Fun fact: Actually it's not the truck manufactuer that adds the lights it's the outfitters. Outfitters are the ones who put the big lightbars, pushbars and antennas on FD vehicles and LEO vehicles.
I was a fireman for many years. The first thing we did when we returned to the station was prep the equipment to go out again. This included cleaning the trucks. I was shocked to see the condition on these vehicles. We also didn't treat our jobs as if it was a leisurely stroll to the store. 😳 Seconds count.
Actual "fireman" don't come on to youtube making dumbass assumptions like you did. No actual firefighter is going to wash their truck after every call when it's raining outside and theres road grime.
@@danielr3933 I take it you are not and never have been an actual fireman. It's all good though. You are allowed an opion. 🙂 And yes, we did it even when it was raining outside, snowing etc... Would you want the fire department to show up if your house was on fire, you were in a car accident, etc and their equipment not work due to lack of care or maintenance? Salt from the roads and road grime can cause corrosion quickly. I guess I'm just from a generation of people that took care of things they were responsible for and took pride in everything they did. I would much rather spend my time cleaning equipment than sitting in from of a TV or scrolling through social media on my phone.
I thought the same way, but after running multiple calls during the shift and the roads are messy, the trucks were rinsed at the end of the shift. It's tough in the winter when temps drop below 20, the risk of freezing doors shut and stiff hose is a real problem. The salt spray helps reduce the freeze.
Chicago fd your service and time and efforts are deeply appreciated thanks to everyone who responds keep them safe out there in the windy city of Chicago job well done you should be proud appreciate you guys thanks ! Joe
Having been on the receiving end of the dispatches, the tone of the dispatchers' voice often gave an indication of the situation. If they were getting multiple calls on the incident and hadn't had a chance to say it, it was a clue that bad stuff was happening.
I can spot a contradiction between the traffic signals and the 'do not cross' hatching. Maybe the traffic lights should automatically go to green when a call out is in progress.
Great job great catches as usual by Chicago fd responding your service and time and efforts are deeply appreciated thanks don't work to hard keep them safe out there in the windy city of Chicago job well done you should be amazed and proud love and appreciate you guys thanks you guys rock still going strong ! Joe
Greetings from an Australian paramedic. Always interesting to see US ambulances following behind fire trucks. Our ambulance services aren't attached to Fire Departments, and we don't have firefighters routinely attend medical cases. Do American paramedics ever have the urge to overtake the fire trucks and get to the job sooner? We'd get our bums kicked if waited for the fire trucks to go before rolling out of the station on a priority job. We're expected to be out the door within 30 seconds of a priority job being dispatched with a response time of 10 minutes in our area.
@@cfdivan55 What's the ratio of fire trucks to ambulances? Where I am, we have 6 fire crews working out of 5 stations. By comparison, we have 9 ambulance stations, with anywhere from 11 to 24 crews on duty depending on time of day. We tend to run 12 hour shifts, with 0700, 1000, 1400 and 1900 starts, although neighbouring stations stagger start times so that there's always overlap. The station up the freeway will have a 0600, 0900, 1300 and 1800 start. times
in Germany some of the career fire departments run EMS as well, among them of course first and foremost ALS Emergency Ambulances; Responding to a call in a convoy the ambulance will always be the last unit in the convoy, and it stays behind all other units even though it could go faster
All emergency vehicles in Australia have red and blue. Ambulances also have a steady green light front and back so that red light and speed cameras can see that they're on a priority job. The red and blue strobes often aren't seen by the cameras.
lol, how long it takes to get them going and how everyone is just chill at the station after the call. here in germany in most cities, trucks are rolling 45-60 seconds after the call, 90 seconds at most.
its because there were so many units dispatched from all over that district so they had to listen multiple times to double check if there truck was called.
Talk about 'laxsie daisy' response,One would think they're Off on a jolly holidays 😔, As a retired firefighter this Not the way we responded to emergencies.(Given it's a building 🔥 fire too)
The CFD’s spare vehicles are without number. Whenever a spare is assigned to a company, they will make a temporary (rather square-looking) number from duct tape.
That traffic signal should go green and stay green and the signal prior to it should turn red. Nobody cares until it's their own relatives in distress.
I am absolutely amazed how ppl r still ignoring the keep clear area if just outstands me this never happens where I live but yet it's ok to do this honestly bunch of idiots
At one time a high ranking commander was a Navy guy, green was starboard(right), red was port(left). By having rigs marked he could tell which direction a rig was sitting. Those colors have been on CFD rigs since way before all the fancy light packages.
