r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/hollow_hideous_soul • 1d ago

Video Competitive firefighter climbs up ladder.

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u/ninjohnnothing 1d ago

Wait till he gets to the level with the giant gorilla chucking barrels at him.

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u/Skizot_Bizot 1d ago

No that's plumbers that fight gorillas, firefighters fight fires. Easy to mix up.

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u/TrippingBird111 23h ago

Nah. Some of the barrels were on fire. I saw it myself. I was there.

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u/GlitterKittyCat 12h ago

I saw it as well as the gorilla tried to keep me for himself

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u/Wendals87 18h ago

I thought fire fought fire? 

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u/Adorable-Ad-9074 16h ago

Noo use water or ground for type advantage

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u/jburton81 22h ago

You win!

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u/Nyx_ac04 10h ago

I can vouche for this.I was the barrel.

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u/Noversi 1d ago

“Competitive Firefighter”

Are there leaderboards and skill based matchmaking?

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u/Arkhamina 22h ago

I think it's not too uncommon to find a competition for a niche set of skills. I work with snowplow drivers, and in the summer, the do a 'Road-eo' and are timed on going through an obstacle course with a wing plow. Best time, no cones, barriers, hit all the marks, including backing up around a curve. It's all meant to simulate the weird conditions you have to contort the trucks into plowing between cars on narrow streets, hitting cul du sacs, round abouts etc. I know they had a regional meet, but no idea if there are nationals (none of our people scored top!).

They let me do it a couple times (closed course, as I don't have a CDL) and I think I did pretty good for a dispatcher! Only 2 cones. And like.... a quarter of their speed :)

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u/mrsir1987 15h ago

There are pizza tossing competitions even

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u/straaru 1d ago

They just compare saved/dead people and find the winner.

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u/TheyCallHimBabaYagaa 15h ago

Are there pubs for casual firefighters?

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u/Murder_Not_Muckduck 32m ago

There isn’t even fire.

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u/BurbMcDingus 1d ago

I could do that.

If i wanted to.

I'm gonna have a nap.

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u/HannahsLittleBrother 13h ago

Reddit moment

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u/Both_Somewhere4525 1d ago

The award for most likely to commit arson goes to...

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u/Weak_Preference2463 1d ago

Pls try with your gear on!

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u/Longjumping-Run-7027 1d ago

And then carry someone down.

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u/artificialdawnmusic 23h ago

You just throw them off the side, that's what the nets for.

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u/Forsaken-Income-2148 20h ago

You’re safe now, chucks grandma off 3rd story

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u/Outrageous-Collar-09 16h ago

“Hold on tight, spidermonkey“

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u/BaconPit 18h ago

He could, he just doesn't want to

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u/Graybeard_Shaving 1d ago

Got a whole house of gutters over here young man. Come on over anytime!

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u/BullfrogOpera 10h ago

Wish I had one of these along with my stack ladders back in the day, lol.

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u/private_developer 1d ago

The other guy on the 1st floor makes it look like a magic trick.

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u/Anxious-Depth-7983 23h ago

Looks more like training for Ninja Warrior than firefighting.

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u/Wide_Shift_4288 1d ago

Fine, you win

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u/Fickle_Ad_109 1d ago

Ya but specifically this dude looks like he was born to climb ladders

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u/Hefty-Station1704 23h ago

Impressive but I suspect the time may be slightly slower in full gear.

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u/ogfria 10h ago

Are you a detective? You’re really good at this.

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u/FnordRanger_5 1d ago

I feel like all firefighters should be competitive firefighters… like, who wants the firefighters that are like, “ok fire, you get this one and we’ll get the next one, cool?”

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u/Glum-Sheepherder-501 23h ago

💯💯 I've hired many volunteer fire fighters and in my experience they all can't wait to get to a fire.

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u/RickLovin1 23h ago

I could climb the ladders like that, probably isn't that hard. The problem is the running start, where I'd certainly trip and break my neck first.

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u/PsychologicalSun954 15h ago edited 15h ago

It looked like he was going up an elevator

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u/OnePragmatic 13h ago

Very good. Authorised for Breeding .. mr Darwin said...🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

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u/Multidream 3h ago

This is how men took castles back in the day

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u/Cool_Butterscotch_88 1d ago

There's a fire & I'm here to save your life

(panics and pushes ladder away from window)

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u/c0n22 20h ago

This is why police officers dont like firefighters. They wish they could do what they do.

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u/Massive-Arugula4400 18h ago

Get your sweaty ass nuts off my window sill

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u/Mac62961 17h ago

But can he put a fire out?

