Wish's Challenge # 1.

[youonlywish]

You wake up to find a sharp smell of 'burning'. You can't exactly put your finger on what is burning - but one thing is for sure, you feel the heat.

Your smoke detector has failed.

From under your bedroom door, you see an orange and yellow glow.

What do you do?

(idea taken from recent events in Toronto...)

[citrusawesome]

I'd first feel the door to see how close the fire is.

If i have a window and a way down obviously i'd take that route. If NOT then depending on where my bedroom is in my house i would brake through the drywall into the next room and HOPe that the fire is just on the bedroom side.

If you have a master bathroom and there is NO possible way out other then to run through fire. put on as much clothing as you can, soak it all in cold water, wrap a soaked shirt around your head, and run away. but thats the last thing i'd do. and only if i was 100% sure i was surrounded by fire and help wasnt there yet.

[archer550]

stay low move deliberately and don't panic. Out the window if there is, even from 2nd floor (broken ankle is better then 3rd degree burns or death.) If no window like citrus said insulate as much as possible use leather lots of socks and wool blanket draped over so you can blast through fire and ditch the burning blanket. DO NOT BREATH IN if your pushing through flame 500 plus degree air/smoke will torch your lungs instantly.
soak all garment if avaible.

[citrusawesome]

Hrm, never even though of leather... a good leather jaket would do you wonders...

[pancakedestroyer]

Open my bedroom window, help my girlfriend out and then lower myself the roughly 10ft to the ground and call 911.
I suspect my cats are a lost cause at this point and insurance will replace everything else.

[mitchell12]

Throw SHTF bag out window, Follow bag. The whole 3 ft...

The biggest problem with that situation is that I am MUCH more likely to have a fire in my actual bed room.... Which would suck donkey balls and I'd be forced to break through the dry wall and escape through another door/window.

[firezonecanada]

My bedroom set



Welcome to Fire Zone

[archer550]

does that canister help at all with smoke or just ash?

[youonlywish]

FZ - are you kidding?

That's frickin awesome!

[firezonecanada]

does that canister help at all with smoke or just ash?


Yes. Made by SEA Group www.sea.com.au/

Used against particles, dust, smoke, fume, bacteria, viruses, biological warfare agents, and a wide range of organic, inorganic and acid gases and ammonia.

Examples: Sarin, nerve gas, mustard gas, cyanogen, phosgene, radioactive dust, toxic particles, aerosols, tear gas, bacteria, viruses, anthrax, smallpox etc. — Also provides protection against industrial gases such as ammonia, hydrogen cyanide, acid gases, chlorine, sulfur dioxide, hydrogen chloride and many more.

Gas and particle protection (including CBRN warfare agents) for domestic preparedness, military,police, emergency responders, rescue personnel and other environments.

Industrial compounds:
Compound Conc.
(ppm) Flow
rate
(l/min) Filter capacity
(min)
Cyclohexane C6H12 5000 30 50
Chlorine C12 5000 30 40
Hydrogen sulfide H2S 5000 30 >120
Sulfur dioxide SO2 5000 30 23
Ammonia NH3 5000 30 50
Carbon tetrachloride CCl4 1000 64 >65
Methylomine CH3NH2 1000 64 >80
Hydrogen chloride HCl 500 64 >35
ClO2 500 64 >60
Hydrogen fluoride HF 70 64 >60
Formaldehyde 100 64 >100
O-chlorobenzylidene
malonotrile CS
3 64 >480
CN teargas 16 64 >480
DOP 200mg 85 40mm H20
(penetr.0.004%)
NaCl 95 0.001%



Warfare compounds*:
Compound Conc. (ppm) Flow rate
(l/min) Filter
capacity
(min)
Sarin GB (Tested by SBCCOM)

Nerve agent
Lethal dose: 35 mg/m3
Effectice dose: 25 mg/m3

300 mg/m3 25 >60
Hydrogen cyanide HCN

Blood agent
Lethal dose:
varies widely with concentration
5000 30 72
Cyanogen chloride CK
(Tested by SBCCOM)

Blood agent
Lethal dose: 11,000 mg/m3
Effective dose: 7,000 mg/m3
4000 mg/m3 50 >45
O-chlorobenzylidene malonotrile CS

Tear gas
Lethal dose: 61,000 mg/m3
Effective dose: 10-20 mg/m3
3 64 >480
Chloroacetophenone CN

Tear gas:
Lethal dose: 7,000-14,000 mg/m3
Effective dose: 80 mg/m3
16 64 >480

NOTE: Blue area signifies European test data using large filters. Remaining tests conducted in USA on small filters.

*) Warfare gas test results are not derived from, nor have any relation to NIOSH testing

[kjk]

Being a volunteer firefighter, I'm out my bedroom window the eight feet to the ground. Calling 911 from my cell phone that sleeps beside me and waiting for the rest of the crew to show up with the trucks. At that point I MAY re-assess the situation and try to salvage something. (More than likely just my cats) I've seen how fast a fire can move and how quickly people can get caught in them so I'm not playing around when I see that orange glow.