As a Firefighter I want to say thanks for the awesome footage. Many of us in the profession know what a backdraft is and how to avoid it. However; I personally never seen one with this much details.
Thanks for your service. I just run out of burning buildings (far too often for my liking to be honest) but it takes a special type of awesome dysfunction to run into one!
"If a plane flies through smoke, does it drop?" 6:02 Yes, it does. I am a pilot and I have flown over a smoke stack of an industrial complex, about 500ft above the stack. The plane didnt "drop" or fall out of the sky but what was experienced was severe turbulence. The rising heat and density change of the air made the plane shake violently for a split second. Thanks for the video.
I experienced a backdraft at a house fire in 1965 when I was a firefighter. I kicked the front door open, saw super heated gases glowing and swirling on the ceiling. The house sucked air in. I could feel and hear the air rushing in past me. I turned to leap off the porch, but was blown off. I escaped unscathed.
I can't bear the responsibility of being a firefighter but these people deserve my respect, especially when they're fighting fires that were deliberately caused by arsonists. Real heroes don't wear capes, they're clad in fire retardant suits and masks.
I think they do it to prove they really know how to deal with fire and never get them set on fire. A bit like dothraki braids, except it requires no manual enforcement
@@michaelcaplin8969 thanks, dude, at first I was more into writing a generalistic comment about how every Firefighter has a mustache but as I went to the commentsection myself, I realized people are very much aware of that so it was time for me to question reality.
@@olafbellefroid3393 I'm glad you did some recon and decided to opt for a different route. Otherwise, this wouldn't have existed. And to be honest, your comment makes the world a better place - for everyone!
It really shows how dangerous this phenomenon is that trained firefighters giving a demonstration of a backdraft can still be caught off-guard by it happening.
A true firefighter would have know to be a good distance away from a specific fire but the way that this structure was built they knew what sense of direction is was going to go the small hole in the fro t wall was only so small that it wouldn’t grow width I’d that makes sense but yeah he could have stood farther but cmon when you have slo motion cameras it just looks so much better
@@emon2689 Not an idiot, just inexperienced, probably a rookie. This is why they do training. I guarantee that he won’t ever forget what he learned there.
I was in volunteer fire & Rescue for 21 years and, lucky to say, I was never caught in a BackDraft situation...Thank God !!! I helped put a lot of fire out and rescued quite a few people from certain death situations. That long ago and I still feel the blessings from those episodes.
I am currently studying to become a firefighter myself in Sweden, we illustrated this test aswell and had quite a few opportunities to experience this on site. Very beautiful in a controlled environment!
I imagine firefighters probably bust out as many windows as they can before going in, so that it's already happened and the the risk is lower. Scary just knowing it can happen.
The “controlled” (opening of the top door) aspect of this demo is most often replaced by a window breaking. So a completely uncontrolled event occurs. We’re trained from early on the signs and details which could lead up to a backdraft so tragedy is avoided.
@@dreed100 The word "material" implies a solid. Solid water is hardly fireproof and you would be hard put to build anything from helium. However, water is not fireproof. Putting out a magnesium fire with water is a huge mistake as the magnesium will break the water molecules apart and use the oxygen to keep burning. That leaves the hydrogen behind which also burns. Similarly, putting out a sodium fire with water is also very entertaining. As long as you view it from a sufficient distance and not from the end of a hoseline!
@@johns7734 And then we have fluorine fires which will make almost anything flammable, including things that aren't flammable in an oxygen atmosphere like a block of iron. And then ClF3 takes it past 11 and up to 20 and I'm reasonably sure can react to anything short of N2 or noble gasses.
I was a full time Fireman for 30 years, an indication that a backdraft is imminent, is to look for 'pulsing' of the smoke coming out of the building, just about visible in these scenarios although not very clear at all. I was once doing 'flashover' training and actually inside a container on fire just like this, after we extinguished the fire, I looked at the temperature recording equipment, it showed 520 degrees celsius at head height, we were lower than a snakes belly putting it out!
@@gordonhaire9206 I presume you are in the USA? In Britain we were FIREMEN. I have the documentation to prove that 46 years ago I joined as, and was titled and referred to, as a FIREMAN, don't be so quick to assume that the USA rules the world on job titles. Incidentally, in Britain our title only changed to the rather odious 'firefighter' after women were allowed to apply!
I along with so many others have had a flashover, not a backdraught, pass completely over my head to curl down the wall behind me. Your friend is your PPE and your hose. You MUST keep the water on. Drop the hose and try to exit and you probably won't make it without serious injury. All you can do it keep cooling the air until the gases have burnt off. It is terrifying the first time and not much better in subsequent events. The lazy orange flame covering the ceiling is quite spectacular. Prior to the issue of flashoods and Nomex gloves to us in the 80's hand and facial burns, especially the ears, were very common. Even with the hoods and gloves you would still boil in your own sweat and suffer heat syncope. We lost a young guy from one of my old stations in Greater Manchester after he suffered debilitating heat syncope and dropped on his way out. Absolutely tragic, a fire started by two young girls messing about burning brochures outside and pushing them under an external door to a hair dressers. Fire can be quite beautiful especially filmed in slow motion but we obviously never forget just how deadly that beauty can be. Thank you for demonstrating the dangers we face.
