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It’s being reported that Maui FD engines 1 and 6 rigs have been destroyed. Very sad news coming out of this disaster with all the lives and property lost.

Yes, and that’s probably an issue. Although if I’m remembering correctly the FDNY doesn’t actually follow the NFPA regs religiously? Like isn’t the tower ladder baskets non-compliant for instance, because the FDNY disagrees with what’s the best practice/layout?

If the FDNY does want to get something tall, I would suggest looking into what the use case would be. What do you want to use it for/what capability is prioritized? If you prioritize reaching in over large footprint fire buildings for operating a master stresm and/or using the basket as a...

Yes exactly, hopefully a person that is trying to save their life will aim as best they can to land in the cushion. I have an example of one being used in 2018 here. Fire in a seven story residential building, by the time the first due unit arrived one person had already jumped from the...

Here’s a short Facebook video clip that shows the cushion and how it inflates, speed and such: https://fb.watch/m22edXX_f4/

Here you go, the measurements are about 11’6” by 11’6” by 5’7” when inflated. This would be the smaller version for drops up to 53 feet, there’s a larger version for drops of up to 82 feet.

Here’s a picture to give an idea of how much space it occupies when stored. This is a new ladder for the Halmstad FD in Sweden. They’ve opted to reintroduce the inflatable jumping cushion into their department after it having been gone for a long time, due to a perceived need. They’ve opted to...

The ones I’ve seen in use here uses a compressed air bottle for inflation and then keeps its form for an extended duration and multiple (numerous) jumps. So no need for fans for those models. I had a look at a specific model now, uninflated it has a size of 35 x 22 x 12 inches and weighs about...

Yeah that’s probably the most frequent situation they’re deployed in here as well. Though it’s the fire department that deploys them rather than the police.

I’m curious what people think of these. I think that they’re more of a thing in Europe than in North America, but at a glance it seems that some departments in the US is using or has used them at some point in time. From my point of view they’re one of those things that rarely saves anyone in...

Do you know the reason for it being considered unsuccessful in Philadelphia?