All Fire and Sea Rescue Equipment Inventors

Inventors who devised equipment for saving lives and property from fire and shipwreck, such as line-carrying mortars that fire a rope to a stranded vessel, portable fire extinguishers, fire escapes and lifesaving boats. A person belongs here when the cited article credits them with inventing rescue or fire fighting apparatus and describes how the device works. Designers of building heating and ventilation equipment belong in the building services group of the same field, and designers of weapons belong with the firearm and weapon designers.