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  • If this was a backdraft, air would be sucked in to add oxygen to the fire and unburned gasses and cause a firery explosion.

  • Lol to the uploaders stupid comment saying "THIS IS A REAL SIMULATED BACKDRAFT"... That's exactly what it is, a simulation, keep practicing and maybe one day you can do the real thing with the big boys.

  • It's a backdraft you idiots. I feel sorry for communities of the firefighters who think otherwise.

  • too much exterior smoke to be a backdraft. backdraft occurs in confined, concealed space. def not when the door is wide open. a smoke explosion at best.

  • This is NOT a flashover, when he open the door unburned materials in the smoke gets pucht out wile fresh air comes in, this make the unburned materials in the smoke get new oxygen and catches fire out side the door. there is no oxygen inside the house and that's why its sucking in new oxygen when the door opens. this is why its called "Backdraft". This is basic knowledge for all fire-fighters. 

    /Swedish Fire-fighter

  • In case anybody couldn't tell by all the posts by firefighters; ALL firefighters are experts at everything. Need financial advice? Need the physics of a black hole 'dumbed down'? Need to have the current global socio-economic climate solved? Ask a firefighter. Somehow they fucking know it all...

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  • sorry to all of you ..."firemen " out there .....you may have been caught up in diffrent type of situations or fires.but THIS IS A REAL SIMULATED BACKDRAFT. nuff said....get off u-tube n hit reality instead. :)

  • @smo7sando It's called training. You know, so we can save your life? Yeah.

  • care package inbound!!

  • thats a flashover trust me ive been caught in a flash over there not fun

  • @colinbucci trust me.. its not....

  • thats a fuckin flashover

  • I am a firefighter you moron...

  • Sorry but it is a flashover, not a backdraft.

  • @philsyd83 Hahah, so, you are the expert..? A flashover is before the backdraft when things get on fire after the pyrolise... Use google, or be a fireman...;)

    Greets from a Marine Firefighter.

  • That was a backdraft. it EXPLODED into an explosion of flames, not flashed to life.

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  • Definitely a Flash over, because in the enclosed space anything in there reached the flashpoint.. heating up the combustible gases and furnishings to their auto-ignition temperature. Unless my 26 years in the FDNY, and 36 years in Volunteer fire Department are wrong..

  • @ugotpwned126 Its clearly a backdraft. When they open the door you can see its pulling air in the bottom of the doorway. That means it didnt have enough oxygen. Hence the name "backdraft" there is a DRAFT of air BACK into the fire which feeds the fire and causes it to light up. Its not a very violent backdraft, but its a classic example. oxygen starved. This isnt hollywood. They arent always super violent and happen the instant the door is opened.

  • @sfdff39

    Go you know why this box is called "Flashover Container ?

    Bingo !!

  • @Zugvogel1 Its just a regular burn simulator. Ive never seen a flashover simulator like that one. A flashover simulator has a second cargo container. 1 at ground level for the firefighters and the other about 4 feet off the ground where the fire burns and the flashover occurs.

  • @sfdff39 its a flash over man! the smoke comes out of the box. And then burn the gasses in the smoke

  • Flashover is a heat driven event where a Backdraft is oxygen driven (the heat is already there).

  • You are wrong, it's a minor backdraft! It's easy to see!

    A flashover is the simultaneous ignition of most of the directly exposed combustible material with the release flammable gases in an enclosed area. Here the area was on fire!

    A backdraft is an explosive event at a fire resulting from rapid re-introduction of oxygen to combustion in an oxygen-starved environment, for example, opening a door to an enclosed space. Here the area wasn't on fire when it occurs!

    It' s a minor backdraft!

  • This is a flashover, not a backdraft.

  • Is a flashover

  • Holy Smoke -- Weihrauch!

  • Flashovers is triggered by thermal changes and backdrafts by chemical, that's at least what they said during my education.

    This sure looks like a chemical change in the "rooms" atmosphere...

  • @himdarling. Buddy, you know what I do for a living?? That's right. I'm a firefighter. I know what I'm talking about. A backdraft is a sudden explosion when oxygen is quickly introduced into a oxygen deficient atmosphere. A flashover (this video) is when all of the gases ignite

  • @headquarters65

    A Exact Desciption..Flaschover no Backdraft.

  • This is called a flashover. A backdraft is an explosion. Do your homework before you post stuff.

  • @headquarters65 Do your homework before you post stuff. Your wrong. It is indeed a backdraft, just not a super great example of one.

