4K Slow Motion Backdraft

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Published 2019-04-03
Gav and Dan film one of the most dangerous occurrences in a firefighter's occupation in terrifying 4K slow motion.

All Comments (21)
  • You see the mustache on the one lighting the fire? That's how you really know he's a professional firefighter
  • As a Firefighter I want to say thanks for the awesome footage. Many of us in the profession know what a backdraft is and how to avoid it. However; I personally never seen one with this much details.
  • @LNC4P
    "If a plane flies through smoke, does it drop?" 6:02 Yes, it does. I am a pilot and I have flown over a smoke stack of an industrial complex, about 500ft above the stack. The plane didnt "drop" or fall out of the sky but what was experienced was severe turbulence. The rising heat and density change of the air made the plane shake violently for a split second. Thanks for the video.
  • @WorldisOne
    Fun fact - You finally clicked this after years of recommendation
  • @mikehsu9563
    loves how he just casually pulls a box of eggs out of his pocket
  • @gordonhaire9206
    I experienced a backdraft at a house fire in 1965 when I was a firefighter. I kicked the front door open, saw super heated gases glowing and swirling on the ceiling. The house sucked air in. I could feel and hear the air rushing in past me. I turned to leap off the porch, but was blown off. I escaped unscathed.
  • @neatt3815
    I'm impressed that the little camera inside lasted for so long. 500C+ is some serious heat 😲
  • It's amazing how some mustaches grow a professional firefighter in the course of their lifespan
  • @megoingfast
    Much respect to my fire fighter buddies who deal with this to save people's homes and lives.
  • I am currently studying to become a firefighter myself in Sweden, we illustrated this test aswell and had quite a few opportunities to experience this on site. Very beautiful in a controlled environment!
  • @general5104
    I was in volunteer fire & Rescue for 21 years and, lucky to say, I was never caught in a BackDraft situation...Thank God !!! I helped put a lot of fire out and rescued quite a few people from certain death situations. That long ago and I still feel the blessings from those episodes.
  • @airbornebovine
    It really shows how dangerous this phenomenon is that trained firefighters giving a demonstration of a backdraft can still be caught off-guard by it happening.
  • @bspringer
    "It's only fireproof, until it's not" - Gavin Free, 2019
  • @fyerfyter339
    The “controlled” (opening of the top door) aspect of this demo is most often replaced by a window breaking. So a completely uncontrolled event occurs. We’re trained from early on the signs and details which could lead up to a backdraft so tragedy is avoided.
  • @cvince2862
    I was a full time Fireman for 30 years, an indication that a backdraft is imminent, is to look for 'pulsing' of the smoke coming out of the building, just about visible in these scenarios although not very clear at all. I was once doing 'flashover' training and actually inside a container on fire just like this, after we extinguished the fire, I looked at the temperature recording equipment, it showed 520 degrees celsius at head height, we were lower than a snakes belly putting it out!
  • I know a firefighter who was caught in a backdraft. He was fully equiped. His left ear was melted to his gear. His nickname was lucky. He was
  • @jaybugo
    Can we all just appreciate how good his freakn reflexes were to pan almost immediately?? 6:08
  • @LowLifeDust
    This series is one of the BEST things to come of YouTube Originals.
  • @jcasa12
    what makes it so dangerous is the long pause, where you think nothing is going to happen, you walk towards the fire, then it suddenly explodes.