Comments on: Virtual Fire Extinguisher Douses Digital Fire

By: Gellner

Gellner — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 21:38:03 +0000

Because there's no better way to practice firefighting, than on a two foot screen.

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 19:57:31 +0000

When we went through our fire training, we had several people sick of the fumes of burning plastic (they had old IBMs to burn, and it was inside training). That was quite the real deal, and I wouldn't have missed that by all cost...
Missing your pointy hair boss chocking and gagging? come on! that's worth a big raise! I don't find this virtual fire thingy neat !

By: Mitch

Mitch — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 12:55:17 +0000

I worked for a very safety-oriented company that had
it's employees trained in using fire extinguishers
using a burning gas-oil mix in a large pan. It's not
as easy at it seems, and I didn't get it on the first
try.
I can't imagine that a virtual fire would behave the
same as a real fire, but I suppose it's better than nothing in a situation where it isn't possible to set up a pan of burning fluid outside.