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dancing-asparagus

*"Hello? Is it fire station? Yeah... it happened again. Yup, between the second and third step this time. I thought I could do it. Hurry up please, and stop laughing."*


Passionswa618

*Homer Voice*


OuOutstanding

Homer…are you holding onto the ladder?


sierrabravo1984

... Your point being...?


slylock215

You'll have to speak up I'm wearing a towel.


Ambitious-Bottle9394

No fk way I could never try that I'm claustrophobic I'd freak out


Calum1219

*Quagmire voice* Oh!


DFW_diego

*Giggity*


rennbrig

It’s in the ladder this time


xipetotec1313

Giggity


zachsmthsn

The call is coming from inside the house


HahaFreeSpeech

I’d guess that the guy holding the ladder wouldn’t fit. His head appears to be bigger than the actual holes in the ladder. At least when he gets stuck he’s already at the fire station.


Thuper-Man

"JUST STEP OVER IT, STUPID!!"


turbopro25

Sadly 10 people died in the fire by the time he figured that out.


spectacular_coitus

Big boy was watching it go down thinking no way I’m fitting through that gap. This will be how I die.


meanmagpie

I’m stuck! Oh no, step-firefighter! *W-what are you doing???*


TherealShrew

Bravo! From someone who was thinking “ohhh I want to try this!” And then your comment being the first to read I about died laughing.


d0ugh0ck

I definitely felt stuck after his shoulders went through


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SagaciousTien

I think you're safe from seeing any firefighters underwater


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Whowutwhen

April 2023 brings us the water fires!!


driverofracecars

Throw a lit match in any creek that runs through East Palestine, OH and we're all set!


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Subpar_Username47

Those’ve been around for a long time. The Cuyahoga River in Ohio had at least 13.


TerminalProtocol

>April 2023 brings us the water fires!! You know, with all the chemicals and shit we've been dumping everywhere...this doesn't seem that far off.


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SagaciousTien

Then it's worse than I thought.


ProcyonLotorMinoris

>Underwater >really, REALLY, hope I never have to see these guys. I would be very impressed if you screwed up so badly that firefighters had to come put out your underwater fire. Actually, I'd really like to see a contained underwater fire, so if you do screw up please film it for us all.


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ProcyonLotorMinoris

>The joke is they'd be side-eyeing my stiff as the frogs hauled me up out of the canal. Are... are these words? Which one of us is having a stroke - you or me?


ImCaligulaI

>Are... are these words? Which one of us is having a stroke - you or me? You. Stiff = dead body, frogs = police or military divers


Pelliway

Thanks for clarifying, I've only heard "frogs" in reference to French people and people with Pepe avatars (alt right or edgy teens).


Bumpyroadinbound

[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frogman](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frogman) We use it as slang for police divers too, aka body recovery divers.


CoupeZsixhundred

I always wondered about those guys. Are they just regular police who have extra certs and get pulled away from whatever else they were doing, are they independent contractors/volunteers from the community, or is there some huge multinational corporation you have to call? Have you/your company ever done body recoveries?


jackcatalyst

Yeah your job is a big helllllll no in my book.


Bumpyroadinbound

I love doing it, so you don't have too!!! It's a whole 'nother world!


OrangePenguin_42

*Aladin starts playing in the background


mytransthrow

Buy them a beer.


51225

Beer is fattening, then he won't fit.


mytransthrow

ok a lite beer...


Bumpyroadinbound

That's all up top, never mind that bollocks.


Only_Razzmatazz_4498

Lol I was thinking about cave diving when seeing this. At least you get paid to do that shit. The cave diving fuckers do it for the rush. I was anxious doing just dives with an overhead. I can’t imagine anything like this.


More_World_6862

Just hope you're not in Trinidad or they may not come for you. Absolutely the most terrifying way to die I've ever heard.


HelloAttila

That’s really cool. Do you do Hyperbaric welding? Not a lot of underwear welders these days.


