Agreed. Because it was only a dustcart full of rubbish, it's obvious that nothing of any value was lost. However, it should be taken as a wake-up call.
As an appliance driver myself, I take my hat off to this driver in getting that job done. The grief we have with hydrants can be a nightmare, he continued until the crew had a good water supply. 👏🏻 As a note to anyone else, if you have a hydrant near your home or place of work please make sure your local water company are keeping them clear & maintained so we can use them effectively and QUICKLY! 💦
I thought the FD were the ones who should inspect them, didnt know it was the water company, I've often seen them inspected evry few years around here and its been FD (old york)
He applied to be a fireman not a sodding gardener! What a jackass comment about only a bucked of muck and it's kinda his job😳 NO it's not. Would you have the same reaction if they attended a fire at your house and your family was inside 🤔 I bet you'd like him to have a clear area then and not to waste time on digging in the dirt while you're family potentially lose their lives!!!
As a bin lorry driver myself !!!! Not only do refuse crews get abuse from all sorts of drivers because they have left the house late and are late for work when we are just collecting your own rubbish we have to keep in the back of our minds how easy it is for these Dennis trucks to go up in flames due to the rubbish and how hot it gets in the chamber of the vehicle and how much the hydraulic oil works keeping the plates and pumps working . We had a chap threaten to shank us this week because we didn’t take his blue recycling bin this was after we explained that we couldn’t take his blue recycling bin as we were only taking away brown garden materials. This individual did come back down the street with a metal pole so we abandoned the street
So sorry you had to endure that. Society is becoming very disrespectful and violent . My bin men are an absolute godsend as I have health issues. Respect to you, Sir.
@@mikebreen2890is it that difficult to understand? A nutter was waving a pole (offensive weapon) at the refuse collectors so they got in their truck and drove off. Now do ya get it?
As others say, absolutely disgusting state of that water feed, imagine that was a burning building with people in it, those few minutes could have meant the difference between life or death. Poor poor show but as always well done to the crew who always put 101% into their work.
Why don't they put metal covers over the water feed, so that, when they remove the initial cover in the road, all they have to do is, remove the internal cover, covering the water feed. I have a cover over the water meter in the pavement outside my house, and there is only a small amount of dirt in there.
@@keithlewis8217 Your water meter is not in the road, this happens all the time on busy roads, it is all the road dirt from vehicles and rain that wash into the hydrant pit. there is a drain for water at the foot of the pit but all the dirt is left behind and builds up.
@@maccyp1824 I understand that and it's not their fault, as just in my area alone they have closed two fire stations, so this sort of thing is inevitable.
That sounded like a tyre exploding. I was an HGV1 driver for 15 years and I had a tyre blow out on the front right, which is virtually under my seat. It blew the wheel arch off and sounded like a hand grenade. Over 200 PSI. I don't mind admitting that I nearly shat myself.
@@Jarrell-pn5dt it's pretty rare. I had just come from a landfill site which is not conducive to the well being of ones tyre condition. Lorry tyres are incredibly tough and expensive. Be assured that you've got more chance of becoming the king of Croydon than being blown up by a truck tyre. 👍
@@coot1925 Unfortunately it is not. Truck tires are indeed expensive (I wrote my MEng thesis about them), so they more and more tend to be used beyond what they are supposed to and eventually fail from excessive wear, a (forbidden) second retreading, etc. I worked in field sales for some years and stopped counting how many trucks with blown tires I saw on the roads. If everything is done properly, at least over the road tires should not blow, but there cost pressure is highest and not everything is actually done properly. On the other hand in certain uses like construction, forestry, or waste disposal tire damage is the norm, because there are debris and pointy stones on construction sites, landfills, and offroad tracks that can, if not destroy on-site at least damage a tire, that eventually blows then on paved roads.
@@MirkoC407 very true sir. Having driven all kinds of HGVs from artics to skip lorries and everything in between I'm very aware of the different types of damage and wear on tyres. Anything going off-road hardly ever got the chance to wear out before being destroyed by bits of rebar and shit, but personally I was a stickler for tread depth and overall condition and would simply refuse to take a vehicle out if I weren't happy with the tyres. I walked out of a job because a boss tried to force me to take out a truck I wasn't happy with. At the end of the day it's the driver who gets prosecuted, not so much the boss as it's the drivers responsibility to make sure the vehicle is safe and road worthy. I drove HGVs for 15 years and got "tyred" of arguing with idiots who wanted me to take risks with my licence and people's lives. I'd never go back to it.
That was enlightening ! I see why in most of north America and here in Canada fire hydrants are above ground and on the sidewalk, After watching that poor guy struggle with that connection, I can only imagine how he would cope with a sheet of ice and a foot or two of snow on top of all that other muck. kudos to those responders for getting it done though !
well both above and below ground hydrants have pros and cons. Above ground hydrants can easily be blocked by parked vehicles. While you can easily smash the windows or a car or move it out of the way, you can't do so on a large truck. Below ground hydrants cannot be blocked by parked vehicles
@@minerran no ... because the hydrants are located like in the middle of the street, in intersections, or at least in driving lanes - not in any place where people would park on
looked like the guys who did the asphalt laying hadn't covered the pit well enough to protect it from asphalt getting into it... usually under those lids it's clear and clean of rubble...
Shocking lack of maintenance on that hydrant. They should be regualrly inspected and tested, clearly that valve hadn't been opened in a long time. Surrey Fire Brigade have a had a huge amount of funding cuts in recent years. Looks like hydrant checks have suffered because of that.
My father was a retained firefighter for Surrey Fire Brigade (same one as the video) in the 70's and 80's. Back then the crews checked the hydrants on their own station ground. It also gave them familiarity with the locations in the days before GPS and digital maps. Their station ground was very rural and there were hydrants in some pretty obscure locations.
@upturnedblousecollar5811 yeah true... I mean they could have simply not bothered and let it engulf the surrounding area. Vehicles can explode at any moment. They still approach something which could potentially kill them if it goes wrong. They're still brave for doing that! So let's not go overboard and pretend what they do isn't brave on another level!
@@upturnedblousecollar5811 It's not about the bin lorry lol, think about it, for example: police men ask for money so they won't write a ticket (at least in my corrupt country..), they can plant you drugs and accuse you and do all sorts of corrupt things; doctors also can be corrupt af, preferential treatment if you have more money etc.; so the point is that firefighters are the true heroes because they answer the alerts and save ppl without asking for anything, they just get the job done without hesitation!
They do this in the US where you cannot park close to a fire hydrant. They are also above ground for a reason. I thought they do not exist in GB at all
@@annabelholland Hydrants in the UK? They are everywhere! Just look for a yellow square sign, usually on lampposts, with a H and a number on it. The sign points towards the hydrant cover and the number is usually the distance from the sign. Local waterboard are responsible for maintenance although the fire brigade usually do spot checks occasionally.
@@rogerfurneaux1529 he was a working man's hero always wondered what it would being like if he had being a politician as well remember what he said about the education system in one of his programs
In Germany, we equip respiratory protection on the way to the site. This saves enormous time. Fire hydrants must also be checked regularly. And why was there only one fire brigade team on site? This is negligent.
it's easier said than done when your public services haven't had their funding cut to the absolute bare minimum by a severely incompetent government over the last decade.
The UK is more broke than the mainstream media will admit. Literally life expectancy is going down plus one in five kids are living in poverty. They're not even paying firefighters enough hence why they go on strike and the army has had to step in.
As you can tell the fire trucks carry a shit ton of water. Plenty enough to still be pumping plenty of water all that time. They are trained for this. He knew full well to start the process of getting to the hydrant early. Now would it have made his job easier if it was already cleaned. Yes but it's nothing they aren't prepared for as he showed. Not sure why people are mak8ng so much drama out of a situation they are literally trained for. They got the job done just like they always do.
