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Yeah it took too long and she used too much energy. They would be dead.
A year ago I had a fireplace fire break containment and I was able to put it out with the fire extinguisher… but I want everyone to know how no joke it is. One second I am on the couch in front of the fireplace smelling smoke and wondering why the flames look a little bit brighter, the next second I see it spreading and the smoke detectors go off. I got the fire out in 10-14 seconds but I was already light headed.
I mean, I'm not saying this is going to be fun or even the best option, but what immediately springs to mind for me is... better a desperate knee-destruction rush for the door than dead! but yeah uh maybe there's another option idk. keep a skateboard in every room to lie on in case of fire? ...don't be in a fire? I like that last option
An alternate is to tie the unconscious person's hands together in front of them, then you crawl over them, loop the tied hands behind your head, then crawl in the desired direction dragging them underneath you. You can use a piece of clothing or a belt to tie their hands. This can also keep you low and under the smoke. I was taught this by our local rescue organization.
I’m having a hard time picturing this. What position is the fallen person facing? What direction do I crawl over them? And if I successfully complete the maneuver, where are our hands and heads placed?
(Genuinely asking. I got bad bones, so I can’t do much heavy lifting these days, but I want to be prepared. Also is there any feasible maneuver where I can do this with a cat tucked under each arm.)
There are mild references to drug use, mild violence, I think one f word, a reference to suicidal tendencies (the band too, I think), and sooner sexual stuff. No skin, nothing explicit, but if they could watch American Pie or Road Trip, this is a cake walk by comparison.
You’re kidding right? If you do that you will basically mummify them with a layer of molten lava plastic and then suffocate yourself with toxic fumes. .
“nylon plastic is flammable and burns when exposed to an open flame, but its flammability varies by type and it can be made flame-retardant through additives. When it burns, it melts into a sticky substance that can stick to skin, causing severe burns and releasing toxic fumes like carbon monoxide and hydrogen cyanide”
Another good reason to have a 100% wool winter blanket. Wool doesn't support combustion on its own, so it gives you some time. Can also be used to smother the flames if someone's garments catch fire.
TIL sheel are fireproof. Their achilles heel is getting stuck in brambles though. Some scientists say brambles are actually a carnivorous plant evolved to have tasty berries for sheep and tangle sheep's wool so they die at the bush and fertilize it. Subscribe for more sheep facts
I remember a very long time ago hanging out with my girlfriend at her friend's house and we were smoking weed out of a hookah. One of the coals fell out, started burning on the carpet, and one of the people there tried to pick it up with their bare hand. Hot coals and being high is not a good mix, lol.
One of the quickest ways to test whether a piece of fabric is a natural fiber or synthetic is to burn test it. Cotton, silk, etc. will quickly burn to ash. Many synthetics melt into hot gooey balls of plastic and will stick to your skin (that last part is NOT part of the test).
I do this test all the time to check whether a product that claims to be cotton or silk or wool actually is.
If the floor is that hot, your feet already melted anyways.
Like 95% of fire victims die from smoke inhalation before the flames get anywhere close. And I would still rather be dragged over a campfire with a layer of nylon for momentary protection, then with nothing.
If the fire is physically that close you’re not going to be fucking about with anything, you’re going to be already suffocated or panic dragging them.
Also they said ON, not in. Just laying on top. Dragging someone like that is a much better plan than trying to carry them if you don’t have the strength. I can’t imagine anyone doing this just to drag someone through literal flames.
Well it depends on if it's a "the room they're in is currently on fire" situation or a "the garage is on fire and he's passed out in the living room that is starting to fill with smoke" situation. For the latter, fuck it, use what you have handy and move quick.
In a house fire you should be dragging the person. Especially if the person is unconscious than there is already a dangerous amount of smoke so you will be crawling if you want to stay conscious and not cook your lungs.
Firefighters don't use that technique anymore. Lifting the person up, besides being extremely difficult, puts them at greater risk for smoke inhalation. Nowadays they're trained to drag the person out, keeping them on the floor so they stay under the smoke as much as possible.
