How to deploy a fire shelter

[@joebarker1035]

Fire shelters save you from radiant heat, so direct heat would burn it. It all depends on where you deploy. If you deploy a shelter in grass, or brush. You probably wont make it. If you deploy in a bare spot, or create your own spot free of fuel you'll still get hot, probably even some foot burns if you deployed the correct way. But you'll probably live so long as flames aren't smacking your shelter. This is as good as shelters will get for a while. We all know the risks, all we can do is train and learn.

[@SahajSoldier]

The Granite Mountain Hotshots deployed in brush 😢

[@cherylm2C6671]

Thanks for your comment. I had thought these things were more substantial.

[@bassemb]

Thanks for this. I just learned about fire shelters while reading a book, and was curious to see how it's deployed.

[@gaberthesnipergaming8335]

Woah! This is NOT what I pictured in my head when I heard about fire shelter! This is cool

[@Narwhalsss]

Who else watched this after seeing only the brave

[@yol0daddy772]

Yeep

[@superpilotkid5478]

me

[@lordjimricardo2370]

Me

[@oneworld3503]

I watched after reading I survived the California wild fire

[@riverrivers250]

Yup… sad. Must of been scary hearing that fire’s roar getting louder and louder

[@TheTechAdmin]

I learned this technique when I was a kid watching a scary movie.

[@mikereel-richmond2949]

Its still a good example though, especially for those of us going through training for the first time just to get an idea of a good way to deploy it

[@rollsroycemerlinengine1890]

Pretty interesting I only just heard about these when I was reading something about the yarnell hill fire incident

[@julioguzman7347]

I did mine in 25 seconds!! It has to be done in 30 for us here in tulare county california

[@noahsdaddy1624]

Where's his water?

[@Sir-Cyr_Rill-Nil-Mill]

Max sent us here. *_Cool._*

[@daily5.0r-spec97]

it's sad they didn't work long enough for the 19 firefighters in Arizona a whole back😢

[@jamieclack8673]

there shelters were destroyed they dealt with a flash over with heat over 1000 degrees they didn't have a chance

[@robwall4422]

Indeed :( The shelters are rated for sustaining durability in heat reaching 500 degrees (akin to a rolling grass fire) but they got trapped in a flash zone and (as A-a-ron said) the heat there sustained itself at over 1,000 degrees. Very sad times.

[@Joseph565112]

That’s why I always carry a pistol. If facing a total entrapment by fire that’s known to be popping trees (indication that its way beyond fire shelter rating) then I’ll be dead before the fire gets to me, and I’m ok with that.

[@Joseph565112]

Firefighter. Whether I’m supposed to have it or not is my business. lots of guys do it. Plenty of places to hide ultra compact pistols when you wear so much gear anyhow.

[@chezburger1564]

Provocateur you basically just said God

[@sir.willthur5428]

Let the yellow tag hang out. Helps out a lot. Saves you 3 seconds of time.

[@independentrealist9299]

No nonsense...and to the point.

[@Simmons2358]

Not very realistic. Need a huge fan to generate wind and smoke so that the shelter is difficult to hold onto.

[@ATVmod]

and this is the best we can come up with in the 21st century.... see why they're nicknamed 'baked potato bags?

[@dylanjohnson7091]

Well you cant do much more because of weight and carrying it around and the real ones are made of foil like the fire retardant suits you see and they are acatully quite effective considering, only 40 some odd people have died in thousands of deployments, if they could carry more protective shelters they would but it wouldn’t be very practical and might even cause more harm if they can’t evacuate fast enough if they are carrying more weight

[@94XJ]

There are a lot of advancements in materials that continue making these better while still small and light enough to fit in a backpack. The technology is impressive that a pound of material is enough to provide a life-saving barrier against a wildfire. The nickname comes from the aluminum foil look of the real ones which very much resembles how you would wrap a potato... but unlike pure aluminum foil, these insulate instead of transfer heat.

[@les3316]

40 secs to pop that on i just couldnt see me waiting kissing my ass goodbye id have to keep trying to run for it even though prob not best thing to do lol

[@Simmons2358]

need a "moving shelter" that can be put on as one runs from a fire to act as a heat shield - a second shelter that is a static shelter like in the video.

[@kilo5659]

It's not really about the heat on your skin, it's mostly about the hot gases your breath in. Fire shelters allow you to create a basic seal, preventing the spread of said substances, and access to relatively cool ground to breath through. "Shelter suits" were experimented with when the first fire shelter (the tent) iteration was developed.

[@STARDRIVE]

A reflective suit with F1 underwear makes sense, since the time of exposure is limited when running (although upright). For oxygen a small cannister (airplane?) will do, providing cool & clean air for your mask/helmet. At that point, I´m thinking dirt bike. Not cheap, but neither are shelters. They can get you out of harms way, carry stuff and work faster. There are many documented trails that can be used for burning. The terrifying thing about those ¨hot pockets¨ is you have to choose between running and digging in, hoping for the best. Although I am impressed by them. I found that ¨fire bikes¨ are used down under, even for wildfires. They need to be adapted for those circumstances, but on the positive, you need less fire fighters (or should I say Ghost Riders ;) for the same job.

[@robertosuarez2987]

Where can I buy these shelters?

[@janettaylor9642]

God bless yall

[@MrKylemu1000]

I hated folding the practice shelters

[@commoncents9732]

I'll stick with jumping in a lake.....no way I am going to let a tiny little fabric protect me from 1500° wildfire.

