They are the heroes of the worst fire in Australia, and now a college student wants our firefighters to be superheroes.
Ken Chen, a graduate of Art Design and Architecture at Monash University, designed an external skeleton to help firefightersrise infernos.
Advanced fire fighting equipment (AFA)
Clothes can be tied to clothes to enhance the wearer's ability to walk, run and carry.
Weighing 23 kg, it can carry a load of up to 91 kg and is powered by a lithium battery.
It also comes with a folding axe, a water gun and a last emergency release system
Discharge in minutes.
But don't worry if it all sounds a bit amazing.
This is not an Iron Man suit.
"Unlike the Iron Man suit, AFA is more like a frame or auxiliary fire equipment," Chen told AAP . ". "(But)
I'm a huge fan of sci.
So maybe some inspiration or design language comes from them.
The aesthetic inspiration for the dress, Chen said, came from the military equipment of the "future soldiers" of the US military, not Tony Stark.
But he wanted to apply the idea to fire-fighting equipment because he saw 2010 devastating fires in a skyscraper in Shanghai, killing 58 people.
"I was a little shocked about it," Chen said. "In a high-
Rising the ground of fire, the star is the only feasible means (access).
"Therefore, increasing the ability of firefighters to act can save time and life.
"While no developer has contacted him, Chen hopes the budget challenge will not prevent potential investors from considering it.
Meanwhile, 25-year-
Old industrial designers are looking for jobs in Melbourne.