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I imagine there are any number of good firefighting museums around the world. Wandering the Fort Wayne museum[0] was sobering, learning of the technological and
by macintux 3y ago
I imagine there are any number of good firefighting museums around the world. Wandering the Fort Wayne museum[0] was sobering, learning of the technological and bureaucratic obstacles that led to unnecessary mass casualties in the past.
[0] https://www.fortwaynefiremuseum.com https://www.fortwaynefiremuseum.com
- gumby 3y agoThe fire fighting museum in Fulda is really quite good with exhibits about systems around the world. http://www.dfm-fulda.de/ http://www.dfm-fulda.de/
- ceejayoz 3y ago> learning of the technological and bureaucratic obstacles that led to unnecessary mass casualties in the past Still going on. American firefighters widely use outdated helmets that haven't changed much in two hundred years. https://www.ctif.org/news/texas-joins-other-progressive-us-fire-services-and-replaces-traditional-us-helmets-more https://www.ctif.org/news/texas-joins-other-progressive-us-f... Europe uses much more modern, safer, lighter ones.
- JackMorgan 3y agoYes, but it's totally possible to buy European jet-style helmets. You can order them from any fire supply. I know only one guy who uses one, he's British, and gets made fun of constantly for it. You never see them because the 1780 leathers look, and I quote, "cool as fuck, bro". You'll get guys spending $1000 of their own money to get a leather NYC style helmet that is less safe than the one supplied by their company. Fashion firefighting is such a big deal. You'll still get people who refuse to wash all the cancerous carcinogens off their gear because it "looks cool" to have them smokey.