00:07well hello are you here for a play date with Nolan he's in the living room he made a whole
00:14city out of shoe boxes and cardboard and playing fire engine wait a sec cardboard city fire engine
00:24oh no Nolan wait hurry we need to get to Nolan before oh you're here great I'm playing with my
00:45fire engine
00:46oh not this time Nolan I learned my lesson after the t-rex
01:00good call mom I'm playing with my fire engine
01:17oh no Nolan I'm trying mom but I can't find the ladder controls
01:28Nolan the gigantic ladder on a fire truck is called an aerial aerial ladders can reach 100
01:36feet in the air the largest aerial is the Bronto Skylift which can reach up to 230 feet or 20
01:44stories in aerial okay Nolan now slowly get me
02:00slowly Nolan I said slowly sorry mom
02:08well this is starting off to be quite the adventure already
02:12might as well embrace it that's the spirit
02:27let's do this
02:41be careful Nolan due to their weight and size
02:45fire trucks can be difficult to drive in fact in order to drive a fire truck firefighters need
02:52to take a two-week course and pass a very special test this is tough why are fire trucks so
02:59big and
02:59heavy some fire trucks can be 20 to 50 feet long and can stand between 10 to 12 feet tall
03:07but weight is the
03:09bigger factor a fire truck can weigh anywhere from 20,000 to 50,000 pounds
03:1650,000 pounds
03:1850,000 pounds
03:18yes Nolan that's because their weight includes the weight of the truck itself and any equipment or other supplies that
03:27may be on board and heaviest of all the water
03:32wow I had no idea fire truck Nolan fire truck Nolan this is firefighter
03:38central we are receiving a report for a fire at Albeeville bakery we read you firefighter central we're on our
03:45way
03:47let's go
03:58hey mom all this driving remind me of a fact okay but make it fast you mean a fast fast
04:07well most fire trucks have a top speed of 50 to 70 miles per hour the Hawaii in the fire
04:14apartment has a red 1940s
04:17jet powered fire truck that has a top speed 470 miles per hour
04:24that's fast Nolan but what does that have to oh no Nolan
04:30oh yes Nolan
04:34oh no Nolan
04:42we made it look there's a cat trapped up there
04:47oh no Nolan we gotta do something
04:50okay I got an idea better gear up mom
05:06where did all this stuff come from fire trucks have many compartments for firefighter store their protective gear
05:14tools freezing apparatus hose and ladder wow I didn't know fire trucks could fit all that
05:22fire trucks need to be roomy enough to carry all the equipment and tools a firefighter might need in an
05:29emergency like this
05:31but we need to hurry mom
05:33hurry is right firefighters are trained to get geared up and ready within two minutes that includes all of their
05:40gear which can weigh from 80 to 120 pounds of equipment
05:45okay Nolan I'm ready
05:47okay Nolan I'm ready so what's the plan
05:49well
05:51uh oh here we go again
06:02what's the plan
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06:22included ladders sirens water containers pumps and hoses but back then firefighters would stand on
06:33the sides of the fire engine on running boards holding tightly to the side of the truck as the
06:38vehicle drove but before combustible engines fire brigades had horse-drawn carriages to carry their
06:44gear and the first fire brigade actually dates back to 6 AD in ancient Greece hey wait Nolan it's
06:53working I'm not as scared reciting these facts really helps great job mom now let's save that
07:01kick you got it bud got you
07:39great job mom but this isn't over yet right Nolan now let's put out that fire now it's my turn
07:53okay fire you just got hit by the jump
07:58fire truck hoses are designed to deliver water at high pressures typically ranging
08:03from 100 to 300 pounds per square inch or more this allows firefighters to deliver a large volume
08:12of water to the fire quickly and efficiently helping to extinguish the flames and cool the
08:18surrounding area to prevent the fire from spreading do you think I have enough water
08:25water to put this fire out Nolan sure thing mom water tanks can range in some from several hundred
08:32to several thousand gallons depending on the truck size we did it we put the fire out yes great job
08:44mom
08:45you're a fantastic firefighter thanks Nolan hey mom got time for one more firefighting fact I guess but it's
08:53really time to wrap it up did you know that when fighting fire a fine mist is better than a
09:00stream of
09:00water when it comes to putting out some fires yes that's because the water disperses much more not
09:07just suffocating the fire but cooling it down and cooling it down over a much faster area than just a
09:14straight stream could ever do
09:16uh
09:21what
09:25mom you just got hit by the junk truck Nolan
09:31yikes
09:32you
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