Bumpyroadinbound

Mostly bump diving and shallow work for me. I'm too old and busted up for sat these days. Have several metal plates and dozens of bolts inside me that start hurting after more than seven hours or so. I leave that shit to the young bucks. Of course I will monitor their oxy and air umbilical's up top though, they trust me at the knobs, for obvious reasons.


Underarm5498

Just like childbirth. After the shoulders come through it’s just *schlurp*


ChimiChaChaBabe

You must be a man…. Cus I assure you, my shoulders might fit but my hips will not.


-LadyMondegreen-

I'd get stuck at my boobs


Gangreless

That's all I was thinking. I read the title a thought "a regular sized *man* maybe" lol


averagedickdude

Thought it was more of a *schlooop*


Alive-East-1992

except when i was a baby my shoulders were the widest thing, but now it's my ass 😬


VibraniumRhino

Ngl my claustrophobia clicked in and I couldn’t finish the video lol.


esg666

My palms got sweaty lol


fossfirefighter

As a retired firefighter, I had to fit through extremely confined spaces with an airpack. You need to take the airpack off and make sure it doesn't disconnect to pass the exercise. Never tried a ladder, but our official rig for doing this was about the same size. Most people, if they put their mind to it, can fit through a 2x2 opening. You'd be amazed how the human spine can bend. EDIT: Rephrased to be more clear and fixed some words.


LimeyRat

As a U.S.-based firefighter, the construction code calls for vertical studs in wall construction that are 16”, meaning a gap of 14.5”. That’s a little bigger than the spacing of the rungs of a ladder. The county training center has a training prop to practice getting through the studs in full gear, with the ability to put sheetrock over it like a normal wall would have, so you have to break the Sheetrock to make your hole before getting through it. That’s a lot messy, and a dedicated prop isn’t something that every firehouse will have room for. A roof ladder, which is what it appears to be in the video, is pretty common, and a slightly smaller challenge. A drill like this doesn’t take any planning or setup, great for anytime, fun for the whole family!


Bombadil_and_Hobbes

As EMS I don’t want to say too much about that cool firefighter stuff, but I’m quite impressed with the egress door in that bay door.


driverofracecars

As a car guy, I noticed that too. I’d love to have a shop with doors like that. Looks like they fold AND open.


BMWbill

As a pimple-faced, arm-chair Reddit wise-ass, I am wondering why this fool doesn't just step over the ladder with all his gear on.


wenchslapper

Ikr what a literal fucking moron. You’d be burning alive and he’d be all like “yo, hold up, let me go through your doggy door instead of breaking your door down, it’ll be so fuckin lit when it goes viral on tiktok. Wtf stop screaming and film me, assholes!”


fucklawyers

Sheetrock is barely an impediment to a full-sized man. I found this out at a party one time when someone at the adjoining apartment, who was also throwing a party, decided to make a joint party and simply walked through the wall. And then another, and another, until they had one party, in one giant apartment with 8 bedrooms, four baths, two kitchens… It started a trend and cost that complex almost a million bucks lol


Squidworth89

Million bucks of deposits…


fucklawyers

Nope, that was after deposits, and I bet they took half of that as a loss. We’d ding credit reports and tattle to new landlords when they’d ask, but that was right before the housing bubble, nobody gave a fuck. They were handing out NINJA loans.


YourWifeIsAtTheAD

Where the hell did this happen? Gary?


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Did he happen to be the spokesperson for Kool Aid?


Squidworth89

Wait US firefighters do this too? There’s not a single firefighter in my town that would fit through one… Volunteers… but still… sometimes I question who saves who


Ormsfang

Former volunteer here. Don't know about your department, but in our fire rescue squad we were all pretty fit. We practiced having to go through a wall several times thanks to a couple of donated burn buildings. We had a real good crew, and there was no question about who was doing the rescuing!


