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Thread #80485 Message #1468983
Posted By: Peace
23-Apr-05 - 05:22 PM
Thread Name: BS: Disaster/Emergency Movies (serious)
Subject: RE: BS: Disaster/Emergency Movies (serious)
There are training films that deal with screw-ups firefighters have made; however, the results are pretty tough to look at. Burns that remove the ears, facial features, fingers, etc, sure make Backdraft look like junk.
The last one I saw had a gal in the US going into a fire situation with
1) her bunker jacket open 2) no gloves on 3) no belaclava
She was entrapped by flame in a grass fire. Later, they estimated she was in 800 degrees for about ten seconds. She's had lots of plastic and reconstructive surgery. (That's why I hate movies that give kids the impression firefighters are mocho idiots. We're not. BUT, we do make mistakes. Even Ladder 49 shows firefighters fighting fire with no gloves on. If we even thought of doing that our scene commander would tear us a new anal sphincter--on the spot.) Anyway, your local fire department might be able to help you with films that are at once instructive and real.