Only In Dubai: Firefighters Will Get Cutting-Edge Jetpacks

[Sally]

Good idea since there are many tall building in Dubai. Maybe this will catch on in the rest of the world because tall buildings have popped over everywhere.


Only In Dubai: Firefighters Will Get Cutting-Edge Jetpacks

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Image Source:Martin Aircraft
Dubai recently purchased 20 jetpacks for firefighters to use when fighting fires in skyscrapers.
November 12, 2015
by Katie Link

The future is here. Well, for firefighters in Dubai at least.

The country's Directorate of Civil Defence signed a deal with Martin Aircraft Company earlier this week to buy 20 jetpacks for firefighters.

Dubai has plenty of skyscrapers that can be a real problem for firefighters trying to extinguish flames and save lives. Enter jetpacks.


According to the company, the packs can be flown by a pilot or remote control, can carry up to 265 pounds and can take off and land vertically. (Video via Martin Aircraft)

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Only In Dubai: Firefighters Will Get Cutting-Edge Jetpacks?

 

[Manonthestreet]

Man thats a bulky set up

 

[BULLDOG]

Cool. When are they going to build those George Jetson cars we have been waiting on?

 

[aris2chat]

Jet packs are so unstable, but it will get them higher than a cherry picker. Window cleaning scaffold means they would have to reach the roof first and would be subject to falling in many cases of fire. Like elevators, the electricity would be they could not be used during a fire.