backdraft Videos

Tanfeliz Says:

Aug 20, 2008 - Because you don't know what's going on in the interior. At some point an interior space that had previously been closed off got breached, got a burst of air and BOOM -- backdraft. (Not flashover.)

Tanfeliz Says:

Aug 20, 2008 - Actually, this could be either a backdraft or a chemical ignition -- it's a paint store full of petrochemicals, paint, solvents, etc. What I don't get is what they're doing working there without any PPE on, more than one person just in blue shirts. I don't know, it didn't taste hazardous...

AngreyMonkey Says:

Aug 20, 2008 - The men in the blue shirts were probably engineers. My dad is an engineer, and I tell him all the time he eneds to wear his gear. The other day I was stuck in traffic because a car caught fire and would not go out, and my dad drives up in the engine, and is doing everything in his blue shirt and shorts.

HermitousZen Says:

Aug 20, 2008 - Yet another reason FULL protective gear (SCBAs, hoods and COMPLETE turnout gear, etc) should be worn. Videos like this one should mandatory viewing for all new AND OLD firefighters.

captainfiftee Says:

Aug 20, 2008 - if that was backdraft, which I don't think it was, it had to come from deeper in the building. Backdraft is sudden ignition of built up gasses in the smoke created by incomplete combustion. This building (atleast the part visible to us) is well ventilated, and in free-burn, I think that what we see in this video is a chemical explosion or BLEVE.

lordoflivernois Says:

Aug 20, 2008 - the building was full of petro chemicals, and was well ventilated... cant be a backdraft..

gaubyseth Says:

Aug 20, 2008 - to me this looks like a flash over which is where everything in a room or building reaches its ignition point and blows up. this occurs within a matter of seconds ..

mcclurefirechief Says:

Aug 20, 2008 - I agree 100% very well said and no need for me to elaborate.

HermitousZen Says:

Aug 20, 2008 - I agree that this was not a backdraft. It wasnt a BLEVE (by definition), but I do believe it was a sudden ignition and release/"explosion" of a flammable product. There are absolutely no signs of a backdraft, and the conditions make a backdraft VERY unlikely.

bombero89 Says:

Aug 20, 2008 - same with the guys on my department, the older guys are so set in their ways and they arent changing any time soon

candycanepimpin Says:

Aug 20, 2008 - BIG DUMMY'S didn't have any SCBA or full turnout gear on.

1wickedfireman3 Says:

Aug 20, 2008 - Wow,a huge explosion like that, will definitely take your life. Man those poor brethren. You dont want to be anywhere near a backdraft such as that!!!!!VIVA LOS BOMBEROS!!!

R0cc0Naut Says:

Aug 20, 2008 - No Backdraft, "just" a flashover.

emtgregg Says:

Aug 20, 2008 - Hard to say if it was a backdraft or a powerful flashover. based on how far the firefighters were blown away from the building, I think it may have been a backdraft. That fireball was more of a blast then just a rapid ignition of the unburnt vapors in the smoke. Unless there was something inside the building, like propane tanks or some other prssurized vessel, it most likely was a backdraft. A flashover normally will not explosively ignite like this. Just my comment.

drwn1 Says:

Aug 20, 2008 - A perfect example as to WHY one always wears 100% of ALL your protective gear while on the fire grounds.

hunterboy46 Says:

Aug 20, 2008 - if yuo are gonna be that close to a fire all of your PPE MUST BE WORN AT ALL TIMES!!!

manuelantonio24 Says:

Aug 20, 2008 - flashover.

muugre22 Says:

Aug 20, 2008 - flashover is not an explosion...

ffpulley77 Says:

Aug 20, 2008 - but a backdraft is when a room or building is sealed and the fire has no Oxygen and something introduces oxygen into the room by opening a door or window then lets the fire breath. it was a paint store so i think it was more of an explosion of vapors of the chemicals in the store

moe96699669 Says:

Aug 20, 2008 - DAM BITCH!

oliverstefan Says:

Aug 20, 2008 - I think it's a Flashover.You can see inside the Building Flames.A Backdraft is a "Fire" without Flames that became a Explosion when enough air come insideand the Smoke will be pushed outside.

luisantoniocabral Says:

Aug 20, 2008 - I am a firefighter from Brazil 20 years ago and the mercy of God, never suffered a Backdraft, Abraços fire to the U.S.

CINSITYHUSTLER Says:

Aug 20, 2008 - you cant have a backdraft without a flashover. depends on how you see it. if your inside the structure i dont think you give a fuck what it is called

watershed2100 Says:

Aug 20, 2008 - Its a backdraft,Flashovers dont pulse/breath the way that did.

cityisonfire Says:

Aug 20, 2008 - that is only true to a certain degreenot entirely thoughbecause flashover occurs when the super-heated gasses are trapped in a confined area and explode with great force and backdraft is when a fire is looking and trying to suck oxygen( hence the breathing effect you get from the smoke)and when that sudden introduction of oxygen into the dying fire is produced it ignites but not the superheated gasses necessarily so it is a 50/50