Green lights are a tradition with CFD. One of their fire commissioners was also involved in shipping in some way. He wanted red and green lights on the trucks like red/green lights on boats and it just stuck.
Locusion is great. My town has half assed dispatch that sends the wrong engine three times or sends them to street instead of avenue or north instead of south. People die as result.
Chicago is undefeated against fires. They almost lost one a few years ago but they pulled out a win. I think they’ll be just fine even with your hurt feelings.
@@EnjoyFirefighting I understand but surly they can just use an ambulance, not drag the entire team to one mva where no fire was alight. In the UK its separated.
@@letsplayvegas5994 and you want to tell me that the system in the UK is better or great? Wait what was that thing with the shortage of ambulances in the UK, emergency patients waiting many hours for an ambulance to arrive because higher priority calls come in and already dispatched ambulances are rerouted again and again? Especially when dispatched to a MVA I can perfectly see the reason for the FD responding with at least an Engine or Rescue Unit as well, depending on the layout, equipment and staffing. Let it be on-scene safety, cutting out a patient or treating spills or just provide safety for a potentially starting fire ... all that is sth which EMS crews can't do. Where I grew up in Germany the career FD would send a Rescue Engine and Technical Rescue Van for MVAs in the city as long no heavy rescue operations are likely. Heavy Rescue operations would result in the Command Van, Chief Car, Rescue Engine and Heavy Rescue Truck to respond. And in case of a MVA on the highway it's the Command Van, Chief Car, Rescue Engine, Tanker, Heavy Rescue Truck, 2nd Engine with traffic safety trailer, and one or two companies from the volunteer fire department with two apparatus as well - the least of those apparatus have actual firefighting purpose in such an incident
@@letsplayvegas5994 FD responding to a MVA on the highway: ua-cam.com/video/_ItMZynN6oQ/v-deo.html Rescue Engine and Ambulance leaving the station: ua-cam.com/video/7b1BqolUozY/v-deo.html Just because there's no fire by far doesn't mean that it's not a task for the fire department
Squad 1's previous rigs both had green starboard lights. From a CFD source I spoke with last year, the lighting on newer rigs have been updated to meet some newer national recommended standard that include blue lights. If you watch this video close, you can see the snorkel truck does have green starboard lights still - only the first half of the squad does not. I was informed that the CFD will never part ways with the port and starboard light tradition - however it seems someone failed to equip both squad 1 rigs with green! I personally do not enjoy seeing the blue lights on CFD rigs. As a Chicago native with a deep appreciation for the CFD and its traditions, let the blues stay with the CPD lol
It's The squad and the command van going to a fire way away that's most likely b******* now the first in engines and first in trucks are rushing they do not have to
They're going to a fire way away in a high-rise so it's most likely BS and it's the squad in the command van they're not going to really do much there anyway they're most likely going to get returned a few blocks away
You know what pisses me off? That people ignore the DO NOT BLOCK white lines and then they look like idiots blocking CFD when responding to a call.
Yes, I noticed that as well.
Thats why "do not block" lanes in Europe are yellow. They're more visible.
@@EstonianRescueServices But still ignored.
Always stay calm, keep pulse rate low, pressure low. Otherwise you’re not able to work with breathing device etc.
"These moments do try me!" "Be gentle Axe!" 😎
Vehicle manufacturer - so what colour emergency lights do you want?
CFD -…… Yes
I would have Red, White & Amber Light's.
Fun fact: Actually it's not the truck manufactuer that adds the lights it's the outfitters. Outfitters are the ones who put the big lightbars, pushbars and antennas on FD vehicles and LEO vehicles.
I was a fireman for many years. The first thing we did when we returned to the station was prep the equipment to go out again. This included cleaning the trucks. I was shocked to see the condition on these vehicles. We also didn't treat our jobs as if it was a leisurely stroll to the store. 😳 Seconds count.
Actual "fireman" don't come on to youtube making dumbass assumptions like you did. No actual firefighter is going to wash their truck after every call when it's raining outside and theres road grime.
@@danielr3933 I take it you are not and never have been an actual fireman. It's all good though. You are allowed an opion. 🙂 And yes, we did it even when it was raining outside, snowing etc... Would you want the fire department to show up if your house was on fire, you were in a car accident, etc and their equipment not work due to lack of care or maintenance? Salt from the roads and road grime can cause corrosion quickly. I guess I'm just from a generation of people that took care of things they were responsible for and took pride in everything they did. I would much rather spend my time cleaning equipment than sitting in from of a TV or scrolling through social media on my phone.
you are 100 percent correct
I thought the same way, but after running multiple calls during the shift and the roads are messy, the trucks were rinsed at the end of the shift. It's tough in the winter when temps drop below 20, the risk of freezing doors shut and stiff hose is a real problem. The salt spray helps reduce the freeze.