This is the first time I have ever heard of this channel or got recommended something like this. I have to give you props on the filming and editing part of this video. I have never seen something like this before in my almost 26 years of life and it is very educational.
Here in the US, we are big fans of Hickory wood flavor in our food. I worked at one of only two locations that made a product called "Liquid Smoke". I was a furnace operator there burning 8 tons of hickory chips in an 8-hour shift. Basically keeping the furnace right at 5 to 15 seconds away from a backdraft event. Looking back, I guess I was a bit of an expert/fire teaser at creating the perfect environment for backdrafts, without letting it actually have one occur. We had a very tall smokestack with metal walls inside over each furnace. Suspended inside were racks of wires hanging from top to bottom of the stack. Wires were connected to antique X-Ray machines which created a very high electrical field between the wires in the stack. Smoke gets thick enough and the electrical discharge made the smoke attract to the walls as an oily, resin-like deposit. Gravity and heat collected this Liquid Smoke at the bottom of the stack and then when my barrel got full I would pump it out to an above-ground storage tank for processing at another facility to make the food flavorings and extracts. Our wall phone, opposite the furnaces, was a frequent victim of the backdrafts. Even though it was 20 to 30 feet away, Salvador Dali would have used that melted thing in his artwork without hesitation! When the furnace DID belch fire from a backdraft, your best choice was to just fall back and let it go over you. Quite a sight to see, and an attention-getter there mates! Between the flames, smoke, and high voltage electricity, it was a very dynamic job experience, to say the least!
SEE, the first one is Exactly why they are so dangerous. One more second and that guy would have gotten a face full of fire. Mad respect for the guy for being a pro and walking it off.
@@MikkelHojbak Exactly what I was thinking. They are preparing it, they know it is unpredictable and they know that it shows no signs before going. GO AROUND THE BACK MORON!!
He had to expect this to happen but he walked to the from. This is like walking infront of the barrels on a shooting range. This is begging for being crippled / killed. Idiot! "What could possibly go wrong?"
His kit is designed to withstand high temperatures, so even if he was in the centre, as long as he either fell to the ground or jumped out of the way as soon as it made contact he should have been fine.
I’m a volunteer firefighter, i actually got trapped in an attic when a backdraft occurred. I’m very lucky to be alive. It was incredible being engulfed in fire. I did suffer severe 3rd degree burns and had to have skin grafts. But the fact that I survived is amazing.
1:55 I loved how as they mention the couch is going to get cooked up they say aww and relax one more time on the seat to give it some love and enjoy it before its toast lol.
I have heard the term "backdraft" all my life and never really understood what it actually was, its rather amazing! When you think a bit about it the whole time that the fire is smoldering/little burning the materials inside the box its also creating unburnt gasses from the smoldering material and suddenly you intro oxygen and all those gasses along with everything else GOES very fast! Rather amazing to say the least! To all FIREMEN: Be Careful!!!
This happened to our department and the city fire department when they called us in to a large corncob bin fire. Two large doors where open to allow us to pour water streams into the structure. We'd been there for almost an hour when my chief ordered me to go fill somebody's air bottle. The truck with the cascade unit was just outside of the fireground as I changed the guy's air bottle. That being done, I got on the horn and asked the chief if I could set up the cascade to fill more air bottles, as this job looked like it was going to be a long, drawn out affair. He said " Yeah, go ahead Ron." As I put the empty bottle into the steel bucket to start filling it, I heard a loud, rattling, booming sound and looked up in time to see a huge plume of orange-blue flame, smoke and burning corn cobs engulfing the city's engine and everyone there in that area. I saw the top of the bin lifted up and clanged back down again, with flaming corn cobs rocketing into the air. Silence then surrounded the area, except the sound of our trucks. My first thought was " My God, they're all dead!" But then I heard one of the paid city guys call out, "Eyeee-haaaaaa!!!" Okay, time to go. Somebody's okay! I grabbed my gear and ran back in there to help pick up the pieces. In all, three of Fremont's guys had some burns and bruises, while ten of us volunteers where battered around more by the backdraft. Two had dislocated shoulders, while others suffered from bumps, bruises and some burns. A friend of mine didn't know he'd wrenched his back after everybody was transported to the hospital to be checked out. ( the adrenaline wore off!) What's spooky about it? It was Halloween, 1997. We got our Halloween scare...
@@Cookie-gw1vv It did! Believe me, it did. It put our department out of action for a couple of days until we could get the equipment we lost replaced. If you can, look up in the Fremont Tribune, (Nebraska) November 1, 1997. The fire is in there.
Fremont Rural Fire Department does have a Facebook page. Go there and ask about that fire. October 31, 1997. Fremont, Nebraska. Ask about that fire at Junior Weiser's.
The Republic of Ustio Not going to lie, that would, to help fuel our desires I recommend this picture from Operation Tumbler-Snapper where milliseconds after the bomb exploded the picture was took. THAT is what's awesome
This 'Backdraft' phenomenon reminds me of a film form the early 90's, which featured these 'Backdrafts', and the difficulty firefighters face in tackling 'Backdrafts'. I believe the film was called... "the Very Dangerous Fire".
