Fire engine with a MiG engine not the most practical thing in the world

These guys have been watching too many episodes of Thomas the Tank Engine.

http://www.amazon.com/Thomas-Tank-Engine-Friends-Jet/dp/B0001ZX0EM

It's not a joke. First it was used in 1979 in Zsana, Hungary. After a serious natural gas blowout the conventional methods were not able to extinguish the burning gas-column. Then, the firefighters figured out that blowing away the flames with a jet engine would work. It worked perfectly so later, after the Desert Storm the Hungarian team used that method in Kuwait too.

Another efficient way to extiguish an `oil well` head fire `not natural gas` is to do what `Red Adair` used to do, a barell of explosive hoisted to a position above the fire then detonate, the resultant explosion burnt all the oxygen away, and hey presto no fire! I guess it's not that simple, but it also seemed to work for him.

When these fools wipe themselves out, who wants to be the first to nominate them for a Darwin award?

I got a video clip the other day showing a helo using it's rotor wash to remove a deer from where it had fallen through the ice and shoving the deer across the clean ice right to the shore, where the deer stood up and ran off.

The heat from this fire truck might open a channel ahead of the person or animal that fell through the ice in addition to creating warm water to prevent hypothermia.

Sounds like another run on the military surplus jet engines...

Where do you buy spare MIG engines? Do they sell them on eBay?

This is a pumper truck, it doesnt have much water storage capacity, if any, to begin with. Its made to draw water from ponds and lakes or from hydrants, and most of the space occupied by the engine is typically empty/storage space anyway. These rigs usually have pumps rated around 1250-2000 GPM with 300-1000 gallon storage tanks. Do the math on that, and suddenly a Jet powered fire truck doesnt seem as stupid. And since when are fire engines noted for thier maneuverabillity to begin with? For all we know this could be an industrial or airport fire squad, in which speed is more critical and there are nothing but straight roadways. And obviously anyone with the technical know-how to install this engine is going to be well aware of its capabillities and limitations; this isnt a backyard hillbilly build-off. I give the submitter an A for effort, and a D- for research.

what about putting every thing back of yourself on fire , you will run those monsters on road and normal public roads , surely not on dedicted ways , what about regulat trafic you don`t want someone ahead of you and definetly back of you , you don`t require that speed within streats that have sharp turns , heavy traffic and how much water you carry with those monster engines eatting up precious space when you need it most