PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-25 months agoFemale firefighter posing for a picture, London, UK, 1925lemmy.worldimagemessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up1190arrow-down15cross-posted to: firefighting@lemmy.world
arrow-up1185arrow-down1imageFemale firefighter posing for a picture, London, UK, 1925lemmy.worldPugJesus@lemmy.worldM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-25 months agomessage-square17fedilinkcross-posted to: firefighting@lemmy.world
minus-squareDrusas@kbin.runlinkfedilinkarrow-up21·5 months agoI don’t know what it all was made of, but that outfit sure looks flammable.
minus-squareTar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·edit-25 months agoApparently a woolen tunic, and rubber leggings. Although this isn’t the classic double-breasted tunic. https://www.london-fire.gov.uk/museum/history-and-stories/firefighters-uniforms/
minus-squareFiskFisk33@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·5 months agoNot really, wool is quite flame resistant actually!
minus-squareDrusas@kbin.runlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·5 months agoI had no idea. It somehow just looks like it would be highly flammable. All the little fibers, I suppose.
I don’t know what it all was made of, but that outfit sure looks flammable.
Apparently a woolen tunic, and rubber leggings. Although this isn’t the classic double-breasted tunic.
https://www.london-fire.gov.uk/museum/history-and-stories/firefighters-uniforms/
Wool and asbestos?
Not really, wool is quite flame resistant actually!
I had no idea. It somehow just looks like it would be highly flammable. All the little fibers, I suppose.