A VERY Interesting video on AMMO in Fires and Explosions

[mcurrier]

SAAMI - Sporting Ammunition and the Fire Fighter 

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=US&client=mv-google&hl=en&v=3SlOXowwC4c&nomobile=1

 

 

They used and outrageous amount of ammo in these tests.  Almost 500,000 rounds or maybe a bit more.

[NRA]

good video thanks.. but what a waste

[Guest drv2fst]

Waste of good ammo.

[Guest Razz]

Cool vid. Thanks for posting.

[mcurrier]

Yeah, I wouldn,t mind having all of that. At least that dispells a lot of movie myths.

[gnmwilliams]

Burning all that ammo makes me wanna cry

[Guest Farmun]

Over the past 25+ years, I've been in several structure fires where ammo was exploding.  We were never too awfully concerned about it, we just wanted to know where it was located and tried to face the other way.  At one house fire, we did have a firefighter who had a .22 LR bullet tear through the outer layer of his bunker pants, and get lodged in the lining.  The popping is quite nerve-wracking, but once the guys understood they were in no real danger, it's really no worse than fireworks. 

[MarkInNashville]

While a firefighter I responded to a shed on fire... seems heat lamps were in use, according to the owner (although most people would call them grow lamps). Anyway there was quite a bit of handgun and riffle ammo involved. The biggest problem we had were the casings which came flying off at a pretty good speed once the powder cooked off.They didn't seem to have any real power but as Farmun said it was quite nerve-wracking!

[Tempest455]

Cool video, very Mythbuster like!

[Guest Nutts&Bolts]

I've always wondered about this...thanks for sharing

[mcurrier]

I also remember watching a MythBusters episode that fired various calibers into a pool of water (including .50 cal.) and determined that not one of them was effective beyond roughly 3 feet under water.

 

http://kwc.org/mythbusters/2005/07/mythbusters_bulletproof_water.html

 

http://mythbustersresults.com/episode34

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvSTuLIjRm8

[Verne]

A buddy who is a fireman always says  "Ammo in the fire doesn't bother me but cans of Baked Beans do."