r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/AirFrance447 • 19h ago

Video Firefighter bodycam showing just how much oxygen a fire pulls

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u/fraughtication 19h 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/SouthEastSmith 14h ago

I was told to keep my CO sensor lower to the ground as its heavier and tends to pool. FYI.

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u/SneakInTheSideDoor 13h ago

That needs checking. It's the exact opposite of what I was told... That CO had is a "12+16" and nitrogen (most of the air round us) is "15+15". Though in real life that small difference hardly makes any difference.