  • Also there is no debate as to what these guys are trying to do. They are "trying" to get a backdraft. What they have in the video is a minor backdraft. Minor only because they have too many leaks in the container to perform a perfect backdraft. In a near perfect backdraft situation the fire is almost completely snuffed out not possible here. If it was a perfect backdraft as soon as these guys cracked the door they would be blown away and over in the bushes. Applaud these guys for coming close.

  • It is indeed a backdraft, although the phenomenon is of more interest than the label itself. And it is a minor one just because the enclosure is so small!

  • @DrSardqvist If you reread my post I stated that it is in fact a backdraft just a minor one like you said, but it is minor yes because the enclosure is small but also because it is not completely sealed. And a backdraft I wouldn't say it is a phenomenon. A backdraft WILL happen if the conditions are correct. Phenomenon is more like the northern lights or something like that.

  • A lot better explanation of a backdraft is here, look up Backdraft/Smoke Explosion by NHCFireRescue. Much better.

  • *cough* flashover *cough*

  • Backdraft=rich flashover. A smouldering fire is suddenly introduced to oxygen and causes the flamable gasses to ignite.

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  • Tcfd05- is correct..

  • just stfu nobody knows

  • Flashover

  • this is a flashover not a backdraft

  • @firewomanof2010 flashover is when the room hits 1200 degrees and everything just catches on fire....backdraft is when the incomming air gives oxygen to the fire making it ignite the gasses..its a perfect example of backdraft

  • @quadkid4 i have talked and showed this video to a few of my fire deptartment members and the are in agreance with me that it is not a backdraft it is a flashover look at the smoke and how long it takes to ignite cuz a backdraft with imidiately ignite where as a flashover takes time.

  • Flashover....

  • @ehurt152 < Moron....

  • @USMC3531tsd I guess

  • A BACKDRAFT is a situation which can occur when a fire's product-gases are starved of o2; consequently combustion slows (due to the lack of o2) but the combustible fuel gases and smoke remain at a temperature above the fire-point of the fuel gases. If o2 is re-introduced to the fire, e.g. by opening a door to a closed room, combustion will restart, often resulting in an 'explosive' effect as the gases are heated by the combustion and expand rapidly because of the rapidly increasing temperature.

  • Here's a very informative note for you all. Please do some research before you get rude.

    Thanks for the vid. Stay safe fellow brothers, from london.

  • TNX....

    for the input and lesson to some of you out there.

    Stay frosty

  • TNX....

    for the input and lesson to some of you out there.

    Stay frosty

  • im not a fire fighter but my dad is he taught me the differences between a backdraft and a flashover. this is definitly a flashover he knows becouse he also insructs new firefighters on how to do their job and all the what if situations c'mon people im 14 and even i can tell

  • @killerbanana14 a flash over is when the room or building reaches a certian temperature in which everything catches on fire at once. a backdraft is when alot of oxygen is introduced to an oxygen starved fire. the result of a backdraft is an explosion....what happened here is a backdraft.. take it from a fire fighter like myself this is a backdraft and if your dad said its a flashover then chances are hes an idiot

  • not a backdraft.....didn't you see the movie?....

  • People need to learn the difference between flashover and backdraft. Flash over is purely related to everything reaching it's ignition point. Backdraft is purely about exposing a fire to a new oxidizer.

  • BTW, brown smoke is only created by the off gassing of unfinished wood product, not oxygen starved fire. Again I suggest you look into Dave Dodson- The Art of Reading Smoke. Great class if you can see him worth every penny!!!!

  • FLASHOVER!!! The color of the smoke has no determining factor in the difference between Flashover and backdraft. Watch the thick turbulent smoke, shows flashover is eminant. Look into Dave Dodson all you need ot see.

  • That is a flashover... A backdraft would have happened the second the door was opened. Backdraft also has gray lazy smoke... Not silky chugging smoke.

  • agree with rbayer!!! i hate dumb people!!

  • Not a flash over. That's a room being starved of oxygen. Brown smoke, clear indication. People are stupid as shit.

  • flash over!

  • does nobody remember anything from training or the book itself? most of the time, backdraft and flashover happen at the same time when oxygen is re-introduced into an oxygen depleted area.

  • text book flash over

  • @hrfd343 < What text book? Perhaps MY textbooks, instructors, supervisors are all wrong and you have the correct info? Please let me read this "textbook", give me the name and publisher? If I've been wrong these 15 years I want to know.

  • flashover... lame

  • what is the diff between backdraft and flashover, im a junior fire fighter

  • @sirstanley09 can't u search on wikipedia??