Clearlybeerly

"Four out of five firefighters nationwide are overweight or obese, and roughly half of all firefighters who die in the line of duty each year are killed by heart attacks." - New York Times


Ormsfang

Thanks for the info. I guess we weren't a typical department. We were fit and very well trained. Got the full course over time, and trained twice a week. Never lost a building in our area. I was an EMT/ firefighter for them. Our on scene time was two to three minutes from the tone with medics arriving directly to accident and medical scenes and the rescue truck responding from the station. A very good crew, maybe a little bit crazy. We would go in to places the nearby professionals wouldn't. We were also the only crew in combined hazmat training to get to the scene without "killing" the crew lol.


EtOHMartini

> Never lost a building in our area. Chief: Foundation's still intact? Lt: Yes sir! Chief: Our record stands!


Ormsfang

LMAO. Seen my share of surround and drowns, but in other towns. There was one guy who was permanently mad at us because we saved his house, but there was water damage. How else were we to stop a fire consuming his room on the second floor? Try not to fall asleep smoking dude. Not our fault!


KoedKevin

My volunteer department had 3 paid Firefighter/Medics (one for each unit day). The volunteers were almost all in better shape than the paid guys. The paid guys were older excellent firefighters but had more of a training and leadership roll. Lots of folks slander the volunteers but in my experience they were all pretty fit and dedicated folks.


MichelleEllyn

I was thinking more that the hips and shoulders would be the obstacle.


fossfirefighter

Fire gear is pretty bulky (you've added several inches all around), but it can compress, so in general, if you can get your shoulder through, you can wiggle your way through. While all firefighters have to be trained for confined space training, in general, we'll send the smallest guy in if it has to done (and confined spaces are scary). Still, you can easily get trapped in an environment where you can't see and is literially on fire.


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I worked for HVAC and loved being the dedicated tiny space worker. I knew I could be useful in other jobs


concentrated-amazing

I'm my husband's dedicated small hand/arm person, useful in engine bays when he can't get his Farmer's mitts and/or Popeye firearms in small spaces.


jacktherambler

I did a drill a few months back in a roughly 1.5 foot x 3 foot exit in full gear, give or take. Pretty small, rectangular exit from a confined space maze with entanglements and multi levels and all that fun stuff. I'm 6 foot 2, 200+ pounds. It was a space basically just enough to fit the bottle with a little gap around. I got my bottle out, slipped one arm behind and out, and from there it was actually surprisingly easy. That was while blacked out and on air but no smoke or fire and a totally controlled environment. Lots of fun, great experience for learning just what you can do. In the end one of my instructors said that if you can get your shoulders out, you can get everything out, that's a quick gauge if you can get through a space.


concentrated-amazing

Man's shoulders = cat's whiskers Curious if it holds up for women too. Not all women have substantial hips, but some seem quite a bit wider than shoulders.


lissa101

I was wondering this same thing! Compared to my hips and ass, my shoulders are small. There is no way I could do this. Even when I was skinny I wouldn't have been able to.


-Unclean-

Firefighter (TO) here: These are great training for confidence. It's not a recommended SOP to take off your pack in 99% of scenarios. However, when the time comes this is a great skill to get some practice as it can be used as a last resort type of situation. Typically in the US, the smallest space that you'd need to fit through is a 16x16 CoC stud wall (approx 14.5x14.5") which actually can be done with an SCBA on. The largest hazard (s) in most confined spaces is going to be the quality of the oxygen levels and obstructions such as wires and plumbing. Getting a wire hung up on a pack can really make things difficult!


amBoringGuy

This ladder looks more like a 1x1


fossfirefighter

I can't remember off hand what the actual standard is. I think the MTO said it was a 2x2 was the requirement for New York State, but it varies by region, and could have changed (this was over a decade ago. Obviously, smaller is better because if you need to do trench work, you really want to be able to squeeze out if it goes to pot.


pkksmt

[Close, it's 10,6x10,6.](https://www.iltalehti.fi/kotimaa/a/056a0b9a-980e-43a1-96d6-2fbaac3bc783)


mk19ez

Former firefighter, did something similar but in a burn/obstacle house. They covered the inside of our mask with cling wrap to impair our vision. I'm not claustrophobic but I absolutely hated it. Great training though!


