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Oh so THAT'S what they mean when they say a line is hot
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The Real Amethyst posted:I asked this question a number of months ago after I asked about fire blankets on the reddit /r/firefighting sub and the general consensus from all the firefighters was "lmao no why would you need a fire blanket thats stupid european poo poo". Meanwhile they're basically mandatory in all kitchen in Europe even in residential properties. The fire blanket is for smothering the idiot walking up to the grease fire with a bucket. Simple de-escalation technique. I know, I know, we don't do that here etc etc etc blah blah blah
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Americans want their buildings to burn down for the insurance money duh.
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Invalid Validation posted:Americans want their buildings to burn down for the insurance money duh. Not all Americans. Some want other people's buildings to burn down because they failed to pay their "firefighters will extinguish the fire" fee in their municipality.
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Aug 11, 2022 14:24
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The US doesn't use fire blankets? Why is the US always different to the rest of the world, and always in ways that are worse.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGdlus5iYho
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Splode posted:The US doesn't use fire blankets? Why is the US always different to the rest of the world, and always in ways that are worse. Because gently caress YOU that’s why 
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That led me to a short search for world fire statistics, and I landed at the CTIF Report for 2016: Data availability seems to be a bit rough. But also, this has implications for the Russian war in Ukraine. Maybe Russia really is just spontaneously catching fire all the time. 
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tired: killdozer wired: wreckscavator
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Aug 11, 2022 15:40
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I’m guessing he didn’t get paid.
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Aug 11, 2022 15:55
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Snake Yeeter. Hmhmhmmmh.
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Aug 11, 2022 15:59
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those snakes are all very confused
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I have had it with these motherfucking snakes in my motherfucking lane
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Aug 11, 2022 16:06
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Antigravitas posted:But also, this has implications for the Russian war in Ukraine. Maybe Russia really is just spontaneously catching fire all the time. It probably doesn't help that Russian mass produced apartments built after WW2 were so poorly insulated that people took the habit of hanging rugs on walls just to stay warm.  Plus you probably get some really shady extra heaters once the winter really strikes.
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Aug 11, 2022 16:07
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Nenonen posted:It probably doesn't help that Russian mass produced apartments built after WW2 were so poorly insulated that people took the habit of hanging rugs on walls just to stay warm. every picture from an apt like that features people with bruises all over their face.
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Aug 11, 2022 16:14
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Antigravitas posted:That led me to a short search for world fire statistics, and I landed at the CTIF Report for 2016: I recall reading that smoking in bed used to be responsible for a shitton of fires. quote:Smoking in bed is the leading cause of fire deaths So that plus even shittier wiring would explain a lot I think.
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mobby_6kl posted:I recall reading that smoking in bed used to be responsible for a shitton of fires. goddamn, I mean in the 80s sure, I can't believe this is still an issue. Second leading cause is driving a tesla.
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Yeah to me that chart says "in places where it gets colder for longer people die in fires more often" which makes sense
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Aug 11, 2022 16:25
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I wonder if anyone has mapped the correlation between the decline in smoking and those totally mysterious spontaneous human combustion incidents you used to hear about all the time years ago?
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Aug 11, 2022 16:28
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I never care who is in the right or the wrong in these situations, I will always root for the person going apeshit in heavy construction machinery.
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LifeSunDeath posted:goddamn, I mean in the 80s sure, I can't believe this is still an issue. Second leading cause is driving a tesla. Especially since cigarettes nowadays have rings in the paper that make them go out if you don't keep smoking them. Or did they stop doing that?
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Ornamental Dingbat posted:I love these new easy-open 30000 packs. that's alcohol abuse
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I know you're eager to get the guy to stop, but getting really close to a gigantic machine controlled by an angry and irrational dude wholly focused on destroying things is a bad idea.
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Vargatron posted:that's alcohol abuse Nah, that's barely enough to get a buzz.
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Antigravitas posted:That led me to a short search for world fire statistics, and I landed at the CTIF Report for 2016: is Belarus the country with that big fire hole?
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PhazonLink posted:is Belarus the country with that big fire hole? isn't that turkmenistan?
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PhazonLink posted:is Belarus the country with that big fire hole? Hell, the United States has a town in Pennsylvania with that. https://www.wgal.com/amp/article/pennsylvania-abandoned-town-centralia/37726449
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Cartoon Man posted:Hell, the United States has a town in Pennsylvania with that. I was curious if it was still burning and Wikipedia told me "At its current rate, it could continue to burn for over 250 years." Huh.
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Uthor posted:I was curious if it was still burning and Wikipedia told me "At its current rate, it could continue to burn for over 250 years." Huh. Small town Pennsylvania, ownin' them libs for centuries.
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ilmucche posted:isn't that turkmenistan? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darvaza_gas_crater There's a few other places with gas or coal seam fires. There's one in Australia has one that's 6000 years old, apparently https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burning_Mountain
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Scratch Monkey posted:I know you're eager to get the guy to stop, but getting really close to a gigantic machine controlled by an angry and irrational dude wholly focused on destroying things is a bad idea. The guy who approached through the blind spot then scrambled over the top had the right idea. Possibly not his first excavator-run-amok situation.
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Pennsylvania burning coal while it's still in the ground reminds me of Colin Furze when he had the idea that people might need fire, and so drove around a delivery truck stacked with burning pallets asking people if they needed any, which they did not.
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Scratch Monkey posted:I know you're eager to get the guy to stop, but getting really close to a gigantic machine controlled by an angry and irrational dude wholly focused on destroying things is a bad idea. OSHA rule #4: Never gently caress with a fuckler
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Cthulu Carl posted:Oh so THAT'S what they mean when they say a line is hot I thought it was a pilot light for the electrics.
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I Give my Life, Not for honor, but for you Antigravitas posted:Snake Yeeter.
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Antigravitas posted:Snake Yeeter. lmao
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Splode posted:The US doesn't use fire blankets? Why is the US always different to the rest of the world, and always in ways that are worse. The US uses dry chemical fire extinguishers, which don't require the user to be nearly as close to the fire and work better on irregular or ventilated surfaces. I posted a video a while back of a fire-eater and his friend playing around with different kinds of extinguishers and the blanket needs to smother the fire for longer than most people would think so the fire doesn't reignite once the blanket is removed. I will concede that extinguishers make a big mess if you use them though. If I have a fire I can't put out with a pot lid, I'd still prefer the option to be on the other side of the room. If you want to be smugly European about it though, you can just say it's because Americans want to shoot the fire with an anti fire gun.
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