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Violent fire vortex sucks up a firehose in dramatic video. What happened?
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Thousands of miles away from the deadly deluges brought by the now-tropical depression Florence, wildland firefighters are still battling extreme blazes out West.
An intense video posted to Instagram on Sunday shows a firefighting crew’s violent meeting with a large fire vortex, known scientifically as a fire whirl.
Wildland firefighter M.C. Schidlowsky — whose Instagram handle is mar.lowsky — posted the video taken in British Columbia, showing the vortex sucking a firehose up into the churning winds.
The crew was powerless to pull the heavy hose back. One firefighter, after the vortex ripped the hose away, hurled a rock at the fire, seemingly in frustration. Read more…
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View More Violent fire vortex sucks up a firehose in dramatic video. What happened?A NASA prototype could save the lives of firefighters as blazes erupt in western U.S.
Nearly 40 large wildfires now burn across the United States.
Blazes are expected this time of year, with hot air, dry land, and gusty winds stoking big fires throughout the western U.S. But today, twice as much land is burned than in the early …
This veteran firefighter and amputee is building powerful prosthetics for extreme sports
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Braden Leonard is the founder of Hand Made Prosthetics – a startup designing robust prosthetic gear for people with limb loss who want to pursue extreme sports. Leonard is currently an Autodesk BUILD resident and is using emerging tech to find ways of upgrading what’s possible for upper limb prosthetic devices. Read more…
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View More This veteran firefighter and amputee is building powerful prosthetics for extreme sportsFirefighters rescue a dog stuck on a frozen river with incredible scooching skills
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Usually firefighters are more in the cat-saving game, but it seems they can make an exception for good dogs.
On Wednesday, firefighters from the Tulsa Fire Department came to the aid of a dog who found herself stuck in the middle of a slippery frozen creek, using a rubber dinghy and some 10/10 scooching skills.
A dog stuck in the middle of a frozen creek was rescued after a firefighter who just happened to be passing by saw her on the ice all by her lonesomepic.twitter.com/4oboNoEx4Y
— CBS News (@CBSNews) February 7, 2018
That is some top-notch outside-the-box thinking. Read more…
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View More Firefighters rescue a dog stuck on a frozen river with incredible scooching skillsIncredible footage shows firefighter catching child thrown from balcony
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If you ever doubted the bravery of firefighters (for argument’s sake, because why would anyone do that) let this video be the living proof that they are, in fact, heroes.
On Monday DeKalb County Fire Department released helmet-cam footage, showing the moment when a firefighter caught a child who was thrown off the third story of a burning apartment building on 3 January in Decatur, Georgia.
This wasn’t the only child to be thrown from the building.
“We were catching babies like a football — literally,” County Fire Rescue Capt. Eric Jackson told the Atlanta Journal Constitution. Read more…
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View More Incredible footage shows firefighter catching child thrown from balconyFirefighters are seriously unimpressed by YouTube prankster who cemented his head in a microwave
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YouTube pranksters build their audience through daring and outrageous videos — but this time they might’ve gone too far.
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TGFbro, a 22-year-old prankster who has 3 million subscribers on YouTube, mixed seven bags of Polyfilla, and then, with the help of some friends, poured it on a microwave and put his head inside.
The prankster had a plastic bag around his head with an air tube for breathing. But as he started to struggle to breathe, TGFbro asked his friends to free him.
After some 90 minutes of failed attempts, the group decided to call the fire brigade. Read more…
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View More Firefighters are seriously unimpressed by YouTube prankster who cemented his head in a microwaveFirefighters are brave as hell, and these photos prove it
A firefighter pulls a hose to keep flames from advancing to adjacent homes while battling the Lilac fire at Rancho Monserate Country Club.Image: Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times via Getty ImagesIt takes a lot of bravery to be a firefighter.
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