r/Firefighting • u/Exciting-Swordfish65 • Jan 23 '25

Videos Somebody get this kid a job

He’s so calm the whole time

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u/SpicyRockConnoisseur Jan 23 '25

If this happened in Boston they would’ve had 13 guys on the roof venting

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u/danieljamesgillen Jan 24 '25

I love the American firefighting videos. Seems when a house is on fire you guys first priority is getting as much oxygen into the fire as possible. Making giant holes in the roof. Smashing every window you can from out side. Kicking the doors in. Honestly sometimes seems the fire does less damage than the fire department

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u/LJD_c90T Jan 25 '25

Roof venting has its advantages, in a fully involved large structure fire. The heat, smoke and gasses then have somewhere to go, otherwise they’ll spread laterally and engulf more and more of the building. It is still 100% an American thing though, I’m a Firefighter in New Zealand and it’s very much unheard of here.

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u/John_Of_Keats Jan 25 '25

Yeah I am pretty sure it's an American thing exclusively. The rest of the world just puts water on the fire ASAP. Americans seem to spend half their time/manpower putting holes in the building.