Fire fighting

This an example of technology available today but fire departments are eager to use it. They are afraid that this kind of technology will force them into budgetary cuts.

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[marner11]

......wtf

[graven101]

exactly...

[williamedavis]

A product called FireStopper (videos here on youtube) puts out 10,000 sq ft of Jet A in 19 seconds using 2 hand lines.  It is effective on all class fires including metals and fats/ mineral oils. It is not harmful to humans or the environment. Awsome stuff.. I am a fire Chief and have been using it on fires for years.

[DreHectik]

I really don't want to be mean, I really am trying to be more on the lines of expect just a little better from my planet. But, am I one of the only ones that is not the least bit impressed by this video? Again, I'm trying not to be mean, but seriously. There's gotta be better technology out there.

[explrr08]

wow i cant believe that only 1 line put all of that out, thats some cool stuff.

[dustystix76]

the US NAVY uses 6% AFFF on all it's ships, it went away from the protien foam LONG ago

[bigmanwazupnow]

fooking laaaaaaaammmmmeeeeee

[firmedc]

I would like to see more videos with this product. I'd prefer to see them by independant departments. This video played way to much like a commercial. Am I the only one who sees it this way?

[twouy]

Sorry for the mixup. I know more about fire fighting than I do about computers. Getting around this 500 word limit is hard to do.

Anyway, the crash trucks lite water extinguished the fire and flowed right on out of the hangar putting out fire.

It is sensational on fuel fires at crashes or in refineries. Has little use in structural fire fighting.

It was created bu the Naval Research Laboratory. But MMM was the business benefactor. And made a bunch off of it.

[twouy]

AFFF is the greatest for crash fire fighting. It is a surficant. That's why it is called lite water.

Chevyrules is obviously confused. The old protien foam used in the fifties could be disturbed and broken up. That is exactly what makes afff terrific.

In 1968 an A-6 aircraft crashed into a hangar at Miramar. It wiped out a row of F-4s in the hangar. Killed a group of people and sheared a 16" sprinkler riser. The wtaer flooded the hangar and flowed out like a small river.