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This is from the Czech Republic. That pump primes faster than mine. And those pants are tighter.
Some more competitions - excuse the music.
Competition, Firefighting | in Video Tico Titanium makes a halligan bar out of titanium. Half the weight of steel - less then 6 pounds... but more than twice the cost- $600. ($610 for the 30 inch model with eyelets for a strap)
The reduced weight would be great for lugging around, but when it comes to driving the claw into a door jamb or other tight space, that weight of the bar might be missed.
Firefighting, Halligan, Tools | in Equipment Löschpanzer Hurricane (Firefighting tank), 1991-93.
This vehicle is basically a MiG-21 engine on a T-55 chassis. The fire extinguishing procedure is called ‘aerosol method’ and works with finely atomized water and a jet engine. In this process the water is delivered in the exhaust plume of a jet engine, atomized by and through the exhaust gas stream over and it’s launched to a long distance. The main effect achieved is a cooling in a range of about 100 m.
The vehicle is displayed today at the Deutsches Feuerwehr-Museum Fulda.
Photo: The Mother of Invention - Science vs Tradition
Info: BOS-Fahrzeuge.info
Firefighting, Tank | in Apparatus Came across this video a few years ago and immediately bought the DVD. Great video of this extreme sport that has firefighters jumping off trucks at 80 miles an hour holding a 120-pound ladder. http://www.trianglepark.net/
Warning: long video, but some great examples of extreme fire behaviour.
The Canberra bushfires of 2003 caused severe damage to the outskirts of Canberra, the Australian capital city. Almost 70% of the Australian Capital Territory’s pasture, forests and nature parks were severely damaged, and most of the renowned Mount Stromlo Observatory was destroyed. After burning for a week around the edges of the ACT, the fires entered the suburbs of Canberra on 18 January 2003. Over the next ten hours, four people died and more than 500 homes were destroyed or severely damaged, requiring a significant relief and reconstruction effort. from Wikipedia
Australia, Firefighting, Wildland | in Video Cutting edge from 80 years ago... Built in decon?
German Firemen Protected by Odd Sprinkler System
IT’S a far cry from the old bucket brigade to modern fire-fighting efficiency. Even now the American fireman is known as a “smoke-eater,” but that term would hardly fit the present day fire laddie in Germany, for with the new portable sprinkler system adopted by some of the larger cities of that country a fireman may approach quite close to the flames without becoming singed.
The outfit, which looks like a deep sea diver’s uniform is equipped with a sprinkler helmet which operates off a connection attached to the nozzle of the hose. The fireman can control the spray by a simple movement of a hand lever.
Firefighting, Old School | in Equipment