by 911Control | Jun 16, 2016 | Class A Foam, Education, F-500 Encapsultor Agent, Fire Control, News
But you mostly use water, which saves a lot of money, right? Not so fast. Even using F-500 EA at ½ % on Class A fires can save money. Why? Knockdown is incredibly fast with F-500 EA, so there is less property damage, less water used, fewer calls for additional...
by 911Control | May 20, 2016 | Challenging, F-500 Encapsultor Agent, Fire Control, Structure
This interesting article appeared in BrandSchutz Firefighting magazine covering a huge warehouse fire in Böblingen, Germany. After extensive testing, the entire region of Böblingen had recently converted from foam to F-500 Encapsulator Agent. The limited supply of...
by 911Control | May 11, 2016 | Class A Foam, Education, F-500 Encapsultor Agent, Fire Control, Spill Control
F-500 Encapsulator Agent extinguishes a fire by encapsulating the fuel, rapidly cooling and interrupting the free radical chain reaction, but the ability to encapsulate fuels makes F-500 EA a very versatile tool.You’re at a highway accident scene with a leaking fuel...
by 911Control | Apr 2, 2016 | News
You can easily reduce toxins in smoke by applying 1-3% F-500 Encapsulator Agent in the water stream. This reduces the carcinogens everyone at the fire scene is exposed to. Independent tests show toxins are reduced 98.6% and smoke is reduced 97%. Plus, the scalding...
by 911Control | Mar 30, 2016 | Education, F-500 Encapsultor Agent, Fire Control, Videos
You may think water does a great job of cooling a fire, but water does not cool efficiently and creates a lot of dangerous steam. Foams are designed to form a blanket to separate the fuel from the oxygen, but foam traps in the heat, often resulting in reignition....