[@0570965]

What is its limitations?

[@0570965]

Thank you for the feed back.

[@Joseph565112]

About 500 degrees. Shouldn’t have much direct contact with flame. If a fire is hot enough to cause the moisture inside of trees to flash boil and cause the tree to pop like popcorn then you know it’s too hot. Just run! The shelter cant take that heat. If you’re facing total entrapment in that kind of fire then simply commit suicide. I always carry a pistol for that reason.

[@blaketankersley2449]

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[@slopcrusher3482]

@John Cena you’ll get cooked alive. You’re severely underestimating how hot these fires get. You’ll breathe in the super heated fumes, choke, and die.

[@commiehunter733]

​@John Cena you can feel the heat from 20yards aways, it's unbearable

[@camerondiehl3649]

Wasn't supposed to throw his pack with canteen let alone take it of reach back and PULL your shelter out

[@Floodbait_117]

Ok but don't make it green all I can think of is its a green screen or a camping tarp

[@hairy-dairyman]

Our fire environments must be very different. I can't imagine anywhere in the bush I could actually deploy a shelter that couldn't be accessed by a tanker. The active crew protection on a tanker will always be better than a shelter. Not knocking it to bad. Just can't see it working for us

[@shockabra19]

you never hike out to cut line?

[@hairy-dairyman]

@@shockabra19 we use heavy equipment. Bull dozens and graders mostly. If they can't access the spot we want to put the fire break we don't usually go there. In exceptional circumstances (I've only done it once) we will. But it's really somthing we avoid as anything we can cut by hand usually won't stop a fire. Embers and radiant ignition will beat it unfortunately

[@bensnipes7288]

Shake and bake baby!

[@Jesusandbible]

get NASA on the job

[@evcarr3008]

NASA was on the job for over a five year period. Some prototypes were made that were slightly more effective but the extra weight made them undesirable for field use.

[@oscaramador4200]

0:33 where did he go?

[@Crecross]

Bro woulda been dead

[@miller745]

he must be great at hide and seek

[@Peanutbutter_madden]

Does this work for angry wives?

[@albertdesalvo7273]

Too much fucking about. Fire shelter needs to be deployed in half the time chubby took.

[@frankieM_]

0:35 IM PICKLE RICKK

[@petelebu]

A 10 pound shelter should do better than that thin bag

[@kilo5659]

A ten-pound shelter is ten pounds.

[@bcgrittner8076]

That thin bag is a practice shelter. The real shelter is considerably more substantial.

[@nicolinasmith8986]

Stop drop and flop

[@toadamine]

carry your own bodybag? that little sheet is supposed to stop 1000+ degrees of heat for several hours while the fire burns down the forest around you??? sorry but id rather die quickly on my feet, not lay down and wait to get slow roasted wrapped in foil...

[@donkoltz1]

Thinking you know better is exactly what would get you killed in a situation like this.

[@toadamine]

@@donkoltz1 I know a quick death is better than a slow one, especially by fire...

[@donkoltz1]

@@toadamine Well if your goal is to die as fast as possible then you do you. If it were me I would listen to the advice of those who have been there before and use the equipment they do the way they do and try to survive.

[@usaf2011]

In case you didn't know, these "body bags" have saved thousands of lives since they have been invented. They are to be used in certain situations only, the firefighters will have more knowledge than you on when and where to deploy a fire shelter to maximize their chances of survival.

[@ci8158]

Coffin

[@bobbymckenzie3202]

Hey....Robert Bigelow, Jeff Bezos, Elon.....theses guys and girls could use a little help on improving a shelter.....are you all planning on taking all your money with you when you die??

[@Herby90]

Took way way way way to long

[@Boojyman]

Hell to fuk no. I would rather die trying to run and lay down and cook like a sausage

[@prodseb]

Sped mf doesn’t know what he’s talking about

[@PlanetX87]

0/10, that shelter was not on fire at all

[@ginaricketts8855]

This is so inappropriate considering the tragic deaths of the 19 firefighters. The Forest Service should be ashamed - was this guy given the okay by his superiors? If so, he and his supervisors should be fired. Shame on you. ginar

[@daily5.0r-spec97]

Gina Ricketts I know I'm late but he was just demonstrating for people who don't know anything about the safety shelters. People need to know the everyday risk and how these firefighters keep themselves safe when there's no way out. it was extremely depressing to hear about the deaths of the 19 firemen, I was totally crushed! The shelters back then were not as durable as the shelters in this generation we are in now.

[@MrPaddy1000111]

Again pretty late but the shelters have saved many, many lives.

[@buddyollie7400]

Gina Ricketts why's it inappropriate??

[@robwall4422]

Out of over 1,000 deployments this past 40? years, these bags have succeeded. 41 men in that time have lost their lives not to the device, but to the ridiculously dangerous environment in which you pray to never have to use this device. Please, don't devalue the hard work these men and women do. Tools of last resort are there, again, as a last resort, and the baked potato bag has saved countless lives caught up in grass fires etc. The Yarnell case bowled in and the temperatures went over 1,000 degrees farenheit (while the shelters are rated to sustain at 500 degrees, akin to a moving grass fire). These men stack among the best of the best, and even still nature is a beast worthy of our utmost respect. Have a beautiful day, Ms. Gina.

[@HazeGreyAndUnderway]

gina, if you don't know what you're talking about then just shut up