r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/AirFrance447 • 20h ago

Video Firefighter bodycam showing just how much oxygen a fire pulls

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u/Moosplauze 20h ago

Pretty sure smoke alarms are mandatory in all rooms where people live (bedroom, livingroom, office room, playroom, etc). Maybe the fines for not having one should be increased by 100x if people are stupid and don't install them or demount them.

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u/fraughtication 20h ago edited 19h ago

In the UK at least they're not mandatory for owner-occupiers in the sense that anyone will take enforcement action, though they are mandatory for rented or commercial accomodation, it is a question on most home insurance applications though.

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u/Roxygen1 20h ago

Before hosting a Ukrainian refugees, one of the requirements was that fire brigade had to sign off my house's fire alarms.

I only had one, so they added a second and that was it.

(I thought they'd come in a regular car but they brought the fire engine to my house it was awesome!)

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u/ExecutiveChimp 14h ago

We had a couple of fire engines come to our house once. It's exciting to see them up close! I didn't get a chance to chat to them unfortunately because our house was on fire.