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American Firefighters (1:03:46)
"American Firefighters" is an in-depth look at the lives these heroes lead. Follow them from their "office" to thrilling rescues on the job, from blazing houses, buildings and cars as these heroes race to save lives on a daily basis!
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Modern Marvels: Firefighting! Containing the Demon (45:17)
Both a blessing and a curse, fire has long intrigued and confounded mankind. This episode of Modern Marvels: Firefighting! examines historical attempts to control fire, from ancient Rome to today’s high-tech attempts. Profiling major fires in Chicago, San Francisco, and New York, the show discusses efforts of city planning to reduce fire risk.
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Modern Marvels: Firefighting! Extreme Conditions (45:06)
This episode of Modern Marvels examines the most extreme raging fires and the firefighters who tame them. The program features interviews with a World War II firefighter who helped contain the London’s blitz fire. We also meet “Hell Fighters” who fight raging oil well fires, and “smoke jumpers” who parachute into forest fires. Firefighting: Extreme Conditions also takes a look at how NASA guards against the very real risk of a fire aboard a space vessel.
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Modern Marvels: Firefighting! The Arson Detectives (45:46)
This program from Modern Marvels: Firefighting! looks at the crime of intentionally setting fires. We follow investigators as they find evidence in the ashes left behind suspicious fires. Former A.T.F. head Richard Garner delves into the psychology of arsonists. Finally, we visit the California Criminalists Institute to learn how arson dogs are trained.
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The Nature of Fire (22:24)
A fire needs heat, fuel, and oxygen. This Science Screen Report examines that triangle of ingredients, and how scientists study it in order to combat—or harness—fire. With detailed examples of firefighting techniques, the program demonstrates the removal of heat from a class A blaze through the use of water or sprayed polymers, and the elimination of oxygen, a strategy used in fighting oil fires. The video concludes with a focus on the internal combustion engine and the oxyacetylene torch, two technological achievements that transform fire into a tool.
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Wildfires: Fierce Earth (27:26)
The Fierce Earth team investigates wildfires and discover how they rage all over the world, leaving a trail of devastation and destruction. We travel to Colorado and meet one of the youngest female fire fighters in the U.S., who has been on the front line and tackled wildfires head on after her house and part of her neighborhood was burnt down. Zoe experiences first-hand what it feels like to try and outrun a wildfire and Leo's challenged to see how long he can survive in raging heat of up to 800 degrees in a special fire chamber experiment.
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World’s Worst Forest Fires: The World's Worst Disasters (46:35)
Few places on the planet are immune to wildfires as part of natural forest life cycles. This program explores the phenomenon, from the outbreaks that hit Australia, California, and Southern Europe each summer, to the fires that devour the humid rainforests of the Amazon and Indonesia, causing havoc and creating environmental disaster. Witness fire fighters facing extreme danger, battling mighty walls of flame, and the techniques they use to extinguish turbulent blazes. Combining footage of firestorms with first person accounts from survivors, Forest Fires is a compendium of some of the world’s most deadly wildfires of recent times, including the 1997-1998 Southeast Asia inferno that decimated 15 million acres and created a regional economic and ecological disaster.
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