On this episode of The Chat, Will sits down with Chatham County Fire Department Captain Carl Sapp Jr. to discuss how closing your bedroom door could save your life during a fire. 

According to Fire Safety Research Institute research on fire service horizontal ventilation, begun in 2008, analyzed the effect of doors and windows on a fire’s spread. Bedrooms on the first and second floor of a home were tested during the scenario.

Using thermal imaging cameras, researchers found that closed-door rooms on both floors during the fire’s spread had average temperatures of less than 100 degrees Fahrenheit versus 1000+ degrees in the open-door rooms.