Well done to the fire engine crew and especially the engine driver trying to source additional water from a local fire hydrant. Sadly, Weybridge water suppliers have failed to maintain these town fire hydrants. It is about time to arrange service and maintenance of all hydrants on a regular basis, it pays dividends and reduces response timings to putting out fires and refilling fire engines water bowser tanks.
There used to be (The Water Board before being privatised thus becoming Thames Water) who employed a person, whose job it was, was to maintain all the stop cocks in the local area. He had a bicycle and a stop cock key, and whenever there was an emergency, he knew exactly where to turn them off, and knew the exactly layout of all the pipes and sewer system. They were all made redundant in the late 80's, and this is one of the reasons why the water and waste is a complete and utter shambles in the UK. Still, as long as the share holders are getting a huge dividend, who cares that the leaks aren't fixed, hose pipe bans every year, and sewage gets dumped into the rivers and lakes?
@@OscarOSullivan The key to maintaining those high standards is regular checks and punishments if found not to be complying. Now too many companies can self declare they've complied and nobody checks, and if they get caught out they have a million and one ways to weasel out.
When you crush and wet lithium ion batteries they explode and catch fire, disposable vapes are powered by lithium ion batteries and bin lorries crush waste to compress it to carry more. Much of our waste is single use non recyclable plastics which melt and drip as they catch fire, spreading the fire, they also produce cyanide gas as they burn with loads of black smoke. Once the heat of the fire spreads to the vehicle chassis there's oil, plastic insulation and a big tank of diesel. You can't put lithium ion batteries (or devices with lithium ion batteries built in) in the normal household waste system or there will be more fires like this. Whoever resurfaced the road did it cheap and filled the hydrant with tarmac. The fire engine driver (the only one not in protective clothing) efficiently found and opened the hydrant cover. It wasn't his fault he had to dig it out. I was amazed at the amount of muck that came out of the hose before it ran clean.
I had the same thing happen to a 2015 dennis eagle in Hockley in 2017 (luckily we got the fire out quickly). It was caused by the decomposed matter in the rear of the truck splashing onto the exhaust. Dennis were made aware of the non-existance of splash guards that would stop the problem but refused to admit there was a problem.......just like they refused to acknowledge the fact that their water hoses kept blowing because they were poor quality. Like our old mechanic used to say "£2 pipes on a 20k engine!'
Those HGV tyres do scare me a bit lol. The pressures are silly and they're thick as hell. Always slightly fearful one of them explodes as I drive past on the motorway!
To the people discussing about the fire hydrant, it's the fire brigade's responsibility for going around and checking these, they also mark in yellow (there is a sign on the footpath against the wall show shows the distance), it's quite clear this has been ignored for many years (nice to see the public helping when he was struggling to turn the valve - too busy filming)
YES ITS THE FIRE BRIGADES RESPONSIBILITY TO CHECK THE HYDRANTS-BUT I KNOW WHERE I LIVE IN N/IRELAND ITS RARLY DONE OUTSIDE THE CITIES AS MOST STATIONS IN COUNTRY AREAS ARE ONLY RETAINED----I SAW THIS EXACT PROBLEM BESIDE ME FEW WEEKS AGO--THEY THEN SENT 4 WATER TANKER WHICH IS BASED 10 MILES AWAY
in France, fire brigades do some inspections, but the ones responsible (and they also do regular inspections) are the water supply companies. And we don't have this kind of hydrants.
Kudos to the firefighter trying to get the hydrant to work!! Shocking that he has to clear a load of muck out before he could set it up..I thought it was of upmost importance to maintain hydrants!!
I remember as a kid in the 1950s watching the firemen check fire hydrants around the roads where I lived. I think the explosion was a tyre going off, this can send shards of hot rubber and can give you a nasty wallop.
Shocking state of that hydrant!!! More failure by the water board!!!! In my small tourist town there was a camper van that set on fire and started fires in 3 houses. The fire service hooked up to the mains water and found the pressure was too low , the whole of the town in shut down as no running water whilst the fire service was hooked up! Keswick in Cumbria, pulls in millions and hasn't a public toilet ,a youth club or water for fires apparently! Tory greed
as others the man i black i salute you! that fire hydrant was about as much use as a chocolate teapot,fire hydrants are put there for use in emergency,that was useless to access and no benefit to anyone well done sir,im also in surrey,i would make the effort to meet and shake hands with you if it were to be known who you are..... thankyou sir thankyou
I noticed the man tried to dig and put pipe. But the valve was stuck. I recommend it's time to replace the new one valve. Never knew that fire would happen. Thumbs up! Cheers!
They are only checked every 4 years. In London there's 115,000 hydrants and they service 30,000 a year. So I suspect it's very similar for the rest of the country or perhaps even worse because there's no money in public services in the UK anymore.
@@montyzumazoom1337 They have reduced the number of people employed in the fire service by 20% in the last 20 years. But quite interestingly, the number of incidents has fallen by 40%. Not sure why to be honest.....could be building standards, electrical safety standards have changed...not sure.
That's the first time I've seen a fire hydrant that was below ground. Is that normal there? All of ours are above ground. You just hook up, and open the valve.
1: Surrey hydrants are managed by private water companies not the fire service (budget cuts) so In practice they are not checked or maintained. 2: The officer is also helping out so much as Surrey Fire engines ride 4 (Officer, Driver, 2x FFs) down from 5 and originally 6 with one appliance (budget cuts)
Great job carrying on getting that hydrant working 💪 Its a problem we face all the time. Hydrants not serviced to the standard they used to be when local crews would do it. Not sure of the different standard of servicing county to county. And with added torretial rain and flooding nowadays plus road traffic, they get full of dirt. Its a lottery when you pop the cover if it'll be good news in there. In rural areas, people would be shocked by the lack of hydrants too. An ageing water and sewage system sadly.
@westboundbadger its the driver. He or she drives in uniform not fire kit. They are supposed to get correctly dressed as soon as possible after arrival, but in a dynamic fast moving situation where water is needed urgent, radio messages needed to be sent etc, the driver quite often starts doing some things before having time to get fully dressed. We do wear tough work trousers and fully protective safety shoes though. 👍
@danrose3189 i think it differs from service to service. Some still have local crews inspecting them, but more now have staff that are hydrant technicians specifically or outside contractors. They will inspect test and clean them on a rolling basis across the county. Although heavier maintenance will be the water company so I'd imagine that it's not always smooth cooperation there. Also many hydrants that are mapped aren't always there or are old and out of use, roads change etc. There doesn't seem to be the uniformity of inspection that there used to be, but i could be wrong.
I can't believe their hydrant connections are still buried in the middle of their streets. The fire was almost out before he dug all the debris. You'd think after almost 900 years of being in existence, they'd have come above ground with their plugs.
I believe the access shouldn’t be so difficult to get much needed water to put that fire out so respect to the fire department and all the men and women #Heroes
That valve was obviously too stiff for the guy trying to open it - a longer tommy bar was called for! But if regular had been carried out there would not have been a problem. Weybridge is a rich borough which includes many multi-million pound homes (think St. Georges hill estate where a lot of rich and famous live) so cannot be short of a bob or two...
@rogerfurneaux1529 Not short of a Bob or two for sure, but I bet they don't want to spend any on the public services around them. "It's not fair, I make all this money, then the council wants to take it off me to pay people to mess about with fire hydrants. Why can't people who are going to have fires do that? It's them who'll be needing hydrants."
