r/Firefighting • u/karazykid Karazy TX FF • Nov 03 '13

ANNOUNCING: THE OFFICIAL WEEKLY VIDEO DISCUSSION THREAD! (Good title pending) WEEK 1

I am starting up a weekly thread where I will post a video (hopefully every sunday) and everyone will get the opportunity to discuss what went wrong, and what went right, what they would change etc etc.

I will leave it at the top of /r/firefighting for a little while but it will also be posted to the sidebar of the sub.

For this week here is a video of a truck heading to a call, and well just watch and discuss- click here! When the video messes up, just skip to 2:16

Also, do you have a video you would like to submit for the disccusion? Send it to me /u/karazykid, or message the mods! A decent title idea would be nice too.

Stick to the rules, keep your posts civil, it's just a discussion thread to help explain different things, and to help others discuss different scenarios.

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u/randino41 FF/ EMT Nov 04 '13

In my experience, I have never seen anything good come out of a bunch of guys from different locals and sometimes countries discussing videos. It almost always ends in a useless argument. We should save that for statter911 and youtube and just continue to help each other out like we have been.

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u/[deleted] Nov 04 '13

How about you stop criticizing people for trying new things to improve this sub?

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u/randino41 FF/ EMT Nov 04 '13

That was my opinion based on my experience with firefighting videos. I actually love watching them just hate reading the comments. Take yourself for example, instead of telling the OP that what he is doing is a great idea, you come after me. So basically, instead of voicing your opinion and walking away, you commented against someone that had a different opinion than you. Then here I come to "defend" myself just prolonging the issue. I will probably watch every video posted. I just hate seeing people argue over something they could never change.

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u/MikeDz NY Vol probie FF Nov 08 '13

I value your opinion and don't know why you got downvoted. I personally think this is a good idea for the sub. It invites some activity and not all of these videos will be about driving to the scene. I think this is a great way to help newbies, like me, to understand what's going on, why this happened, and what I should take away from it.

Most of the guys here know that this is more for pointing out possible hazards and informing the rest of the sub about what to do instead, rather than debating into oblivion like YouTube frequently showcases. I think we'll be okay since this is OUR subject area; a lot of youtube commenters don't know what we FF's are educated about (and a lot of the time they have their head up their ass!)