by 911Control | Jun 20, 2015 | News
For current fire information, you can visit the CAL FIRE website for situation reports and areas affected.
by 911Control | Jun 5, 2015 | Challenging, F-500 Encapsultor Agent, Fire Control, News
F-500 Encapsulator Agent Extinguishes One Million Tires! In just a few hours, this tire fire spread to 28 mounds of one million tires, spreading thick, black smoke to nearby communities. After failing to extinguish the fire, 12,000 gallons of F-500 EA were flown in...
by 911Control | May 20, 2015 | Challenging, Class A Foam, Education, F-500 Encapsultor Agent, Fire Control, News
I read in the local #ModBee newspaper about #Tracy #BioMass fire. F-500 is very effective in these types of fires. These fires burn beneath the surface, so you need an agent designed to penetrate. Enough oxygen is available beneath the surface to sustain combustion,...
by 911Control | May 15, 2015 | News
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by 911Control | May 5, 2015 | Automobile, F-500 Encapsultor Agent, Fire Control, News, Videos
Lithium Ion batteries will soon be a $14 billion dollar industry around the world. Tesla even unveiled a plan to have their lithium ion batteries in your home. With that kind of growth there is also the potential for hazards occurring in more and more locations where...
by 911Control | May 1, 2015 | Automobile, Challenging, Ethanol, F-500 Encapsultor Agent, Fire Control
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 | Apr 29, 2015 | Challenging, Education, F-500 Encapsultor Agent, Fire Control, News
For Three-dimensional Fires, You Need F-500 Encapsulator Agent NFPA 11, Annex A.1.1 – “Foam is not suitable for three-dimensional flowing liquid fuel fires or for gas fires.” This excellent video shows a demonstration at a refinery in Italy of a...
by 911Control | Apr 28, 2015 | Class A Foam, Education, F-500 Encapsultor Agent, Fire Control, News, Videos
F-500 is an encapsulator agent that rapidly cools the fuel and traps the hydrocarbons involved within a fire. Advances in fire suppression technology are needed to battle modern day fires. What if you could fight a fire in a better, smarter fashion? What if the fire...
by 911Control | Apr 27, 2015 | Education
We’ve needed to call for “Lift Assist” for my 96 year old Mother-in-Law several times. I’ve always admired the local FD that supplied the help. Not only do they provide the “Lift”, but they’ve always been very careful as her...
by 911Control | Apr 23, 2015 | Education, F-500 Encapsultor Agent, Fire Control, News
I recently read an article about Yuba City fire fighters who were going through water shuttle training. They were transporting water and filling man made pools that hold thousands of gallons of water. The piece had given insight on how our present situation calls for...
by 911Control | Apr 14, 2015 | Challenging, F-500 Encapsultor Agent, Fire Control, News, Structure
F-500 Encapsulator Agent Extinguished the Fire After Foam Was Applied Unsuccessfully for 4 Hours In October, 2006, firefighters were called to extinguish a fire at the Stern Oil Company in Council Bluffs, Iowa. When they arrived, flames were coming out of the windows...
by 911Control | Apr 14, 2015 | News
The Need to Conserve In California, conserving water is a must in times of drought. This can be hard, if not impossible, when fighting forest and structure fires all year. F-500 encapsulator agent is the answer for California. F-500 Encapsulator Agent Rapidly cools...