@@rogerfurneaux1529 He looked about 16, and very scrawny!! Could do with growing a bit more muscle for a job like that surely? It's a very tough, hard job being a firefighter I would imagine.
Excellent service from the British fire brigade. They had water on the fire in less than a minute. If that was America that lorry would have burned to the axles before they got water on it!! The lack of maintenance of the hydrant lets it down, but that’s ok cause our fire engines bring water with them. 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
A bit of a gratuitous attack on us U.S. firefighters wouldn't you say? Not a bad response by the fire brigade, but any good U.S. FD response would have water on that fire in the same 1 min timeframe. Stop the truck, pull a 45 or 50 mm preconnect, engineer charges the line off 2800l of tank water, and go to work! Enjoy watching videos of the British fire brigade!
I was a firefighter in Britain for many years, retired now. Back in the day it was part of our job to maintain hydrants, not sure if that’s still the case. I’ve stayed on fire stations in the US , in Nw York and other towns. Their standard of firefighting is not good. They take a week of Sundays to get water on a blaze and do a lot of firefighting from the outside. We, in the UK, fight fires from within. I know you yanks won’t like these comments but it true.
@@peterallen2904 Ive watched videos of their callouts when leaving the station (or "Firehouse" as they call it), they are SOOOOOO casual in their aproach, never rush, never a sense of urgency..............
@@peterallen2904 exactly mate, when watching the US boys in action it’s like slow motion to get water on the fire. I watch the videos thinking if you leave it any longer the fire will have burned itself out.
The yanks would have immediately put someone on the roof of the truck just so there's at least one firefighter in unnecessary mortal danger for no good reason.
This crew worked with such a great pace, nice to see it. In the US our firefighters will walk leisurely to a structure fire, I rarely ever see them run for anything.
Lots of people are complaining about the lack of maintenance and the access to fire hydrant but we should be thankful that the firecrew actually turned up, did their job and put the fire out.
remarkable effort of these incredible beings who are the firefighters of any country in the world. Always willing to take risks. Admirable. Hydrants cannot be buried
The access points for vital water needed shouldn’t need to take this amount of time this is vital time needed in these emergency situations. Hats of to our fire department well done & Thank you ❤️❤️🙏
It was just 5 minutes from the start of this incident being recorded, for the firemen to get there (presumably it wasnt long after the initial emergency call) but those first 5 minutes seemed a hell of a lot longer when seeing something awful like this. Im shocked at how the people driving and pedestrians just carry on by like theres no danger at all😮
I was a fire fighter in the 80s and we constantly did hydrant checks, like everything else the people that haven't a clue decide to cut costs in areas they don't have a understand, hope its not there loved ones in danger
Yes, good on him for actually doing something. The clowns telling him he was making it worse by using water have no idea. What do they think the fire brigade were getting out of the fire hydrant?
‘At least he had a go’. No. People without the expertise shouldn’t meddle. It’s not just the risk to themselves but also the risk of making the whole thing worse. Maybe that wasn’t much of a risk in this particular case, but the ‘don’t stand around like clowns’ attitude doesn’t really apply to this sort of thing where people are highly trained for it for a reason.
@@thelightisahead When seconds count the authorities will be there in minutes. There are plenty of people walking around right now that would have died if not for someone having a go and actually doing something to help. Ask me how I know.
When I had my training on how to use a fire extinguisher, it was pointed out to me to read the labels, the ones on the bottles that advises which one to use. Unless Australia only have labled extinguishers. I heard the sirens but where have they gone?
Checking the hydrants once was a separate job so when needed they worked,just look at the delay getting that to work fairplay to that fireman well done.
I am from the United States and our fire hydrants are ABOVE ground and about 2.5-3.0 meters from the road. They generally have 3 to 4 different size fire hose connections on them and are Quick to attach to. I have never seen fire hydrants BELOW ground and in the street. What happens in the Winter when that access panel in the street is frozen shut, or after a heavy snow storm?
What happens if those fire hydrant connections in the USA if they're frozen in a heavy snow storm? USA gets blizzards, typhoons, earthquakes, tornado's (the odd supervalcano) etc. This is England, we maybe get a little bit of "sleet" and slush on the road that makes driving difficult especially when ungritted but that's about it. If the hydrant was above ground its something that can be vantalised "popping the caps off" or a car could crash into (which if the hydrant resists causes more damage to the cars occupants or if the car wins you now have a damaged hydrant which will take time and money to replace with the road closed for a short period). The covers are there to protect the actual important valves underneith from the elements, despite this one being badly maintained (i.e not maintained) for likely 10 years you saw how quickly it was removed, If it does freeze over (with a whopping 1/8in of ice) during a very cold period and you somehow can't easily open it... you beat the crap out of the thing to break it free just like in the USA or move to another one, because they're unobtrusive they're literally everywhere.
I was a London fireman in the 60´s. We had regular hydrant visits every 6 months to make sure they were operating. Why aren’t they doing it now especially as they are supposed to be awake and working throughout their night shifts!
Local water board doing a grand job of servicing the network! That hydrant has never been looked at for years. Glad ours does a 12 month flushing program where they come out and run every hydrant full bore for 15/20 mins to flush any crap out the pipes. You can tell when they do as the pressure drops drastically and the water can sometimes go an off colour.
People dissing the dirty muck on the fire hydrant. That is actually normal. Thats why they let it flush out the muck that consolidated on that area over time first, before attaching the hose that feeds the fire truck. Such muck is caused by water pipe maintenance and repair. Where soil enters the pipes and mixes with your tap water. That is why when someone is fixing a blown up water pipe near your area which provides water for your home. When you first turn on the taps. It will always spew dirty dark brown water. Yes same drinking water you drink. Its not exactly clean thats why chlorine is mixed in it. Put tap water in a bottle and leave it sit for a few hours. Then open it, you can smell chlorine.
Below ground hydrants are the standard. Most are situated on the pavement (sidewalk) so can be blocked by a vehicle parking over them. The location is shown by a sign (letter H) with distance to hydrant in metres shown and diameter of water main. The sign is mounted on a concrete post about 2 feet high or fixed to a wall or lamp post.
There’s a video on CZcams of a fire in Manchester where that happens. Wind is blowing and it aids the heat transfer which eventually sets ablaze another building
Shocking the state of that hydrant. I’ve been to some remote hydrants in Essex that we’ve needed and our water section make sure they’re always in working order.
Interesting the difference between US and GB. Our hydrants are above ground. Our attack line are about the size of their supply lines. Their attack lines are much smaller but they appear to be charged all the time. Seems like you could get water on the fire a lot faster with an attack line that is always charged.
In the UK most trucks have hosereels that are connected directly to the appliance and can be used (almost) immediately as seen, but we then have three (although two commonly used in 45 and 70 mm) layflat sizes that can be used for moving water from a hydrant to a pump and from a pump delivery to a branch and on to the fire.
I am half a mile away from the nearest road and have 2 hydrants on my lane. I keep these clean and ensure they are not blocked myself - nobody else will do it and it is in my own best interest after all.I also have a standpipe and hydrant key so if there ever was a fire, water supply would most likely be ready before they got here
Councils and vape companies really should make this clearer. A disposable vape is a plastic or metal can yes, but with a lithium polymer battery inside that will not play nice if crushed or shredded. They ought to be treated as batteries and go in a battery recycling bin.
Now there’s a job for someone in the Council, Going around and making sure those hydrants are clean and maintained in readiness for the fire service to get to work on a fire, Minutes were lost cleaning that and trying to undo the air lock. Excellent job job guys we really appreciate the men and women of the emergency services.
When I was a fireman all our Stations carried out annual hydrant checks. This way you got to know hydrant locations, especially in rural areas. Now private companier carry out these duties thanks to the rubbish Torys.