Barnaby, well played. Now get back to making hilarious Dabchick videos, if you would be so kind. Seriously though, I actually chortled. Not just chuckled or tittered, but actually chortled.
Incredible footage. Just found your channel have liked and subscribed. Thanks for sharing I'll be exploring your channel content within the next few weeks! Thank you again for making and sharing this video. Awesome.
Backdraft: Everyone in training is told about it and how dangerous it is but no one in training sees one; because it's rarely seen and too hard to recreate. Then we get to see a firefighter who knows this show us an accident prone mindset caused by "explained" training. Did the SloMoGuys perform a public service?
Crazy, my dad was a Volunteer fireman. After watching this, a visual representation of the complete and total danger that he potentially was in in many situations. Brings new understanding to just how dangerous fire is. And how dangerous fighting fire can be. Thank you
Oh my goodness! The first firefighter that got the first blast, I hope he is okay. I remember the movie Back draft. But now I know what it means. I will keep the firefighters in my prayers. This video really opened my eyes to the dangers the firefighters face.
You guys are so good with the camera angles and the editing ithe editing it looks so incredible For some reason I keep thinking what would happen if we took this footage and brought it to someone a 100 years ago 200 or 300 to just show them the kind of stuff we can see in the detail and the shading and it's just beautiful
richb313 why do you think the fire department let them do it? I know they have a large budget now, but I can't imagine they could afford to pay the city back for all those fire fighters' time alone. The fire fighters got the better deal with free slow motion analysis. Saved them a few thousand dollars
Now i know where legends about fire-breathing dragons come from. Imagine medieval villager watching wooden house burning from inside, flames went off, then someone opens the door...
@@elbenezermirabuena7755 about the Minecraft vids one, I'm slightly confused as to where you got that? i don't watch Minecraft or play very often, I mostly watch science videos with the exception of perhaps this kind of stuff, if it makes any sense?
This is the best episode you have ever made. I knew the science behind a backdraft, but had no concept of the reality involved. The instantaneous ignition is amazing, but what really blew me away was the power of the wind. Backdrafts have been described as a "flash of fire when the air ignites" and its weird to think of air burning, however it really IS air burning, (or at least the oxygen), that is burning. You don't think about it but oxygen is extremely flammable; that's why you never smoke around anyone who is using an oxygen tank! Still, that wind, oh my oh my. Stay safe out there brothers.
5:50 I love how you can see the cool air rushing in the bottom of the doors opening as the hot smoke races out the top. Gotta love them thermodynamics!
POV: after watching this when it first came out you decided to join the fire service. Now you’re watching a few years later to remind you of good times.
Funny that the whole point was the sudden and violent explosion that they're trying to create and the fireman just walks face first up to the opening and misses the fire ball by about 8 inches. I mean dude, come on.
This serves as a great training video AND a great Slo Mo video. That was pretty impressive, the sheer power is tremendous! Can't imagine being inside at that point!
On March 30, 2019, 30 firefighters lost their lives when putting out a forest fire in Sichuan, China due to sudden changes of the wind causing explosions. R.I.P.
My father was a firefighter for most of his career and, in fact, until he retired. It is rather mad, the dangers they regularly exposed themselves to. What I would have loved to have them do with one of the backdraft bursts is have 3-5 rows of poles with little flags on them, spaced out 2 feet apart from each other, running the full length of the area where the fireball burst out then film it. It would be interesting to see the wind effect of the eruption as it goes.
Firefighters are a special breed of human. I'm humbled by their bravery and seeing this, it gives me an even greater respect for them! Incredible! Good footage. Very well done.
I appreciate the idea behind this video, Backdrafts are such terrifying things. thanks for teaching people! ^^ And they can be much faster depending on the situation and location of a fire.
As a Firefighter I want to say thanks for the awesome footage. Many of us in the profession know what a backdraft is and how to avoid it. However; I personally never seen one with this much details.
@Claudio Hernandez, respect.
I've only been on the department for about a year and I'm lucky to say I havent witnessed it either
Thanks for your service. I just run out of burning buildings (far too often for my liking to be honest) but it takes a special type of awesome dysfunction to run into one!
Shouldn't all of you know what a backdraft is?
Sam McQuillan-Gordon he literally said he knows what it is, he’s just never seen one
You see the mustache on the one lighting the fire? That's how you really know he's a professional firefighter
I have lost mine making toast, indeed that is a pro if he can keep it.
2:57
Lol
What are you talking about...that’s popeye
It's true. They are like damage indicators.
"If a plane flies through smoke, does it drop?" 6:02 Yes, it does. I am a pilot and I have flown over a smoke stack of an industrial complex, about 500ft above the stack. The plane didnt "drop" or fall out of the sky but what was experienced was severe turbulence. The rising heat and density change of the air made the plane shake violently for a split second. Thanks for the video.
I like how you say it didn’t drop out of the sky, as if their question was legitimate
Nice
Bore off - tablet
I’ve flown through wildfire smoke columns and yes, it’s turbulent.
