs is a means of getting to the appliance on the ground floor but the pole is obviously a quicker and safer way of travel than running down stairs.
Thankyou for your service helping everyone.
very interesting..I'm a retired FF/paramedic from southern calif, and I find it fascinating to look how FD's from around the world operate.
I am ex Firefighter from GMFRS. 90s And 00s. It used to be a great job years ago before all the rank structures changed. We were actually allowed to laugh and joke and would get through some of the traumatic events by playing silly pranks on eachother. We always got the job done. Nowadays everyone is a Micro Manager and grassing eachother up, end up on a disciplinary for the slightest things now . I was retired out on ill health as an Operational LFM
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I use to watch Fireman Sam on video back in the 90s when I was Little Hallingbury Primary School kid.
Nice tour!🚒👨🚒🇬🇧🔥
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As am currently awaiting to join the fire service department lots of interesting things that can be taken in as a reminder to keep me updated! From Cumbria district.
Big shout too all our fire fighter particularly yesterday......stay safe
My Grandad was a fire fighter out of Kings Lynn
That is a nice setup. Here in the states most professional firefighters have very similar stations. The situation is very different for the volunteer stations. As you mentioned once, money is the allowable entity. Some of our volunteers are still working out of old buildings that were built 50 or more years ago and limit the size and numbers of vehicles. Plus our systems have become too sufisticated to allow some companies to meat the requirements. Overall most have done their very best to keep up. Yet everyday more requirements keep the pressure on. Great video!
50 years is a rather moderate age for stations on this side of the pond. You can see many departments operate from more than 100 year old stations, however depending on the specific country in Europe station size and placement can be very different; Thus stations from both volunteer and career departments tend to be very large in Germany, the largest of career FD stations have more than 40 or 50 truck bays. Also among volunteer departments there are many with more than 20 truck bays
Very informative and helpful video, thank you.
One question, why would you need to lift the car during an RTC as shown toward the end of the video. Thanks in advance
Hi There I'm from Cumbria not Norfolk but we use the same techniques
The car isn't lifted. When a crew arrive on the scene of a Road Traffic Collection they do what's called vehicle stabilisation. What that consists of is various chocks, blocks and wedges are used under the vehicle to stop the vehicle rocking, rolling and to keep the vehicle steady this reduces the risk of any further spinal injuries to the patient and if the hand break isn't on then it reduces the car from rolling or moving. Good question and I hope that explaination answered it for you😊
Do yous not keep your kit on the machine? In the Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service they'd keep it on the pump...
Very cool.
0:20 Did I understand correctly that most of the firefighters do their work on a voluntary basis (at least in this city)?
Great video and interesting insight! And I would like to say thank you twice: On the one hand not to deactivate the comment function and on the other hand not to wear a covid mask during the video. Thanks!
Greetings from Germany
thse on call / volunteers are only as back up
Hi, No all of our firefighters at NFRS are paid. However many (on-call) are primarily employed elsewhere and carry an alerter so they can attend incidents for us, they are paid a retainer and also for the incidents.
Thanks for your interest!
This maybe a silly question but can u become a firefighter if u aren't a fan of heights or is something you would help a recruit get though?
Hi Jordan, we think you might need to conquer the fear before applying.
I have a question
Have you ever had a fire in the station?
Not in that fire station Ashlyn but there was a fire in another Norfolk fire station in 2014.
Thanks for replying and answering my question but my family are wondering if the equipment kept safe?
Were they fire proof or did they burn?
@@ashlyn4everold I'm not too sure of the details of what burnt in that particular incident. But our
clothing etc is designed to withstand heat and flame, but would burn eventually. Have you watched our Ask a Firefighter video on You Tube? Our crew members answer some of these kind of questions there if you want to take a look?
Thank you I’ll take a look
I enjoyed watching it and I learned a few stuff 🚒
So is KLS P7 kept at KLN or KLS
About your fire cadet programme how come lynn dont do one?
Me , 51 years old , bexleyheath , south east london , .., going to be a fire fighter ....YES old , buty want to know where i can be
no deep fat fryer in that kitchen!
If 999 calls comes in you need live your voices outside ok have one
Unfortunately, most of these European fire department videos, seldom show the interior of their rigs. 🤷♂️
What do they use fire cars for?
So glad I’m a US firefighter. British fire service looks miserable.
You have to be
The pole drops will be taken away because your coping without using them
Well I'm sure as adults they're competent at using stairs, the idea of the pole is to get to the appliance as fast as possible, so yes using the stairs is a means of getting to the appliance on the ground floor but the pole is obviously a quicker and safer way of travel than running down stairs.