Cutting-edge firefighting technology of 1931; German "porta-sprinklers"!

[caljohnsmith]

This seems so ludicrous it is actually rather amusing:

http://www.boingboing.net/2008/08/31/german-firefighting.html

How would you like to be a firefighter and run around with a sprinkler on your head? Maybe old ladies will start calling the fire department when they want their daisies and petunias watered. :roll:

[SunnyRabbiera]

This seems so ludicrous it is actually rather amusing:

http://www.boingboing.net/2008/08/31/german-firefighting.html

How would you like to be a firefighter and run around with a sprinkler on your head? Maybe old ladies will start calling the fire department when they want their daisies and petunias watered. :roll:

well in all accounts it made sense as there were not too many fire resistant materials back then.
Asbestos was the most popular, and look how that turned out

[MaxIBoy]

I want a suit with active cooling and a reflective exterior.

[smoker]

hmm, people have been trying to develop 'self-cleaning' clothes for years, and the German's got there first!
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2004/12/self_cleaning_c.php
http://www.technologyreview.com/Nanotech/20306/?a=f
:-)