@@jamesbizs Fall out of the air could be a way of saying stalling
I experienced a backdraft at a house fire in 1965 when I was a firefighter. I kicked the front door open, saw super heated gases glowing and swirling on the ceiling. The house sucked air in. I could feel and hear the air rushing in past me. I turned to leap off the porch, but was blown off. I escaped unscathed.
Congratulations
Bro were you on a movie set or is your life just an action movie all time?
@@LowLifeDustfirefighters
Emts and police live like they are in a movie 90% of the time
liar. pure fiction
@@LowLifeDusthe lied
This is why I respect firefighters
This looks so dangerous and awesome
In another life I want to be firefighters
I can't bear the responsibility of being a firefighter but these people deserve my respect, especially when they're fighting fires that were deliberately caused by arsonists.
Real heroes don't wear capes, they're clad in fire retardant suits and masks.
Did a fire course as part of offshore training, and it gave me a whole new respect for them.
Its you again...
I see you more often than Justin Y.
loves how he just casually pulls a box of eggs out of his pocket
lol I thought he was gonna pull out just a single egg at first
you don't carry a dozen chicken generators around in your johnny's cavern?
That's how you can tell he's not a professional firefighter
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Thats the only way i get my eggs out from now on
Fun fact - You finally clicked this after years of recommendation
No lol
Yeah 😂😂
Soooo true
No, loser
It is a couple for me
I'm impressed that the little camera inside lasted for so long. 500C+ is some serious heat 😲
A phantom is no little camera 😂
It's amazing how some mustaches grow a professional firefighter in the course of their lifespan
I think they do it to prove they really know how to deal with fire and never get them set on fire. A bit like dothraki braids, except it requires no manual enforcement
@@syferpolski4344 flew over your head mate
Dude, this is awesome! Do you see what you have done? You have created something beautiful with that comment!
@@michaelcaplin8969 thanks, dude, at first I was more into writing a generalistic comment about how every Firefighter has a mustache but as I went to the commentsection myself, I realized people are very much aware of that so it was time for me to question reality.
@@olafbellefroid3393 I'm glad you did some recon and decided to opt for a different route. Otherwise, this wouldn't have existed. And to be honest, your comment makes the world a better place - for everyone!
It really shows how dangerous this phenomenon is that trained firefighters giving a demonstration of a backdraft can still be caught off-guard by it happening.
Or that guy was an idiot and should of known to walk around the other side
A true firefighter would have know to be a good distance away from a specific fire but the way that this structure was built they knew what sense of direction is was going to go the small hole in the fro t wall was only so small that it wouldn’t grow width I’d that makes sense but yeah he could have stood farther but cmon when you have slo motion cameras it just looks so much better
That why should alway check for heat before opening a door..
@@GoogleUser-kr6se i don't think heat really matters, it's mostly if there's an other opening or not
@@emon2689 Not an idiot, just inexperienced, probably a rookie. This is why they do training. I guarantee that he won’t ever forget what he learned there.
I was in volunteer fire & Rescue for 21 years and, lucky to say, I was never caught in a BackDraft situation...Thank God !!! I helped put a lot of fire out and rescued quite a few people from certain death situations. That long ago and I still feel the blessings from those episodes.
I am currently studying to become a firefighter myself in Sweden, we illustrated this test aswell and had quite a few opportunities to experience this on site. Very beautiful in a controlled environment!
Much respect to my fire fighter buddies who deal with this to save people's homes and lives.
Here's to the people that are butthurt at people who post obvious positive statements to get likes.
I imagine firefighters probably bust out as many windows as they can before going in, so that it's already happened and the the risk is lower. Scary just knowing it can happen.
:)
@@homeslice1479 Ventilation is very important, yes, as is "ensuring proper ventilation" from a safe distance.
We're all insane, it's why we do it.
As a former firefighter this was really cool to watch. Thanks Slow Mo Guys! Your videos are very interesting and educative
This series is one of the BEST things to come of TH-cam Originals.
The “controlled” (opening of the top door) aspect of this demo is most often replaced by a window breaking. So a completely uncontrolled event occurs.
We’re trained from early on the signs and details which could lead up to a backdraft so tragedy is avoided.
"It's only fireproof, until it's not"
- Gavin Free, 2019
In fairness, it is actually a very accurate way to phrase it. Things that are "fireproof" will hit a certain point where they just burst into flames.
Bastian Springer
- Nothing is fireproof. There are only varying degrees of fire-resistant.
@@johns7734
Wonder how actually true it is..
There are materials which are technically fire proof aren't they.
Water for example?
Helium...
@@dreed100 The word "material" implies a solid. Solid water is hardly fireproof and you would be hard put to build anything from helium. However, water is not fireproof. Putting out a magnesium fire with water is a huge mistake as the magnesium will break the water molecules apart and use the oxygen to keep burning. That leaves the hydrogen behind which also burns. Similarly, putting out a sodium fire with water is also very entertaining. As long as you view it from a sufficient distance and not from the end of a hoseline!
