• How to Put Fire Out: Flashovers, Backdrafts, Extinguisher Types

  • Feb 6 2025
  • Length: 25 mins
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How to Put Fire Out: Flashovers, Backdrafts, Extinguisher Types

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  • This is a fun one! We check out the most common ways to put fires out, how to tell a type of fire by the smoke color, and what to look for in the phases of a fire starting.

    We'll look at what flashovers are through a personal story. And what Backdrafts are with another experience.

    Then we'll see common fire extinguisher types, and how heat moves into and out of fires - with Fireman Pete.

    TIMESTAMPS

    00:00 - Welcome

    00:15 - Fire Extinguishment

    00:59 - Dilution

    01:37 - Smothering / Blanketing

    02:54 - Reducing the Temperature

    04:20 - Smoke

    06:30 - Phases of Burning

    06:53 - Incipient Phase

    07:11 - Free-Burning Phase

    08:20 - Crawl Low in Smoke

    08:37 - Smoldering Phase

    10:19 - Fire Flashover

    12:54 - Fire Backdraft

    16:41 - Breaking the Chain

    17:33 - Fire Extinguishers

    18:01 - Class A Fire Extinguishers

    18:14 - Class B Fire Extinguishers

    18:40 - Class C Fire Extinguishers

    19:50 - Class D Fire Extinguishers

    20:44 - Conduction

    21:33 - Radiation

    22:09 - Convection

    22:41 - Direct Flame Contact

    #fire #firefighter #firehistory



    This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit firemanpete.substack.com
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