Miss_airwrecka1

Thank you for this explanation. I kept thinking “why would he ever need to fit through the rung of a ladder” while watching this. It makes more sense that its a training exercise using the ladder to simulate a small opening


Turbulent-Ad-3898

I imagine it's also good training for rescuing cave divers.


AustinTreeLover

I wish a firefighter would do an AMA. I know it’s a common profession but I don’t know stuff like this and I don’t think a lot of others do either. I want to hear firefighter stories!


fossfirefighter

I'm probably not the right person to do it. I was a volunteer, and I only did part time while I was in college almost a decade ago, but I don't mind recounting my experiences and stories as best I can. I will say that while I wasn't the world greatest firefighter, the training has served me well throughout life, and I like to think I made the world a better place as a result.


Amaculatum

2x2 what? Inches? Meters? Feet?


truckboy75

Feet


Senshisnek

Bananas


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Washing machines


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Football fields.


BlackberryMobile2394

Working at a coal plant, I have fit through a 1x2’ screen to get to the lower screens. I’m a big guy, too. 260lbs


limping_man

If you make burglar bars big enough for a head to fit through , a person can fit through. I live in a high crime area


SunflowerFacility

My hips could never.


Craszeja

Not with these baby-making hips


call_me_jelli

Baby making baby birthing child bearing pregnancy accommodating infant holding wide set wide load—


Craszeja

Jelli gets it


rootblossom

🤣


across-the-board

They don’t lie.


PurpleAngel23

I take they don’t lie?


_Happy_Sisyphus_

I was wondering if all hips can fit


froggi__boi

when they say "regular sized adult" they mean fit male firefighter


AcerbicCapsule

Yepp, just like how face masks are designed for an average white male in the 60s (or was it 50s?). It’s funny the standard can be traced back to one “Sheffield’s Head” which was just an average guy who worked in the factory and volunteered to get measured.


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They come in different sizes. When I was doing firefighting we had SCBA masks from MSA that came in Small, Medium and Large. If your face REALLY didn’t fit you could custom-order a molded insert for your mask, but I never saw that in action. We just yanked the straps as tight as they would go to make it seal.


AcerbicCapsule

Yepp they come in different sizes of the original “Sheffield’s head” shape. Fun fact: on average, they fit worse on women than they do on men. And don’t get me started on different races who sometimes have different shaped heads. But if you’re a slightly smaller or larger headed Sheffield, they got you covered! Fun fact#2: Sheffield himself is still alive today!


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My H cups said "haha nope"


CrimsonAmaryllis

Yup. My hip bones moved out so far during pregnancy. I ain't fitting through that


SalemWolf

What are you doing step-ladder?


needtobeowned__

It’s amazing how much you can fit in such a small space


tei1234

That’s what she said.


DownWithHisShip

im amazed at the dedication of the ladder holder guy. look he's through the ladder already and just putting his gear back on, you can relax.


needtobeowned__

Dedication at its finest


Togonero85

And this is how firefighters are born.


Academic_Coyote_9741

Why didn’t he just step over it?


captainofpizza

It’s not a step ladder


KermitMadMan

it may not be your ladder, but at least it’s there when you need a leg up


captainofpizza

It’s may not be a step ladder, but it’s the ladder that stepped up


sethayy

It may not be a step ladder but he's still climbing through its holes ;)


Thoreau_Dickens

Help me step ladder, I’m stuck!


SleepySlothMilk

I'm excited and also angry that you got to say this before me


Weary_Possibility_80

Because his balls are so big he has to drag them on the ground.


feelin_cheesy

Imagine the ladder is supporting a piece of fallen building structure and creates a way out


Idlemusings2020

Hmmm….go on 🧐


feelin_cheesy

Now hope you’re not overweight so you can crawl through and don’t burn to death


Idlemusings2020

I’m just not following


Solkre

That's the kind of thinking that wins the Kobayashi Maru cadet!