@@johns7734 And then we have fluorine fires which will make almost anything flammable, including things that aren't flammable in an oxygen atmosphere like a block of iron. And then ClF3 takes it past 11 and up to 20 and I'm reasonably sure can react to anything short of N2 or noble gasses.
Can we all just appreciate how good his freakn reflexes were to pan almost immediately?? 6:08
He did do it professionally for a while
Gabriel Ocasio I would like a slow mo of him reacting XD
At this point his arms just go in auto mode, it's amazing
Lol 🤣😅😁
th-cam.com/video/NybL5CrWOi8/w-d-xo.html
The reflexes of a photographer
This is easily one of the most beautiful segments you've filmed. The roiling clouds and explosive ignition are awe inspiring.
what makes it so dangerous is the long pause, where you think nothing is going to happen, you walk towards the fire, then it suddenly explodes.
it's like when you have a dud firework.
"...is it gonna go?"
"idk, go touch it."
I know a firefighter who was caught in a backdraft. He was fully equiped. His left ear was melted to his gear. His nickname was lucky. He was
He was
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Thanks to the Travis County Fire and Rescue team for helping out on this!!! That's my son right there!!!
No it is my son
@@DrRence LOL!!! my son is one of the firefighters...
@@DrRence Yes, you're right, it is... Your son did an awesome job...
is he the one that was about to walk in front of that door?
@@derekphelps7881 Thanks, no, he's the intelligent one... :D
I was a full time Fireman for 30 years, an indication that a backdraft is imminent, is to look for 'pulsing' of the smoke coming out of the building, just about visible in these scenarios although not very clear at all.
I was once doing 'flashover' training and actually inside a container on fire just like this, after we extinguished the fire, I looked at the temperature recording equipment, it showed 520 degrees celsius at head height, we were lower than a snakes belly putting it out!
Olbno
No full time firefighter calls himself a "fireman." If you were a fireman, you stoked fires, you didn't fight them.
@@gordonhaire9206 I don't give a toss what you think, I joined FULL time nearly 50 years ago when we were called FIREMEN, not a woman in sight!
@@cvince2862 I joined 58 years ago. We were firefighters, not firemen. The job title was FIREFIGHTER.
@@gordonhaire9206 I presume you are in the USA?
In Britain we were FIREMEN.
I have the documentation to prove that 46 years ago I joined as, and was titled and referred to, as a FIREMAN, don't be so quick to assume that the USA rules the world on job titles.
Incidentally, in Britain our title only changed to the rather odious 'firefighter' after women were allowed to apply!
I along with so many others have had a flashover, not a backdraught, pass completely over my head to curl down the wall behind me. Your friend is your PPE and your hose. You MUST keep the water on. Drop the hose and try to exit and you probably won't make it without serious injury. All you can do it keep cooling the air until the gases have burnt off. It is terrifying the first time and not much better in subsequent events. The lazy orange flame covering the ceiling is quite spectacular. Prior to the issue of flashoods and Nomex gloves to us in the 80's hand and facial burns, especially the ears, were very common. Even with the hoods and gloves you would still boil in your own sweat and suffer heat syncope. We lost a young guy from one of my old stations in Greater Manchester after he suffered debilitating heat syncope and dropped on his way out. Absolutely tragic, a fire started by two young girls messing about burning brochures outside and pushing them under an external door to a hair dressers. Fire can be quite beautiful especially filmed in slow motion but we obviously never forget just how deadly that beauty can be. Thank you for demonstrating the dangers we face.
“It’s only fireproof till it’s not”
Best quote of 2019
It is
@Pixel нет я не хочу идти
Я ненавижу всех вас
Oh nein, ich gehe besser hier raus
Uhhhhh
Every video from them feels incomplete until Gavin says "That is Mental!"
Mentewl
Agreed
or "that is _claass_ "
yeah it came out everytime lol
This is the first time I have ever heard of this channel or got recommended something like this. I have to give you props on the filming and editing part of this video. I have never seen something like this before in my almost 26 years of life and it is very educational.
Must be so cool to discover the Slo Mo Guys for the first time, one of the greatest things to come from TH-cam.
Email this footage to all the cgi software engineers this is gold
Here in the US, we are big fans of Hickory wood flavor in our food. I worked at one of only two locations that made a product called "Liquid Smoke". I was a furnace operator there burning 8 tons of hickory chips in an 8-hour shift. Basically keeping the furnace right at 5 to 15 seconds away from a backdraft event. Looking back, I guess I was a bit of an expert/fire teaser at creating the perfect environment for backdrafts, without letting it actually have one occur. We had a very tall smokestack with metal walls inside over each furnace. Suspended inside were racks of wires hanging from top to bottom of the stack. Wires were connected to antique X-Ray machines which created a very high electrical field between the wires in the stack. Smoke gets thick enough and the electrical discharge made the smoke attract to the walls as an oily, resin-like deposit. Gravity and heat collected this Liquid Smoke at the bottom of the stack and then when my barrel got full I would pump it out to an above-ground storage tank for processing at another facility to make the food flavorings and extracts. Our wall phone, opposite the furnaces, was a frequent victim of the backdrafts. Even though it was 20 to 30 feet away, Salvador Dali would have used that melted thing in his artwork without hesitation! When the furnace DID belch fire from a backdraft, your best choice was to just fall back and let it go over you. Quite a sight to see, and an attention-getter there mates! Between the flames, smoke, and high voltage electricity, it was a very dynamic job experience, to say the least!
