American Reacts to German Firefighters Incredible Response to Car Fire!

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[rome]

In Germany (and here in Austria too) you have to keep free an emergency lane in case of a traffic jam by law. Sometime it works out, sometime not so good... This was nearly perfect. 😉

[Chaezaa]

That was a volunteer unit. They are at work or somewhere else and when the alarm comes in they are dropping everything and rush to the fire station. The big cities here in Germany are having full time professional units with the newest equipment because the volunteers wouldn't be enough. In case the fire brigade needs heavy equipment like a bulldozer or crane they can call the THW (another volunteer organization) for support.

[PEdulis]

"People moving out of the way" is called a "Rettungsgasse", emergency lane, and is mandatory in Germany whenever you are in a traffic jam.

[EnjoyFirefighting]

3:11 not going the wrong way ... it's an emergency and service access path (for highway patrol, EMS, fire & rescue, highway maintenance authority, DOT, towing and recovery services etc), no on or offramp which would be open to normal traffic; However, all the cars leaving the highway there aren't allowed to take that access path and thus drive there illegally

Yes, the truck is a MAN, built in 2003

[paulrandig]

This siren has one big advantage: Due to two clean notes instead of wailing, you can locate it much better and know where it comes from.

[sorenmeyer]

Check out the german THW. It's a disaster response unit run mostly by volunteers. They have amazing equipment, from boats to excavators and offroad trucks (even Unimogs). They also have many different divisions with a focus on different scenarios like humanitarian help or for rescue missions.

[nielsabbas]

Most fire engines in Europe are based on en existing mid-size truck platforms like the Mercedes-Benz Atego etc. They have a short wheel base and (as a result of this) a short turning circle. This is helpful in the older towns and infrastructure in Europe.

[PropperNaughtyGeezer]

MAN F2000. Best Truck ever build.
Yes, it normally has a ZF 8-speed splitter gearbox with a rear-mounted group, so it basically has 16 gears. But it is a smooth-running double H shifter with very short shift travel and many gears can be skipped because the engine has so much torque. They are quiet, powerful, but only have as much electronics as necessary. Very few problems and easily repaired.

[gladiusthrax]

I have noticed in Germany, that whenever there is a traffic jam on the motorway, all drivers move to the side and leave an empty path like this in the middle in case emergency needs to go through. It's fascinating how well they do it and how there are no smart *sses abusing the free way. Kudos

[ratatteratatte]

In germany we have a tv series around Firefigthers. It is called "Feuer und Flamme" you will get an even better picture of the German Firefigther with that. Besides that very good Video :)

[jensschroder]

The first sirens were developed by the Martin company. (Engl: Martin's Horn, German: Martinshorn) These produce trumpets, trombones and hunting horns.
In principle, an air pump turned with the running engine. The air is temporarily stored and directed alternately into two horns. Today there are also electronic horns.
The blue flashing lights were taken because all other colors have a meaning in traffic. There are rumors that blue was taken because they don't shine that far in the war time.

[POkegreis]

I don't know if it has been said yet, but the thing with our highways is: If there is a traffic jam, a "rettungsgasse" has to be constructed. means: Everybody HAS to move their vehicle to make enough room for even trucks in this size to pass. If people fail to do so it is a misdeameanor that can even lead to not being permitted to drive for a certain amount of time and in certain circumstances it can even be a crime...

[OLBarbok]

"Feuer und Flamme" is a great german TV show and the new season even has subtitles in german which makes the auto english translations a lot better, I really recommend it since it teaches you a lot of behind the scenes as well and is overall one of the better German TV Shows about real people doing their real jobs, I used to watch it a lot with my friends who work as volunteer firefighters, really respectable to see the humans behind it and how they operate.

[Peter-tqoc]

In Germany we have to build a Rescue-Lane (Rettungsgasse) between the left and more right lanes on the Highway (Autobahn). The older Firetrucks still have a manual gear shifting but with the new trucks we get automatic shifting.

[arnesteinkamm]

The German sirens use the Doppler effect and make it very easy to detect the direction and speed the signal is coming from. Works far better than an US siren.

[chrisbee]

LOVE FOR FIREFIGHTERS ALL AROUND THE WORLD!!!

THANKS FOR YOUR DUTY!!!! <3 WE LOVE YOU!!!

[twilightDD]

You could take a look on a video of an "Ambulancebegeleiding" - in the Netherlands they escort ambulances by motorcycles. It's quite impressive.

[deathtrooper]

It would be awesome if you would react to some other videos about German firefighters, beacuse there was not very much to see in this video. I would recommend you "Feuer&Flamme" on the WDR youtube channel.

[knoppenbrock]

The guys yelling for „Atemschutz“ at the beginning before he started driving, sounds Bavarian. They were really fast at the burning car amd put it out fast too. Great job. Greetings from Munich in Germany.

[crackwitz]

Their strong point: they put water on the fire within seconds of stopping. No dicking around like I've seen in other places. Clear roles. Equipment absolutely geared towards quick response (water tank, instant hose), but capable of everything (hook to a hydrant, all hose sizes, more nozzles).