Pod/shield to throw to victims

[joelnz1]

Im an industrial design student wanting to research new product opportunities, I need to discover what areas of fire fighting firefighters find difficult in dealing with. Are there any pieces of equipment that underperform and could be designed better?
I have and idea for a pod/shield that is thrown to victims in a burning building/house whilst waiting to be saved. Is there a need for such a product? what issues would there be?

[PFDTruck18]

FYI, its generally not the fire that kills people. Its the smoke.

[len1582]

. . . . I need to discover what areas of fire fighting firefighters find difficult in dealing with. . . .

...Maybe some chief officers

[PFDTruck18]

Yeah, maybe we can throw the pod over the chief. That might work.

[fireman4949]

Im an industrial design student wanting to research new product opportunities, I need to discover what areas of fire fighting firefighters find difficult in dealing with. Are there any pieces of equipment that underperform and could be designed better?
I have and idea for a pod/shield that is thrown to victims in a burning building/house whilst waiting to be saved. Is there a need for such a product? what issues would there be?

First of all, if you can see a victim, an immediate rescue is performed...No waiting!

Secondly, the vast majority of victims that have not "self-rescued" are either already unconscious or they are completely obscured from sight by smoke/building components, or both.