Liquid smoke is a good product.
@Rick Sanchez
I still love the smell of hickory to this day. That was in the late 70’s. Lololol
What an incredible story. Antique x-ray machines!!!
I've always wondered how they did that
Thanks for the informative comment
SEE, the first one is Exactly why they are so dangerous. One more second and that guy would have gotten a face full of fire. Mad respect for the guy for being a pro and walking it off.
Why did he go in front of it anyway when he knew it could happen any moment..
I think it was a mistake to walk in front of it when it's about to go off. Unless someone denies that, he won't be getting much respect from me.
@@MikkelHojbak Exactly what I was thinking. They are preparing it, they know it is unpredictable and they know that it shows no signs before going. GO AROUND THE BACK MORON!!
He had to expect this to happen but he walked to the from. This is like walking infront of the barrels on a shooting range. This is begging for being crippled / killed. Idiot! "What could possibly go wrong?"
His kit is designed to withstand high temperatures, so even if he was in the centre, as long as he either fell to the ground or jumped out of the way as soon as it made contact he should have been fine.
I’m a volunteer firefighter, i actually got trapped in an attic when a backdraft occurred. I’m very lucky to be alive. It was incredible being engulfed in fire. I did suffer severe 3rd degree burns and had to have skin grafts. But the fact that I survived is amazing.
1:55 I loved how as they mention the couch is going to get cooked up they say aww and relax one more time on the seat to give it some love and enjoy it before its toast lol.
Didn’t know what backdraft was but by the thumbnail, I thought it was water
Same
I thought it looked like a grey cabbage
Me too
Andrew Ely same
Andrew Ely also looks like hiccup from the newest how to train your dragon
"It's only fire proof till it's not" should be on all the new bunker gear
lol 69 likes nice
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The reaction is so intense it almost looks as if the pressure is shattering the smoke like glass as it escapes.
I have heard the term "backdraft" all my life and never really understood what it actually was, its rather amazing! When you think a bit about it the whole time that the fire is smoldering/little burning the materials inside the box its also creating unburnt gasses from the smoldering material and suddenly you intro oxygen and all those gasses along with everything else GOES very fast! Rather amazing to say the least! To all FIREMEN: Be Careful!!!
As a Kid I learned it from the movie......what a Great depiction
Gavin : "I wonder if we could cook some eggs on it"
Dan : *Casually pulls a dozen eggs out of his pocket*
Only in Slow Mo Guys
iT wAs PlAnnEd
Shadrackoppong165
Gg Acc that’s the joke...
@@theamateurfurry4735 please tell me you guys are being sarcastic
should have slow mo'ed the egg!!!
This happened to our department and the city fire department when they called us in to a large corncob bin fire. Two large doors where open to allow us to pour water streams into the structure. We'd been there for almost an hour when my chief ordered me to go fill somebody's air bottle. The truck with the cascade unit was just outside of the fireground as I changed the guy's air bottle. That being done, I got on the horn and asked the chief if I could set up the cascade to fill more air bottles, as this job looked like it was going to be a long, drawn out affair. He said " Yeah, go ahead Ron."
As I put the empty bottle into the steel bucket to start filling it, I heard a loud, rattling, booming sound and looked up in time to see a huge plume of orange-blue flame, smoke and burning corn cobs engulfing the city's engine and everyone there in that area. I saw the top of the bin lifted up and clanged back down again, with flaming corn cobs rocketing into the air. Silence then surrounded the area, except the sound of our trucks. My first thought was " My God, they're all dead!" But then I heard one of the paid city guys call out, "Eyeee-haaaaaa!!!"
Okay, time to go. Somebody's okay!
I grabbed my gear and ran back in there to help pick up the pieces.
In all, three of Fremont's guys had some burns and bruises, while ten of us volunteers where battered around more by the backdraft. Two had dislocated shoulders, while others suffered from bumps, bruises and some burns. A friend of mine didn't know he'd wrenched his back after everybody was transported to the hospital to be checked out. ( the adrenaline wore off!) What's spooky about it? It was Halloween, 1997. We got our Halloween scare...
Ronald Robertson wow
I have a creeping suspicion none of this ever happened
@@Cookie-gw1vv It did! Believe me, it did. It put our department out of action for a couple of days until we could get the equipment we lost replaced. If you can, look up in the Fremont Tribune, (Nebraska) November 1, 1997. The fire is in there.
@@ronaldrobertson2332 maybe give a link?
Fremont Rural Fire Department does have a Facebook page. Go there and ask about that fire. October 31, 1997. Fremont, Nebraska. Ask about that fire at Junior Weiser's.
I like how firemen are standing around with "no big deal" posture. Huge respect
Firefighters!!!
one of the best ones yet
"It looked so nice and soft until that big flame came out"
Dan, 2019
4:47 - 4:51 Even professionals make mistakes that could cost them dearly.
