@[email protected]M to [email protected]English • edit-22 months agoFemale firefighter posing for a picture, London, UK, 1925lemmy.worldimagemessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up1197arrow-down16cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1191arrow-down1imageFemale firefighter posing for a picture, London, UK, 1925lemmy.world@[email protected]M to [email protected]English • edit-22 months agomessage-square17fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareDrusaslinkfedilink22•2 months agoI don’t know what it all was made of, but that outfit sure looks flammable.
minus-squareTar_AlcaranlinkEnglish13•edit-22 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-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish9•2 months agoNot really, wool is quite flame resistant actually!
minus-squareDrusaslinkfedilink3•2 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.