by 911Control | Jan 25, 2017 | Automobile, Challenging, Class A Foam, Class D, Education, Ethanol, Fire Control, Landfill, News, Structure, Transformer
Firehouse World Expo San Diego Convention Center San Diego, CA February 7-8, 2017 Booth 1627 – Fire Etc. This is a great opportunity to learn how F-500 Encapsulator Agent can save your department money and improve safety at the scene. You’ll learn how a single...
by 911Control | Jan 24, 2017 | Automobile, Challenging, Education, Ethanol, F-500 Encapsultor Agent, Fire Control, Videos
You are the guardians of the highways in your area. And those car fires are hotter, and more dangerous than ever with synthetics, plastics, tires, magnesium components, lithium-ion batteries and polar or nonpolar Class B fuels. One agent is recommended for all of...
by 911Control | Jan 17, 2017 | Automobile, Challenging, Class D, Education, F-500 Encapsultor Agent, Fire Control
Many of the fires firefighters respond to are car fires and today’s car fires must be approached with great caution. To make cars lighter for better fuel mileage, many components are made of Class D magnesium. Applying water or foam will cause a dangerous explosion...
by 911Control | Jan 10, 2017 | Challenging, Class A Foam, F-500 Encapsultor Agent, Fire Control, News, Videos
There’s only one firefighting agent that can be used to extinguish Class A, Class B polar, Class B nonpolar, Class D fires and is recommended for energized transformer fires and lithium-ion battery fires. And no other agent can encapsulate fuel spills and render them...
by 911Control | Jan 3, 2017 | Challenging, Education, F-500 Encapsultor Agent, Fire Control, News
Major Fire: F-500 Encapsulator Agent vs. One Million Tires On a Tuesday morning, the Watertown Fire Department responded to a tire fire in Dodge County, Wisconsin. It turned out to be the largest coordinated fire in the state of Wisconsin with 106 fire departments...
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...
by 911Control | Nov 14, 2016 | Challenging, F-500 Encapsultor Agent, Fire Control
Among the many modern challenges facing firefighters are Class C fires related to aging transformers in the United States, the growing use of lithium-ion batteries for energy storage, and solar panels for residential, commercial and industrial applications. Facts:...