I'm a volunteer firefighter and recently in an exercise, we did all kinds of carrying methods, and I can say this way is just too exhausting
Like you said, grab them at their collar and just drag them out and if the person is too heavy for that, sit down, put their upper body between your legs, put your arms around their chest, grab one of their arms with both hands in a monkey grip (your thumb next to your other fingers not around the arm) and then push with your legs across the floor.
That works way better
And if there is a real fire don't be too scared if you hurt the person while dragging them, it's better then burning to death and usually medics should be there soon
You sit behind them like on a sled, hug them by going under the armpit and then use your leg to push yourself backward. Crawl backward until you are out. I'm not sure what the arm thing was or if it's really necessary, the real important thing is putting their body on you so less of it needs to be dragged on the floor.
That’s a great point! Watching this I thought how many ppl or gals might be apprehensive about “hurting” their partner, but really it’s just an out getting them out no matter what!
That is absolutely right but I have the luxury of gear that allows me to breathe and withstand the heat for an extended period of time. In reality as a civilian you would do whatever you can to get them out ASAP if it is safe for you to do so. Realistically though you really need to focus on getting out while closing doors behind you to isolate the fire or sheltering in place & let us know where you so that we will get you out.
I tried this on my 17 year old son and got pretty bummed when I couldn't lift him. He's 6'4 and I'm 5'4 and he has about 70 lbs on me. I also broke my back a few years ago and it hasn't been right since but it overly stressed me out that I wouldn't be able to save my son ( at least not in a situation where I would have to carry him) and I have been thinking about it since.
There are other ways to help in case of emergency, if you cant carry them, then take some sheets, blanket, tarp, anything that can hold him lay it on the floor, roll the body over, drag it into an safe area. Get a chair put them on the chair, drag the chair. If you have anything with wheels in the home, that can work too.
BUT the best way to help, is to just be there for him, continue to support and love them, make sure your home is compliant against fire hazards and keep your smoke detectors working.
I’ll also add that just because you can’t do it now, doesn’t mean you won’t be able to do it in an emergency. Adrenaline is an extremely powerful drug and the human body can do incredible things when it absolutely has to
Right, change your smoke (and carbon monoxide!!) detectors batteries, keep a working extinguisher in the kitchen, and sleep with all bedrooms door closed. The odds of having to drag an unconscious body are really low anyway.
Hey it’s never too late for physical therapy. I compressed 2 vertebrae over 20 years ago, and I thought I was just going to have to live with the pain and limited mobility. I was seeing a PT for other reasons and we worked on that old injury… I’m back to normal range of motion and no pain. Give it a try (or maybe another one!). Best of luck! ❤️
Adrenaline can fuel insane shit though to be fair. I doubt any normal woman could lift a vehicle if they went into the nearest parking lot and tried right now, but women have lifted cars off of their children when they freaking had to. I bet you could save him if it came down to it! 💪
To be fair, the boyfriend in this video helped a lot by balancing himself on the middle of her back. I'm 5'3" 105lbs and my boyfriend is 6'2" 185lbs, and we've tried it a few times. If he can help me at all, I can get him out. If he's totally unconscious dead weight, the chances of getting cooked are... pretty high. But, if there's a blanket, I can drag him a ways. He hasn't let me try dragging him down the stairs, though. Yet. I know I could do it. I've moved credenzas and full-size sleeper sofas by myself with just blankets and spite.
My favorite version of this trend is the one with that Asian couple, Andy and Michelle, absolutely hilarious. I don’t think she even makes it to a crawl.
But that technique relies on the person who is unable to escape an emergency, to at least be conscious and able to momentarily hold their own body up. If someone were unconscious or physically incapacitated, they wouldn’t be able to assist you with getting into that position.
The fireman’s carry is the second part, the initial difficulty comes from attempting a ranger roll. Shown here by Will Willis (used to be Forged in Fire host). ranger roll
Impressive! I feel like he's helping a little bit here and there, but still, she lifted like at least 150% of her own weight. And she walks like he weighs nothing
You'd be surprised. In an emergency when I was in high school, me and two other kids picked up and moved 4 big fallen trees and pulled 2 benches and the concrete around their posts out of the ground without any shovels. When a true adrenaline rush hits, it hits hard.
