It’s rolling what’s supposed to keep the engine from blowing up lol

Rob , I think that's because here in the UK, we have the common sense to build our houses out of bricks. And in a land of wild fires, hurricanes, tornadoes and earthquakes they build theirs out of wood!!!

I agree. Perhaps the Insurance Companies are quite happy to pay out claims where the property was built of wood!!! and not bricks and mortar

+Robert Mansfield They are not engines, One is an engine(the first vehicle seen) the second is a tanker, which carries water, which means they do not have a steady stream of water in the area in the form of a fire hydrant, the third is a ladder which would be good to use if the fire has made it to the roof. Everything responding at once is faster then having the engine show up first and going...WELLLLL we are going to need a lot more equipment then waiting for the support to arrive. If it isn't needed...well then they just return back to quarters not really a big problem.

+TCRStaff, mere technicalities. Here in the UK they're all engines. And the point that Rob and I both raised is three whatever-they're-calleds turning out to a chimney fire in Britain is almost unheard of, as explained in both of our previous comments. The only UK chimney fire that would merit a multiple response that I can think of would be to one in a thatched cottage. PDAs to such properties can include up to five engines. For those that don't know, in the UK a PDA is a predetermined attendance; and a big red thing with flashing lights that goes nee-narr and woo-woo-woo is a fire engine!

YelpBullhorn it's not technicalities. 1. This is a volunteer fire department so if they have enough volunteers respond they will take as many trucks as they can. 2. Even brick chimneys can catch on fire. 3. This is a rural area meaning no hydrants. The first unit seen in this video might not have enough hose to reach to the nearest hydrant (and that first unit probably carries around 1000 feet of hose) the second unit carries lots of water and a portable water tank they can dump water into and go refill somewhere else while the other trucks are sucking water out of the portable tank, then come back and refill that tank. 3. That first unit doesn't carry many ground ladders because it is an engine company. The ladder truck (3rd unit) carries a bunch more ground ladders and has a large 75 foot ladder with a bucket at the end and a master stream attached to it. If the first unit got dispatched and found out they needed more help, it could take anywhere from 5-15 minutes for more help to arrive because is a volunteer department. And 4. You live in the UK. This is the US, different firefighting tactics. Just a few fun facts trying to explain some things :)

you're correct, probably cause they didn't let her warm up. It had been sitting for well over a week.

before my fire dept a got new tanker it had problem staying in first gear but we later replaced Engine 1 and Tanker 1 with 2011 international 2500 gallon pumper tanker

Turner Griffin about the tanker they should of revved her up a bit. So they could warm the engine faster just saying.

Turner Griffin Tanker 5 always gets a chance to warm up after its started up

@@tdgco3 great videos

No, Virginia

3500 gallons

Dayton Choma Air bags probably didn't have enough air in them.

It was just the angle he was shooting the video. The truck has good ground clearance.

hldtrm xc

Guy driving probably killed the tanker, so he cut that part out

It’s cold where this video was shot and most likely the driver never warmed up the tanker before heading out

No 18 speed Eaton fuller

Ashlee Holmsten yea

yeah Brad H it looks so cool

2005

Look on the side of the ladder truck before it leaves the bay.