r/Firefighting 13d ago

Videos Firefighting drones make their debut in China

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u/DerKaempfer_HD German Volunteer Firefighter 13d ago

I mean, if you have to result to costly drone inventions, you probably cheaped out massively on fireprevention and protection beforehand... by the looks of that building facade that might also be the case...

As for cooling that gas tank, sure but I feel like there's better options with more consistent pressure and no need to rely on battery life.

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u/FruitOrchards 13d ago

Eh that's disingenuous to say the least.

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u/DerKaempfer_HD German Volunteer Firefighter 13d ago

Feel free to tell me how

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u/FruitOrchards 13d ago

I mean, if you have to result to costly drone inventions, you probably cheaped out massively on fireprevention and protection beforehand...

This makes no sense, it's like saying if you have a fire department at all then you've cheaped out massively on fire prevention and protection beforehand.

This is just another tool to help firefighters, also there's no reason to think this would actually be as expensive as you're seemingly implying.

This is great for hard to reach/awkward places and it helps keep firefighters out of harms way.

I'm really not sure how you saw this video and got the impression that this isn't beneficial. Also these aren't battery powered, it's powered by a tether.

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u/TheFue 13d ago

Buddy, everything gets more expensive when the letter's 'FD' are stamped on it....

I don't know what a drone like that would cost to begin with, but I guarantee the Fire Fighting variant is going to be double the price at a minimum.

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u/INSPECTOR-99 13d ago edited 13d ago

You create a regional “CO-OP”, Nationally sponsored that funds the 7 figure cost of a tethered high weight high performance pumper drone. The usage would be to support National disaster super fires ( Hi rise/Train/Forest/Shipyard/ETC.).