@PugJesusM to HistoryPornEnglish • 3 months agoExperimental firefighter suit, Germany, early 1900simagemessage-square33arrow-up1361arrow-down14cross-posted to: firefighting
arrow-up1357arrow-down1imageExperimental firefighter suit, Germany, early 1900s@PugJesusM to HistoryPornEnglish • 3 months agomessage-square33cross-posted to: firefighting
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish8•3 months agoIt was less than effective. Perhaps situational. In an intense fire this just made thing worse. Especially for the person wearing it. Plus supplying water to this was not ideal either. Especially as the water used here is water that couldn’t be pumped into the main hose.
minus-squarekamenLady.linkEnglish2•3 months agoI imagine they could get slowly boiled in their own water fountain
minus-squareNot a replicantlinkEnglish2•3 months agoWater absorbs a tremendous amount of heat, and if it’s being continually replenished from a cold supply, the hot water won’t stay around long enough.
It was less than effective. Perhaps situational.
In an intense fire this just made thing worse. Especially for the person wearing it. Plus supplying water to this was not ideal either. Especially as the water used here is water that couldn’t be pumped into the main hose.
I imagine they could get slowly boiled in their own water fountain
Water absorbs a tremendous amount of heat, and if it’s being continually replenished from a cold supply, the hot water won’t stay around long enough.