by 911Control | Jul 31, 2015 | Class A Foam, Education, F-500 Encapsultor Agent, Fire Control
Recently, I engaged in an online conversation where suppression agents were compared with one another. By the end of the discussion, three agents were left battling out details where we tried to out perform each other with facts and technical data. We weren’t...
by 911Control | Jul 14, 2015 | Automobile, Education, F-500 Encapsultor Agent, Fire Control, News, Structure, Videos
Making Water More Effective Water versus fire. The everlasting struggle between elements. When fighting a fire, water cools down the source (fuel) of the flames and with enough water, you can douse any fire and remove the heat from the fuel. The problem with...
by 911Control | Jul 9, 2015 | Automobile, Challenging, Class A Foam, Education, F-500 Encapsultor Agent, Fire Control, News, Videos
Firefighting foam has been around for over 100 years First invented in 1902 by Aleksandr Loran, foam has been a significant improvement to firefighting efforts all over the world. Foams have slowly improved over the past century to widen it’s use on different...
by 911Control | Jul 2, 2015 | Education, F-500 Encapsultor Agent, Fire Control, News
By The Numbers The airdrop you see on the left is a pretty standard sight during a big wildfire. The plane flies overhead and the rust colored agent falls along fire lines or on the fire itself. After doing some research into the numbers, I see less fire suppression...
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...
