Dec 12, 2025 · Understanding backdraft is critical for firefighter safety. Learn the key indicators and tactical considerations to prevent a violent combustion event.

The most common tactic used by firefighters to defuse a potential backdraft is to ventilate a room from its highest point, allowing the heat and smoke to escape without igniting.

Backdraft is a deflagration (explosion) resulting from increased ventilation of an enclosure containing a concentration of atmospheric oxygen that is too low to support significant flaming combustion and a …

Oct 5, 2025 · Watch this video to gain a deeper understanding of overpressure events, including backdraft and smoke explosions. Learn from instructor Dan Madrzykowski as he explains what …

Nov 3, 2025 · It's not an explosion but a rapid reignition. It occurs in an oxygen-depleted, fuel-rich environment (like a sealed room) when a new source of oxygen is introduced—often when a door is …

May 19, 2020 · Backdraft is usually defined as a deflagration resulting from the sudden introduction of oxygen into a ventilation-limited space containing unburned fuel and gases.

Jan 26, 2015 · In a backdraft, a fire burning in a confined area consumes all the oxygen, and flames are no longer visible. As temperatures increase, the gases expand and pressure builds. Any opening that...

Sep 16, 2025 · A backdraft is a rare but deadly fire event. Know more about how hot it gets, the warning signs, how firefighters avoid it, and how to prevent it now.

Oct 10, 2023 · A backdraft refers to the rapid ignition of a fire that occurs when oxygen is reintroduced into a confined space that is already starved of oxygen. This sudden influx of oxygen can cause an …

In the fire service, several objects are used to train firefighters in fire behavior. Two of those are used to demonstrate the underventilated fire and backdraft in particular.