  • @sirstanley09 <Flashover is the autoignition of combustibles in an enclosed space. It's cause by gasses released as an items reach their "flash point'' and requires no introduction of fresh air...like when you put paper in an over it will bust into flame at 430 degrees. Backdraft, like you see here is when a fire is starved of oxygen but the combustible fuel, gases and smoke remain at temperature, If oxygen is re-introduced combustion will restart. There's more to it but that the gist.

  • @tubesteakdynamo first of all paper wont bust into flames at 430 degrees. and this is a flashover. again people look dave dodson up on the internet or better yet go to his class in person. you could stand to learn a lot from him. and that smoke push is far to strong to be characteristic of a backdraft. the brown smoke is the material not backdraft condition. and a backdraft would have been nearly instantaneous this took was too long

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  • dude thats not a backdraft. thats a flashover.

  • @rsizemore12 no that's a backdrafrt because when they opened the door the oxygen started the fire again.

    Triangle of fire: Combustile, Heat, And Combustive Agent (like oxygen).

    Here the one missing was the oxygen

  • @Foc4ccin4 no when they opened the door the oxygen was let in. thats when the smoke came out. when the flames came out thats a flashover the heat reached the ignition point. thats when the smoke gets hot enough to actually ignite. if the flames shot out as soon as he opened the door that would be a backdraft but usually backdrafts dont even contain fire its usually just smoke.

  • @rsizemore12 that's obviously a backdraft, oxygen came in letting the fire ignite... don't u see the door was closed? if it was a flashover there was no need of opening the door because only the heath igniting gasses inside of the room are necessary

  • That's a flashover dude.

  • @C0RND0G1992 lol nah

  • ummm...smoke exploding?

  • Thats a flashover....A backdraft would have been almost sudden as soon as that door was popped. This fire here took 15 seconds to erupt. This was a flashover.

  • @rupp5598 < I wish that stupid movie had never come out. Look at the color of the smoke. Backdraft does not ALWAYS = instant boom or even boom at all. this was backdraft. The cool air was sucked in from the bottom and pushed out enough smoke till the fuel/ air mix was proper. Flashover requires no new air as the heat creates it's own reaction. When this fire got enough draft it burst.

  • @tubesteakdynamo No thats a flash

  • Flash...not a backdraft

  • Not a backdraft. Its a smoke explosion

  • This one was a tweener when i first saw it. Smoke ignited(flashover), but bottom of the locker was sucking air in(backdraft). By definition and logic, this is a backdraft due to the fact that without introducing oxygen back into the fire it would not ignite due to the locker being "too rich". Flashover refers to gases igniting at a high enough temp, not introducing oxygen. Just sayin....

  • It can take quite long for the fire gas mix to dilute back down to within its flammable range... I'd advise caution on the fireground to those who think this isn't backdraught!

  • kind of looks like a flameover or roll over to me...

  • Thats not a backdraft. Unless they are on the moon and it takes it that long for the o2 to feed the fire, then it would be a backdraft. But thats a flashover.

  • I agree more of a flash over than anything!

  • LOL Backdraft vs. Flashover... I would encourage those of you who call themselves firefighters to go back to your manuals and look up some definitions... The answer as to what this is SHOULD be basic knowledge for everyone. But even I had to look 2wice at this. Also remember that every fire and situation is not static... You can have mixed situations depending on your fuel load, ventilation etc. Every fire will present itself differently but also with some of the same characteristics.

  • flashover

  • looked like a flashover to me.

  • BACKDRAFT!

    a flashover isnt so big!

  • Backdraft??? THIS IS A FLASHOVER!!

  • its a backdraft watch the smoke come off the door as they open it.. it slowly starts to get sucked back into the doorway then speeds up just b4 the fireball

  • This is simply a video of an flashover not a backdraft. This fire wasnt decaying and settling down for a sudden air induction but was definately rolling with velocity and density and smoke colour all tell tale signs flashover was imminent .

  • Would it flash if they didnt open the door? I see what you're sayin, it did look like a flashover and probably would be if it burned hotter. But I think the fire load was too high and it suffocated itself until the door was opened introducing air and creating the backdraft... Flashover refers to tempand gasses, not oxygen..

  • i agree, this is a backdraft, not a FLASHOVER.

    flashover occurs when all items in a room simultaneously reach their combustion temp. and is the stage BEFORE fully developed which this was before they suffocated the fire to create the backdraft and the way you explain the situation, badge5566, you prove yourself wrong

  • That's a backdraught. It takes a while for the gasses to enter their flammable range having been taken to the 'too rich' mix in the unventilated compartment. As the oxygen saturates the gasses they become flammable again.

