r/Firefighting • u/AffableEffable • May 17 '25

Ask A Firefighter Is This Retired Firefighter's Claim About Putting Out a Car Fire Correct?

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Hi, I ran into this discussion on twitter, and most people in the comments were really mad at the ELBainter person (who claims to be a retired firefighter). I know absolutely nothing about any of this, so I was curious: are they right and the people there are just stupid, the opposite, or something in between?

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u/LJD_c90T May 17 '25

Yeah, no reason to get close to that car, unless someone is still in it and needs saving. In my department we have a saying (may be also used by other dept’s): We WILL take risk to save saveable lives, We MAY take some risk to save saveable property, We WILL NOT take ANY risk to save lives or property that are already obviously lost.