@@tomhollandroberts1737Unfortunately it's just another indicator of the completely buggered up infrastructure of this once great country, thanks to the "jobs-for-their-mates" CON-servative mob😡
Fair play to those fire fighters that risk their life daily to save lives, they leave a family at home to go and save other people, well done guys and girls! You are all heroes!!!!! Xx
Less than 30 seconds from wheels stopped to the first water being put on the fire. Cracking job there Firefighters! I've seen videos where it takes American crews 3 minutes to do the same.
I have seen many, many American videos and in most of them, the firemen walk around like headless chickens for quite some time before they start using the wet stuff. It's unbelievable. Also, the number of units that turn up is silly, compared to this one. A single unit, getting water on the fire within no-time at all. That's how it's done.
The fire services own the fire hydrants and pay the water companies to install and maintain them. The Surrey Fire & Rescue crews used to check all the fire hydrants on their respective station grounds annually. SR & R then employed 3 Hydrants Technicians to do this work - not sure if its still 3 or now just 1 technician. The hydrant pits fill up with dirt which runs in off the road, so its not unusual to have to dig them out.
Great team work all round but good to see the OIC firstly on the hosereel whilst the BA team got ready and then helping out the driver. Well done to the driver for getting water out that hydrant. Great example of the drop in standards in the UK with regards to the condition of the hydrant. Why has this been allowed to happen?
Correct, I remember that well from my childhood in the eighties. Usually in the summer, the firemen usually washed our bikes with hose on the engine. Gone are the days.
I was about to say the same thing, it was quite a regular occurrence 30+ years ago, I don't recall ever seeing one being checked in the last 20 years, another cut back I guess.
I think the residents can't be blamed. There needs to be a legally responsible person who is responsible for maintenance, flushing and, if necessary, renewal. If there is no clear regulation for this, then it is urgently time to create one. By the way: The “big explosion” was most likely a burst tire
@@EnjoyFirefighting In my opinion there should an institution with access to the required amount of manpower to fulfill a maintenance plan. So, I think, there should be a (full-time) department who is responsible in maintaining the usabilty of hydrants.
High pressure hose reels are super efficient. But you always rely on your back-up water supply from your hydrants. This hydrant was absolute rubbish. Tory cut-backs for the peasants.
No bait, accurate title and the bit everyone needs to skip to in the title. A rare thing on the internet these days. Respect to the uploader.
Thanks 🙂
It seems to me like false economy no longer maintaining hydrants ,valuable time lost trying to excavate it for use
Agreed. IF truth in CZcams videos was an award, this CZcamsr definitely deserves it.
Uploader def deserves a thumbs up 👍
I used to work there doingvthe bins! lol
This incident shows that street hydrants need to be checked and cleaned out regularly.
Agreed. Because it was only a dustcart full of rubbish, it's obvious that nothing of any value was lost. However, it should be taken as a wake-up call.
Lazy councils, take your money but only do half of what we pay for, disgusting
I find it disturbing why councils do not check fire hydrants. This could of been a life and death situation. Shame on the council.
@@rsmickeymooproductions4877 I believe it is the water companies responsibility not the council which makes sense being connected to the water mains.
@@davidburrows499 Depends on the county. Some are the responsibility of the water company and some are the responsibility of the fire brigades
As an appliance driver myself, I take my hat off to this driver in getting that job done. The grief we have with hydrants can be a nightmare, he continued until the crew had a good water supply. 👏🏻
As a note to anyone else, if you have a hydrant near your home or place of work please make sure your local water company are keeping them clear & maintained so we can use them effectively and QUICKLY! 💦
Would that be the same private water companies pumping raw sewage into our waterways whilst posting record profits?
I mean, it was only digging out a bucketful of muck, and it's kinda his job.
@@garymitchell5899I mean, you might feel different if your home was on fire.
I thought the FD were the ones who should inspect them, didnt know it was the water company, I've often seen them inspected evry few years around here and its been FD (old york)
He applied to be a fireman not a sodding gardener! What a jackass comment about only a bucked of muck and it's kinda his job😳 NO it's not. Would you have the same reaction if they attended a fire at your house and your family was inside 🤔 I bet you'd like him to have a clear area then and not to waste time on digging in the dirt while you're family potentially lose their lives!!!
As a bin lorry driver myself !!!! Not only do refuse crews get abuse from all sorts of drivers because they have left the house late and are late for work when we are just collecting your own rubbish we have to keep in the back of our minds how easy it is for these Dennis trucks to go up in flames due to the rubbish and how hot it gets in the chamber of the vehicle and how much the hydraulic oil works keeping the plates and pumps working . We had a chap threaten to shank us this week because we didn’t take his blue recycling bin this was after we explained that we couldn’t take his blue recycling bin as we were only taking away brown garden materials. This individual did come back down the street with a metal pole so we abandoned the street
What?!
Sad state of affairs in the UK today, violence everywhere.
Thank you for your service mate
So sorry you had to endure that. Society is becoming very disrespectful and violent . My bin men are an absolute godsend as I have health issues. Respect to you, Sir.
@@mikebreen2890is it that difficult to understand? A nutter was waving a pole (offensive weapon) at the refuse collectors so they got in their truck and drove off. Now do ya get it?
As others say, absolutely disgusting state of that water feed, imagine that was a burning building with people in it, those few minutes could have meant the difference between life or death. Poor poor show but as always well done to the crew who always put 101% into their work.
Why don't they put metal covers over the water feed, so that, when they remove the initial cover in the road, all they have to do is, remove the internal cover, covering the water feed. I have a cover over the water meter in the pavement outside my house, and there is only a small amount of dirt in there.
I doubt it makes a difference. More than enough water on the truck before they need to have it up and running.
@@keithlewis8217 Your water meter is not in the road, this happens all the time on busy roads, it is all the road dirt from vehicles and rain that wash into the hydrant pit. there is a drain for water at the foot of the pit but all the dirt is left behind and builds up.
Here in denmark we have fire hydrants above ground and painted brite red.
@SleepExports it soon goes longer on hose reels then mains jets
It's absolutely disgusting that the hydrant was so chocked up. It would have taken months/years to get in that mess. Welcome to modern Britain!
Just so you know……fire hydrants are “owned” and “maintained” by the Fire Brigade
@@maccyp1824 I understand that and it's not their fault, as just in my area alone they have closed two fire stations, so this sort of thing is inevitable.
@@philquine Yeah, can’t disagree with that
Modern Britain nothing but a joke
Exactly you would think the council check those and clear any clogged ones out.
But then again that would involve using their brains 🧠
That sounded like a tyre exploding. I was an HGV1 driver for 15 years and I had a tyre blow out on the front right, which is virtually under my seat.
It blew the wheel arch off and sounded like a hand grenade.
Over 200 PSI.
I don't mind admitting that I nearly shat myself.
Im scarred of walking past trucks for this reason
@@Jarrell-pn5dt it's pretty rare.
I had just come from a landfill site which is not conducive to the well being of ones tyre condition.
Lorry tyres are incredibly tough and expensive. Be assured that you've got more chance of becoming the king of Croydon than being blown up by a truck tyre. 👍
@@coot1925 Unfortunately it is not. Truck tires are indeed expensive (I wrote my MEng thesis about them), so they more and more tend to be used beyond what they are supposed to and eventually fail from excessive wear, a (forbidden) second retreading, etc. I worked in field sales for some years and stopped counting how many trucks with blown tires I saw on the roads. If everything is done properly, at least over the road tires should not blow, but there cost pressure is highest and not everything is actually done properly. On the other hand in certain uses like construction, forestry, or waste disposal tire damage is the norm, because there are debris and pointy stones on construction sites, landfills, and offroad tracks that can, if not destroy on-site at least damage a tire, that eventually blows then on paved roads.