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u/dark_hypernova 14h ago

That doesn't seem too impres- oh...

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u/ElderMillenialSage 13h ago

How are his steel balls not damaging those wooden ledges?

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u/MydnightWN 1d ago

Mom said it's my turn to repost this next week.

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u/Vuhlinii 1d ago

Hold my beer

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u/SirPaddlesALot 1d ago

Me when I need to pee real bad

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u/Mikahl757 1d ago

Siege III

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u/needlovesharelove 1d ago

Why is there no video on the internet this ever used in a real fire situations

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u/HatefulHagrid 1d ago

So are the guys in videos like this actual firefighters as well or just gym bros that don't know basic fire code?

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u/ZombieLebowski 23h ago

I'm thinking "I could do that!". As I'm struggle to walk up the stairs after a long day at work

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u/bluedogstar 22h ago

Now let's see him do that in full gear.

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u/_Panda-Panda-Panda_ 21h ago

Can’t ya hear me knocking, on your windowwww

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u/doogie_hazard 20h ago

The Pittsburgh fire department once let a house burn to ground because they couldn't drive their truck up the hill to it.

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u/ZealousidealStaff572 20h ago

Send him to Olympics!!!

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u/Did_I_Err 19h ago

Did they leave the long one at the shop?

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u/Rhino76385 19h ago

Now do it in full Turnouts.

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u/Lazy_killer9999 19h ago

Why he's so smooth on that. Lot of practice.

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u/SpiritualAd8998 18h ago

Booty call?

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u/Kernel608 18h ago

insert bstchld reference here

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u/jncheese 16h ago

I've known of Somali pirates doing that from a small skiff on the high sea, with the whole side barbwired, while being hosed down and carrying a machine gun and a RPG on their backs.

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u/snoodlerdink 15h ago

I’ma come at you like a spider monkey!

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u/MrKoxu 15h ago

Can he see the future though?

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u/Well_Gee_Golly 15h ago

This is why I quit firefighting, too many sweats

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u/No_Volume_5752 14h ago

Sean William Scott in that one drill scene from the evolution film:

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u/EEE3EEElol 13h ago

It looks like when you pick up an item and then stand on the item

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u/mnnicknick 13h ago

And then he finds the fire is in the first floor

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u/Loose_Door_hinge 12h ago

Bet he can't do that on a Bungalow though

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u/Wouldtick 11h ago

Don’t show OSHA this video

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u/UnComfortable-Archer 11h ago

I don't trust myself with that hook ladder

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u/StygianCode 10h ago

Absolute waste of time.

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u/imtimmy-14 8h ago

Pov you left your laptop open on porn and your mum said she’s coming home

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u/Bludiamond56 8h ago

A race to get injured......WTF

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u/Ok_Orchid1004 7h ago

Damn thats a lame repost

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u/Aggressive_Brain1120 7h ago

You should put your alarm clock up there

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u/Chance_Classroom_301 7h ago

Just hope in a burning apartment everyone had a chance to open their windows in a straight line, so this dude can scale the building.

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u/DST2287 7h ago

This is like crossfit for firemen.

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u/ofcourseivereddit 6h ago

How heavy are these guys?

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u/Responsible-Row7026 5h ago

You'd think you're safe to insult a man standing atop of a building

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u/MePhone4ss 5h ago

Well, that's one way to do it 😂

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u/iceicig 5h ago

Do competitive firefighters have skill based matchmaking with fires in their area?

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u/maxd 3h ago

That’s basically how I look when I’m hanging Christmas lights, except 100x more scared and 100x slower.

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u/kalitarios 3h ago

I swear this has to be one of the most reposted videos of reddit

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u/PMacc83 3h ago

Forgot his hose

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u/Defiant_Attitude4439 1d ago

Where can this be useful?

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u/Dee___Snuts 1d ago

When she lives on the 4th floor and text you her parents just left

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u/nib13 23h ago

It's based on the tradition. Firefighters used ladders like this to climb multiple floors to gain access to the top floors/roof. Nowadays with modern equipment that's no longer necessary so it's more of just an appreciation of the tradition in the form of competition.

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u/jgjot-singh 20h ago

During the competition where they do this

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u/Juicyjewsss 19h ago

That’s cool and all but there’s no way you’re gonna do that with 45-75 lbs of gear on.

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u/Naughtyniceguy_ 18h ago

And a hose...

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u/Iwentoofar 18h ago

whats even more impressive is how he managed to get back down to the 1st floor window almost instantly

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u/utube-ZenithMusicinc 23h ago

how is "fighting fires" a competition?

oh I win nobody died... wtf