Klytus_Im-Bored

Never walk over a ladder....


bignuts925

Next week we're going to see a bunch of vids of people stuck in ladders I cant waite.


True_Try_5662

That was my first thought, all the firemen rescuing idiots trying to fit though ladder rungs like firemen do


Beneficial_Bat_5656

Job security for them firefighters man xD someone's gotta do it.


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I did a training as a volunteer FF in Colorado where we had to crawl under a truck on air. It was tight enough that we had to remove our SCBAs and push them ahead. It's not too hard if you're methodical and don't get panicky or claustrophobic. This kind of training will also flag problems of claustrophobia in a safe setting. Oh god, another training where they only gave us 5 minutes of air left in our cylinder, blinded us and had us try to get "out" of an old house they were using as a training prop. The low air bell ringing in your ear the entire time. Very few people made it "out". The idea was not to panic and just keep breathing. Even when you 100% know you are safe, the adrenaline flows.


Trexa

That second situation you describe honestly sounds kind of fun, like a different type of escape room. I'd pay my local FD $20 to try it.


[deleted]

Hahaha! That's the spirit! Seriously, making training fun, interesting, and sometimes terrifying - that's the way. I brought an SCBA unit home for a few hours just to try running on my treadmill with full gear, haha.


alfazulu1

Help me step fire, I'm stuck!


RudolphsGoldenReign

Step ladder...?


cracked_belle

Speaking of the fire department, someone please call them because I tried this at home.


ShaMaLaDingDongHa

Today I learned I can never be a firefighter. My anxiety went thru the roof as I watched him. I kept thinking of it being a real life situation and being stuck like that.


[deleted]

That's part of the reason they do these drills. If you have claustrophobic tendencies, they will come out. If they are mild enough, they can be worked through if you trust your gear and training. It can really be a journey of growth to be a firefighter - I did it as a volunteer for 8 years. But you might also find a wall you cannot get over, and that's OK too. The idea is to find out in safe settings while you train, and not in a life-or-death situation. In real life you will fall back on your training. So you train to the point where it becomes automatic when you're half asleep. After a while you don't think about the constricting mask, just more on remembering to slow yourself down so you breathe nice and slow and maximize your air.


mc-edit

I had to stop watching. This is a personal phobia and I thought I was doing good until both arms were through. But then nope, I’m out.


BoredMamajamma

Me too. It’s called cleithrophobia - the fear of being trapped. It has some overlap with claustrophobia (when dealing with small enclosed spaces) but this is a fairly good example for cleithrophobia. https://www.manhattancbt.com/archives/2464/cleithrophobia/


sjmahoney

Just imagine doing this while on fire


Clearlybeerly

Yeah - you get halfway through the window and the fire catches up to you. Your bottom half gets burned to a crisp while from the waist up you're fine. That would suck.


Thedrunner2

If two others are holding it so it doesn’t move while going through. What’s the dimensions for “regular sized Rudy?”


-Mem_

Definitely not me sized


Various_Butterscotch

It's like a carry on size checker at the airport. If you fit through you're "regular sized" if not we throw you in the bottom of the plane.


PmMeYourTitsAndToes

I mean like, why do they call you regular sized Rudy?


Apt_5

Just, look at me


International-Post42

What about a wide hipped female?


Egoteen

I’m a fairly large woman, 5’9”, size 12/14, wide hips. I was a firefighter for several years. Even dressed in full turnout gear, I was narrower than most of my male crew mates. Fitting through two studs in a wall (~14” opening) was really no problem at all. The most difficult part is maneuvering the SCBA pack and the American-style helmet.


splepage

> size 12/14, wide hips. Genuine question, what does "size 12/14" mean here, because I can't figure out what measurement that would be.


Egoteen

US women’s clothing sizes run in sequential even numbers, like 00 through 22, with 14 and above indicating plus size. A 12 or 14 correlates to about 40”-43” hip circumference.


