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Experimental firefighter suit, Germany, early 1900s (lemmy.world)

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[–] Setiyeti93@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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.

[–] kamenlady@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I imagine they could get slowly boiled in their own water fountain

[–] r_deckard@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

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.