this turnout always cracks me up when the kids scream when the PL has a short blast love it

Hah awesome video mate. I love Soho's style. They're just like 'YEAH LET'S GET THIS SHIT MOVING'. Epic to get all three turn out :)

The lights are on, the doors are in the processing of opening, it's evident there's going to be a turnout and yet people still trudge past.

Love it, makes the hair on the back of your neck stand up

considering those sirens are pretty standard, they really know how to make a cool start up out of them XD

Best video I've seen for while, just superb.

David J Adams Its not a bad turnout considering control messed up the mobilising info on the tipsheet and over the tannoy. They had to clarify with control which appliances were needed before they could go. Usually these guys, the busiest fire station in the world, are out the door in, on average, 30 seconds.

What with the ambulance coming out of Greek Street and everything, it's a bit confusing for the poor young tourists. Perhaps there should be some flashing signs on Shaftesbury Ave. to warning pedestrians when there's a shout. I believe that Soho is classed as the busiest Fire Station (not ambulance) in the world. They do normally turn out a bit quicker then that.

Brilliant video mate 🧑🏻👍🏻🚒

very good tones

I know one thing scared the crap out of those people though

Really cool video mate

TL and MkII are using Whelen Alpha's. (2 appliances furthest from camera. The MkII (one closest) is on a Woodway Command 3.

wow man the ladder fire truk is nice

Those sirens!!!!!

No rush lads in your own time

No rush there !

To all who think there is a 30 second rule there is no 30 second rule appliances arrival time depends on the risk level of the emergenc y the first appliance has its own time limit and the second arriving appliance has its own timeline and so on and so on. For example for an A risk the first appliance must arrive with 7 minutes the shout was given the second arriving appliance must arrive within 10 minutes the shout was givin

lol glad you caught LAS, lol iwas begining to wonder if you it the start of a quizz and we had ot guess what it was lol,,another good video as always

Nice best one is the ladder ! Nice vid

those kids had the best view in the house!

Great vid though nothing to be scared about, that my idea of heaven!

love the guy at 1:51 oh look theres a fire engine

@douglas108908 no I cant explain that one, I live in London, we don't have any retained stations here is I don't know much about them. They turnout system does work actually, it was a multiple call shout, that means that control will send a certain number of appliances, but as more calls come in, the volume of appliances increases as well, they were mobilised separably and the tip sheet was a bit confusing, now, my friend that is a FACT!

No rush lads

@Pete7647 there is no 35 second rule and for a station as busy as Soho is then its not bad, and there was confusion into what appliances was attending, the Pump was on the callsheet but wanst on the moblising alarm.

Dang that ladder wipin it

These trucks look like great workhorses ! some folks might say America's are better ,but have they ever worked on the London Fire Brigade? Excellent video!

LOOL indeed mate!

Ok thanks for clearing it up Cambs expect 35 seconds out of door after alarm sounded.

@douglas108908 its not an excuse, its a fact! the crews were told (by teletext) it was A241 only, then a message came through about 50 seconds later saying it was now A241 A242 A243........

A24 Soho is the modern fire station, on the site of the original, destroyed by a direct hit by a German bomb in WW2.

@MagaHarry17 it was a great catch though, well done mate

I like how those people walkign across the forecourt get really scared when the sirens come on and don't kbnow where to go,surrounded by fire engines mobilising!!!!

@Jackus2008 cheers mate :)

@fire20p2 cheers mate :)

@Dave303OV cheers mate :)

Compared to my days in LFB turnouts are definitely slower. In many clips men are strolling to the appliances, also getting rigged before boarding. Would have had an almighty bollocking from the guvnor if I had done that. Still I suppose H&S have slowed things down. Doesn't seem to be any urgency anymore.

I have a question I'm not from the UK so what's with that green light that you showed us as I have no clue what it means.

Tayside fire bde used to have white foam salvage tender back in the 70s. a B to clean.

Think they ought to invest in a green cross code man!!!!!!

Some people have no patience, and are just so disrespectful. They clearly don’t care that the house on fire may have someone dying inside and the LFB have to wait cause people think they’re always in a rush, and are really selfish

@mortgagewizard40 LOOOL mate, thanks :D

@fire20p2 yeah!!!