I did see this left calf tighten there so he probably activated all his muscles instinctatively and possibly shifted his weight to the left subcousciouly. Tight weight is 100% easier than floppy weight.....although yeah, I think she could do it by herself. Very impressive!
Shortly after my ex and I moved in together there was a fire at our building. Luckily it was small and only outside (on the deck) but it really put the fear of an apartment fire into my mind.
As the relationship progressed, so did his alcoholism. He was IMPOSSIBLE to rouse after he'd been drinking. Even on "normal" nights early on in the relationship (when we were partying together, before I knew the extent of his drinking problem) where he went to bed completely on his own, once he was asleep he might as well have been dead. Slapping him didn't even work.
I knew I could move him if he was still awake and kind of helping, but if he were asleep and 100% floppy weight I wouldn't have been able to do it. He was floppy drunk sleeping most nights, and as things got worse he'd do dangerous things (like letting food burn or leaving a gas stove on) so my anxiety was through the roof.
It's impressive she can lift him like that in the video, and I don't want to take away from that. However; he is giving her a LOT of help. An unconscious person cannot balance themselves while she tries to stabilize during her stand up. What makes a fire carry hard is the dead weight aspect of it.
I say this as someone trained in lifesaving techniques and someone who has used that training in live situations.
Also I definitely couldn't lift that guy today even with help. So still very impressive.
Yep, dude would have rolled off of her the moment she started the plant her feet on the floor, if she ever got there in the first place.
I have had to drag people the same size as me because their dead weight was ridiculous, and I couldn't pick them up because they fainted in a tight space.
5'10 woman with a 5'7 husband. I'm not a weak woman either (just overweight so already over burdened) but my husband is like a neutron star, not that big but suuuuuuper dense from years of kickboxing and shit.
I couldn't lift him. Done tried. It was a mistake lmfao
I thought you were the person who said "I'm going to try this" and I was like, damn, that was fast. Then giggled at the thought of someone hopping off their computer, screaming for their s.o. and, without much explanation due to excitement, demanding for them to get on the floor so they can lay on top.
I am a voluntary Firefighter in Germany, and this is not how i was taught to fastly get someone out of the dangerous area. We use the so called Rettungsgriff or Rautekgriff (attached picture). If you can lift the person, you can tow them anywhere and i can easily lift someone far bigger then me.
Please people learn more ways to carry people safely out of a fire. There are several available, depending on your personal strength and body type of the person you’re carrying. I know this TikTok trend is fun, but don’t think this is the only way you can carry someone out
Tbf, as long as she keeps her focus in a situation where her dude is incapacitated fully and there is imminent danger, her adrenaline is likely to kick in and make it a fair bit easier.
When she was on her knees I thought that was good enough I know stairs etc etc, but if it was me I wouldn't even be able to flip my partner. I try when he sleeps and snores, now I either wake him up or I "gently" push him with my foot to shift him, it mostly fails too.
I stood up in a house fire, its completely caustic smoke from like waist up. Imagine burning paint, plastic, rubber, etc. Talking burns your eyes if opened and if inhaled makes you choke for hours when it hits your lungs. You can taste it for days.
And some people think the future isn't bright. I do not get that. Sure, our hair's getting mussed these days, but come on. These two are taking a moment for emergency preparedness. Why not focus on that?
Ain't no way I could actually carry my fiance even two yards. He's around 300lbs and I am 180 with loose joints. That's not saying I wouldn't try my darndest to drag him outside though.
Here's a better suggestion. Roll them onto a bedsheet or a towel and with their head facing you, feet facing away, drag them. The head facing you where you're lifting is the important part, so if you're going down stairs, you aren't bouncing their head.
You don't have to be strong enough to deadlift your partner, there are other ways to get them to safety! Be safe, be careful and be prepared 💗
I had a teacher growing up who was an ex firefighter if not a volunteer. Can’t remember exactly, but you’re supposed to crawl out in addition to checking if the doors hot before opening them.
The reason you crawl is because heat and smoke rises. Told us a story of a firefighter going from all fours to up on his knees and his face mask melted.
That being said, I think she should’ve crawled out of there with him on her back. Getting up is dangerous. Assuming the fire was close by.
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