A firefighter's daughter has recreated what it is like for her dad to be called out on 'a shout' in a sequel to a lockdown video that went viral.<br /><br />Darcey Cook, now six, was filmed running around the family’s back garden in a little firefighter’s outfit in April 2020.<br /><br />In the footage, she uses a garden hose to tackle a blaze drawn in chalk on the fence, much to the amusement of her parents Jamie Cook, 34, and Becky Cook, 32.<br /><br />But a sequel video released by her family last week, captures Darcey flying into 999 action mode once more - this time at her local fire station.<br /><br />When her firefighter’s bleeper alerts her to a ‘shout’, she runs to the station, slips into firefighter gear, ‘drives’ a fire engine and saves the day with a hose.<br /><br />Jamie, who directed the new film, says he still cannot believe how big the original video became after it amassed millions of views.<br /><br />Jamie, from Whittlesey, Peterborough, Cambs, said: "We didn’t expect it: we were just putting it out there for people to enjoy - and it just went crazy.”<br /><br />The dad-of-two explained that the only reason they shot the video was to alleviate the monotony of Covid restrictions.<br /><br />But within weeks, the 2020 video had exploded, and the family were being bombarded by media outlets from all over the world.<br /><br />Jamie said: “It was lockdown, at the point when people weren’t allowed out anywhere and kids were bored. Plus it was really hot weather.<br /><br />“Fox News picked up the story and put it all over their Instagram.<br /><br />“For all of it to come out of a little kid in the back garden playing with her firefighting stuff was pretty crazy."<br /><br />Now, Darcey is starring in a souped-up version of the original video made in 2020.<br /><br />It is filmed at Whittlesey Fire Station, where Jamie is regularly stationed, and involves her responding to a 'shout'.<br /><br />The schoolgirl then hops into a fire engine, garbs her hose pipe and saves the day. <br /><br />Jamie, who joined the fire service shortly after Darcey was born, said the inspiration for filming the second video was straightforward.<br /><br />He said: “She was getting a bit too big for her little outfit so we went ‘Ah, let’s maybe do one more video’ while she can still fit in it.<br /><br />“So we just decided to re-enact it - but make it a bit better.”<br /><br />The sentimental father says he is not bothered about whether or not the video becomes a worldwide sensation like the previous one.<br /><br />Jamie added: “I’m not trying to get it to go viral - it’s more just for me.<br /><br />"Darcey basically lives at the station with me.<br /><br />“Every time we have a charity car wash, she’s always out there in her little firefighting gear washing cars.<br /><br />“She’s adamant that she wants to ride on a big red lorry and put out fires.<br /><br />"And if one day we end up riding on the same fire engine together then that would be pretty cool.”
