I love how people still think that firefighters only fight fires when around 80% to 90% of our job is EMS.

I cannot tell you how many times we'll be in the middle of washing the trucks and the tones will drop and we show up to a car accident or a fire with a truck covered in soap and water. people just look at us like 'what in the hell?' it's hilarious

my husband was a firefighter for 12 yrs cancer took his life last year he loved what he done he risk his life but yet he always made it through the flames i had my husband the amazing funeral ever a firefighter funeral if you seen the movie ladder 49 my husband was on top of the fire truck like he wished for he was my hero and always will be a hero 14 wonderful yrs of marrage he was my everything but cancer took all that away from me i will always love him no matter what

"I don't want someones house to catch fire, but if it does I want to be there."

Big hugs from a swedish firefighter. This is the best job.

I'm a fireman and I still like videos like this

Really motivating. I just started fire school last Thursday. I'm an aircraft rescued firefighter specialist in the marines. God bless today's firefighters.

Only firefighters know the taste of cold taco bell or burger king because we didn't get to finish that meal...

Thx you too all the firefighters, EMT’s and paramedics out there!! This is my dream job, I’m NOT changing! ❤️❤️

I am an Explorer with the City of Knoxville Fire Department! This really is the best career in the world. SHOUT OUT to all firefighters across the globe!!!!

I love how fit are all of them looking, clearly shows how hard they work and exercise

I'm a UK firefighter and I absolutely love the job its the best life choice for a career I have ever made

After 27 yrs I still enjoy everyday, this vid shows exactly what it is like.

I never knew this video existed. I actually live 30 Miles away from Knoxville TN. I am also a Volunteer at a Department in my County. Brothers you did a very good job at telling the public what it is like to not only be a Paid fireman and how the Environment is like but what is truely like to be a Fireman and what we do. Paid or Volunteer it is has differences and truely the only difference is that they are lucky and get to do what most of us dream of doing. Shout out from Ridgewood Vol. Fire Department in Caryville, TN. 30 Miles north of Knoxville, TN. Very Nice Video

In the house I worked in , at shift change we cleaned house and engine room when that was done we cleaned equippment , after that we ate lunch . After lunch we had some sort of structured training . We didnt just sit in front of a tv . I have to say I loved my job my fellow fire fighters were are brothers . About getting woke in the middle of the night , I never complained and never heard anyone else ever complain . Its a calling , i loved it and miss it .

Very well done. Nice to see someone portraying firefighters in a positive light.

I have been in that station when the World's Fair was there. There is a story about the parking deck beside the station that deck was built for the World's Fair they opened up the deck to parking no sprinklers no standpipes had a car fire in it by the time they got hose pulled in to the fire {no trucks would fit in deck] several cars was burnt and damaged one of the car's was the Mayor's car in a couple of days they had every thing they needed to build a truck that would fit in the parking deck

Thanks to all the firefighters/police officers/paramedics who risked their lives dayend/day out! We appreciate it.

I did fifteen years as a firefighter/rescueman best job ever. We didn't have all the safety equipment or standards they do now. Consequently I'm in a wheelchair now. Yes, I'd do it all again.

He makes being a Firefighter look like a bad job at first

Every time one of the trucks start ‘beeping’, my dogs go nuts, thinking that Amazon is delivering a package. 😂

I was a volunteer and most of the calls we got were medical and car accident I did have a few structure fire and grass fire it’s such an exciting job to do

Their day almost feels like a old school mafia gang, when noting is happen they sit around and cook but when get a call they rush out and do their thing. which is save lives.

This is a thought for all. Only 10% of fire fighters are paid the rest, are volunteers.This goes for all my brothers and sisters who know the call, paid or volunteer. John 15:13.

When that tones dropped at 19:16 my pager went off.

I see a lot of people complaining about the "editing", so seeing as this is my home city I thought I'd inform you all. First and foremost, station 1 is located downtown so their primary response zone is downtown Knoxville and the University of Tennessee campus (except Rescue 1 - which responds across the county). Being located in the heart of Big Orange Country station 1 responds to a lot of false fire alarms and drunk college students, as one would expect. Of course, like any fire station they have their busy days and slow days, these days usually coincide with the arrival or departure of college students. If this documentary was filmed during a slow day, or day(s) than it's easy to understand and see why the same unit is used more than once.

