Thermal imaging cameras and extinguishing monitors Early fire detection systems using infrared technology enable the early recognition of fire and potential sources of fire (hotspots) within minutes, sometimes even before smoke or flames develop. Conventional fire detection systems, such as…
Properties of high-viscosity foam agents and their influence on proportioning systems
The success in firefighting depends on various factors. Most important is the right choice of foam agent. In the past AFFF and AFFF-AR foam agents were most widely used. They had in common that they used fluorine as one of…
Why use CAF in ARFF?
Aviation has always been an industry with an increased potential for fire danger since powered aircraft have been used. Firefighting has an established history within this industry, since the first scheduled airline flights took place in the early 20th century.…
Use of foam for firefighting in tank farms of the oil and petrochemical industry – Part 2
Part One of this article described the typical incident scenarios at tank farm fires and presented foam as the most suitable extinguishing agent together with the firefighting equipment most commonly used. In Part Two we look at foam concentrate proportioning…