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 | 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....
by 911Control | Mar 11, 2016 | Automobile, Challenging, Class D, Education, F-500 Encapsultor Agent, Fire Control, News
Never apply water or foam to Class D fires, but if you add just 3% F-500 Encapsulator Agent to the water, you change the way the droplets react with heat. A plain water drop inefficiently removes heat by steam conversion. F-500 EA droplets efficiently absorb the heat...
by 911Control | Mar 2, 2016 | Challenging, Class D, Education, F-500 Encapsultor Agent, Fire Control, News
We’ve told you how effective F-500 Encapsulator Agent is on Class A, Class B (polar and nonpolar), Class D and three-dimensional fires. So, doesn’t it make a lot of sense to use a 2.5 gallon F-500 EA Fire Extinguisher for smaller fires? This extinguisher has...
by 911Control | Feb 29, 2016 | Challenging, Education, F-500 Encapsultor Agent, Fire Control, Structure, Videos
If you have any fires at your facility, water is not the answer. Water does not penetrate under the surface of piles where fires can burn continuously. Water does not cool efficiently and water must never be used on Class D metal fires due to explosions. Foams are...
by 911Control | Feb 3, 2016 | Challenging, Education, F-500 Encapsultor Agent, Fire Control, News
With Many Fires, the Correct Choice is F-500 Encapsulator Agent This formidable fire at Stern Oil in Iowa, once again showed why you should be prepared with F-500 Encapsulator Agent. Even after two crash trucks from nearby airports arrived with the finest mil-spec...
