vp23271
11-09-2007, 07:46 PM
I got this email from a friend and thought I would post it. I normaly would not post something like this, but this short video shocked the hell out of me. I knew not to throw water on a grease fire, but never knew what it would look like if I did. Now I know! The entire email is below and the link to the short video is at the bottom.
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This is worth making sure your family members see this video. It could save your home and your lives.
This is so important .. as old as I am I never heard of doing the wet towel thing... but I will remember it after seeing this.
Kitchen Fire Safety - Good reminder for everyone.....This is a powerful message----watch the video and don't forget what you see. Show your whole family this video. Or better yet, send this to them.
This is a dramatic video (30-second, very short) about how to deal with a common kitchen fire ... oil in a frying pan. Please read the following introduction and then watch the show It's a real eye-opener !!
At the Fire Fighting Training school they would demonstrate this with a deep fat fryer set on the fire field. An instructor would don a fire suit and using an 8 oz cup at the end of a 10 foot pole toss water onto the grease fire. The results got the attention of the students.
The water, being heavier than the oil, sinks to the bottom where it instantly becomes superheated. The explosive force of the steam blows the burning oil up and out. On the open field, it became a thirty foot high fireball that resembled a nuclear blast. Inside the confines of a kitchen, the fire ball hits the ceiling and fills the entire room.
Also, do not throw sugar or flour on a grease fire. One cup creates the explosive force of two sticks of dynamite.
Please view this video clip: _Click Here_
(http://www.ranaldofamily.com/SWF/KitchenOilFire.wmv (http://www.ranaldofamily.com/SWF/KitchenOilFire.wmv))
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This is worth making sure your family members see this video. It could save your home and your lives.
This is so important .. as old as I am I never heard of doing the wet towel thing... but I will remember it after seeing this.
Kitchen Fire Safety - Good reminder for everyone.....This is a powerful message----watch the video and don't forget what you see. Show your whole family this video. Or better yet, send this to them.
This is a dramatic video (30-second, very short) about how to deal with a common kitchen fire ... oil in a frying pan. Please read the following introduction and then watch the show It's a real eye-opener !!
At the Fire Fighting Training school they would demonstrate this with a deep fat fryer set on the fire field. An instructor would don a fire suit and using an 8 oz cup at the end of a 10 foot pole toss water onto the grease fire. The results got the attention of the students.
The water, being heavier than the oil, sinks to the bottom where it instantly becomes superheated. The explosive force of the steam blows the burning oil up and out. On the open field, it became a thirty foot high fireball that resembled a nuclear blast. Inside the confines of a kitchen, the fire ball hits the ceiling and fills the entire room.
Also, do not throw sugar or flour on a grease fire. One cup creates the explosive force of two sticks of dynamite.
Please view this video clip: _Click Here_
(http://www.ranaldofamily.com/SWF/KitchenOilFire.wmv (http://www.ranaldofamily.com/SWF/KitchenOilFire.wmv))