Why is it that when you’re clothes catch fire, your supposed to stop drop and roll? I do understand how stop-drop-roll works. But wouldn’t it be better to just remove your clothes? Especially if its clothes that don’t need to go over ur face to be taken off.
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I think they do it so it’s easy to remember. Smothering or depriving the fire of oxygen puts it out.
STOP, DROP AND ROLL is said because when you are on fire it’s a fight or flight thing.
Fire makes most people run and running makes the fire bigger.
Knowing how to stop it and repeating it yearly from early on (kindergarten, preschool) it’s the immediate thought, instead of flight.
In movies when someone is on fire and they are running I am screaming ….STOP! DROP! ROLL! in my head.
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