Sydney australia fire department Videos

And I can't wait for the day I'll be grabbing the lanyard and parting the sea of cars too

+Chris Brown our horns + good ol' mechanical sirens = traffic moves the fuck out of the way

the air horn is shocking try installing a proper meaty siren like us brits

+Michael Taylor our air horn is way better

+Michael Taylor Shut the fuck up you cunt, we don't copy your stupid air horns

As a member driving fire apparatus, I always found it harrowing to be following a big engine in my smaller Rescue vehicle because following it through an intersection often got scary and dangerous because after he horn blasted his way through a red light, not all the cars crossing would be expecting another FD vehicle behind it. I tried to get them to install one of those blaster horns on my smaller rescue truck, without success. 

Is it like a law or something? copyrighted? That big air horn gets more attention than the truck which followed it with its comparatively piss-weak horn.

+Michael Taylor Mike, you use what works. I've driven apparatus with and without the big blasters. the big blasters, regardless of where they are from, do the trick. It's almost like the public is immune to the traditional siren. Hit'm with the air horn a few times and you've got their attention. I'll take air horns and sirens any time.

+73bubbieThey as in NSWFB and NSW Ambulance Service should use them often because it will get traffic to move because of the strong effect it has in alerting people near by.

+Aslo Aso I heard that also!

+hvymtal achually i agree with saber, it is an air raid siren and sound 90% the same, thats a fact not an opinion

WARNING: WALL OF TEXT AHEADAnd I think you calling a particular noise outdated is absurd. A siren that is loud, attracts attention, and projects well is one that does it's job well. Something that does it's job well in current requirements is inherently up-to-date, regardless of the noise or the way it makes it. If it were outdated, we'd have stopped using it, why would the FDNY switch back to Q sirens if they were so outdated then? Why are so many European fire services sticking to their "air" sirens?Furthermore, the Q is not 99% the same as an air raid siren, not only does a mass warning siren have significantly larger parts, they are much flimsier and only meant to be used very, very rarely. A Q has to be used every day for decades without failure or need to be maintained much if at all, not to mention being much smaller and shorter-ranged. They are only similar in that they use air passing over a rotating object to generate noise.Also, trying to end the debate saying that your opinion is the only correct one and that the other person should shut up unless they agree with you is an easy way to lose

+hvymtal i think your over reacting to a siren. If you feel insulted at a fact then you might need to think more about the difference to fact and opinion. The air horn is modern and that's a fact. But the siren is is outdated and is 99% the same as an air raid siren and that's a fact too. If you can't see that then there is no point in continuing another reply

+Saber ToothGaming The only "air raid" thing about the Q is it's long wind up/wind down, the particular way it sounds, and it's superb projection, and air raid sirens sit at the peak of their wail forever before they wind down. It was designed especially for vehicles. And people do not design TVs for toilets or umbrellas for shoes because they serve no useful purpose. Sirens serve a very useful purpose whatever they sound like and however they function.Also, personally, I am rather insulted that I complimented your siren and you dissed mine because it sounds old.

+hvymtal well as sad as it may sound, no matter what anyone thinks of it, it is still an air raid siren mounted on a vehicle. and they went into the trouble of making an electic version because they wanted to, like why would someone design and TV in the toilet, or make umbrellas for shoes, the same reason of because they wanted to.

It was never designed as an "Air raid" siren, it was designed as a road vehicle siren for large emergency vehicles. just because it has a lot of air in the noise does not make it the kind of thing you stick on a pole and turn on once every twenty years. And if it were outdated, then why did Federal Signal go to the trouble of making a fully self-contained electronic replacement that sounds more or less exactly the same AND has a yelp function? If it were truly outdated, they wouldn't have.

either way sirens are designed to get traffic out the road no matter how they sound, but no matter how many people disagree, they are still outdated air raid sirens wither you like the siren or not

Eh, we North Americans like our Q's, they're very effective for getting shit out of your way since drivers here are morons. Just like we like our also "outdated" leather and composite large-brim helmets, custom chassis, and mid-mount pumps. Serious love for the mad max siren though, way better than the sirens they use on apparatus in the UK.

