Car-sized drones over New Jersey and now San Diego?

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Whereas, I happen to live in a development which is completely surrounded by the local city, but which is not part of said city. Thus, even though there is a city fire house about two minutes away, they don’t respond to fires in the development except in special call out. Instead, the neighborhood association has contracted with the fire department in a small nearby town which is probably 10 to 15 minutes away and is a volunteer fire department, so is not going to dispatch so rapidly.

We pay the city independently so that we are covered by the city station, but most don’t.

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Sure, lots of volunteer fire departments out there. Times can vary. And fire hydrants may not be nearby. And this all affects your insurance rates.

Recent story tells of restaurant in a small down that burned down because they could not find the key to the fire truck.

On my property tax bill, fire department is largest after schools. They are also well paid. And most think its worth it.

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In the presentation I heard, they said they could cut 5 minute response to 2 minutes.

Mike

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In my area, 30 mph is probably typical. So 2 min means you live within one mile of a firehouse. Or firehouses abt two miles apart. Ours are closer to four miles.

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I think they were mostly considering major fires in a congested city like SF.

Mike

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Underwater drones. Wall Street Journal had article on these yesterday. They claim some can be hydrogen fueled to fuel cells and have range of thousands of miles. Don’t hydrogen fuel cells require oxygen too?

I have heard that torpedoes use lithium aluminum hydride as a source of hydrogen. It reacts vigorously with water releasing hydrogen. So you have a compact source of hydrogen that requires neither pressure vessel or low temp. Costly but suited to limited uses.

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