NFPA Test Burn

Powerful images from a Public TV special on fire safety. The room goes from a smoldering cigarette to exploding in 2 minutes!

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News & Politics

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• NFPA
• fire
• burn
• safety

[ridgid300]

Fire sprinklers save lives! More residential automatic fire sprinkler systems!!!

[Presidential805]

good, fire is not a game..

just remmember in a flashover...you WILL die..not even with full PPE and SCBA can u survive...1 in 10,000

[iluvyurbles]

Even a dragon won fool around with fire.

[TheFirefighter1227]

smoke detectors....... cheap and simple twenty bucks or new batteries can save lives ive seen it first hand

[kkexe]

Very good video. Please post more videos about home fire protection.

[joeterry162]

yhat happend to me 3 weeks ago

[Heyde1979]

that fire grew fast

[knightdc4]

The video was shown was a copy of an NFPA video that was shot in the late '80s early '90's. I used the NFPA video for training in '96. The original audio stated that a small heated coil was used to simulate a cigarett in the chair. But you can't deny the flashover. Impressive.

[GameICY]

I encourage all watching to call their local Congressman and ask them to sponsor The Fire Sprinkler Incentive Act of 2009 (H.R.1194)  The complete total cost of fire is estimated at $317 billion, or roughly 2.8% of

U.S. gross domestic product and 117 priceless firefighters lives (2007 data) Read the details of the bill (Google it)

[bikereddie]

I do this kind of testing for a living. There is no way that a cigarette would ignite a piece of furniture that quick. The cigarette normally burns for around 20 minutes if left unattended. The combustion of the chair in this video would have occured after at least 45 - mins.

[brendaandjenifer]

Ok not only do ciggarretts giove you lung cancer but they are very HOT! Get it?

[trucksoner]

that's fuckin scary

i'm glad i have a smoke alarm right in my room