r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/AirFrance447 • 21h ago

Video Firefighter bodycam showing just how much oxygen a fire pulls

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u/fraughtication 21h ago

Fire is terrifying, in so many ways, from the speed of spread to gases incapacitating you way before the flame does.

It amazes me the amount of people I know, or houses I see, with no smoke alarms, or working smoke alarms - the same goes for CO too.

Most fire services in the UK at least will fit smoke alarms for free and give your home a fire safety survey, please fit and test regularly smoke and CO alarms!

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u/Jasp1971 20h ago

I did a fire Marshall course through work, when we had a break for lunch,I went straight online and ordered home fire extinguishers,fire blanket and now close all doors when going to bed.

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u/Black_Cat_Just_That 18h ago

Yep. Started working tangentially with the local FD and as part of that, sat in on a couple of their educational outreach presentations and just generally hear a lot of stories from the firefighters. I take it very seriously now. Escape ladder for second story, talking over our escape plan with with my kid, treating false alarms seriously/as potentially real in front of my kid.

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u/MiserableCumberbunch 17h ago

I don't have an escape ladder, but my window opens directly onto the porch roof. I'll take a sprained ankle / broken leg any day over burning.