Here in manila Philippines we will have to report for duty 24hrs and 24hrs off... dont have much free time ..watching a very congested neighborhood.. Everyday is a hard job sometimes we have to fight fire for two days straight without sleep... And people here in manila dont respect firefighters... Lucky im retired

Well edited and all around good story.

Well done. I wish i could start all over again because it really is the best job in the world. It really can take a toll on the old body though.

Good work men! Glad to know Knoxville has some good hose draggers backing us up. Your friend on the other side of the fence, and brother in blue, God bless!

Y’all should be Completely Funded plus hazardous duty bonuses quarterly and and and …. Thank You All For Your Service🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🤗🤗🤗

It's gotta be disheartening when you hear a call that says there are victims trapped in a burning building. Most people would run from a burning building, but, you guys are brave and run towards them, even if it means that you might not make it back out. Last Easter, one of my old neighbors had been preparing their garage for a friend of theirs who needed a home. Well, they stupidly replaced the firewall in the garage with drywall and left a whole bunch of spray paint cans directly in front of their furnace. Unfortunately, the unthinkable happened. In the middle of the night, my family friend, who was watching my dogs while my family was out of town, said my dogs alerted to something in the middle of the night, and they wouldn't stop barking, so he went to see what they were going on about, and that was when he saw smoke coming from my neighbor's garage. He ran over there to see if anyone was home, alerted their nextdoor neighbor, and called 911. Thankfully, no one was home because, shortly after the fire department arrived, all the spray paint cans exploded, completely destroying the house. I truly don't know what we would do without firefighters to save us from horrible accidents like this. Thank you for your service.

At our station we have to keep our body weight as to our height scale so that none of us are overweight. I've seen a few overweight firefighters in this video. At our station if your 25 pounds over you are suspended without pay until your weight is with in your height limit. Looks like in Kentucky they have a weight problem......

this is what I'm gonna be and I'm excited and prepared

You literally used the same clip of the truck pulling out 3 times lol

Very well done and I concur with all that was spoken. Capt ret. PGFD, Maryland. By the way, I liked the background music choice. Well done!!☺

this is the best video I've watched on youtube. Good job Edy

What a powerful vid thank you and God bless all

Best job in the world 30 yrs!! Loved it , hated it, and still love it, retired now and frickin volunteer!!! Wtf?? And I’m NOT THE FIREMANS FIREMAN! Those that know, know exactly what I mean!!

wow they all look really fit !!!!

Awesome documentary I loved it.

I dont care how much downtime they have. Their next call could be the last one with the guy they're laughing with. They don't get paid enough. The city should be paying for their food. They're on duty and providing a needed service for the city's residents. They spend a lot of time from their families. It's the least they could do.

a lot of free time??? not the greatest pay so on their off days after working 24 on and then off for 48 they do part time work...maybe they watch their children while their wives work... who the hell wants that... It would be nice to have a better paying full-time job but they can't... They arrive in the morning to the change of shifts get a report, if they don't get a call, check their trucks clean the building , maybe there is training then calls may happen, someone has to go buy their food after they all chip in their "meal money" for the 24 hr shift). They may have paperwork to study and submit, lunchtime if they don't have a call ... sometimes they don't get lunch till afternoon... there are specific days where the refrigerator is cleaned out, the floors are moped... hazmat calls, medical calls, fires, accidents... fill the boot... maybe get in a nap in case they don't get any sleep during the night. A couple of the guys prepare dinner and cook, everyone (maybe) eats, they shoot the bull for a little bit then get up wash their own dish, silverware rinse, dry and put em away. by now who knows what time it is so maybe they go study or watch a little TV or go take a shower and hit the hay... then during the night if there are no calls... great, they get to sleep if not... who knows they could be up all night... in the rain, the hot humid weather, snow, ice, storms...maybe they go on a call and have to deliver a baby, ... How many nights do they not sleep in their own beds then to make a little extra money they have side jobs... some folks can hold down 2 mostly full time jobs not Firefighters... They are also kind hearted men ... there are some female firefighters as well who sleep in their own quarters. When they return from a fire they stink of smoke and are stained with soot ... they have to shower to get the toxic crap off em... We love our firefighters. Some Fire Departments also operate the ambulance service... It most certainly isn't an office job but they love their work which is a must or you probably won't stay there long.

That table is really cool.