@@MirkoC407 very true sir.
Having driven all kinds of HGVs from artics to skip lorries and everything in between I'm very aware of the different types of damage and wear on tyres.
Anything going off-road hardly ever got the chance to wear out before being destroyed by bits of rebar and shit, but personally I was a stickler for tread depth and overall condition and would simply refuse to take a vehicle out if I weren't happy with the tyres.
I walked out of a job because a boss tried to force me to take out a truck I wasn't happy with.
At the end of the day it's the driver who gets prosecuted, not so much the boss as it's the drivers responsibility to make sure the vehicle is safe and road worthy.
I drove HGVs for 15 years and got "tyred" of arguing with idiots who wanted me to take risks with my licence and people's lives.
I'd never go back to it.
never thought of tyre, was thinking it may have been a hydraulic line or tank, but that makes sense
That was enlightening ! I see why in most of north America and here in Canada fire hydrants are above ground and on the sidewalk, After watching that poor guy struggle with that connection, I can only imagine how he would cope with a sheet of ice and a foot or two of snow on top of all that other muck. kudos to those responders for getting it done though !
Same in Poland way up above the ground, painted bright red and on the sidewalk
well both above and below ground hydrants have pros and cons. Above ground hydrants can easily be blocked by parked vehicles. While you can easily smash the windows or a car or move it out of the way, you can't do so on a large truck. Below ground hydrants cannot be blocked by parked vehicles
@@EnjoyFirefighting "Below ground hydrants cannot be blocked by parked vehicles" - why not? If they park over it, game over, no?
@@minerran no ... because the hydrants are located like in the middle of the street, in intersections, or at least in driving lanes - not in any place where people would park on
looked like the guys who did the asphalt laying hadn't covered the pit well enough to protect it from asphalt getting into it... usually under those lids it's clear and clean of rubble...
Shocking lack of maintenance on that hydrant. They should be regualrly inspected and tested, clearly that valve hadn't been opened in a long time. Surrey Fire Brigade have a had a huge amount of funding cuts in recent years. Looks like hydrant checks have suffered because of that.
Hydrants are supposed to be checked on a 12/24 month period I know HIOWFRS employ civilian technicians to check their hydrants
You can see a case for the American style fire hydrants which are on the surface🤣
As a child I'm now 65 years old, I remember seeing the fire hydrants regulatory checked around our town I lived.
My father was a retained firefighter for Surrey Fire Brigade (same one as the video) in the 70's and 80's. Back then the crews checked the hydrants on their own station ground. It also gave them familiarity with the locations in the days before GPS and digital maps. Their station ground was very rural and there were hydrants in some pretty obscure locations.
I would say that the local council is responsible for hydrant maintenance! Or water company! Disgraceful! some body's head should roll for that!
I have every bit of admiration for any emergency service and these guys/girls are no exception!
Firefighters are true heroes. Thanks for your service boys and girls. We appreciate you a lot. 💛
I mean, the Great Fire of London, yes. 9/11 yes. But let's not go overboard with a bin lorry.
@@upturnedblousecollar5811 🤡
@upturnedblousecollar5811 yeah true... I mean they could have simply not bothered and let it engulf the surrounding area.
Vehicles can explode at any moment. They still approach something which could potentially kill them if it goes wrong. They're still brave for doing that!
So let's not go overboard and pretend what they do isn't brave on another level!
@@upturnedblousecollar5811 It's not about the bin lorry lol, think about it, for example: police men ask for money so they won't write a ticket (at least in my corrupt country..), they can plant you drugs and accuse you and do all sorts of corrupt things; doctors also can be corrupt af, preferential treatment if you have more money etc.; so the point is that firefighters are the true heroes because they answer the alerts and save ppl without asking for anything, they just get the job done without hesitation!
I remember as a kid in the 1950s the fire brigade used to inspect the hydrants on a regular basis.
Fred dibnah always said it was important to keep fire hydrants clear and well maintained.
That's right, he went everywhere by steam power, even to Buck House to receive his OBE, or whatever it was, so often needed a top-up!
80 gallons every 8 mile.. 😊
They do this in the US where you cannot park close to a fire hydrant. They are also above ground for a reason. I thought they do not exist in GB at all
@@annabelholland Hydrants in the UK? They are everywhere! Just look for a yellow square sign, usually on lampposts, with a H and a number on it. The sign points towards the hydrant cover and the number is usually the distance from the sign. Local waterboard are responsible for maintenance although the fire brigade usually do spot checks occasionally.
@@rogerfurneaux1529 he was a working man's hero always wondered what it would being like if he had being a politician as well remember what he said about the education system in one of his programs
That hydrant reflects the state this country is in at moment.
Yeah, complete and utter shit
In Germany, we equip respiratory protection on the way to the site. This saves enormous time. Fire hydrants must also be checked regularly. And why was there only one fire brigade team on site? This is negligent.
it's easier said than done when your public services haven't had their funding cut to the absolute bare minimum by a severely incompetent government over the last decade.
@@Mortarion6666 agree.
The UK is more broke than the mainstream media will admit. Literally life expectancy is going down plus one in five kids are living in poverty. They're not even paying firefighters enough hence why they go on strike and the army has had to step in.
As you can tell the fire trucks carry a shit ton of water. Plenty enough to still be pumping plenty of water all that time. They are trained for this. He knew full well to start the process of getting to the hydrant early. Now would it have made his job easier if it was already cleaned. Yes but it's nothing they aren't prepared for as he showed.
Not sure why people are mak8ng so much drama out of a situation they are literally trained for. They got the job done just like they always do.
Well done to the fire engine crew and especially the engine driver trying to source additional water from a local fire hydrant. Sadly, Weybridge water suppliers have failed to maintain these town fire hydrants. It is about time to arrange service and maintenance of all hydrants on a regular basis, it pays dividends and reduces response timings to putting out fires and refilling fire engines water bowser tanks.
There used to be (The Water Board before being privatised thus becoming Thames Water) who employed a person, whose job it was, was to maintain all the stop cocks in the local area. He had a bicycle and a stop cock key, and whenever there was an emergency, he knew exactly where to turn them off, and knew the exactly layout of all the pipes and sewer system. They were all made redundant in the late 80's, and this is one of the reasons why the water and waste is a complete and utter shambles in the UK. Still, as long as the share holders are getting a huge dividend, who cares that the leaks aren't fixed, hose pipe bans every year, and sewage gets dumped into the rivers and lakes?
Scottish Water is not privatised and is accountable to the public through the Scottish Government.
@@marc2400I believe the Welsh water is privatised but they are required to adhere to high standards
Absolutely 💯 Makes me sad to think how stuff has changed, not always for the better, too. 😿✌🏻
I'm sure the responsibility of checking hydrants falls with the fire department rather than whoever owns the local water board.
@@OscarOSullivan The key to maintaining those high standards is regular checks and punishments if found not to be complying. Now too many companies can self declare they've complied and nobody checks, and if they get caught out they have a million and one ways to weasel out.
The driver was on it, fair play to him. Great camera work too.
Respect to that man opening the water valve. He is not that big but strong. Cheers!
Thank God our hydrants are not buried here in Canada. What an amazing job that man did digging that hydrant out!
Imagine trying to dig a hydrant out of Canadian snow and ice!
When you crush and wet lithium ion batteries they explode and catch fire, disposable vapes are powered by lithium ion batteries and bin lorries crush waste to compress it to carry more. Much of our waste is single use non recyclable plastics which melt and drip as they catch fire, spreading the fire, they also produce cyanide gas as they burn with loads of black smoke.
