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Second-Storey Emergency Inflatable Airbags   (+2, -1)  [vote for, against]
In case of fire, might as well jump...

This garden rock/bauble/fake bush is hardwired to the fire detection system and its own power supply, or a manual switch that blows the airbag in a manner similar, but a bit more slowly and larger than a car airbag.
-- RayfordSteele, Oct 11 2020

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Prior Art [8th of 7, Oct 11 2020]

Bonus bun if, after deployment, the homeowner can add standard moveable livestock fencing to the edges, to form an 'instant' bouncy house/trampoline-type unit for the yard apes*.

*Who need a relaxing screamy outlet after losing their home and, more importantly, their YuGiOh deck(s), to the conflagration.
-- Sgt Teacup, Oct 11 2020


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You could adapt one of those ghastley three metre tall inflatable illuminated Santas into a Fireman with outstretched arms ...

// losing their home and, more importantly, their YuGiOh deck(s), to the conflagration. //

Never mind that ... save the Betamax tapes with the original off-air recordings of Star Trek TOS ...
-- 8th of 7, Oct 11 2020


^ Clever, you should post that.

Additional option: inflatable Jesus lifejackets and survival rafts...

A Jesus-shaped steerable canopy parachute is unlikely to be practical.
-- 8th of 7, Oct 11 2020


"Aim for the bushes" - The Other Guys
-- xaviergisz, Oct 12 2020


// trying to be nice or just make me paranoid //

One of those options has very low probability, but then again paranoia is inappropriate; it's an unjustified perception of persecution, and everyone really does hate you.

There's a third possibility, of course. We're not going to tell you what it is, though.
-- 8th of 7, Oct 12 2020


//Second-Story Emergency Inflatable Airbags// (sp. "Storey", unless for some reason that second bedtime story constitutes an emergency)
-- hippo, Oct 12 2020


It must be bad if it has them jumping out of the window...
-- 8th of 7, Oct 12 2020


My dad was a real second-storey guy. Nobody ever believed his first story.
-- RayfordSteele, Oct 12 2020


The distinction, of course, being between correct and incorrect spelling ...
-- 8th of 7, Oct 12 2020


<Anticipates fight over which floor should be called the "1st floor" in 3...2...>
-- RayfordSteele, Oct 12 2020


Explosive re-inflate rates? Just time the jump.
-- wjt, Oct 15 2020



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