Firefighting has add up a long way since the Romans established thefirst ever fervor service , which operated by passing bucketful along a line of men standing between the nearest water source and the burning building . Since then , a number of innovations – ranging from the iconic reddened truck to the fireman ’s terminal – have transformed the profession , and new innovations are perpetually in the grapevine .

Among the most exciting of these is the Fireproof Aerial Robot System ( FAROS ) , which has been developed by a inquiry team at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology . Designed specifically to help find and armed combat fires in high - rise buildings , the drone can both fly and wax wall , using technology that was first developed for a old model phone the Climbing Aerial Robot System ( CAROS ) .

The machine also boasts a thermal - imaging camera in social club to situate hoi polloi trapped inside buildings , and a range of other image - processing applied science that   enables it to key a ardour ’s point of line of descent .

As can be seen in the video below , faro is able to stand firm utmost heat , enduring temperature of up to 1,000 ° C ( 1,832 ° F ) for over a   minute   without lose its functional capacity . This is thanks to a coating made ofaramid fibers , which are also commonly used by the automotive , aerospace and military sectors to create heat - immune surfaces .

Beneath this is a cowcatcher stratum of melody , which is maintained at an optimal temperature by a thermoelectrical cooling arrangement , whereby an electric current is passed between two dissimilar materials . As it does so , a temperature increment is produced at one of the junctions where the two materials meet , with a corresponding decrement at the other junction – a phenomenon know as thePeltier effect .

Using all this equipment , the drone is capable to get at fires in skyscrapers , entering the fire construction in lodge to channel a lookup and transmit information back to firefighter on the ground , who can then resolve on an appropriate course of activity .

It is hoped that this will conduct to meliorate response times from firing services tackling blazes that are not on the ground , with faro being the latest in a series of new technologies designed for this purpose . For instance , the government of Dubai recently announced design to fit its firefighters withjetpacksso they can   get at fires in high - rise buildings and   scope out the situation before deciding how to proceed .