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Top 5 firefighting videos of July 2016

Some of last month’s favorite clips ranged from firefighters flipping pancakes to bagpipe music to how to deal with irate civilians at the scene of a fire.

The top videos of July ranged from both serious and lighthearted training and educative clips. Some of the most viewed videos were that of how to manage irate civilians during a fire and how to fight magnesium fires. On the lighter side, our audience loved watching firefighters play “Whac-A-Firefighter” during hose training, as well as firefighters flipping pancakes to epic bagpipe music.

Reality Training: Managing the irate civilian

Chief Wylie looks at a well-traveled video with irate civilians on scene and cautions us not to buy into their emotion and abandon best fireground practices.

Ariz. firefighters play ‘Whac-A-Firefighter’ hose training

Video of a fire department practicing hose control in a training exercise similar to the classic arcade game “Whac-A-Mole” has been viewed more than one million times on Faecbook.

Firefighter endures extreme heat inside locked car

A firefighter demonstrated the dangers of leaving children in cars in extreme heat by sitting a car in hot weather.

Reality Training: How to fight magnesium fires

Chief Wylie looks at two videos where magnesium catches fire and advises us on the importance of pre-incident planning and when and how to fight these fires.

Calif. firefighter shows off pancake-flipping skills to bagpipe music

Firefighter flips pancakes at the Nipomo Firefighters Association Annual Pancake Breakfast July 4, 2016.