@PugJesusM to HistoryPornEnglish • edit-25 months agoFemale firefighter posing for a picture, London, UK, 1925imagemessage-square17arrow-up1198arrow-down16cross-posted to: firefighting
arrow-up1192arrow-down1imageFemale firefighter posing for a picture, London, UK, 1925@PugJesusM to HistoryPornEnglish • edit-25 months agomessage-square17cross-posted to: firefighting
minus-squareDrusaslinkfedilink22•5 months agoI don’t know what it all was made of, but that outfit sure looks flammable.
minus-squareTar_AlcaranlinkfedilinkEnglish13•edit-25 months agoApparently a woolen tunic, and rubber leggings. Although this isn’t the classic double-breasted tunic. https://www.london-fire.gov.uk/museum/history-and-stories/firefighters-uniforms/
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish9•5 months agoNot really, wool is quite flame resistant actually!
minus-squareDrusaslinkfedilink3•5 months agoI had no idea. It somehow just looks like it would be highly flammable. All the little fibers, I suppose.
I don’t know what it all was made of, but that outfit sure looks flammable.
Apparently a woolen tunic, and rubber leggings. Although this isn’t the classic double-breasted tunic.
https://www.london-fire.gov.uk/museum/history-and-stories/firefighters-uniforms/
Wool and asbestos?
Not really, wool is quite flame resistant actually!
I had no idea. It somehow just looks like it would be highly flammable. All the little fibers, I suppose.