Comments by "Module 79L" (@module79l28) on "American Reacts to Various Emergency Vehicles u0026 Tow trucks in Portugal" video.
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1:33 - The water you see here is the Tagus River estuary, not very far from its mouth. The open area is called Commerce Square. Before the 1755 earthquake it was the place where spices, tea, slaves and all sorts of products coming from far away places were traded. After the reconstruction of the city it was modernised and all those yellow buildings surrounding it housed some of the government's ministeries. Nowadays they have trendy, touristy shops.
2:05 - This ambulance belongs to the National Institute of Medical Emergency (INEM in Portuguese), a branch of the Health Ministry dedicated to emergency transportation of sick or injured people. They're usually the first responders in emergency scenarios.
2:28 - The red ambulances belong to the Fire Departments, in this case the Ajuda FD (Ajuda is one of Lisbon's neighbourhoods).
6:13 -That's a Yamaha XJ 900. 🙂
6:48 - The INEM station wagon following the ambulance is called Resuscitation and Emercency Medical Vehicle (VMER in Portuguese) and its purpose is to quickly carry a medical team to the location where the patient is, for 1st aid, CPR or to stabilise the patient before the ambulance arrives.
7:10 - That's a tow truck from the Municipal Police, not the normal tow truck used for vehicle recovery (which are flat bed trucks here in Portugal). 😉
There's another channel called rescue911.eu that has compilations of videos with lots of different emergency vehicles filmed in the Porto area. They're around 5 mins long, so no need to skip around. 🙂
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