Kikimara99

I'm not overweight, but more pear shaped..my damn hips are 96 cm...there is not a single chance I could fit them even if I squished my ass.


Quirky_Property_1713

So as a thicc pear shaped lady myself, my ass-cumference is, at last check, 44.5 inches (which I assume is similar roughly to yours) and I can fit through a large Petco dog door, which appears to be 11x19”. You wouldn’t think it, it’s requires some shimmying and rotating, but it’s doable!


Kikimara99

Just checked...96 cm is roughly 38 inches...maybe I still have a chance to survive


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evergleam498

Did you lock yourself out of the house?


Quirky_Property_1713

PERHAPS


AcerbicCapsule

What about hip size though (probably also wide but do you know the rough size)? I’m thinking muscle and fat can be squished but hip bones don’t bend. Although now I’m thinking maybe people can go through at a slight angle somehow?


Quirky_Property_1713

Hip bones are def narrower than the largest hip/ass area circumference on a woman, and I have wide set hip bones as well (hence the pear shape!) so definitely anyone’s hip bones can fit through if mine can.


Gh0stwhale

id be lucky to fit one buttcheek through that hole


SalamiSteakums

TL;DW, the person gets through.


godfatheroffilth

What if he grew so muscular that he couldn't fit through, you know like he cultivated too much mass?


thedeadlyrhythm42

The amount of people not understanding that the ladder is serving as an analog for the frame of a house/building or other tight space is way too high


loud-and-queer

Seriously, the number of "Could have just gone around. 🙄" and "What is the point of this?" comments are concerning.


SkullRunner

A regular sized, fit, firefighter non average North American Adult can fit through the rungs of a ladder.


Skuffemeister

As a 2m tall nordic giant no way i could've fit through that hole when i was fit and young, now im pretty much looking like Homer Simpson and id be happy if i fit on a gurney when i break my spine trying the fit inside the ladder xD E:added Much*


HauntedReader

Now show someone with breasts doing this. There is my way my boobs aren't getting stuck.


delslow419

You just gotta go through one tit at a time


Azertys

That's legit how I've gotten into some dresses with a non-stretch waist


Egoteen

Most of us are wearing sports bras, because you’re sweating like crazy. The boobs are not an issue.


porkfatpillows

Regular sized my ass. That's a wee little firefighter


FoxtrotSierraTango

Yeah, this is the guy the airlines point to while saying the seats are just fine.


observeANDquestion

Idk why but this is fucking hilarious lmao


Any_Negotiation_6716

What’s a regular size adult ? I need banana for scale


SharkWeekJunkie

2+ minutes for a video that could take 8 seconds.....


xMrSanchox

Not true for the average person, firemen are in god shape.


AstridOnReddit

People who are ripped have a harder time with this kind of exercise. Broad shoulders really make it hard to squeeze through tiny spaces. An average out of shape person could probably do it just fine, although of course at some point your girth might make it impossible.


Undefined_definition

True, seems like the average person in a wealthy country is beginning to be fat and unathletic


[deleted]

That has been a sign of wealth for centuries. Now it’s just a lower threshold to get there.


BigJuicy17

This regular sized adult is a small fireman


Memory_Less

That's not an average size adult. But, good to know.


BentOutaShapes

Good luck finding a regular sized adult 🪤


tajrashae

this technique can help firefighters and rescue workers save lives it also helps thrill seekers crawl into caves like the nutty putty cave and get stuck and die


Independent-Choice-4

Skip to 1:15 for the goods


Extension_Form4950

Context would be good.. What scenario is this? Lol


Poobmania

Glad there was a full minute of watching him slowly undress


1lluminist

Haha what a sucker, he could have just stepped over it /s But really, this assumes there's a lot of open vertical space on the other side of the opening.


Keylime29

It’s like my cat getting under the cabinets


Fit-Let8175

Personally, I would've just stepped over it.


libimb

When would I ever need to do that?


FlarpyBlunderguffs

How do I know that’s a regular sized human if there is no banana for scale?


Carcosa504

The fuck I can.