Wash job not in their union contract.
Your vids are 10X better because you show the tone outs before. Hearing that fire tone out starts the adrenaline lol
Always love recording the tones
Chicago Fire viewer here- interesting to see how this works and what it looks like for real. Thanks for posting.
I’m pleased to see that Chicago FD have now added a touch of blue to their emergency lights.
Blue, by City ordinance, used to be reserved for police vehicles. I don't think it belongs on Chicago rigs. Red, white and green!
Is it me or they don’t seem to be in much of a hurry to get loaded up and gone?
I think they don’t run at all
Do you see trash men running to collect trash?
@@chaseharveyharvey1377 LOL
Thought that's the standard in the US
Why so slow to turn out ? Our British lads and lasses would take a third of that time
love the lights -
All of the lights!
Chicago fd your service and time and efforts are deeply appreciated thanks to everyone who responds keep them safe out there in the windy city of Chicago job well done you should be proud appreciate you guys thanks ! Joe
That's why the yellow cross line never stop on it at any time.
Having been on the receiving end of the dispatches, the tone of the dispatchers' voice often gave an indication of the situation. If they were getting multiple calls on the incident and hadn't had a chance to say it, it was a clue that bad stuff was happening.
The dispatcher is an automated system. The voice is from the computer and not a real person.
@@Spankys-place hmm u must never seen firefighter dispatches b4 huh 🤣🤣🤣 because they are real
@@jamesdukes597 Yeah, seem plenty of dispatchers. Although this is an automated system. Up your game James.
I can spot a contradiction between the traffic signals and the 'do not cross' hatching. Maybe the traffic lights should automatically go to green when a call out is in progress.
The sound of the Federal Q. Love it..
NICE CATCH! Looks like Chicago went with Rosenbauers for their Squads!
Great job great catches as usual by Chicago fd responding your service and time and efforts are deeply appreciated thanks don't work to hard keep them safe out there in the windy city of Chicago job well done you should be amazed and proud love and appreciate you guys thanks you guys rock still going strong ! Joe
Awesome video! love the scene inside the station with the tones going off. CFD looks great with Green, blue & red mixed in their lights
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Here in New Zealand,you have to give way to the Fire,Police & Ambulance services when lights & sirens
Excellent video! Gotta say tho, those trucks look more and more like Xmas trees… I mean green, red, blue and amber lights come on 😂
Lol!
Beautiful catch good sir, Happy new year!
Thx u to!!! :D
Thank you pompiers in all the World !!!
I love these kinds of videos keep posting I subscribe
Thx so much!!!! :D
Awesome catches
When we have a run in capetown most of them are 30 seconds from the call out the door
But that is how the firefighters do it in buffalo city it is not 60 seconds
I’m a huge fan of Chicago Fire currently watching season 11 episode 5 now, this must be a deleted scene from a different firehouse. Great content
No, this is reality, not fantasy.
wow, what a catch!
Thx man!!! :D
Dang it took them a long time to respond,!!
Greetings from an Australian paramedic. Always interesting to see US ambulances following behind fire trucks. Our ambulance services aren't attached to Fire Departments, and we don't have firefighters routinely attend medical cases. Do American paramedics ever have the urge to overtake the fire trucks and get to the job sooner? We'd get our bums kicked if waited for the fire trucks to go before rolling out of the station on a priority job. We're expected to be out the door within 30 seconds of a priority job being dispatched with a response time of 10 minutes in our area.
Yea we have firefighter paramedics that help out before the ambulances comes to the scene but here in Chicago we need more ambulances
@@cfdivan55 What's the ratio of fire trucks to ambulances? Where I am, we have 6 fire crews working out of 5 stations. By comparison, we have 9 ambulance stations, with anywhere from 11 to 24 crews on duty depending on time of day. We tend to run 12 hour shifts, with 0700, 1000, 1400 and 1900 starts, although neighbouring stations stagger start times so that there's always overlap. The station up the freeway will have a 0600, 0900, 1300 and 1800 start. times
in Germany some of the career fire departments run EMS as well, among them of course first and foremost ALS Emergency Ambulances; Responding to a call in a convoy the ambulance will always be the last unit in the convoy, and it stays behind all other units even though it could go faster
I’m still trying to get used to seeing blue lights on CFD and FDNY rigs. 😁
All emergency vehicles in Australia have red and blue. Ambulances also have a steady green light front and back so that red light and speed cameras can see that they're on a priority job. The red and blue strobes often aren't seen by the cameras.
