Survival technology specialist Survitec has launched its next-generation high-expansion foam fire suppression system, designed to deliver higher foam output at lower operating pressures while reducing ...
One of the most promising technological advances to occur within the fire service over the last 25 years was the technology associated with Class A foam and compressed air foam systems (CAFS). This ...
Alternative fire suppression systems are common in many commercial buildings throughout the United States. Wet-chemical, dry chemical, systems utilizing foam, clean agent, and carbon dioxide ...
The National Fire Protection Association’s revision of its 409 Standard on Aircraft Hangars removes the mandate for foam fire systems in Group 2 hangars. With the 2022 revision to NFPA's Standard on ...
In case you were wondering: Mixing alcohol with muscular fire suppression foam systems is not a good idea. A Marine in Okinawa, Japan, who was allegedly drunk, learned that lesson recently, according ...
With inadvertant hangar foam system discharges on the rise, the aviation industry ponders if they reallly meet the purpose they were intended for. Accidental hangar fire foam discharge is a growing ...
Cars buried in foam outside United hangar at Houston's Bush Intercontinental Airport. (Copyright 2024 by KPRC Click2Houston - All rights reserved.) HOUSTON – A fire ...
An Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting team dispenses foam on a fuselage during training. Credit: Perimeter Solutions Now that the FAA no longer requires airports to maintain foam fire-suppression ...
Fire-suppression foam accidentally spread over a wide area at the Oklahoma Army National Guard base in Tulsa on Tuesday morning, covering several helicopters, CBS News affiliate KOTV reported. The ...