By FireRescue1 Staff
Firefighters use their gear to make a new kind of firefighting weapon, and a fire chopper crashing into the waves while trying to save a swimmer are among this month’s top firefighting videos.
A firefighter is knocked off his ladder after getting hit head-first by a pile of snow and a firefighter responsible for a viral video making a nation-wide news appearance round out the five most popular videos in the firefighter community for January.
 | Russian firefighter water bazooka A Russian crew somehow rigs up their gear to make an explosive water gun/bazooka. |
 | Fire chopper crashes into water While trying to rescue a stranded swimmer, a Brazilian chopper suddenly loses altitude and crashes. |
 | Drunk man attacks fire truck on Inauguration weekend An intoxicated man in a suit inexplicably attacks a fire truck and surrounding vehilces while swearing and screaming. |
 | Firefighter knocked off ladder by snowdrift A Russian firefighter is knocked back after a pile of snow falls on him while he tries to rescue a toddler. |
 | Viral helmet-cam video firefighter appears on ABC News The Mich. firefighter whose one-year compilation helmet-cam video went viral appears on ABC News to talk about the struggles firefighters are facing nation-wide. |