can you? 

Well I'm not a fire fighter so getting the damn fire truck in the first place would be pretty damn hard

 

Also wouldn't they just need to empty the water tanks in it, then have all the water from the flood go into there or something so it lowers the water level, thus the impression of a floating Fire Engine 

But I dunno

I don't think the windshield wipers were helping him much.

I don't think the windshield wipers were helping him much.

 hahaha no i also said that when watching the video! :)

Wtf ?

Why does this engine work underwater ?

If it were a tank i could unterstand it but a firetruck ?

It probably has a snorkel attached to it somewhere.

Edited October 6, 201411 yr by 1ian20

Hold my beer.

It probably has a snorkel attacked to it somewhere.

hahah! :)

It probably has a snorkel attached to it somewhere.

 

...strange. I can't see it anywhere. That was the main thing that baffled me the most; "How is that thing still moving?! Where's the intake???"

They should have something like this

So.... I think i might look into buying a fire truck now...

OK from what I got from the markings on the fire truck and road signs, (and the fact that is driving on the left) I found out the it is a 'Country Fire Authority' truck, which is based in Victoria Australia. Yet another strange thing about our country, our firetrucks can drive under water.

 

 

Edited October 21, 201411 yr by 0taku

Aha, I can see the snorkel now. It's on the right side of the truck, you can see it if you pause at the right moment, just after 56 seconds.

Those firefighters must be soaking wet! The driver has to open his door at the end to empty the cabin. That must suck.

It's not unusual for rural Australian fire-trucks to be fitted with snorkels. This country throws whatever it has at you so you've got to be prepared. I'm not sure I'd want to drive into a massive puddle that deep but hey, that's what those snorkels were designed to do.