Seriously. Betcha he got a talkin' to for that
I couldn't believe it. In a controlled, proposed to be safe environment, not the best thing to do. I'm sure he did hear about that.
seriously! dude put his face in front of a cannon... and hes a pro? or was this his first time with this training?
Would be better for him to give up his job
@@spencersmick8884 chef gave him an order. soo.. no it's not his first time.
EXCELLENT footage! 👍 you guys Rock!
I watched this 3 years ago, still just as satisfying today.
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That's be AWESOME!
The Republic of Ustio Not going to lie, that would, to help fuel our desires I recommend this picture from Operation Tumbler-Snapper where milliseconds after the bomb exploded the picture was took. THAT is what's awesome
Almost heaven, West Virginia
It would be a nightmare getting the lighting right.
First you would need a time machine, due to the 1963 Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty.
This 'Backdraft' phenomenon reminds me of a film form the early 90's, which featured these 'Backdrafts', and the difficulty firefighters face in tackling 'Backdrafts'. I believe the film was called... "the Very Dangerous Fire".
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Barnaby, well played. Now get back to making hilarious Dabchick videos, if you would be so kind.
Seriously though, I actually chortled. Not just chuckled or tittered, but actually chortled.
the movie backdraft
No it wasn't! It was called "The Most Dangerous Fire". Duh!
Incredible footage. Just found your channel have liked and subscribed. Thanks for sharing I'll be exploring your channel content within the next few weeks! Thank you again for making and sharing this video. Awesome.
Was cool of them to allow the smg to be on-site to film that.
I'm sure the firefighters could use the footage for research and demonstration and such.
Gav and Dan I'm a firefighter myself and never knew how backdraft worked. Thank you for this video. It really does help.
"Firefighters typically do everything they can to avoid a backdraft"
1st one right in the face lol
Notice how none of them budged after the first one until it was well over haha. Example at 6:13. Lesson learned.
actually flashover is much more dangerous than backdraft...
Luke Arts that’s false
First day on the job...
"Honey, I don't know about firefighting as a career."
Backdraft: Everyone in training is told about it and how dangerous it is but no one in training sees one; because it's rarely seen and too hard to recreate. Then we get to see a firefighter who knows this show us an accident prone mindset caused by "explained" training. Did the SloMoGuys perform a public service?
For a surprised attempt that framing was spot on.
Your content can be use by Students at school for their science class reference... Respect
Crazy, my dad was a Volunteer fireman. After watching this, a visual representation of the complete and total danger that he potentially was in in many situations. Brings new understanding to just how dangerous fire is. And how dangerous fighting fire can be. Thank you
Is it just me, or does Gavin look like the guy from Cloudy with a chance of meatballs?
i am the unprettiest youtuber ever why do you ask
Nah, he looks more like that guy from achievement hunters
Why did you take so long to say this!? 😆
Blueboy5678 couldn't be, that guy is too much of an idiot to be one of the slo mo guys XD
Everybody asks this.
Oh my goodness! The first firefighter that got the first blast, I hope he is okay. I remember the movie Back draft. But now I know what it means. I will keep the firefighters in my prayers. This video really opened my eyes to the dangers the firefighters face.
You guys are so good with the camera angles and the editing ithe editing it looks so incredible
For some reason I keep thinking what would happen if we took this footage and brought it to someone a 100 years ago 200 or 300 to just show them the kind of stuff we can see in the detail and the shading and it's just beautiful
I also think about this but with Planes. So cool.
Who else thought it was water from the thumbnail lol
Me
I thought it was a callused heel🤣
I thought it was an orange xD
Will Giffin ikr
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I'm no expert, but I would not have expected a fireman to walk into the killzone like he didn't know what was going on.
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it looked like he knew the limits (hopefully) and just avoided the actual hitbox by a few pixels.
He was starting to duck as he was stepping through, but I bet it didn't feel like enough.
Saw this happen at an apartment fire as I was passing by. Incredible explosion, although devastating and tragic.
That is amazing!! Thank you for doing this. Very cool but scary.
You can really see how air is sucked in at the lower edge of the opening at 5:49.
Now that’s a thorough succc
That fireman is surely an expert
"oh, this extremely dangerous thing hasn't happened yet, lemme just walk where it's supposed to go down"
Uuū
Stuff like this happens without warning or dose not happen at all.
Incredible footage guys 👏😀👍
Smoke is the most beautiful thing to shoot as a cinematographer
I imagine that the footage you shot on this will also be quite helpful in their study and understanding of Backdrafts.
richb313 why do you think the fire department let them do it? I know they have a large budget now, but I can't imagine they could afford to pay the city back for all those fire fighters' time alone.
The fire fighters got the better deal with free slow motion analysis. Saved them a few thousand dollars
This is one of the best ones you guys have done. Awesome but freaking scary too. Much respect to firefighters everywhere.
Now i know where legends about fire-breathing dragons come from.
Imagine medieval villager watching wooden house burning from inside, flames went off, then someone opens the door...
This is such an incredible and educational video.
