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(Video) Hangar Fire Foam Suppression System Test
The 138th Fighter Wing conducts a test of a newly installed fire foam suppression system at Tulsa ANG Base. (youtu.be) Mehr...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Leave it to the gumint to figure out the hardest way to clean it up. I guess it's a good deal but if you had, say 6 planes in there, and one caught fire. You filled the whole hangar with foam and ruin the other 5 if one caught on fire. Looks like a lot better system would be from the top down to shower 1 AC. Just sayin'.
I can remember back at E-Systems, when they built a new paint hangar, all the bells and whistles, including a state of the art foam system, they forgot to take into account the action of the waste treatment system pumps, both at the lift station and at the treatment plant into account. It took us several days to get all that thru the treatment plant.
It's simple chemistry prech. flood the hanger space with foam or water, equals no
oxygen. It takes fuel,ignition,and oxygen, for fire.........DAH.
Sometimes it's better to be thought a "DUH" then to speak up and remove all doubt!!!!!!!!!
oxygen. It takes fuel,ignition,and oxygen, for fire.........DAH.
Sometimes it's better to be thought a "DUH" then to speak up and remove all doubt!!!!!!!!!
I'm really not knowing whether to take offense at this or laugh with it.
Don't know what field of expertise your in, what is certain it's not chemistry
or fire suppression...............DAH Ha Ha Ha
or fire suppression...............DAH Ha Ha Ha
I don't think anybody on here except you were DUH enough to even think about the chemistry end of it. Most have been around aviation or interested in aviation to know what foam does on a fire. My comment was on the mess it made flooding the whole hangar, ruining every other plane in there besides the one on fire. Typical of something the government would buy. Personally, I would like to put a smart aleck remark in here about you but my spiritual side says no, so I won't, other than I will say go back and watch the video and look at the comment before you pop off again.
According to the article (from the link from Charles Agro), there is no damage done to the aircraft:
"It's a cool thing to see and it's really good to see how effective and how much volume is put out so quickly," said Will Kavanagh, Black Hawk pilot.
The chemicals aren't harmful to the environment, he said, and had another benefit: crews have to wash the aircraft every 30 days, so now they are good for another month.
Kavanagh said mechanics checked them all over Tuesday and they're all back on flight status. He said it turned out to be exactly like a big bath for the choppers.
Kavanagh said the contractor, SimplexGrinnell, cleaned up the foam from the hangar and the ramp.
"It's a cool thing to see and it's really good to see how effective and how much volume is put out so quickly," said Will Kavanagh, Black Hawk pilot.
The chemicals aren't harmful to the environment, he said, and had another benefit: crews have to wash the aircraft every 30 days, so now they are good for another month.
Kavanagh said mechanics checked them all over Tuesday and they're all back on flight status. He said it turned out to be exactly like a big bath for the choppers.
Kavanagh said the contractor, SimplexGrinnell, cleaned up the foam from the hangar and the ramp.
You can't see the forest for the trees, basically you can't start a fire without three elements
FUEL, OXYGEN, HEAT. The Triangle. So if you were going to suppress a fire in a hanger, there are several means to do so. Water deluge, oxygen depletion foam, or fire retardant foam gun applied.
All of the above will remove one element from the fire triangle "oxygen"so NO FIRE. There is nothing
messy about a aircraft fire in a hanger it's a disaster. So it's very prudent to test the fire suppression protection you have in your hanger.
As far as I'm concerned someone who critiques aircraft, and aircraft procedures should at least
know how to spell HANGER HANGER NOT HANGAR DUH!!!!!
FUEL, OXYGEN, HEAT. The Triangle. So if you were going to suppress a fire in a hanger, there are several means to do so. Water deluge, oxygen depletion foam, or fire retardant foam gun applied.
All of the above will remove one element from the fire triangle "oxygen"so NO FIRE. There is nothing
messy about a aircraft fire in a hanger it's a disaster. So it's very prudent to test the fire suppression protection you have in your hanger.
As far as I'm concerned someone who critiques aircraft, and aircraft procedures should at least
know how to spell HANGER HANGER NOT HANGAR DUH!!!!!
If you would read the comment, I did not say one thing about foam, just that it was a sloppy system flooding the entire hangar rather than just drowning one aircraft. If, as most were, they are sealed, this flood won't bother them but if they are in some stage of repair, it could. Don't know what got you off on this fire tangent but I am off of it and you can just think as you wish. BTW, before I go I will ask where I misspelled hangar at, because I can't find it. DUH
HANGAR is proper spelling for an aircraft residence. HANGER denotes something to hang on
YOU ARE CORRECT MY OH SCHITT.
LOL, goodnite, I got grandkids coming.
Actually, it's been changed to the fire quadrangle, the fourth component being "chain reaction". Break the chemical reaction and you can extinguish the fire. This is what made halons so effective, they scavenged the free radicals that sustained the combustion process.