by 911Control | Jul 9, 2015 | Automobile, Challenging, Class A Foam, Education, F-500 Encapsultor Agent, Fire Control, News, Videos
Firefighting foam has been around for over 100 years First invented in 1902 by Aleksandr Loran, foam has been a significant improvement to firefighting efforts all over the world. Foams have slowly improved over the past century to widen it’s use on different...
by 911Control | Jul 2, 2015 | Education, F-500 Encapsultor Agent, Fire Control, News
By The Numbers The airdrop you see on the left is a pretty standard sight during a big wildfire. The plane flies overhead and the rust colored agent falls along fire lines or on the fire itself. After doing some research into the numbers, I see less fire suppression...
by 911Control | Jun 25, 2015 | Challenging, Fire Control
If you add heat and oxygen to a combustible dust, you have the potential for a fire. If the dust disperses in a confined area, a primary explosion can occur. The first explosion dislodges more dust resulting in a second, more destructive explosion. Combustible dusts...
by 911Control | Jun 20, 2015 | Challenging, F-500 Encapsultor Agent, Fire Control, News, Videos
3% F-500 Encapsulator Agent is used with salt water to fight this oil well fire demonstration in United Arab Emirates, which was successful in less than a minute. This is a three-dimensional, flowing liquid fuel fire. NFPA 11 Annex A.1.1 states, “Foam is not suitable...
by 911Control | Jun 20, 2015 | News
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