See the Dramatic Difference a Door Can Make

In a house fire, are you safer sleeping with your bedroom doors open or closed? See the dramatic, life-saving difference a door can make.  #CloseBeforeYouDoze

[zjones]

My son is 15 and he always closes the door to his room and tells people not to open it. It's good to know he's so careful about fire safety.

[morpar]

Okay 53 seconds in and I kind of feels like I am watching a Chevy commercial.

[safetydave]

As a retired Firefighter in Service for thirty years, I know that closing doors will save lives. I also know that "GET OUT", "ONCE OUT, STAY OUT". and "meet at a designated place and STAY THERE" Does in fact save lives.

[alien-]

I always close my door so a weird freaky thing won’t stare at me

[heatherwendt]

Thanks for shutting the door to the bedroom with teddy inside

[snickerswof]

I feel like one of the cool uncommon 29% of people that always have their door closed lol

[sciencewizard]

a bit unrelated, but in subnautica, when a fir breaks out in the cyclops, you can turn on fire suppression which closes all the doors. i thought this was a nice little detail showing how much work the devs put into it

[platoonutzeyz]

When a house made for fire experiment is nicer than your actual house...

[poisonpotato]

I’m confused where’s all the Chevrolet’s with the JD Power Fire safety award?

[makingbabytaylor]

I'm alive today because my door was closed.

[christinagomez]

I'm surprised so many people don't know this, I was also surprised when I asked my children not because of their response but rather their confidence in their answer. Smoke inhalation alone will overcome a sleeping individual, any open room offers oxygen! Idk, I remember so vividly instructed to put towels around the door frame. God Bless to anyone ever in a fire!

[dabunnyrabbit]

I always sleep with the door shut.
I dont like the thought of just anyone walking in when im sleeping.

[DeborahRosen]

My kids just asked me why I make them sleep with the doors closed at night. I told them it's to keep them safe in the event of a fire. They didn't believe me, so I played them this video. They do now. Thank you.

For those who leave their doors open at night because "I'm too hot!" Think you're too hot at night now? Just think how hot, and fast, those synthetic fibers burn. With less than 3 minutes of escape time from when the smoke alarm goes off, you may never have the chance to get to safety.

[troymvmoneyman]

The way this is filmed makes me understand the office even more

[andylopez]

is anyone else here from the reddit video

[SheepdogSmokey]

My FD never had observers, but we burned just like that for training. I'd been taught forever to close my door all the time, but seeing that difference was always amazing.

[peterchristensen]

At the end, they mention the need for smoke detectors in every room. Many apartments and condos are built with them outside the rooms, so if a fire started in your bedroom while you were sleeping... well, you get the idea. Put one in your bedroom, too!

[ffjsb]

It's amazing people don't know this. I learned it back in the late 60's in school fire drills.

[foxorian]

This is why most modern buildings, including my own apartment building, has Fire Doors at regular intervals throughout the halls that automatically release when the fire alarms go off. The building I live in is pretty big, and it's crazy when they do fire alarm tests hearing *every single door on every floor* slam closed simultaneously.

[hebneh]

Any barrier is better than none - even if that barrier will eventually burn. Before it does burn, it can help save you by keeping out not only the fire itself, but the heat and perhaps even more important, the smoke.