Standing in the jumpseat. A bygone era.

Our dept. still uses tappers. We have 3 firehouses and they all have them. They have been working for 100 years and never fail. Just have to wind it every so often and change the paper rolls.

i wish they still had shows on tv like this...plus i love the part where the little kid is tring to pose next to the ff

I wish I Become an Firefighter like this!🚒👨‍🚒

Age 22-59 academy class. Back before they dropped the age to 32. 1996 here. Good ol 90s.

My dad always told me about his ears tiggling. Can't rely on it anymore.

Before they can search for victims firefighters first have to face the fire. I'm sure Boston truckies does primary as soon as they arrive on scene while engine company attacks the fire. life always comes before fire.

When you smell a raw chicken mixed with burnt toast order theres a crispy critter in the house.

GREAT VIDEO THANK YOU FOR THE RIDE👍

I caught that too and thought the same thing

10:27- I’d be laughing if a car hit a hydrant too.

Great! No European subtitles like the other one of Boston.

Wait, did I just hear narrator say the fire recruits here circa 1997 at the Boston fire academy range in age here from 22-59 years old?!?#@ I thought the maximum age for civil service was way way lower than 59.

One mistake- "Firefighters are not born..." I was, and there have been others.

5:25 ...always a wiseass kid photo bombing in these documentaries.

If their 'gear' is only 40lb then it's lightweight stuff. A fully rigged BA set in the UK at that time was 48lbs on its own.

You cannot make a firefighter out of someone who isn't born to do it. Yes they can 'qualify' someone but those who aren't born to it rarely make good firefighters and there are some 'not so good' firefighters who choose a different career path than operational duties. Sadly, many acquire very senior rank. A 59 year old recruit????? Crikey in the UK at that time we could retire at 50 if we have completed 25 years and at 55 retirement is a given unless yearly extensions are granted but even then it's for non-operational duties.

Need fire fighters to narrate most people don t know the terminalogy.its not high volume hose it is large diameter hose . Tanks on engines cane be any size from 250 gallons to 1250 on an engine.

TLC... before it was a bunch of bullshit.

40 pounds of gear... try again more like 80 200 degrees.. try again more like 700 plus

Back when tlc had real programming... not that jazz garbage