Is It Really Necessary To Put Golf Balls In Your Bunker Gear? LOL

Well i was at the station today when a new guy who just joined the department came up to me and one of my buddies showing us these golf balls he was saying that if he gets lost in a fire like in a church or a big warehouse he could toss the golf balls to see which wall was closer now i know it might sound like a good idea but i just never herd of this before now the new guy might be teaching me new tricks but just seems odd to carry around 12 golf balls in your turnout gear lol please tell me what you think

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Permalink Reply by Fireyladd - Retired Chief Sharp on August 8, 2010 at 2:23am

I think he's loosing his Marbles, I mean golf balls. He knows all about this because he's new? He's been into how many Church/warehouse fires?

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Permalink Reply by Rusty Mancini on August 8, 2010 at 5:19am

Damn dude, you got balls for going into that fire!

Sure do.... as a matter of fact, I got 12 of them!!

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Permalink Reply by Chris Moore on August 8, 2010 at 9:24am

LOL yea like i said the guy is new he thinks he knows everything about firefightn lol but ya cant tell him anything hes all big headed

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Permalink Reply by Oldman on August 8, 2010 at 9:34am

I wonder if the fire requires a foursome to play through.

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Permalink Reply by Paul Montpetit on August 8, 2010 at 9:56am

Remember there is a 2 stroke penalty for playing with someone elses balls......

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Permalink Reply by Oldman on August 8, 2010 at 10:17am

Meaning one gets to hit them twice with their driver.

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Permalink Reply by Ben Waller on August 8, 2010 at 10:32am

A golf-ball-sized hole in a high rise window for ventilation??

That's not going to work for several reasons, starting with the heavy glass used in high rise structures. That glass is designed to withstand wind loads at much higher forces than a thrown golf ball will generate.

Second, even if it worked, the ventilation hole would be too small to make any difference.

Third, a golf ball falling from a great height can seriously injure or even kill anyone on which it lands, depending on the height from which the golf ball is thrown.

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Permalink Reply by Ben Waller on August 8, 2010 at 10:35am

More likely, if you're lost in a big-box structure, throwing golf balls will resort in the balls bouncing around on shelves full of products for sale. That will just confuse the firefighter even farther.
Worse, it wastes time and air on a solution that is unlikely to work and it will likely reduce the firefighter's chances of survival.