by 911Control | Jun 27, 2019 | Class A Foam, F-500 Encapsultor Agent, Fire Control, News
Utilizing EPA 537 Modified Test Method, F-500 Encapsulator Agent 1% and 3% firefighting solutions were tested at GEL Laboratories LLC, a US EPA Approved Laboratory, to prove that F-500 EA does not contain any of the 25 targeted fluorinated ingredients including...
by 911Control | Aug 4, 2017 | Challenging, Class A Foam, Education, F-500 Encapsultor Agent, Fire Control
A fire department in Arizona asked us to demonstrate F-500 Encapsulator Agent on a creosote railroad tie fire. The creosote adds a Class B component to a Class A fire, so water would have trouble extinguishing this fire. And foam is not recommended for...
by 911Control | Jun 22, 2017 | Automobile, Challenging, Class A Foam, Class D, 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....
by 911Control | May 16, 2017 | Class A Foam, Fire Control, News
The all new Pinnacle Class B C6 foams are designed to eliminate potentially harmful PFOS and subsequent PFOA in accordance with the US EPA PFOS Stewardship Program. These foams conform to various international standards, including UL 162. Pinnacle Class A foams create...
by 911Control | Mar 8, 2017 | Challenging, Class A Foam, Education, F-500 Encapsultor Agent, Fire Control, Transformer
Below, you can click on a link to a series of excellent articles in the 2nd/2010 issue of the FDNY magazine WNYF. These articles describe a transformer fire in Queens, NY that led up to the considerable commitment by ConEdison to begin testing fire suppression agents...
by 911Control | Jan 31, 2017 | Challenging, Class A Foam, Class D, F-500 Encapsultor Agent, Fire Control, Landfill
These fires burn beneath the surface, so you need an agent designed to penetrate. Enough oxygen is available beneath the surface to sustain combustion, so laying foam on the surface won’t smother these fires. F-500 Encapsulator Agent will penetrate deep and...
