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Purple Dave
06/27/09

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Ah, I see how it works! There's no way to hook the hose up to it, so it prevents you from using _any_ water at all!
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OMG! Ponies!
06/26/09

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Can we get this for God? Because he's dumped more rain on us today. In addition to the ten inches of rain this month.

Now if you don't mind, I need to get back to building my ark.
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Nick
06/26/09

@OMG! Ponies!: what you need to build is an aquaduct and point it this way. texas ain't seen nothing worth while in a good bit and the lake is gettin' mighty low.
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Nick
06/26/09

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yeah, it doesn't look like i can just throw it down on the drive way. besides i can still get good nozzles for $.98 and i ain't too worried about the environment. i've seen captain planet so i know someone out there will clean up my mess anyhow.
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Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
06/26/09

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Why not just have a turnoff valve at the spigot that meters out gallons and time? Shuts itself down after so much time?

This seems... Easy to break.
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Minotaar
01/15/09

In reply to Firehose, Meet Fire Missile Launcher
I love it when gadgets like this get posted. It gives us all an opportunity to bullsh*t about things we know nothing about, like firefighting.

Who knows if this is a viable or life saving device? All I can do is agree with the poster that it sounds really cool. Missile. Water cannon. Fire. yay!
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GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
01/15/09

@Minotaar: What about the firefighters who DO post comments?
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Inception
01/15/09

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Hey, why don't they make a cannon that shoots water out of it instead?
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Skunky
01/15/09

@Inception: A cannon that shoots water? That's preposterous, I mean honestly, who would use something like that?

Oh. Right.
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Hello Mister Walrus
01/15/09

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Bah! I would just crash a fire truck into the building and turn the water on from there.
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Ibelieveinsandwitches
01/15/09

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and now I have the upper hand in water gun fights.

first the projectile knocks you unconscious and then the hose douses your defenseless body...
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Skunky
01/15/09

@Ibelieveinsandwitches: Sounds like my first date...
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habib15
01/15/09

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Why don't they forget the water and make it a CO2 bomb.

Kinda like a rocket propelled fire extinguisher but on a larger scale.
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Geisrud
01/15/09

@habib15: @Hello Mister Walrus: That creates a lot of paperwork. Chiefs don't like paperwork (more than a fire already creates).
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GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
01/15/09

@habib15: True, fire needs O2, but so do those pesky victims/survivors. I don't want to be the first person who authorizes and the first person to fire one into a building which was "evacuated" and they find somebody who died with no smoke in their lungs, but died of asphyxiation.
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GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
01/15/09

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Well, to start with, fire hose is HEAVY. And it's usually kept in rolls. So do you have to unroll the whole roll before you shoot it and ensure the pile of hose isn't tangled? B/c I doubt this has enough pressure/weight to life the hose AND unroll it. Sure you could go with a smaller hose, but the pressure in the line if you reduce the diameter of hose must be high.

And just wait until one of these knocks out a fireman or a victim as it sails through the window. Or even worse, knocks something over to make the fire worse. I liked the CO2/foam grenade launcher you guys featured a few months back. More practical.
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Geisrud
01/15/09

@KHAN!!!_GitEmSteveDave: At a constant GPM, yes, pressure is higher in smaller diameter hose. However, hose is tested to around 500 psi - so I wouldn't worry too much about that.

Other problems exist though: even if it didn't flop around, the water doesn't necessarily go to the seat of the fire, or if there's rollover going on, it doesn't cool that down. Also, the weight of the hose outside the window would certainly pull the whole thing out of the house.
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Denver_80203
01/15/09

@KHAN!!!_GitEmSteveDave: Sorry to sound like an ass but, Something tells me they thought of all those points

Aim is critical.. you don't get two shots (i'm thinking)

If a building is burning enough, just getting water in there ANYWHERE is important.. if only to save surrounding buildings.
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GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
01/15/09

@Denver_80203: Since this is a concept, I doubt the designer thought of all these points, as he never addresses the majority of the hose in his descriptions/illustrations. If getting water "Anywhere" is important, then the powerful, aimable large diameter hose on the end of the ladder would be better. I live across the street from a high school where the local town's fire crews come to practice when the parking lot is empty. From one end of the lot, then can hit the other end with a massive amount of water from the nozzle at the end of the hose. And when towing a heavy line behind it, it's hard for this to be accurate, especially if that hose catches/loops around itself at any point along it's length.

Just think about/try this. Take a 3/8 standard garden hose. Tie a 5 pound weight to the end. Go out into the yard, and with the hose coiled, throw it. It's not going to go far/be accurate. Uncoil the line, now try to throw it. Again, not accurate. Now, if the picture above is to scale, that end piece is dragging a two inch firehose behind it which weighs as much if not more than a garden hose. Trying to get this into a four foot tall window usually crossed with muntins at a distance, and it becomes harder.

@Eavangel: If this could carry a two inch line like the designer says it could, then yeah I think it could seriously injure someone/kill if they were hit in the chest/head.

@sonburn: Yeah, it looks like 2 inch line.

@Geisrud: I know they are rated for the pressure, but it's been my observation that the more pressure in the hose, the more it wants to straighten out, which could cause this slide out of the window like you say. It could also be dangerous as when the hose pressurizes, the end would whip around:
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Abhi Devireddy
01/15/09

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Can't wait to see people abuse this...

News: ______ shoots gas propelled hose at ________
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Skunky
01/15/09

@Abhi Devireddy: Gaza........Israel. Worlds largest Super Soaker battle ensues.
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