Once the heat of the fire spreads to the vehicle chassis there's oil, plastic insulation and a big tank of diesel.
You can't put lithium ion batteries (or devices with lithium ion batteries built in) in the normal household waste system or there will be more fires like this.
Whoever resurfaced the road did it cheap and filled the hydrant with tarmac. The fire engine driver (the only one not in protective clothing) efficiently found and opened the hydrant cover. It wasn't his fault he had to dig it out. I was amazed at the amount of muck that came out of the hose before it ran clean.
Hats off to the lad working on that fire hydrant he put maximum effort into clearing all the debris out of the hole top bloke! 🚒👲👏👏👏👏
I had the same thing happen to a 2015 dennis eagle in Hockley in 2017 (luckily we got the fire out quickly). It was caused by the decomposed matter in the rear of the truck splashing onto the exhaust. Dennis were made aware of the non-existance of splash guards that would stop the problem but refused to admit there was a problem.......just like they refused to acknowledge the fact that their water hoses kept blowing because they were poor quality.
Like our old mechanic used to say "£2 pipes on a 20k engine!'
Dennis the Menace
Those HGV tyres do scare me a bit lol. The pressures are silly and they're thick as hell. Always slightly fearful one of them explodes as I drive past on the motorway!
To the people discussing about the fire hydrant, it's the fire brigade's responsibility for going around and checking these, they also mark in yellow (there is a sign on the footpath against the wall show shows the distance), it's quite clear this has been ignored for many years (nice to see the public helping when he was struggling to turn the valve - too busy filming)
Pretty sure the design sees to it that the hole will remain clear. That was clearly filled with tarmac. It's a failure on the road layers.
YES ITS THE FIRE BRIGADES RESPONSIBILITY TO CHECK THE HYDRANTS-BUT I KNOW WHERE I LIVE IN N/IRELAND ITS RARLY DONE OUTSIDE THE CITIES AS MOST STATIONS IN COUNTRY AREAS ARE ONLY RETAINED----I SAW THIS EXACT PROBLEM BESIDE ME FEW WEEKS AGO--THEY THEN SENT 4 WATER TANKER WHICH IS BASED 10 MILES AWAY
Its not the fire service responsibility to check them any more.
to busy in fire engine on phones looking cool in sainsbury and morrisons car park clean the hydrants lazy sods...
in France, fire brigades do some inspections, but the ones responsible (and they also do regular inspections) are the water supply companies. And we don't have this kind of hydrants.
Kudos to the firefighter trying to get the hydrant to work!! Shocking that he has to clear a load of muck out before he could set it up..I thought it was of upmost importance to maintain hydrants!!
Exactly
Our (volunteer) fire brigade checks street hydrants regularly to prevent situations such as this.
I remember as a kid in the 1950s watching the firemen check fire hydrants around the roads where I lived.
I think the explosion was a tyre going off, this can send shards of hot rubber and can give you a nasty wallop.
Shocking state of that hydrant!!! More failure by the water board!!!! In my small tourist town there was a camper van that set on fire and started fires in 3 houses. The fire service hooked up to the mains water and found the pressure was too low , the whole of the town in shut down as no running water whilst the fire service was hooked up! Keswick in Cumbria, pulls in millions and hasn't a public toilet ,a youth club or water for fires apparently! Tory greed
@@TheByard they did in the 70s 80s and 90s on the Island
I used to see the firebrigade checking hydrants on a regular basis, can't say I've noticed them doing it recently though.
as others the man i black i salute you! that fire hydrant was about as much use as a chocolate teapot,fire hydrants are put there for use in emergency,that was useless to access and no benefit to anyone well done sir,im also in surrey,i would make the effort to meet and shake hands with you if it were to be known who you are..... thankyou sir thankyou
A BIG BIG RESPECT TO ALL OF OUR FIREMEN AND WOMEN WELL DONE ❤❤👍👍
That performance is nothing to be proud of
thats why i said a big big respct to all ur fireman and women for 😕😕
@@davidcurry4433your parents say the same about you
by the time that woman put on her space suit the fire was well under control by others.
❤ to fire fighters
I don't know what is more English, the guy with the fire extinguisher or the fact people are driving past it hoping it doesn't ruin their day
Great video! I am proud to say that where I live in Canada that the hydrants in our neighbour hood get flushed annually
I noticed the man tried to dig and put pipe. But the valve was stuck. I recommend it's time to replace the new one valve. Never knew that fire would happen. Thumbs up! Cheers!
It looks like the hydrants need cleaning and service, that’s ridiculous
They are only checked every 4 years. In London there's 115,000 hydrants and they service 30,000 a year. So I suspect it's very similar for the rest of the country or perhaps even worse because there's no money in public services in the UK anymore.
@@chrisjie2127Reduced number of firemen as well no doubt.
@@montyzumazoom1337 They have reduced the number of people employed in the fire service by 20% in the last 20 years. But quite interestingly, the number of incidents has fallen by 40%. Not sure why to be honest.....could be building standards, electrical safety standards have changed...not sure.
The fire bridge don't service them anymore
Hydrants are actually meant to be maintained by the water board so clearly the Water Authorities are at fault
The "explosion" would've been one of the tyres blowing
Or maybe one of the 3 air tanks that are behind the wheel
That's the first time I've seen a fire hydrant that was below ground. Is that normal there? All of ours are above ground. You just hook up, and open the valve.
Yes, hydrants are concealed beneath the pavement or road surface.
Normal for the UK, most are underground.
I think, underground is better for many reasons. But they have to be maintained and checked regularly …
Great job by those firefighters!! Scary. Hope nobody was injured. ❤
1: Surrey hydrants are managed by private water companies not the fire service (budget cuts) so In practice they are not checked or maintained.
2: The officer is also helping out so much as Surrey Fire engines ride 4 (Officer, Driver, 2x FFs) down from 5 and originally 6 with one appliance (budget cuts)
It's the Council's responsibility to maintain those hydrants.
@@starrider529 absolutely not. Hydrants are dealt with by the local fire brigade and the local water company. Councils have NOTHING to do with it.
@@davidpnewton People seem to think their local Council is responsible for everything.
So who allows the road menders to tarmac over the amenity areas
@@pixie706 The hydrant wasn't tarmacked over.
Great job carrying on getting that hydrant working 💪
Its a problem we face all the time. Hydrants not serviced to the standard they used to be when local crews would do it.
Not sure of the different standard of servicing county to county.
And with added torretial rain and flooding nowadays plus road traffic, they get full of dirt.
Its a lottery when you pop the cover if it'll be good news in there.
In rural areas, people would be shocked by the lack of hydrants too. An ageing water and sewage system sadly.
The guy running around with no gear on,is that normal?
@westboundbadger its the driver. He or she drives in uniform not fire kit. They are supposed to get correctly dressed as soon as possible after arrival, but in a dynamic fast moving situation where water is needed urgent, radio messages needed to be sent etc, the driver quite often starts doing some things before having time to get fully dressed. We do wear tough work trousers and fully protective safety shoes though. 👍
@@pizzafireman Could be a useful video to show the relevant departments the importance of maintaining the hydrant's properly !
Who’s job is it too carry out inspections of the hydrants. Fire Brigades , Councils , hydrant firms ????
@danrose3189 i think it differs from service to service. Some still have local crews inspecting them, but more now have staff that are hydrant technicians specifically or outside contractors. They will inspect test and clean them on a rolling basis across the county. Although heavier maintenance will be the water company so I'd imagine that it's not always smooth cooperation there. Also many hydrants that are mapped aren't always there or are old and out of use, roads change etc.
