r/Firefighting • u/karazykid Karazy TX FF • Nov 03 '13

ANNOUNCING: THE OFFICIAL WEEKLY VIDEO DISCUSSION THREAD! (Good title pending) WEEK 1

I am starting up a weekly thread where I will post a video (hopefully every sunday) and everyone will get the opportunity to discuss what went wrong, and what went right, what they would change etc etc.

I will leave it at the top of /r/firefighting for a little while but it will also be posted to the sidebar of the sub.

For this week here is a video of a truck heading to a call, and well just watch and discuss- click here! When the video messes up, just skip to 2:16

Also, do you have a video you would like to submit for the disccusion? Send it to me /u/karazykid, or message the mods! A decent title idea would be nice too.

Stick to the rules, keep your posts civil, it's just a discussion thread to help explain different things, and to help others discuss different scenarios.

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u/randino41 FF/ EMT Nov 04 '13

This video was shot in Delaware. Not sure what unit it was on but it was in New Castle County. This is tame compared to how units usually have to get through traffic. There are certain times of day when most of the highways are parking lots in certain directions. If trucks followed traffic laws, which they are exempt from doing in Delaware, it would take hours to get to a scene.

Here's the link to the Delaware Code to save the argument about fire trucks and traffic laws. http://delcode.delaware.gov/title21/c041/sc02/index.shtml

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u/karazykid Karazy TX FF Nov 04 '13

Again thank you for this information, I chose this video specifically due to the controversy it caused in the comment section of youtube. You have started a very informative thread which is exactly what I was hoping for with these types of videos.