NAVY FIRE-RESCUE SUIT* INSULATED AGAINST 2100° F
Product of Three Yews of Effort, Suit May Find Place in Fire Service
THE daily routine of training hundreds of Navy men in the use of fog and foam is rated highly at the Damage Control Training Center on the outskirts of the Philadelphia Naval Base, and is an important contribution to saving countless ships and lives imperiled by fire at sea. But perhaps the hottest development there is a suit, a man-from-Mars outfit, that allows its wearer to walk through 2100° of burning gasoline and emerge sweating but unharmed.
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