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+Riftsrunner _ Considering the chemistry teachers I had I'm not surprised I didn't know this. I think I did somewhere in the vicinity of 6 years of chemistry, 4 in school and 2 in high school, and all I recall was that our chemistry teachers shouldn't have been teachers. That and the fact I finished high school 7 years ago, meaning I haven't had any reason to use chemistry for the past 9 years now..

Yes, it is basic chemistry. CO would rather be CO2 because it is much more stable and less reactive. CO is formed in an oxygen poor enviroment, thus the simulator shows what happens when a fresh source of O2 is introduced (I always loved the blue spectrum flames that are produce by this reaction which I believe is only surpassed by a copper's blue-green reaction). And fire is just a very visible, very fast, oxidation reaction.

Oke thank you for the info man !

yes, more or less. backdrafts are rare. The conditions need to be almost perfect. Most of the time, the fire has enough air to breathe until firemen get to it or it ends up venting itself through a window or roof. There are a number of signs to look for to detect if a room may backdraft on you but a lot of the time it's overlooked due to tunnel vision or just not paying enough attention because they're so rare. However, If a backdraft is suspected, its paramount that you first vent the room slowly by cutting holes in the roof above it to release those hot gases without igniting them into a backdraft

Oke so if you go in to a burning house you need a other ventilation for the fire ?

+Paul Beumer A backdraft occurs when a fire is starved of oxygen, leaving all the pent up super heated gas and fuel to sit there stagnant, waiting for a breath of fresh air to feed it. Once it does get that fresh air, it explodes out, often in a violent and turbulent manner and can do some serous injury of you're caught in its path. It's like if you hold your breath. The longer you hold it in, the more violent the inhale when you finally breathe in. A backdraft is simlar. That one fireman on the ladder is lucky to be alive because he happened to be in the middle between the window and door so he missed the surge of super heated gas and fire exploding out onto his face. I'm not really sure why he was venting without an air pack. That's just dumb. Probie school 101 stuff

God bless him.

+WhitewithBlue there were plenty of things they did wrong. venting without even an air pack on? That's probie school 101 stuff. A lot of times these major metropolitan fire dept's get lax in their operations and this video proves that. Imagine if they guy was in the window still knocking out the window when that backdraft occured. He's have his face burned off

+mattaddison19 Yeah.  That's true 

Firefighters are trained to know and prevent backdrafts, clearly one of them did something they were not supposed to do.

I just got back from the store with my wife, we picked up a couple items, she bought some tampons, its almost that time of the month..... ok ok ok what im trying to get at is, is that I would be more than happy and im sure my wife wouldnt mind either if we can hand out some tampons to you I hate paid guys or I hate volunteers. I mean come on guys get real, man up. Im a TICK I got the lights in my ride to prove it LMAO Instead of sitting here debating weather or not this video is bad for

@p2brams Pretty sure we drive the same trucks, use the same equipment, have the same training aswell as go on the same calls..i have completed FF1 and 2, have my EMT- I. the only difference is you are full time on a dept..im not one of those FFs that thinks one is better over the other...we do a job and are thankful we can go home at night safely to our family. its peopke like you and that attitude that keeps this fued going..i for one will never go down that road.

@lizard389 Hey now. Not everyone in the IAFF has something against volunteers. As a member of the IAFF AND a volunteer i work for a combination and a volunteer department, and there are some excellent volunteers that do this as a hobby, there are also some JVJO's that don't have a clue, but for the most part, our volunteers know whats going on. don't start pointing fingers saying that everyone in the IAFF hates volleys, thats just perpetuating the Paid vs. Vol fued.

@p2brams Pretty sure we drive the same trucks, use the same equipment, have the same training aswell as go on the same calls..i have completed FF1 and 2, have my EMT- I. the only difference is you are full time on a dept..im not one of those FFs that thinks one is better over the other...we do a job and are thankful we can go home at night safely to our family. its peopke like you and that attitude that keeps this fued going..i for one will never go down that road.

they are going to lose the fight 10 times out of 10 versus a full time department that can get to the scene in 3-5 mins. Anybody that has been a part of the volunteer route knows i'm being pretty generous with 15 minutes too. Winter time, forget about it, just bring marshmallows, not a hose. Its no discredit to the guys. Its the system. Period. Those guys are crazy smart.

ummmmmm im sorry but its a perfect reflection of many volunteers. How many HONESTLY how many of you went up in a bar and the first words out of your mouth were " soooooo yeah im Fireman" Everyone does it, my boy was doing it the other night, and yes hes a retard. Look put shit aside become a team work as a team volunteer or paid, or whatever..... Fireman Higgins

awesome love it lol. and to all the union jerks we vollies do the same job and some times we lose some but we win some too, and how many fires do the paid guys lose when the fires right next door ALOT !!! and i'm not saying all union fire fighters are jerks but the jerks know who they are.

Hey lizard go suck on an anaconda u prick. Put a blue light up ur ass or whatever you fucking enjoy. Fucking scab telling union guys to suck it. Hahaha it's fucking hilarious. IAFF pride.

Pretty sure we drive the same trucks, same equipment....blah blah blah. Lighten up Vollie, it's a comedy series. Man are you guys sensitive......

Im a volunteer ff. Im the guy who drives the fire truck. I love the show. keep up the good work. Hope you make prime time

Am I supposed to tip you???? HAHAHAHHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!! if you want to slip us a little for lunch??? HAHAHHAHA!!!!!!

I cannot believe how EFFING TRUE this is. I've been there and now work with them and every inch of this show is real!

lmao I am a career fireman in a combination department. and this is true to life for some of the retarded volunteers.

Lizard, a parody that does pretty well at showing how some Tick (Volunteer) Companies are. So suck the IAFF!!!

I like how he can't even keep a straight face when the second guy comes up behind him half on the sidewalk haha

So funny and of course if takes place in NH. Go figure VFD all the glory and nothing but on the job training.

Very funny first episode, can't wait to see more!! Keep it up. Great to see some locals in the video as well.

Uh Hello Juston is a Comedian not a Firefighter!!! Lighten up Francis!!! Good work Juston keep them coming!!!

@rdschmuckalooski there always has to be one asshole...just enjoy the comedy moron and stop criticsizing

@SeamusMcHaggis I know. He must have had a lap band done or something. Just a few years ago he was 300+

pretty funny but definitely does NOT represent the volunteer fire service as a whole. mildly insulted

@lizard389 Remember we are all Fire fighters wether Volunteer or paid we all are in the same job..

What did Lenny do with all the cholesterol in his body? It's disturbing to see him this thin.

@MrProfire Um...if you look i was replying to someone else...and i love this show..

"Save it for the parade." LMAO! Great stuff..can't wait for the next episodes!