@@coover65 That green light isn't all states. I've only seen it in new & vic.
@@tasmanmcmillan1777 Queensland QAS units have them too.
@@tasmanmcmillan1777 I was led to believe that it was going to be nationwide. QAS have them too.
@@coover65 definitely not nationwide.
Full House Response! Good one
Thx!!! :D
It is not a full house the engine was not dispatch
There is a video of this fire department 13 years ago and it’s still here pretty old
The call like Cermak and Indiana by Wintrust arena
For those saying their slow it's clearly back up
Nice video! Does CFD use Mobile Public Safety CAD? (Dispatching system)
I believe so
Very nice video!
Thank you very much!
In Japan firefighters train daily with drills and be geared up within 60 seconds. “Daily life of a Japan firefighter”
* Japanese
@@madtrucker0983 you’re right thanks for checking out the video, it’s pretty amazing 😅
Wow 🤩🙌🏻
Nice Vid.
So so slow in the UK they would have been gone before you guys had your boots on!!!!!!
Good video!
Thx!!!
Cool Catch.
Thx!!! :D
0:02 lol the bad guys singing xD
It looks like the second ambulance's lights need its own defibrillator
Wow! Awesome video Ivan! HI-Rise fire?
It was
@@cfdivan55 Thanks
lol, how long it takes to get them going and how everyone is just chill at the station after the call. here in germany in most cities, trucks are rolling 45-60 seconds after the call, 90 seconds at most.
its because there were so many units dispatched from all over that district so they had to listen multiple times to double check if there truck was called.
É um sonho que eu quero realizar um dia como bombeiro civil , conhecer um grupamento de bombeiro civil americano
Awesome video man! 🚒🚒 was Truck 3 going on the same call or?
They went to ems
Talk about 'laxsie daisy' response,One would think they're Off on a jolly holidays 😔, As a retired firefighter this Not the way we responded to emergencies.(Given it's a building 🔥 fire too)
Sorry, but I think those sirens sound like toys.
Ah don’t like those sirens?
Nice catch
And why is the number on 42 on the engine look like it's tape or something like that
Cuz they have a spare is old engine 93
The CFD’s spare vehicles are without number. Whenever a spare is assigned to a company, they will make a temporary (rather square-looking) number from duct tape.
Am dead ass looking for the cast from the show lol
Crikey, don’t rush
The big house going yehooooooo
Go get it family
That traffic signal should go green and stay green and the signal prior to it should turn red. Nobody cares until it's their own relatives in distress.
Need mechanical Qs and not electronic. IMHO
Take your time guys
Is 2-7-1 permanently staffed or it cross-staffed by personnel from another rig?
I’m not sure about that one
Permanent. The 2-7-X's run all the time.
What side of Chicago is this? Cause I might wanna go here to take a vid
North side is very close to the trump tower
Ok
Ty
@@LucasGfirealarmsandweather no problem
I am absolutely amazed how ppl r still ignoring the keep clear area if just outstands me this never happens where I live but yet it's ok to do this honestly bunch of idiots
Why are Americans so slow? Seconds count.
take your time boys
There is a reason they say don't BLOCK THE BOX!
there's a reason why many larger stations across the pond simply put traffic lights in front of the station to keep it clear of idiots ^^
Truck 3 wasn't dispatched. Why did they go.
Because they were dispatched 🤡
Fucking hell are those guys slow af. It's like "yeah whatever".
they dont seem to be in any sort of rush like
Crazy right?
What's the point of the green lights? Does it indicate something special feature...?
At one time a high ranking commander was a Navy guy, green was starboard(right), red was port(left). By having rigs marked he could tell which direction a rig was sitting. Those colors have been on CFD rigs since way before all the fancy light packages.
That poor black car when the squad and truck came out
Yes
I get the command truck has green lights but why does the fire truck have it too?
Green lights are a tradition with CFD. One of their fire commissioners was also involved in shipping in some way. He wanted red and green lights on the trucks like red/green lights on boats and it just stuck.
Lots of tradition in CFD, black tops carryover from leather top on Chief’s horse drawn buggy, which is term STILL used for a Chief’s car or Buggy
Can someone do a transcript of what the voice says?
Squad 271 squad 271
Absolutely love the green
Which station?
Engine 42
Why so slow to turn out ?
Our British lads and lasses would be out in a third of the time
Yeah ya'll are good at getting out
keren banget
Let me guess u want to be a firefighter future
Always wanted to be one!