I hate the publics perception of a firefighter '' sit there doing nothing '' so annoying. I don't sit on my ass at the station, we drill on the yard on scenario based incidents, go to school visits.. Fit smoke alarms at peoples homes.. .. Maintain and check equipment... Inspect buildings for fire risks.. Car washes for charity organisations, gym to keep fit.. Attend refresher training courses, I love the job. Now and then is down time that's about it

Thats one hell of a fire house. My station is no where as cool as this one.

I am very interested in becoming a firefighter, but the very high percentage of cancer in the profession scares me.

We are the first ones in as people are running out.

I'm torn between becoming a firefighter and a cop. My old step dad was assistant chief of a volunteer fire dept. and my uncle is a luitenant of the look Police dept.

Love the intro drone shot!

thank you all im putting this on every one of these my goal is 1000 of these videos

I'm making it a point to say THANKYOU SO MUCH rather then armchair you all on as many of these vids as I can I know its inadequate but I wanted to

greatest job on earth without a doubt

Why did you use that same clip of the truck pulling out of the station 3 times? It's really frustrating, every time I saw the clip it took me away from the story you are telling...

lol that kid in the beginning, doing the introduction. He was looking like a wannabe news anchor with that suit on and how he was walking towards the camera, addressing it... LOL hilarious, fuckin great that shit was amazing hahaha

With the exception of the kid that looks like the paperboy, but has a KFD uniform on, the rest of the ff's are out of shape !! If you're on the back of the rig, you're doing the work ! If you're an officer, you may be doing the work, depending on the nature of the call, manpower, and other calls @ the same time. So, I expect to see fit ff's. I see out of shape ff's, talking about being a professional cook. I had an Assistant Chief that retired from a major dept to join ours, which consists of 5 stations, and a vast area of coverage. Contents both rural and urban. Running thru it, a major freeway, speed limit of 100 kms/hr, although 120 is the norm. No barrier dividing the east from the west traffic, so you can imagine the MVA's when we have traffic crossing over to head on. He attended a structure fire I was working at 3am dressed in his dept t-shirt, pajama bottoms, and slippers. A giggle by me, but off to work we went. He was amazing ! He just retired from a major dept and decided to join ours in order to help with his son's university tuition. our gain. he couldn't do up the button on his dress shirt that was the farthest out, the one on his belly button ;-) and in the bay one day, I watched him light a cigarette off of the one he had lit in his mouth. he died a short time ago. sadly. our chief, is the total opposite. prior to becoming chief, he was a supervisor for union gas company. one sunny day, within a second, he lost 3 employees to an explosion. no longer able to work in that environment, he decides to apply for the chief;s position, and he's hired. wrong decision in my opinion. he's so afraid, his middle name is safety ! he'll be ordering us to fight a fire in a BFI garbage bin from across the street in no time !! he's dangerous by being too safe !

when l grow up l want to be a firefighter , l live in brasil !

This guy at the beginning has fire fighting all wrong!! It's about saving lives and being a big family and teamwork I'm a fire fighter myself

im a junior firefighter and i have been to a motor vehicle accident involving a street bike and a semi truck. I still have nightmares of responding to that call and seeing the street bike destroyed and the riders head smashed in to the guard rail and his body ripped in half we all prayed for the family because he didnt make it

One thing that ticks me off is they're forced to pay for they're own food.... they're entertainment.... ugh

Ten years as a volunteer and an EMT... FOR NOTHING after 9/11 at the age of 48!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It's physical work all the time.

Some BIG boys in that house. Holy moley haha

very well done

Fun and exciting.... Yea, fucking right.... They never told me about the dead people I'd carry for ever.

Why is it that almost NO ONE making videos for YT NEVER monitor the audio mix? The background music is WAY too loud.

Never mentioned fire house drama and fights 🤣 oh lord who wants to be our new chief?

Shout out to Knox FD from Truck 47 Chicago!

LOOK AT THIS DUDE SUIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Great doc but maybe should’ve gotten a few more clips of different trucks leaving cause I’m the hay it’s an engine and then it’s the rescue leaving with the same grey dodge minivan passing by

"They have a lot of free time so when they are not working they have second careers"Yeah that's why we have second careers!! How about the fact that some of us haven't had a raise in years when the cost of living is increasing, insurance costs go up and the cost of have families. BUT when you LOVE your career and the people you help you stay and find second jobs. All of the citizens life we touch daily gives us a true gratification and purpose. We as a whole will do everything in our power to save lives to include risking our own. What the public may not realize is we tell our loved ones we love them in the morning when we walk out the door with them understanding this may be the last time they ever see us alive.

I think I want to be a fire fighter

This is all I want to be.

