Talk:Stop, drop and roll

de-tagged

I've expaned this page and removed the expansion tag. If this isn't sufficient, please retag. perfectblue 14:05, 21 September 2006 (UTC)

Question

I recently heard they changed this, but i'm not sure to what. Does anyone know anything or where to look? Evaunit666 01:27, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

Stop drop roll...and cool?

I heard they changed this to Stop, Drop, Roll, and Cool, with "cool" meaning to cool the burns and seek medical attention. Here's the link I found it on:

http://www.uvfr.org/files/safety/stopdrop.htm

When did this slogan originate?

DOES ANYBODY KNOW WHO CREATED THE STOP DROP AND ROLL? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.236.46.146 (talk) 16:28, 18 September 2008 (UTC)

I came to the article with the same question, and see that it has not been answered since 2008 -- ten full years. I hope someone researches this. 2601:205:8200:83:129A:DDFF:FEAB:63A8 (talk) 19:20, 6 August 2018 (UTC)

Why would one need to use this technique?

When would you ever find yourself on fire? Isn't it better to just pat out the area? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.11.36.169 (talk) 15:25, 26 May 2010 (UTC)

Are you for real? Almost nobody ever expects to find themselves on fire. Yet every year many thousands of people do. "Pat out the area"?? Yeah, if your cigarette set your shirt cuff on fire, I guess you could do that. But if your entire friggin' body has gone up like a torch (say, in a house fire, or an accident with inflammible materials), stop, drop, and roll IS "patting it out." — Preceding unsigned comment added by 115.187.74.68 (talk) 08:54, 6 September 2014 (UTC)

Which countries?

In which countries is this taught? AFAIK it's not taught in the UK. I hear it is taught in the USA. Some indication of how widely this technique is taught would be relevant to the article. 109.180.69.55 (talk) 22:39, 21 December 2016 (UTC)

• I can vouchsafe that it's frequently taught in the U.S.A. I even know of at least two children's cartoon/educational shows that advocated the concept if they would be helpful for the article. JoJo's Circus had an episode about fire safety which included a song called "Stop, Drop and Roll" and Lou and Lou: Safety Patrol had an installment about fire safety in which the characters were shown demonstrating the technique. ProfessorTofty (talk) 04:27, 23 December 2016 (UTC)
  • Definitely frequently taught in the US. As a child I thought being on fire was going to be a very common problem.--59.115.122.52 (talk) 10:05, 20 January 2017 (UTC)

Candy flipping

Should it be mentioned in this article, or perhaps in a disambiguation page, that this term is sometimes used to refer to candy flipping, i.e. consuming both LSD and MDMA simultaneously? It's not a particularly common expression, but it is used, such as in the song "Planet Health" by Chairlift. —Michipedian (talk) 04:49, 10 October 2017 (UTC)