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more about #firefighters Yerzriknot: Also, if you replace those water cannons with miniguns you've got a bitchin' Humvee replacement. more » roflwaffles is part of a healthy breakfast: I for one always support goverment projects to make things that look cool. more » friendslikeJimRome: I just wish I could take it back twenty years and sneak up on my sister with it in the backyard. more » bitgod: Most importantly, it's got white walled tires. It needs some spinners though. more » AretinaEriphyle: Extremely cool concept vehicle, but as a professional firefighter who has spec'ed quite a few vehicles - this is truly horrific. There is a reason fi... more » Crominator56: This was submitted as a firefighting concept to tuvie.com (where there is lots more of this sort of goodness.. are you listening Giz?) to make it more... more » En0s1: Total badass-edry is this concept. I'm sure the firefighters of Los Angeles wouldn't mind one or two of these. more » weatherman: It's a cool looking concept but I can't imagine that the specs and the appearance could actually match up. First, where is all that water going to fit... more » Noobs-R-Us: So this is what a coffin on four wheels looks like. more » Braxo: A nearly 500 gallon tank? A regular fire pumper has a 500 gallon tank. How could this ATV sized vehicle hold that much water, let alone have the en... more » dfp3050: Yeah, this thing can handle all sorts of fire: [www.addictinggames.com] more » Segador: Replace "fire" with "zombie" and you've got a real use for this thing. more » Ellipsis marks are ... my friends: " ... twin water canons ..." Our author has been doing too much tech writing, methinks. more » BergenCountyJC can't beat MW2: It reminds me of a giant RC toy car more » facepuncher: couldn't it work with GPS and some modified google-maps app? the satellite could relay your position in relation to other receivers in the area. If th... more » GitEmSteveDave_ My Brute Dojo Code CDIAFIFE: Don't they have something now that if a firefighter doesn;t move, it sets off an alarm on the unit the FF is wearing as well as on the engine? I thin... more » Curves: It seems sort of large, and those guys already are loaded down with equipment. Good idea, but make it smaller. more » rrwakc: every device would have TexasInstruments cc2431 zigbee location engine, and few of them would be set around the building with. they enter a coordinate... more » Curves: Is there video of this kind of fire anywhere? more » Theophilus P. Wildebeeste: How to fight fire in space: Open an airlock, vent the atmosphere into space, no oxygen=no fire. Of course the crew would asphixiate, but still, no fire. more » -
#concepts
Firefighting ATV Concept: Twin Water Cannons, Gull Wing Doors
Dubbed the Amatoya, this concept recon buggy would allow a two-person crew to zip around hotspots and fire fronts to collect intel faster, and more safely than the modified Toyota Landcruisers and light tankers that are typically used today. More » -
#concept
Squad Firefighter Positioning System
The Squad Firefighter Positioning System is like Jack Bauer's PDA, which magically shows his position in a building plan. Except that firefighters would extinguish the fire, and Jack Bauer would probably set the building on fire. More » -
#space
NASA Testing Next Generation Firefighting Gear for Fires... In Spaaace!
In space, no one can hear you scream "Fire." Not that it'd matter, as few people could recognize a microgravity fire anyway. This means space firefighting gear needs to be special. NASA is on it. More » -
