r/TheRandomest • u/ABeerForSasquatch Mod/Pwner • 2d ago

No people were harmed in this video A backdraft up close

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u/Tutitutitutituti 2d ago

That’s a flashover, not a backdraft.

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u/Sesemebun 1d ago

When I got my STCW we did mock firefighting in this ship made of conex containers, and they did a controlled flashover. Was fun to be under the flames. At least since it wasnt real

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u/SeamanStayns 1h ago

Man those courses are always so fun. Have you done your advanced fire yet? Part of mine was in a literal concrete bunker, it's insane how hot it gets when you're in a well insulated underground chamber rather than a bunch of shipping containers welded together

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u/EikonVera_tou_Lilith 2d ago

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u/Moistcowparts69 1d ago

Could this have less pixels?

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u/Extreme-Island-5041 1d ago

Two or three less pixels and it could pass as RF modulation

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u/SeamanStayns 1h ago

Sure, here you go

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u/spiffyswenson 2d ago

Backdraft, Flashover, don’t matter Id be gone seeing that smoke!

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u/Few-Mood6580 2d ago

Backdraft is a wee bit more..explosive?

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u/ItsALuigiYes GIF/meme prodigy 2d ago

Spectators:

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u/entoaggie 2d ago

I have to assume this was training? Or do firefighters often record things when actively fighting a fire? And they all seemed to brace themselves because they knew it was coming.

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u/Ok_Adeptness_444 2d ago

Flashover simulator. The fire is real, but it’s in a semi controlled environment to teach the warning signs of an eminent flashover.

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u/VagabondVivant 2d ago

Without any sense of scale at the start, the forced perspective made those two firefighters look tiny

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u/AdmiralSplinter 1d ago

Me: "Woah, what does that sound like?! Oh...shitty music, i guess"