I think rather than using the exact same clips for calls and getting recording from what sounds like a game for dispatch, it'd be a lot cooler for the video to have included the actual response and dispatch information.

Really well put together video.

the pumper fire truck has to be the first at a fire

Wow many of the firefighters are WAY over weight. I wouldn’t want to be on a roof with them venting a structure fire.

24 hour shifts? we got 12hr shifts over here 5 six days on and a few days off never knew why it did take an ambulance ont he road longer to get there than a whole team + truck at the station quicker..

April 26. Firefighter career. Jasdev Singh

ABSOLUTELY!. if the public knew the truth, most fulltime agencies like mine would go volunteer. 18 years of primarily EMS. THAT'S THE TRUTH. 85% EMS (A LOT OF BS HERE TOO!!!), 10 COMPLETE BULLSHIT...5% FIRE.

the size of some of those guys.. holy shit

Might wanna mix in some salads and fitness with the house cleaning. Ooooofah.

it means we can not justify the ENORMOUS costs as an ever increasing fire dept. for all practices, firemen are as obsolete. the dept could be run with fewer stations, fewer men and an on call team that work a regular job or self employed, whatever and they are are paged to a fire. not sent to every 911 call, just to reported fires. the full time firemen could be managed and employed by a private company paying less wages and no retirement. government employees have retained their large retirements while private businesses have phased their retirements out. we all have to face the reality that things cannot continue this way. our government is broke. cuts have to be made.

i guess this job is the only one where no business is good business

I am in 8th grade 13 years old and I want to be a firefighter and to help out in the community

Hahaha the worst is when you're working out and then you get a medical and show up on scene, face pouring with sweat. I wonder what the patient is thinking...

what the song called after the Capt talks about team work

Great vid can you pls do a vid for police

O.K. Knoxville.....you boys need to spend less time eating...and more time working out. I am a firefighter...and I make it a point to stay in excellent shape.

Everyone needs to stop talkin about fat firefighters they do just as much as anyone else and when you call nine-one-one they will be there you're not going to care how fat they are or how skinny they are you're going to thank God they cameI'm a firefighter in it ticks me off that people talk about something they don't even know about

The baby crying!😣

That's going to be me in 4 years

Well Chris, Chief Of Training, Knoxville Fire.....perhaps on the first day of recruit training, you can start with the statement : "Do NOT get as fat as I." Yes, that was straight up. But it is true. Appearance is everything. Professionalism. Safety. All of that, includes physical fitness. I'm not even going to apologize, so if I were to get partnered with Chris @ a structure fire, I'm sorry, but I'm pulling the chute, safely !! Emergency bypass knob. Equipment malfunction. Whatever I need to do, to save my own ass. We need to drive it home, hard, that no matter your position, or years of experience, you have to show professionalism. Example : structure fire, I was partnered up with a female firefighter from another company, district chief orders us to the 2nd floor, toss the couch out the window. Up we go, I lean my end up on the window sill, she can't lift hers. I go around and push the couch from her end out the window. Upon exiting, my co-workers are giggling, asking me how I liked working with her. Apparently, she failed the academy 3 times before they pushed her thru, because a family member was a white shirt ! Well, I don't care what she was, that could have been my life. This isn't a game. It's life and death. Nevermind me, what if it turned out to be a civilian rescue, and we needed to exit the structure by carrying him/her ? I know this will ruffle some feathers, but I believe a female should have a physical fitness test designed for their gender only. Now, before you go off on me, remember, some cities do have a physical fitness test for females that is EASIER than that for the male, although fortunately it's going the way of the do-do bird !! Another example, and this one will blow your minds ! The police service in my city, population of 320,000, so a fairly large city, wanted to hire more females. So, a few weeks before the physical portion of the testing, the police dept puts an ad in the local newspaper. It states any females interested in applying can take a pre-test for the physical at the location they hold the physical at. It will walk the females thru the test, seeing which part is hard for them, so they can better prepare for the day of. Now, I challenge anyone, both sexes, to justify that !! Complete bullshit !!

Can you list the music you used in this?

Are they even allowed to crack a cold beer after a successful mission?

"They just sit around and talk until they get a call i guess" pfft!

they are all out of shape, that's really dangerous for the victims

Yay! A female f f who drives! Ty!🇺🇸

I would assume that the "plymovent" is there for a reason?

look at that tv set up lol

Damn, what if you're in the middle of taking a duce!!?🤣