    Completely different to flashover. See the basic signs and symptoms to understand the difference.

  • Thats totally a backdraft, look at the smoke, its yellow and puffing. The fire is obviously been going for awhile and they starved it by having the doors closed (the whole container was obviously fully developed before the video started)

    A flashover occurs when the fire is still growing, a backdraft happens when the fire is decaying and starving for air, then gets a sudden rush of more air. This video shows a backdraft

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  • nah a backdraft can take some time to explode. thats a big reason why its so deadly to firefighters.

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  • @WEFC43

    never said it was or wasn't a backdraft. just saying that a backdraft rarely happens instantaneously. no disrespect. and no i have little fire training.

  • Smoke explosion or flashover...Not backdraft

  • @firemedic726 smoke explosion is flashover... the temp rises so high the smoke ignites.

  • @firemedic726 wrong.. this is a backdraft

  • @firemedic726

    definitely backdraft

    you said it yourself: smoke explosion -> backdraft

    to explain it:

    everything capable of burning, produces gas, which actually burns, when a fire starts and heats up the whole room, this gas will ignite and therefor the hole room will ignite -> flashover

    without oxigen, the gas can't ignite and it's getting more and more, till the fire goes out by itself, open a door when the gas is still hot ->oxygen goes in->gas explodes->backdraft, like in the movie

  • @firemedic726 yeah dude thats not a flashover its a definitely a backdraft

  • @firemedic726 agreed, a backdraft would have immediately sent them flying. thank god my dad (batt. chief) and some friends (volunteers) haven't encountered any

  • nice:D

  • hat sich aber gabz schön zeit gelassen

  • this is a backdraft

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  • To all those who think it is a flashover.

    A backdraught doesn't puff like in the movie, it billows out in pulses as you can see in the video. you can also see the air-track as the fire tries to get the oxygen required for combustion, as well as energy-rich yellow tinged gases(smoke) an indicator of a backdraught. A backdraught isn't necessarily instantaneous, they have been known to occur after 40mins.

  • check out info on compartment fire behaviour, methods developed by the Swedish now adopted by most of europe and down here in Australia

  • Another name for backdraft is "Smoke Explosion" is is definetly what that is

  • nope, smoke explosion, "brandgasexplosion" is something else. looks similar though

  • Definition simply a backdraft. no arguement. yea fire but not a flashover.

  • but on the other hand there is no more f*cking smoke

  • ...if this were a flashover there would be plenty of fuel to keep that fire rockin'. Be safe!!

  • At first glance I would agree with most of you that this was a flash over. However, remember your definitions. Backdraft occurs because the fire has run out of oxygen which is what they introduced. The contents will have burned down to a smoldering state because the fire esentially snuffs itself. Also notice the fire inside the burn room after the explosion. It dies right out because the fuel has already been consumed.....

  • flashover, looks like the flashover simulator we have at the anne aroundle firefighter training acad, nice vid, but change the name

  • no my friend, that is a perfect backdraft

  • no my friend that is not a backdraft

  • than I suggest you go back to reading "firefighting for dummies" and you might change your opinion..

  • really then i bet you think the ocean is reall\y blue

  • that would be a..FLASHOVER... if it was a backdraft, it would have exploded the second you opened the door.. and i didnt see any puffing.... come on now people

  • Hi elsalvaje22. I think that you may be wrong. You didn't see puffing because the door was fully opened so the air and oxygen didn't need to compete. There is a pause in the backdraft because, as you can see, there was SO MUCH smoke that it took a few seconds for the oxygen to get up to the needed concentration in the smoke before ignition could occur. If it were flashover then the fire would continue at the same strength once it flashed. Instead this one practically blows itself out.

  • bang on man

  • "if it was a backdraft, it would have exploded the second you opened the door"

    you are very wrong Im afraid. It can take several minutes until oxygen and gas have the perfect blend for a backdraft to occur. Swedish firefighting academy is world leading when it comes to these things.

  • im really sorry my friend but i think that you are incorrect since the united states is in the top leading when it comes to backdraft since they are the oldest fire department ein the world thanis the ecuadorian one so they have more experience o n these type of things greeting from Ecuador

    B.C.B.G

  • @ kallebaah0--you are a moron!!! how in the fuck can you rely on knowledge and education with out EXPERIENCE? Trust me the USA adapts to new standards in the fire service so dont try to say we are uneducated...

  • it's a flash over since the smoke wasn't the right color and the physical characteristics of the smoke wasn't matching the deffinition of back draft.

