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- Hey guys, sorry I'm a little late.
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Hey, what's up man?
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- Sup, man?
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- Becky still not here?
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- Sorry guys, hello.
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- Late again, as per usual.
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Just holding it up, you know what I mean?
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- You just got here.
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- [Bearded Man] Let's roll, let's roll, come on.
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- Oh!
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(dramatic music)
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(flames crackling)
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- Here's the scenario, it's the middle of the night,
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the fire alarm starts going off.
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You're startled awake.
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You notice a slight presence of smoke in the room.
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What do you do?
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- Well, how slight is slight?
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If it's slight enough I can, you know, get some things.
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Like my jeans, they don't make any more.
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- Yeah or my old comic book collection, X-Men.
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- It's imperative not to waste any time,
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a fire can go from small to huge in a matter of minutes.
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- [Narrator] One study showed that over 40 years ago
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you had 17 minutes from the time the fire alarm went off
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to safely exit the house.
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Today, that amount of time is down to about three
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or four minutes and it's suspected this is
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because modern furniture burns quicker
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because so many items are now made with synthetic materials.
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- We need to hit it as quickly as possible.
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Becky, let's do this!
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- Oh.
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- Get to the door.
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You feel if it's hot with the back of your hand.
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- It's good.
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- If it's not hot, you open it.
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- That's pretty easy.
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- If it's hot?
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- Ooh.
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- Yeah, you don't open it.
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- So what if it's just, kind of hot?
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- Like, minimal.
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- We could just go through it, right?
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Yeah.
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(flames bursting through door)
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Yeah.
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- Yeah, that's running a serious risk.
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- That's fair.
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- Alright, so what are we supposed to do if we can't exit?
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Just sit here?
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- Well, if you're unable to exit, your best option may be to
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stay put, stay right where you are.
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- Boring.
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- Yeah, it's not boring, it's just terrifying.
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- Smoke, in this case, is one of your biggest threats.
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- [Narrator] Fire and smoke in a room diminish oxygen.
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Under normal conditions the percent of oxygen in the air
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is roughly 21%.
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Even when this percentage is just slightly lowered to 16%
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physical and mental ability become significantly impaired.
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When available oxygen is estimated to be at about six to
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7%, death can occur within minutes.
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But fire won't burn with that low
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of an oxygen concentration.
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- We just stay here, really?
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We don't get to go like, run through fire?
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- Do not run through the fire.
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- Alright.
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They do it in the movies so I just thought.
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- Shh, no.
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- First notify responders and then
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focus on sealing out the smoke.
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Here's what you need.
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- [Narrator] Montage.
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(upbeat music)
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Foil! (foil crinkling)
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(tape ripping) Duct Tape!
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- [Female Narrator] Wet towel.
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- Good job Becky.
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- Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you.
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- [Becky] You are so welcome.
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- [Jeremy] Lay the towel against
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the bottom crevice of the door.
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Use the foil and tape to cover the air vents and cracks.
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And you can hold a damp cloth against
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your face to help filter smoke.
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- So I still think we should try running through the fire,
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I feel like the Rock would run through the fire.
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I'm running through the fire.
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(door opens)
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(fire crackling)
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- No!
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No, stop trying to run through the friggin' fire.
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- Alright so now the fire is in the room,
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we can feel the heat, we have nowhere else to go.
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What are we supposed to do?
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- Well, in dire situation, a window
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may also serve as an exit.
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If the window is stuck and one feels
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compelled to break the window,
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please be mindful, this is incredibly dangerous.
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- But also, really, really fun.
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Like something the Rock would do, right?
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- And very dangerous.
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This type of scene may seem movie-like and exciting,
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but it's actually your last resort.
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Ideally you want to aim to take preemptive measures
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so a situation like this does not occur in the first place.
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- So if we made it to this point we're already in trouble?
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- You're in serious trouble.
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- Yeah, serious trouble.
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- Is there any other kind?
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(fire crackling)
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Got it.
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- I've actually had a situation where a guy panicked,
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broke the window, cut his wrist,
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and actually bled out by the time we found him.
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- I don't wanna be that guy.
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- Don't do that.
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- There are a few safety measures to keep in mind.
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First, find a cloth and wrap your hands.
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Second, find a blunt object to break the window with.
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(fire crackling loudly)
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(window shattering)
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(intense music)
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(ambulance wailing)
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- I still feel like I could make
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running through the fire, right?
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- No.
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(laughing)
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- My mentality is, what would the Rock do?
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And I feel like the Rock would just do it, you know?
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- We're gonna cut, boom.
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(chill music)
