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 16, 2016 | Challenging, F-500 Encapsultor Agent, Fire Control, Videos
We’ve shown you how effective F-500 Encapsulator Agent is against Class A, Class B polar, Class B nonpolar, three-dimensional fires, and even Class D fires. But can F-500 EA extinguish gas fires? You bet! How about this propane pipe rupture fire extinguished in one...
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...
by 911Control | Jan 29, 2016 | Challenging, Class D, Education, F-500 Encapsultor Agent, Fire Control, Videos
Are You Prepared for Today’s Class D Fires? Class D fires are becoming more and more common. Many magnesium components are used in today’s cars and cause a dangerous flare-up or explosion as plain water is applied. Lithium-ion batteries, used for storage or in hybrid...
by 911Control | Jan 26, 2016 | Challenging, Education, F-500 Encapsultor Agent, Fire Control, News, Transformer
The video in our last posting showed the F-500 Encapsulator Agent testing for fighting transformer fires initiated by ConEdison generated a lot of interest. Below, you can click on a link to the 2nd/2010 issue of the FDNY magazine WNYF. There are several articles...
by 911Control | Jan 13, 2016 | Challenging, Education, F-500 Encapsultor Agent, Fire Control, News, Videos
According to the Department of Energy, one in five transformer failures will result in a fire. With 132,000 large transformers in the United States and an average age of 40 years, failures are expected to increase 500%. Are you prepared for a transformer fire? Water,...
by 911Control | Dec 31, 2015 | Challenging, F-500 Encapsultor Agent, Fire Control, News, Structure, Videos
This impressive video was taken by the media 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. On June 11, 2014, the Reisser AG bathroom fixtures...
by 911Control | Dec 22, 2015 | Automobile, Challenging, Education, Ethanol, F-500 Encapsultor Agent, Fire Control, News, Spill Control, Videos
You are the guardians of the highways in your area. And those car fires are hotter than ever with synthetics, plastics, tires, magnesium components, lithium-ion batteries and polar or nonpolar Class B fuels. One agent handles all of those hazards – F-500 EA....
by 911Control | Dec 21, 2015 | Automobile, Challenging, Education, F-500 Encapsultor Agent, Fire Control, News, Videos
Firefighters should know it is not safe to apply plain water or foam to car fires. Modern cars have magnesium components that can include steering columns, seat frames, door frames, dashboards and transmission housings that explode violently as the high temperatures...
by 911Control | Dec 19, 2015 | Automobile, Ethanol, F-500 Encapsultor Agent, Fire Control, News, Spill Control, Videos
Everyone knows F-500 Encapsulator Agent can quickly extinguish three-dimensional fires, Class A, B and even Class D fires, and can render gasoline and diesel fuel nonflammable, but what about polar solvents, like ethanol? In this video, the firefighter takes E85,...
