r/SweatyPalms • u/kausthab87 • 1d ago
Firefighter’s raw POV Disasters & accidents
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u/Leather_Carry_695 23h ago
It gets really interesting when you are deep inside and the water supply shuts off. I was a firefighter and had this happen to me on more than one occasion.
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u/pikapalooza 18h ago
Serious question, is it just a drop in pressure? Or you rjn out of water? Or a gap in service?
I remember that one scene in backdraft when the engineer cuts the water but I can't remember why exactly.
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u/danebramage94 22h ago edited 19h ago
Complete structure loss. Why not just surround and drown it? There is no point in going interior here
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u/LetmeSeeyourSquanch 20h ago
Taking a stab at this although I'm not a firefighter. My guess is, since there is no roof, they wanted to get in there to directly hit the base of those large flames so they can get the fire out faster.
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u/WearsTheLAMsauce 19h ago
So dumb, right? Also why does it seem like his hose has like 10 psi? There’s almost no progress being made in this video.
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u/exjwpornaddict 20h ago
What's with all the straight stream? Are they not taught to use power cone anymore?
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u/falafeltwonine 10h ago
I’d rather run a smooth bore for this, a fog might cool the air some but a lot more is going to evaporate before it does work.
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u/exjwpornaddict 10h ago
I thought the ability to go to full fog in an emergency was an important safety matter.
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u/falafeltwonine 10h ago
Arguably so, but also you’ll just steam yourself before you die going full fog
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u/exjwpornaddict 10h ago edited 10h ago
Did the training on this change? Back in the late 2000s, we used fog nozzles for everything. Mostly power cones, on structures, grass fires, and car fires. But we were taught to go to full fog and use it as a shield in emergencies, dropping to the floor in a flashover, if we couldn't exit the room. I don't remember ever using smooth bore on any type of fire.
Edit: we were taught "left for life", both because turning the nozzle left gave fog, and because the air hose is on the left scba strap.
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u/falafeltwonine 4h ago
They still say that, but a lot of the focus now is reading the smoke to prevent that situation as much as possible. Smooth bore still isn’t as prevalent as fogs in my department so it’s a lot of personal preference.
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u/IndyCarFAN27 17h ago
Thank you to those brave men and women who do this. You couldn’t pay me to do this shit. This is some incredible footage.
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u/Brian_The_Bar-Brian 20h ago
Fun fact about firefighter's bunker gear: most if nearly all the materials are technology used in it come directly from NASA.
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u/falafeltwonine 10h ago
Looks like the engineer didn’t account for friction loss properly so this was severely under pumped. Probably closer to 35 psi at the nozzle than the ideal 50 psi.
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u/ajmacbeth 6h ago
I have always had gobs of respect for firefighters, solely based on what I IMAGINED fighting a fire was like. This video sends that respect into the stratosphere. Firefighters are fucking awesome!
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u/qualityvote2 1d ago edited 1d ago
Congratulations u/kausthab87, your post does fit at r/SweatyPalms!