Fighting Fires with FoamFighting Fires with Foam provides advice on different foams, foam proportioning systems, and the use of foams for large-scale fires involving flammable liquids. The authors cover foam application for spill fires, tanker truck fires, aircraft fires, bulk storage tank fires, and three-dimensional fires. The book also includes vital guidelines for: Foam compatibility and whether to use aspirated foam. Specialized foam systems and foam vehicles. Foam-application safety considerations. |
Contents
Foam Concentrates | 16 |
Foam Application | 52 |
Hydraulics | 100 |
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AFFF aircraft rescue airports alcohol foam alcohol-compatible allowable back pressure application rate back pressure balanced pressure BLEVE boilover burn-back resistance chapter Chubb National Foam Class A foams crash truck crash vehicles deluge gun drafting tank dry chemical eductor example extinguishment feet FFFP Fire Department Fire Protection Fire Service fireboats firefighters flammable liquid fires flash point flow rate fluoroprotein foam foam application foam blanket foam concentrate foam solution foam system friction loss ft² gallons of foam gasohol gasoline GPM nozzle GPM/ft² handlines hazardous materials Heptane high-expansion foam hose hydraulics hydrocarbon in-line eductor inlet pressure manufacturer master streams maximum allowable back MIL SPEC MIL SPEC AFFF NFPA 11 non-aspirating nozzles nozzle nozzle pressure operations outlet polar solvents premixed protein foam quantity of foam recommended rescue and fire-fighting resupply self-educting nozzle specific gravity spill fires sulfur trioxide sulfuric acid TABLE tanker types of foam vapor