safety & shopping firegeezer on 29 Oct 2007 10:55 am
A Fireman In Every Home !
JUST WHAT WE NEED: A do-it-yourself home fire department kit.
Bill Delaney at the Montgomery County, Maryland, Fire and Rescue Dept. came across this innovative home DIY gadget at www.HomeFireman.com .
Can’t you just imagine a thing like this in the hands of a Yuppie?
Some of their claims:
It is exceptionally easy to operate. The Home Fireman is for families, not firefighters. The controls are intuitive and take only a ¼ turn to get instant full pressure. The patented hose system eliminates all hooks, hangers and other contrivances that could get in the way. With one pull on the main control you can grab the nozzle in one hand and the BC extinguisher in the other - and be armed to extinguish any small fire - before it can grow.
And
It covers an entire floor in most homes. The 40 foot hose plus the concentrator nozzle (shoots the water another 40 feet), add up to 90 feet of coverage in any one direction - 160 feet across. Precise coverage will vary with water pressure.
Bill is the webmaster of the Washington-Metro Area Fire & Injury Prevention website, and he has some pretty strong opinions on this potential house-warming present. Read what he has to say about it HERE.
on 30 Oct 2007 at 12:59 pm 1.Jim said …
“Can’t you just imagine a thing like this in the hands of a Yuppie?”
I don’t have to imagine. On 9/11/07 I witnessed the result of residents fighting a fire before calling 911. A $1.5M “McMansion” was gutted as a result of an illadvised attempt to extinguish a BBQ grill fire on the deck, and a delayed calle to 911. A 500′-800′header was visable for miles, some 5-7 minutes (that we can verify) before the FD was alerted.
Anything for a buck.