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i like it, the only thing is that in the scenario shown, the window needs to be broken to insert the nozzle, so giving the fire more air to grow.

i see this being harder to control than a normal fire hose which is normally put under the shoulder. and with extra pressure and one strap to hold your hand in, is that really enough?

It seems that your description and the product’s description differ. The pictures seem to say that you shoot the end of the gun’s projectile into a burning room, which carries the fire hose with it. Once inside, you attach the hose to a water main, and then the water shoots out from the deployed tip, which is now inside a room and no longer connected to the gun.

Just one problem with this design…. it’ll never work. When Firefighters spray water, the hoses are usually manned by 3 man teams. This isn’t for dramatic effect, it’s because with the water coming out with so much force it takes all 3 of them to safely operate the hose. With no one holding the end, the hose will whip around like a bull-whip, smashing everything in sight before whipping itself out the window and endangering lives and further public property.

…Other than that, it’s a great idea.

man, waterguns don’t go “pew pew!”

they go SCHWSHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!

or FHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSH

or BOOM http://www.virtualtoychest.com/entertechsquirtguns/entertechsquirtguns.html

I like the design very much and I know that is just a concept so the problems that still exists could be solved:
not the pressure of water is the problem (becourse how you mentioned the water comes out in all directions) but… if the hose is more than 30 meters long, filled with water its going to weigh about 100Kg or more and when it falls down it could be a serious problem

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 used to be a fire fighter… this will never make it out of the photo studio.

I don’t have the time to explain all of the reasons this has “fail” written all over it in big, neon letters.

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!

I dunno…a heavy projectile being fired into a building then blasting water from both ends. What if someone is in there? “My god! We are almost there…{BAM}”

What I don’t get is, why not add a water activated, powdered gel while water is being blasted into the building? Then the water would stick like napalm. Stifling the fire a heck of a lot faster than water alone.

How about some sort of water-inflatable inside the nose cone that will blow up once water pressure is applied…either in a large pillow sort of shape or several water-filled arms…which would prevent the house from flying around as much or coming back through the window

Could they not interview just 2 real firefighters before coming up with the render? Just 2 please? You would get a whole lot more insight on a design if you ask a professional in the field… (they might even have saved you the time of continuing with an idea that’s flaw ridden.)

I would most likely mount some sort of torch near the nozzle, and I would fill it was gas. Or…. something, and use it as a flame thrower. =/ LOL.

What I see as the main flaw in this design is that pressure has nothing to do with putting out fires (other than the required amount combat loss from friction & elevation and actually reach the fire). A body of fire can only be extinguished if the gallons per minute are there as well. Even at 400-500psi, a hose that is discharging 5 gallons per minute will not extinguish a fire. The exception being in an enclosed space, water expands 1700X when it turns to steam, and this process consumes a tremendous amount of BTUs. But breaking the window to insert this device would not allow a head of steam to build anyway.

R. W. – Fire Protection Engineering Major, University of New Haven

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Have you ever seen a firetruck hose at full preasure? Those things reach far…further than this thing can probably shoot the end of a hose.