The Fire Rebels They're taking on the American firefighting establishment with a precision method of dousing flames. The hot new way to save lives and burning buildings: bursts of delicate fog. By Joshua Davis from Wired magazine. "The fire service in the United States is a 200-year-old institution unimpeded by progress," Hartin tells a group of firefighters at a training center in Gresham, Oregon. He's the battalion chief in charge of training in this small town bordering Portland. It's a cool spring morning, and 20 feet away fires blaze inside two steel shipping containers. The men are clad in full battle gear: face masks on, air tanks flowing, helmets strapped, and hoses ready. ...
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