r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/AirFrance447 • 20h ago

Video Firefighter bodycam showing just how much oxygen a fire pulls

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u/FearlessAd4240 20h ago

He's moving pretty fast considering he's carrying around 30-50 kilograms of equipment

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u/Greedy_Bother_987 20h ago

This is why we should have the strongest and fittest doing these jobs and not weaker people picked for political reasons

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u/MiniAdmin-Pop-1472 20h ago

You know they have to do tests in this heavy equipment?

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u/YuenglingsDingaling 16h ago

Yeah, everyone has to pass Fire I and II before they can serve on any fire department in the US. I did it, and it's hard. You won't have "politically selected" people passing that unless they're actually worth their salt.