by 911Control | Dec 27, 2016 | Automobile, Challenging, Class D, Education, Ethanol, F-500 Encapsultor Agent, Fire Control, Videos
Quickly and Safely Extinguishing Car Fires This video shows F-500 Encapsulator Agent at only ½% extinguishing this car fire in about 5 seconds. Notice how fast the temperature drops from 2000ºF to 78 ºF in seconds. According to NFPA, 15% of the calls firefighters make...
by 911Control | Dec 19, 2016 | Challenging, Education, F-500 Encapsultor Agent, Fire Control, Videos
Video – The Manston Fire Wall When training, there’s something about a tough fire, like this three dimensional, flowing fuel fire. Water just makes it mad; foam isn’t going to work. You need F-500 Encapsulator Agent. NFPA 11 Annex A.1.1 states, “Foam is...
by 911Control | Dec 12, 2016 | Automobile, Challenging, Class D, Education, Ethanol, F-500 Encapsultor Agent, Fire Control, News, Transformer
How do we get you to believe F-500 Encapsulator Agent is the fire suppression agent of the future? Encapsulator Agents are now recognized by NFPA because they are a valuable alternative to foams and wetting agents. • Less inventory – One agent for Class A,...
by 911Control | Dec 5, 2016 | Challenging, Class D, Education, F-500 Encapsultor Agent, Fire Control, News, Videos
Never apply water to a Class D fire, unless you add 3% F-500 Encapsulator Agent. The F-500 EA prevents the water from separating into explosive hydrogen and oxygen. The F-500 EA molecules form a protective skin around the water droplets and rapidly absorb the heat. ...
by 911Control | Nov 28, 2016 | Challenging, Ethanol, F-500 Encapsultor Agent, Fire Control, News
With foams, you need ARFF to extinguish nonpolar, Class B fires and you need the more expensive AR-AFFF to extinguish polar, Class B fires, like the ethanol-blended fuels cars are using across the country. With F-500 Encapsulator Agent, it doesn’t matter what type...
by 911Control | Nov 21, 2016 | Challenging, Education, F-500 Encapsultor Agent, Fire Control
NFPA 11, Annex A.1.1 – “Foam is not suitable for three-dimensional flowing liquid fuel fires or for gas fires.” Which makes more sense? Trying to lay foam on a three-dimensional object, like the plane in this video, OR, Rapidly cooling the plane...
