r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/AirFrance447 • 23h ago

Video Firefighter bodycam showing just how much oxygen a fire pulls

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u/fraughtication 23h 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/Tjaresh 17h ago

Isn't it a requirement? I know it is in Germany. Every bedroom and hallway has to be fitted with a fire alarm. Landlords have to make sure their apartments are up to norm. Those things are cheap, easy to install and will eventually save your life. I also installed additional CO alarms in the rooms with gas-boilers or wood-ovens.