I love the GE Powercall

international rig + powercall & q siren+airhorn= perfect setup

Been waiting for a US ride along like this, thanks :)

@szajlok Fire departments have sometimes a big response-area (in AZ, TX, UT, ...). They got heavy equipment on it (cutter, ...) and some of those big ambulances can transport 2 people on 2 stretchers. US ambulances are very useful, our european are a little bit...

@Rummeltobi Don't forget the SEG, there are ambulances which can carry 4 people.

@Steffenk80 Yes actually very common. We usually use maps or off our memory.

Good video, thanks for posting.

@szajlok Van and pickup truck based ambulances are still dominant in the US by a far margin.

No, that ambulance is making all that noise. Chicago ambulances has E Q's and airhorns as well.

@nerdlydood When I say been waiting, I mean there haven't been many recent US ride alongs uploaded by rescue911

@gheddox I think it's called "Powercall".

do these guys not have a GPS? i thought only third world countries still use maps to find the call location lol

@gheddox @Arcadefreak500 That is the powercall, right.

@Steffenk80 you know what, to be honest i really cant tell you. I would assume that depts. dont want to take the chances of using a gps and it sending them to the wrong place at the wrong time. I think that using maps just increases the chances of arriving at the right address.

hey why do you wait so long to upload these?

@Steffenk80 No problem.

Are you a member there?

How come that they dont use gps?? Is that common in the US?

were you disreguarded?

@mlps93 Hur dur. GPS are an unnecessary expenditure and are prone to malfunction, and can break easily. Emergency vehicles get their shit kicked regularly and unless they have a mounted toughbook or something along that line, which is very expensive for small depts to buy, verbal maps in the big books work just fine.

nice video.

Beast sirens

Can somebody explain to me why in US ambulances are very often built on the base of quite havy trucks? Regular vans like in Europe are not enyough? That is completly uneconomical (in my opinion)...

@dangerjp Hmmm okay.. why is that? Is it a money issue or somthing?

@Unhostile he's had several from California... or does that not count? lol

@ImRatherTall I don't mean "a little bit useful", I want to say a little bit uglier^^

@dangerjp ahh okay thx for the answers

@nerdlydood california is now mexican

My God, what an awful siren. I would go nuts if I had to listen to that every shift.

sounds horrible,gets drivers attention though a lot better