+Saber ToothGaming i agree, Q sirens are sound so outdated. But if America wants to be different, let them be different, its not a good thing being the odd one out in pretty much everything they do county wise

no, hopefully the Q siren stays in the US and west side of the world. The Q siren will make the fire engine sound more like a mobile air raid warning system, not a fire engine.

+stuart morse Actually, we use them in Canada too. Australia should keep their iconic Locktronic "Mad Max" sirens, they have a great sound. Far better than the Q's. 

doubt it on the Q's, no other country really uses them except the US

Factory fitted air horns

The CFA are also installing rumbles. Young people these days seem to prefer driving with the radio up as loud as it will go

All that research seems to have worked well if they had to install rumblers on them! Have noticed the FRNSW Scania sirens are very quiet compared to CFA's 2x100W Carson models.

Actually the siren is soft due to research showing that a siren starting off soft and building up to being loud is more effective than ba siren starting off loud. Has nothing to do with complaints

+Nick Aisake Who cares what people think? It's an emergency vehicle!

complaints from people that fire trucks where too loud when responding 

First I have heard of this. Please tell more and why?

heard this this morning on the radio ...

Great coverage as always.

Good job every body

big blase baby

It's loud ass

good job on the video...my poor house ..i miss it

@jjstrickland99 Thanks man.....

Nice Job Troy...

WOW what a awesome job done on this .... the poem at the end says it all ... well done brothers and sisters of North Sydney Fire. ..Tim MacNeil D/C Lantz Fire and Emergency Services.. N.S Canada

Very nice Tribute. My grandfather used to live next door to that fire station. I've spent allot of time there growing up. Best in the CBRM I'd say!!!

I live in North Sydney I want to become a Firefighter But i don't know how to or were to go to ask And good work on the Videos i subbed you

North Sydney Fire Station was closed many years ago and converted to a pub. That's North Sydney, a suburb of Sydney, Australia :)

Amazing! I share your sentiments at the end. Thank you SO MUCH for this, brother.

excellent video makes me proud to call north sydney my home

and where ever I am theres a microchip inside me!

Heroes, all of them.

Thanks so much! That's awesome.. we are actually planning a sequel for the other firefighter (i'm next) entitled, what else but......."Part Deux"....Happy retirement Mike... From C Platoon!

Geez 33 years of sleeping all the time and only getting out of bed for meals, way to go Kenny, you probably won't remember me ,but, Carolyn G may shake your memory.

Awesome video. And for people writing negative comments, should really shut their months. Imagine such disrespect!!!

Oh this is great! THank you for making me laugh today!!!! I feel for the fellow on the left tho!!

This is better than the "real" commercial. Way to go, and congratulations Kenny!

im derek boudreau darrens son ha ha love the video

I love that commercial. And the remake too!

where could we see the original video???

A really enjoyable video. Great work!

AWESOME!!! congratulations guys!!

Ehren Ebbage - Not the Same

Song name?

+DailyDieselDose Tasty, and a free hot dog for our pooch! All for a good cause.

+Rob Fraser My Father worked around 100m away from this, and they got evacuated...

+Rob Fraser Nevermind, typed too early :/

+Jay Jaco it wouldn't be an underground tank if it was above the ground. For fuck sake.

not likely

+Commissar0617 If the underground LPG tank was above ground the person filming this would be ash and the area flattened

a mile is more than enough

lol, 12 miles. it was fuel tanker not a core meltdown. 

+Chris mckeithen I've seen cabin crew position themselves at the bottom to make sure no one bangs their head coming off the chute, especially mothers with children.

+David Stewart No. The cabin crew are the last ones off the plane.

+dviantre german What does the time it took the fire department to arrive to the plane have to do with passengers going down the emergency slide with belongings? Absolutely nothing.

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+dviantre german What does that have to do with anything?

+Chris mckeithen it took the airport fire dept long enough to get there