There doesn't seem to be the uniformity of inspection that there used to be, but i could be wrong.
Whoever is recording this it’s a good video good all round coverage 👍
Thanks 🙂
I can't believe their hydrant connections are still buried in the middle of their streets. The fire was almost out before he dug all the debris. You'd think after almost 900 years of being in existence, they'd have come above ground with their plugs.
It's pretty poor that the fire service guy had to dig out the road to get access to the hydrant :(
After seven minutes ...you can see why it is important to check the hydrant connection every year
It's 5am and I'm watching a video of a bin lorry waiting for the big explosion, what's become of my life? 😫
I believe the access shouldn’t be so difficult to get much needed water to put that fire out so respect to the fire department and all the men and women #Heroes
Bad enough the hydrant system is full of dirt. But almost not being able to turn the water on would of been a bigger issue if it were a building fire.
That valve was obviously too stiff for the guy trying to open it - a longer tommy bar was called for! But if regular had been carried out there would not have been a problem. Weybridge is a rich borough which includes many multi-million pound homes (think St. Georges hill estate where a lot of rich and famous live) so cannot be short of a bob or two...
@rogerfurneaux1529 Not short of a Bob or two for sure, but I bet they don't want to spend any on the public services around them. "It's not fair, I make all this money, then the council wants to take it off me to pay people to mess about with fire hydrants. Why can't people who are going to have fires do that? It's them who'll be needing hydrants."
@@rogerfurneaux1529 He looked about 16, and very scrawny!! Could do with growing a bit more muscle for a job like that surely? It's a very tough, hard job being a firefighter I would imagine.
Excellent service from the British fire brigade. They had water on the fire in less than a minute. If that was America that lorry would have burned to the axles before they got water on it!! The lack of maintenance of the hydrant lets it down, but that’s ok cause our fire engines bring water with them. 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
A bit of a gratuitous attack on us U.S. firefighters wouldn't you say? Not a bad response by the fire brigade, but any good U.S. FD response would have water on that fire in the same 1 min timeframe. Stop the truck, pull a 45 or 50 mm preconnect, engineer charges the line off 2800l of tank water, and go to work! Enjoy watching videos of the British fire brigade!
I was a firefighter in Britain for many years, retired now. Back in the day it was part of our job to maintain hydrants, not sure if that’s still the case. I’ve stayed on fire stations in the US , in Nw York and other towns. Their standard of firefighting is not good. They take a week of Sundays to get water on a blaze and do a lot of firefighting from the outside. We, in the UK, fight fires from within. I know you yanks won’t like these comments but it true.
@@peterallen2904 Ive watched videos of their callouts when leaving the station (or "Firehouse" as they call it), they are SOOOOOO casual in their aproach, never rush, never a sense of urgency..............
@@peterallen2904 exactly mate, when watching the US boys in action it’s like slow motion to get water on the fire. I watch the videos thinking if you leave it any longer the fire will have burned itself out.
The yanks would have immediately put someone on the roof of the truck just so there's at least one firefighter in unnecessary mortal danger for no good reason.
This crew worked with such a great pace, nice to see it. In the US our firefighters will walk leisurely to a structure fire, I rarely ever see them run for anything.
The local authority should be held to account for failing fire hydrants. Completely unacceptable!
The local fire service then? Fire hydrants are the fire service asset
Lots of people are complaining about the lack of maintenance and the access to fire hydrant but we should be thankful that the firecrew actually turned up, did their job and put the fire out.
remarkable effort of these incredible beings who are the firefighters of any country in the world. Always willing to take risks. Admirable. Hydrants cannot be buried
The access points for vital water needed shouldn’t need to take this amount of time this is vital time needed in these emergency situations. Hats of to our fire department well done & Thank you ❤️❤️🙏
It was just 5 minutes from the start of this incident being recorded, for the firemen to get there (presumably it wasnt long after the initial emergency call) but those first 5 minutes seemed a hell of a lot longer when seeing something awful like this. Im shocked at how the people driving and pedestrians just carry on by like theres no danger at all😮
Society has never been so dumb.... just ignoring it.
That's people for you. Negative IQ for some of them.
Well done to those lad’s that were trying to warn people, what the hell were those drivers thinking driving passed it idiots 🤪
I was a fire fighter in the 80s and we constantly did hydrant checks, like everything else the people that haven't a clue decide to cut costs in areas they don't have a understand, hope its not there loved ones in danger
Well done to the boy with the fire extinguisher even though there were people shouting that he would make it worse, at least he had a go.
Yes, good on him for actually doing something. The clowns telling him he was making it worse by using water have no idea. What do they think the fire brigade were getting out of the fire hydrant?
@@pauldarlington5589 Water. Fire extinguishers don't use water.
@@b1nary_f1nary The majority of class A fire extinguishers are water.
‘At least he had a go’. No. People without the expertise shouldn’t meddle. It’s not just the risk to themselves but also the risk of making the whole thing worse. Maybe that wasn’t much of a risk in this particular case, but the ‘don’t stand around like clowns’ attitude doesn’t really apply to this sort of thing where people are highly trained for it for a reason.
@@thelightisahead When seconds count the authorities will be there in minutes.
There are plenty of people walking around right now that would have died if not for someone having a go and actually doing something to help.
Ask me how I know.
When I had my training on how to use a fire extinguisher, it was pointed out to me to read the labels, the ones on the bottles that advises which one to use. Unless Australia only have labled extinguishers. I heard the sirens but where have they gone?
Fair play to the guy trying to open the hydrant, that was not easy but he never gave up 👏
Checking the hydrants once was a separate job so when needed they worked,just look at the delay getting that to work fairplay to that fireman well done.
Firefighter are heroes man... and much respect to the driver for getting that hydrant flowing after all! SIDE NOtE: Great camera work lol
Perfectly posted!! Thank you!! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Most exciting thing to happen in Weybridge since I robbed the post office in 83...............
Hello - is that Crimewatch? 😂
I am from the United States and our fire hydrants are ABOVE ground and about 2.5-3.0 meters from the road.
They generally have 3 to 4 different size fire hose connections on them and are Quick to attach to. I have
never seen fire hydrants BELOW ground and in the street.
What happens in the Winter when that access panel in the
street is frozen shut, or after a heavy snow storm?
What happens if those fire hydrant connections in the USA if they're frozen in a heavy snow storm? USA gets blizzards, typhoons, earthquakes, tornado's (the odd supervalcano) etc.
This is England, we maybe get a little bit of "sleet" and slush on the road that makes driving difficult especially when ungritted but that's about it.
If the hydrant was above ground its something that can be vantalised "popping the caps off" or a car could crash into (which if the hydrant resists causes more damage to the cars occupants or if the car wins you now have a damaged hydrant which will take time and money to replace with the road closed for a short period).
The covers are there to protect the actual important valves underneith from the elements, despite this one being badly maintained (i.e not maintained) for likely 10 years you saw how quickly it was removed, If it does freeze over (with a whopping 1/8in of ice) during a very cold period and you somehow can't easily open it... you beat the crap out of the thing to break it free just like in the USA or move to another one, because they're unobtrusive they're literally everywhere.
I was a London fireman in the 60´s. We had regular hydrant visits every 6 months to make sure they were operating. Why aren’t they doing it now especially as they are supposed to be awake and working throughout their night shifts!
What a legend. Dude dug a well in the middle of the road.
It’s a fire hydrant covered in dirt
Local water board doing a grand job of servicing the network! That hydrant has never been looked at for years.
Glad ours does a 12 month flushing program where they come out and run every hydrant full bore for 15/20 mins to flush any crap out the pipes. You can tell when they do as the pressure drops drastically and the water can sometimes go an off colour.
