by 911Control | Jun 24, 2016 | Automobile, Challenging, Class D, Education, Ethanol, F-500 Encapsultor Agent, Fire Control, Landfill, News, Structure, Transformer, Videos
Watch this video and you’ll just have to say, “I wish everything I own worked as well as F-500 Encapsulator Agent at extinguishing fires.” Faster extinguishment means less exposure to carcinogens, less water and agent used, less drafting, less diking, reduced fatigue,...
by 911Control | Jun 17, 2016 | Challenging, Education, F-500 Encapsultor Agent, Fire Control
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 | 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 | 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...