Firefighters: Carrying out backdraft demonstration
Slow Mo Guys: Haha let's throw eggs at it
Many eggs with developing chicks on it are wasted though :(
@@elbenezermirabuena7755 factory eggs are typically unfertilized ^^
Chickens can lay eggs even without them being fertilized first!
@@l.zevicreations Is that so? What a relief, thanks.
@@l.zevicreations I can see your favorite vids are Minecraft, me too
@@elbenezermirabuena7755 about the Minecraft vids one, I'm slightly confused as to where you got that? i don't watch Minecraft or play very often, I mostly watch science videos with the exception of perhaps this kind of stuff, if it makes any sense?
This is the best episode you have ever made. I knew the science behind a backdraft, but had no concept of the reality involved. The instantaneous ignition is amazing, but what really blew me away was the power of the wind. Backdrafts have been described as a "flash of fire when the air ignites" and its weird to think of air burning, however it really IS air burning, (or at least the oxygen), that is burning. You don't think about it but oxygen is extremely flammable; that's why you never smoke around anyone who is using an oxygen tank! Still, that wind, oh my oh my. Stay safe out there brothers.
Very interesting and informative. Thank you.
That was really cool! It looked like a giant version of a muzzle blast from a musket.
Dan, sees second backdraft: Wow, that was a real one!
First backdraft: _Am I a joke to you?_
Zacynthius - 😂😂😂
Not A Leftist magpie I. D
Nahpi
Yes. Due to poor performance, it was fired.
5:50 I love how you can see the cool air rushing in the bottom of the doors opening as the hot smoke races out the top. Gotta love them thermodynamics!
Yes totaly
It's just like a dragon. Scary. Amazing footage.
POV: after watching this when it first came out you decided to join the fire service. Now you’re watching a few years later to remind you of good times.
Funny that the whole point was the sudden and violent explosion that they're trying to create and the fireman just walks face first up to the opening and misses the fire ball by about 8 inches. I mean dude, come on.
Being infront of the backdraft isnt the really dangerous part. Being INSIDE the room that backdrafts is the serious killer.
Patrick Earthridge oh God. I hadn’t thought of that. I guess things can always be worse.
Yeah he's either new or he needs to be retrained
This serves as a great training video AND a great Slo Mo video. That was pretty impressive, the sheer power is tremendous! Can't imagine being inside at that point!
I don't believe in negative reinforcement.... but that fireman needs to get reemed out.
Why didn’t you slowmo the egg splattering and cooking
Dumb move Dylan
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Thanks to all the firefighters who put their lives on the line daily!
Thank You
Can you slow mo my life? Is going too fast
Cause just that video itself is probably about 50 gigabytes of footage, perhaps it wasn't worth it...
Aye and seems to get quicker the older I get😖
Lmao
You know the saying "Time flies when you're having fun"? Spend more time doing things you hate.
Can you slow mo my suicide?
RIP to all those firefighters who lost their lives protecting us
I'm surprised that the trailer it came out of didn't propel itself away in the opposite direction from the flame. It looked like a rocket engine.
バックドラフトの実験をしている人たちの勇気に感謝ですね。
The fact that Gav was caught unaware, and still managed to track the head of the backdraft so well, really shows his expertise.
I'm convinced he sees the world at quarter speed. It's not slow enough to be perceptable mostly, but it gives him quick reflexes.
On March 30, 2019, 30 firefighters lost their lives when putting out a forest fire in Sichuan, China due to sudden changes of the wind causing explosions. R.I.P.
@VanderbiltQuinn this comment dosent make sense.
@@ryansturm5959 Shoplifted the eggs.
@@danburch9989 what ???
@@ryansturm5959 He removed the egg carton as if he shoplifted them. It's a joke!
@@danburch9989 got it now. Thanks.
What an awesome collab with heroes.
My father was a firefighter for most of his career and, in fact, until he retired. It is rather mad, the dangers they regularly exposed themselves to.
What I would have loved to have them do with one of the backdraft bursts is have 3-5 rows of poles with little flags on them, spaced out 2 feet apart from each other, running the full length of the area where the fireball burst out then film it. It would be interesting to see the wind effect of the eruption as it goes.
The second one looked like it was going through a cobweb that never broke.
Firefighters are a special breed of human. I'm humbled by their bravery and seeing this, it gives me an even greater respect for them! Incredible! Good footage. Very well done.
Dude... that looked like a smoke punch... Now I know why they are called firefighters 💪😌😂👏🔥🔥
Truly amazing
As a volunteer firefighter I've never clicked on a video so fast.it was definitely interesting to see
I appreciate the idea behind this video, Backdrafts are such terrifying things. thanks for teaching people! ^^
And they can be much faster depending on the situation and location of a fire.
Respect to all Fire Fighters, awesome footage of a potentially terrifyingly fatal event.
Very interesting, I didn't realise how dangerous it could be.
you need to get two opposing containers and time them to fight each other *street fighter* style
Only if they look like dragons.
HADOOOKEN
You need the ghost of another container encouraging the younger one.
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woww Zabardast 👍i m from pakistan🇵🇰and i appreciate ur effort🔥
It's awesome to watch this in slow motion)).