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Apparently, a significant difference between American and French firefighters is that the latter prefer to fight the fire from the inside (e.g.: avoid the heat
by melkiaur 8y ago
Apparently, a significant difference between American and French firefighters is that the latter prefer to fight the fire from the inside (e.g.: avoid the heat and steam to accumulate inside).
Apart from the video aspect, wouldn't the Colossus' water stream help them achieve that: creating a path for them to intervene and potentially escape ?
- JshWright 8y agoWhere have you seen that difference apparent? That's not the case, in my experience.
- blancheneige 8y agoI was just reading in Le Monde yesterday that this approach is used on historical buildings as working inward would trap the fire and essentially create a localized furnace that would damage the artifacts inside.
- athenot 8y agoAlso, the furnace could compromise the stone structure. So the focus was to keep the wall from getting too hot, first from the inside.
- rat9988 8y agoThe way it was explained in Lemonde, it's that french firefihters don't always do that. They did it to preserve the interior, but that might not be their every day strategy.