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!" 😎

I would have Red, White & Amber Light's.

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.

Always love recording the tones

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

Blue, by City ordinance, used to be reserved for police vehicles. I don't think it belongs on Chicago rigs. Red, white and green!

All of the lights!

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.

Lol!

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

Ah don’t like those sirens?

But that is how the firefighters do it in buffalo city it is not 60 seconds

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.

No, this is reality, not fantasy.

Thx so much!!!! :D

Thx u to!!! :D

* Japanese

@@madtrucker0983 you’re right thanks for checking out the video, it’s pretty amazing 😅

Thx man!!! :D

I believe so

Thx!!! :D

It is not a full house the engine was not dispatch

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.

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

Yes

They went to ems

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.

North side is very close to the trump tower

Ok

Ty

@@LucasGfirealarmsandweather no problem

It was

@@cfdivan55 Thanks

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 ^^

Thank you very much!

Thx!!! :D

Thx!!!

Yeah ya'll are good at getting out

I’m not sure about that one

Permanent. The 2-7-X's run all the time.

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.

Crazy right?

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.

Because they were dispatched 🤡

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

Squad 271 squad 271

What’s so confusing? Your rig gets called and you go out. What’s hard about that?

@@Trilion-n2j trust me I get that question all the time

Engine 42

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

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: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/la-kgL2q07San4U.html Rescue Engine and Ambulance leaving the station: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/bchhddSg0bvTqo0.html Just because there's no fire by far doesn't mean that it's not a task for the fire department

Always wanted to be one!

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

Been waiting for a run for them!

@@cfdivan55 couod be outta service possibly maybe idk

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