No rush lads
Locusion is great. My town has half assed dispatch that sends the wrong engine three times or sends them to street instead of avenue or north instead of south. People die as result.
Squad is more elite than Ladder???
Ladder is more elite than Engine???
Let’s not hurry.
Chicago is undefeated against fires. They almost lost one a few years ago but they pulled out a win. I think they’ll be just fine even with your hurt feelings.
engine 42 is in a spare
Old E95
@@cfdivan55 i love hiw they use like tape r something
@@dubzytse710I could tell they definitely used tape
@@cfdivan55 Actually old E93
@@billypetty1453 oh my bad
Time to wash the rigs.
Wow that’s a confusing system you yanks hand lol 😂
What’s so confusing? Your rig gets called and you go out. What’s hard about that?
three battalions and deputy district. seems excessive.
Too bad e42 wasnt dispatch for the full house
Been waiting for a run for them!
@@cfdivan55 couod be outta service possibly maybe idk
Bonsoir 💋💋
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Hi I was just wondering what station number is that
Engine 42
Cuz I'm going to Chicago on the April 15th through the 17th
@@Elkhart-fire-department want to meet at a fire house when u go or nah
Sure
Could I get your number
wow!!!how many trucks did they dispatch from other stations ,she kept calling so many numbers ,hell i thought it was sept,11 2001 again
tak powinno być w Polsce karetka jedzie wraz ze strażą
Why in america do they take the ambulance and fire as a duo to any emergency...with no fire they still take the fire truck.
because fire trucks don't only fight fires?
@@EnjoyFirefighting I understand but surly they can just use an ambulance, not drag the entire team to one mva where no fire was alight. In the UK its separated.
@@letsplayvegas5994 and you want to tell me that the system in the UK is better or great? Wait what was that thing with the shortage of ambulances in the UK, emergency patients waiting many hours for an ambulance to arrive because higher priority calls come in and already dispatched ambulances are rerouted again and again?
Especially when dispatched to a MVA I can perfectly see the reason for the FD responding with at least an Engine or Rescue Unit as well, depending on the layout, equipment and staffing. Let it be on-scene safety, cutting out a patient or treating spills or just provide safety for a potentially starting fire ... all that is sth which EMS crews can't do.
Where I grew up in Germany the career FD would send a Rescue Engine and Technical Rescue Van for MVAs in the city as long no heavy rescue operations are likely. Heavy Rescue operations would result in the Command Van, Chief Car, Rescue Engine and Heavy Rescue Truck to respond. And in case of a MVA on the highway it's the Command Van, Chief Car, Rescue Engine, Tanker, Heavy Rescue Truck, 2nd Engine with traffic safety trailer, and one or two companies from the volunteer fire department with two apparatus as well - the least of those apparatus have actual firefighting purpose in such an incident
@@letsplayvegas5994 FD responding to a MVA on the highway: ua-cam.com/video/_ItMZynN6oQ/v-deo.html
Rescue Engine and Ambulance leaving the station: ua-cam.com/video/7b1BqolUozY/v-deo.html
Just because there's no fire by far doesn't mean that it's not a task for the fire department
Major
where tf is the green on sq1
They never had green
@@cfdivan55 CFD always has had green
Squad 1's previous rigs both had green starboard lights. From a CFD source I spoke with last year, the lighting on newer rigs have been updated to meet some newer national recommended standard that include blue lights. If you watch this video close, you can see the snorkel truck does have green starboard lights still - only the first half of the squad does not. I was informed that the CFD will never part ways with the port and starboard light tradition - however it seems someone failed to equip both squad 1 rigs with green! I personally do not enjoy seeing the blue lights on CFD rigs. As a Chicago native with a deep appreciation for the CFD and its traditions, let the blues stay with the CPD lol
Bad place for FD
Usa FD are so fck slow. Check the croatia , poland or any european country Firefighters respond for call.
It's The squad and the command van going to a fire way away that's most likely b******* now the first in engines and first in trucks are rushing they do not have to
Excesivamente lentos para abrir puertas y subir a los vehículos ! Se les nota con desgana y hastío ! No se puede fiar todo a correr en la calle.
Nie spieszą się...
Why the fuck is everyone moving so slow
Die essen noch ein Hotdop bevor sie fshren
LACoFD Squad
Lazy Americans XD
Yeah take your time, it's just a fire, nothing to bother with 😂
Too slow
They're going to a fire way away in a high-rise so it's most likely BS and it's the squad in the command van they're not going to really do much there anyway they're most likely going to get returned a few blocks away