People dissing the dirty muck on the fire hydrant.
That is actually normal. Thats why they let it flush out the muck that consolidated on that area over time first, before attaching the hose that feeds the fire truck.
Such muck is caused by water pipe maintenance and repair. Where soil enters the pipes and mixes with your tap water.
That is why when someone is fixing a blown up water pipe near your area which provides water for your home.
When you first turn on the taps.
It will always spew dirty dark brown water.
Yes same drinking water you drink. Its not exactly clean thats why chlorine is mixed in it.
Put tap water in a bottle and leave it sit for a few hours. Then open it, you can smell chlorine.
Are below ground hydrants standard in the UK? What would happen in rush hour and you have traffic blocking it from use?
Below ground hydrants are the standard. Most are situated on the pavement (sidewalk) so can be blocked by a vehicle parking over them. The location is shown by a sign (letter H) with distance to hydrant in metres shown and diameter of water main. The sign is mounted on a concrete post about 2 feet high or fixed to a wall or lamp post.
Am I right thinking if the wind had been in opposite direction that shop and flat above couldve caught fire?
There’s a video on CZcams of a fire in Manchester where that happens. Wind is blowing and it aids the heat transfer which eventually sets ablaze another building
Shocking the state of that hydrant. I’ve been to some remote hydrants in Essex that we’ve needed and our water section make sure they’re always in working order.
Interesting the difference between US and GB. Our hydrants are above ground. Our attack line are about the size of their supply lines. Their attack lines are much smaller but they appear to be charged all the time. Seems like you could get water on the fire a lot faster with an attack line that is always charged.
In the UK most trucks have hosereels that are connected directly to the appliance and can be used (almost) immediately as seen, but we then have three (although two commonly used in 45 and 70 mm) layflat sizes that can be used for moving water from a hydrant to a pump and from a pump delivery to a branch and on to the fire.
although tactics differ quite a bit all across Europe, a rule of thumb is that we rather go with lower gpm and higher PSI when attacking a fire.
I am half a mile away from the nearest road and have 2 hydrants on my lane. I keep these clean and ensure they are not blocked myself - nobody else will do it and it is in my own best interest after all.I also have a standpipe and hydrant key so if there ever was a fire, water supply would most likely be ready before they got here
Please do not put batteries in your general/recycling bin. Do it in stores instead! Same goes with disposable vapes
Councils and vape companies really should make this clearer. A disposable vape is a plastic or metal can yes, but with a lithium polymer battery inside that will not play nice if crushed or shredded. They ought to be treated as batteries and go in a battery recycling bin.
I agree but it looks like its a problem with the lorry not the rubbish it the back of it
Now there’s a job for someone in the Council,
Going around and making sure those hydrants are clean and maintained in readiness for the fire service to get to work on a fire,
Minutes were lost cleaning that and trying to undo the air lock.
Excellent job job guys we really appreciate the men and women of the emergency services.
It’s the fire brigade’s job, not the council’s.
Absolutely true "Color Sargent"!!!! Sir.!!!!!!........
When I was a fireman all our Stations carried out annual hydrant checks.
This way you got to know hydrant locations, especially in rural areas.
Now private companier carry out these duties thanks to the rubbish Torys.
@tomhollandroberts1737 ........ my local brigade (Staffordshire) still has hydrant maintenance vans. I see them out and about quite often.
@@tomhollandroberts1737Unfortunately it's just another indicator of the completely buggered up infrastructure of this once great country, thanks to the "jobs-for-their-mates" CON-servative mob😡
Respect to the uploader, the firemen and the bin collectors👏
Fair play to those fire fighters that risk their life daily to save lives, they leave a family at home to go and save other people, well done guys and girls! You are all heroes!!!!! Xx
Less than 30 seconds from wheels stopped to the first water being put on the fire. Cracking job there Firefighters! I've seen videos where it takes American crews 3 minutes to do the same.
But took 11 minutes to turn up
@@StephenWeafer-ii1qdFour minutes and 55 seconds until the first truck was on scene. Which video were you watching??
I have seen many, many American videos and in most of them, the firemen walk around like headless chickens for quite some time before they start using the wet stuff. It's unbelievable. Also, the number of units that turn up is silly, compared to this one. A single unit, getting water on the fire within no-time at all. That's how it's done.
Fair play to that firefighter 🚒
Why did it catch on fire?
These firefighters are just incredible.
Geezer in the black T shirt is a doer! Good man!
Wherever you go now in the UK, there’s always chavs shouting and bawling in the background. Seriously, where can you reside nowadays to escape them?
Glad I wasn’t the only one to notice them! It’s the inane yet smart-Alec attitude that grates so much.
Top work from Surrey Fire & Rescue- Same guys that saved my house burning down Oct last year!
The fire services own the fire hydrants and pay the water companies to install and maintain them. The Surrey Fire & Rescue crews used to check all the fire hydrants on their respective station grounds annually. SR & R then employed 3 Hydrants Technicians to do this work - not sure if its still 3 or now just 1 technician. The hydrant pits fill up with dirt which runs in off the road, so its not unusual to have to dig them out.
What were the sirens we heard really early on and why was it so long after this that the engine then arrived?
People just casually walking past, I would be nowhere near that
That’s why we used to do hydrant testing so the pit was clean and the valve worked
Nice filming!
Great team work all round but good to see the OIC firstly on the hosereel whilst the BA team got ready and then helping out the driver. Well done to the driver for getting water out that hydrant. Great example of the drop in standards in the UK with regards to the condition of the hydrant. Why has this been allowed to happen?
That guy properly shat himself when the tyre burst 😂
dont blame him
120 psi in the front tyres
That man running away got me 😂 😂😂
Was the Estate Agents open? Did they have a hose pipe to water their garden which could have been damaged by the fire?
When was the fire hydrant last cleared ?
unbelievable, a fire hydrant that you have to dig out first.
Thank goodness we have our wonderful fire service The men and women perform a wonderful job Thank you
Wow that was an amazing video footage of the blaze
That poor pump operator. One reason why I like our above ground dry barrel hydrants in Canada. They're also regularly inspected and maintained.
Many countries here barely have above ground hydrants. Can't be blocked by parked cars and can't be sheared off in an accident
7:20 That's why the Scottish fire service regularly go round checking and clearing hydrants.
Used to be a time when the Fire service went around and checked all fire hydrants
Now they worry about what gender the fireman/girl is.
🤣🤣🤣
Correct, I remember that well from my childhood in the eighties. Usually in the summer, the firemen usually washed our bikes with hose on the engine. Gone are the days.
I was about to say the same thing, it was quite a regular occurrence 30+ years ago, I don't recall ever seeing one being checked in the last 20 years, another cut back I guess.
@@damianbutterworth2434 So true, gender, race and pronouns.
I think the residents can't be blamed.
There needs to be a legally responsible person who is responsible for maintenance, flushing and, if necessary, renewal.
If there is no clear regulation for this, then it is urgently time to create one.
By the way: The “big explosion” was most likely a burst tire
the FD itself is responsible on the mainteanance
@@EnjoyFirefighting
In my opinion there should an institution with access to the required amount of manpower to fulfill a maintenance plan.
So, I think, there should be a (full-time) department who is responsible in maintaining the usabilty of hydrants.
Yeah good to see the hydrants are kept nice and clean
If they had used a 45mm hose, they would have had roughly just over two minutes of water from the tank, hose reels are underrated.
High pressure hose reels are super efficient. But you always rely on your
back-up water supply from your hydrants. This hydrant was absolute rubbish.
Tory cut-backs for the peasants.
It really should have been 2-pumps.
@@thegreatvincenzo8159 odds are that the number of pumps locally have been cut !