@myelite100 it sure is :)

0:53 MK1 Sprinter Ambulance

haha thanks!

Cleveland have red fire engines with white fronts, something to do with white being easier to see at night under yellow/orange street lighting.

Its weird that its only 30 years and it would have been 2 dennis rs and a dodge aerial ladder

For people who say I'm going to die because I go on a roof you have a really slow response time. In all seriousness, nice video.

@PoliceAmbulanceFire LOOOOOOOOOOL same!!

@Pete7647 WHY ARE YOU WRITING IN CAPS?!?!?!?

@ukfireandrescue Yeah that was very funny :D

my mistake should have only been caps in the correct place, but comment still stands,Not a bad turnout time for a Retained Fire Station,where is the 35 seconds rule?.

LOOOOOL

WestMidlandsFire, no worries mate, I realised that but not until after I had posted my reply to you. Thanks for your apology anyway and stay safe.

Ive never seen a white Fire Appliance outside of Gramian F&RS

Soho station must be out of sorts with pedestrians

@fire20p2 LOOOOOL yeah me too :D

ced siren or whele or galls

not sure mate

@mortgagewizard40 LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL

@MagaHarry17 got a bit of a shock didnt they :)

So what was the delay in the first appliance being sent? if the call was for 1 pump then increased to 2 pumps and TL why didn't one machine at least attend? no the tip sheet wasn't to blame here, one appliance could have gone straight away instead they held back, if this happened in my brigade heads would roll.

1:47 ahahahhahahahahahaha BEST.. ....

If you read the comments before hand you will see why it took as long as it did

seriously cool those tourist almost shit themselves there & then lol

didnt seem to be in much of a hurry to turn out ive turned from from preston circus brighton in the past a lot faster .

So dangerous

fact or not its not putting w/t in good picture . trun out system needs to be sorted then eh . why is it when w/t get ot wrong its ok but if retained do it theres a big hullabaloo can u explain that one

So much for a 1 minute turnout..

Im still waiting for them to get out the doors in 30 seconds but all i seen is 2mins or more

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@stopcraponutube What exactly makes them stupid in your opinion?

NOT A BAD TURNOUT TIME FOR A RETAINED FIRE STATION, WHERE IS THE 35 SECONDS RULE ?

@WestMidlandsFire. I have not criticised any brigade. I responded to a load of moaning and criticism of London Fire Brigade response times made by EnidAgnusDei.

London Fire Brigade does not have any retained firefighters. All L.F.B. crew are wholetime.

This turnout did seem to take forever? Or is it just me?.

@mattm8593 possablly LOL

yeah they should have!!! LOL

I wonder if they ever give a thought to having some of the firemen walk outside to block pedestrians as you commonly see the NYFD do.

Whelen 295

Why not put out a flashing sign and a bell or a loudspeaker that is at pedestrian crossings to warn passers-by about driving fire trucks? Citizens march too close to the gates, it will one day be an accident, but an almost accident is bad. Here, for example, they moved back and forth so that they would not be rubbed together at all by the wagons that emerged almost simultaneously, it was bad to watch. How much damage does such a 12-ton car cause, huhh.

btw grampain fire and rescue are going to red in a few years :o :(

Tubelines/ MET police use white versons of the standard lfb pump for when there are emergency problems with the london underground

@pyro999maniac yeahh very true mate

obviously wasnt a persons reported shout

@Pete4000uk yeah they did!

they were all tourists LOOOOL French i think

@fire20p2 Yeah it was !

@policeblue999 cheers mate

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omg children about and no one moves out the way

ha ha

@rockobellie10 its never a good thing if they all get mobilised, but if they do and other stations are gone with then then a station from around with go and stay at the station so it can cover the stations ground just in case another call comes through

@Pete7647 London are very busy so its hard to turnout that quick

like i have stated in other comments, it was a confusing mobilisation due to the tip sheet being incorrect

Probably the best turnout video on KZfaq, although you only really need to watch it from about 1:15

@stopcraponutube LOOOOOL ok