4K Slow Motion Backdraft
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Published 2019-04-03
All Comments (21)
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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.
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You see the mustache on the one lighting the fire? That's how you really know he's a professional firefighter
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"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.
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Fun fact - You finally clicked this after years of recommendation
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This is why I respect firefighters This looks so dangerous and awesome
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loves how he just casually pulls a box of eggs out of his pocket
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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.
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I'm impressed that the little camera inside lasted for so long. 500C+ is some serious heat š²
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It's amazing how some mustaches grow a professional firefighter in the course of their lifespan
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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.
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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!
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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.
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Much respect to my fire fighter buddies who deal with this to save people's homes and lives.
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"It's only fireproof, until it's not" - Gavin Free, 2019
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The ācontrolledā (opening of the top door) aspect of this demo is most often replaced by a window breaking. So a completely uncontrolled event occurs. Weāre trained from early on the signs and details which could lead up to a backdraft so tragedy is avoided.
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This is easily one of the most beautiful segments you've filmed. The roiling clouds and explosive ignition are awe inspiring.
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Can we all just appreciate how good his freakn reflexes were to pan almost immediately?? 6:08
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āItās only fireproof till itās notā Best quote of 2019
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This series is one of the BEST things to come of YouTube Originals.
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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!