  • and also it's a flashover simulator.

  • flashover and backdraft are sort of connected in a way. Although 2 different means of fire, one smoldering.. the other being open visible flame, both involve extreme temps in confined areas. Proper venting and cooling will prevent both. Backdraft is confined gasses and heat with little oxygen, flashover is confined gasses oxygen and heat, but without a sudden introduction of oxygen. In short, the primary trigger of a flashover is heat, the trigger of a backdraft is oxygen.

  • Why are people saying this is a flashover? It is clearly a backdraft and the Swedish are world leaders in FF technology. Thanks for sharing the video.

  • thats a flashover simulator

  • and you are?????

    why do ya think the door i splitt in half????

  • Are you talking to me, directly??

  • jepp

  • that would be a flash over pal you ever

  • My friend who is a firefighter in london saved a dude's life when he almost got scorched by backdraft.

  • you fire chief sure won't put up with that attitude...

  • AFAIK a flashover occurs when there is still enough oxygen in the air. You have an object on fire. In this room, there are other objects. The smoke and radiation will heat the other objects to the point of ignition. When they are 'warm' enough, they will suddenly be on fire, without having had contact to the burning object or flames. So at a give time you have for example one chair on fire and the next second, everything in the room's on fire!

  • its call a flashover buddy

  • Carre to explain? Cuz I don't think so tbh. To me it looks like a text book backdraft.

    What we have here is a confined space with no further supply of oxigen. The fire burns until all the oxygen is gone but the heat remains high enough to ignite the smoke once it mixes with oxygen. When you open the door, air in suckt in and once there is enough oxygen in the mix, it ignites and you see the blow coming towards and out of the door. Also brownish smoke is a sign of backdraft.

  • I agree with Tiburon. Flashover is when all of the contents of the room reach their ignition point at the same time and combust at the same time. This looks like the addition of fresh air has created a backdraft effect.

  • i'll stand by your side.......first to be absolutly right!!!!!

  • Marcus4president, HAHA love your comment, but the last line now go eat a cheeseburger you fat fuck, kinda let it down.

  • i worked installing hardwood for an ex firefighter.. was a pain in the ass the guy would take 100lbs of wood on his sholder n run up 3flights of stairs. n hed want you doin the same!!

  • That's a flash over, not a back draft.

  • im pritty sure that was a flash over not a backdraft,

  • Hey guys . . . my uncle was a firefighter in Connecticut for over 30 years. He is retired, almost 70, and he still goes to the firehouse several times a week to be with the guys. He has seen a couple of generations pass through, and has attended too many funerals. I am very happy that my uncle made it to retirement. He is a kind and peaceful man, and was a conscientious firefighter. I know some of you guys must be too. That is all that really matters.

  • WHAT A FUCKIN JOKE! A Britsh fuck even wanting to act like he is a fireman. United Kingdom? British any way you look at it. You UK FIRE WANNABEES run your cum guzzling mouths on here about this and that. Your fucking country sucks and the way you idiots fight fire sucks. Grow some balls come over here to the USA and we will be glad to show you. Till then stay on the defensive cause after all thats all you fucks really do!

  • Ok, so everyone in America is American...??? No, I didn't think so. Anyway u fool, it's good to see that I can get a so called 17 year vet biting like a lilltle bitch...Go run n tell all ur little fag buddies when u go to ur weekly drill night u part time farmer hick retard...And ur right, I'd probably shit my panties if I was ever in the really bad house fires u get everyday in ur village. Just aswell we Brits have got good dipers eh...??? Go flood some more property u buffoon.....

  • have some respect you vollie-buff piece of shit, those are BROTHERS.

  • you have a small-dick complex dont you, stop being such a prick and embarassing the fire service.

  • Hey fdny fuckstick, stay the fuck out of it. English fuck wanted to start spouting off about shit before knowing the facts. I am career. Small town but union due paying career none the less. I was a vollie for 6 years with one hell of a well trained department. So you wanna stick up for english bitch boy over an american brother go suck a cock you stupid fuck. Better yet move over there.

  • i didnt make any claim to a department, you shouldnt either. did your wife leave your for a british guy? i don't understand. you know where im from, but dont label any fucking departments on youtube, have some fucking PRIDE and keep your comments to yourself.

  • I really dont care what department your from or who you are. I have read enough smug ,americans suck british are the shit crap on countless videos. Check out some of the shit the uk fucks say about your 343 brothers on here. Real respectful shit let me tell you. You keep running your NYFD (LIKE THAT!) mouth all you want. Those uk shitheads are not my brothers.