Foam training

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Permalink Reply by jpbailey@eastman.com on August 6, 2008 at 10:47am

You're right. We also use food coloring in re-used 5 gal foam pails with just water to help app.operators to see when they first get foam pick-up at various pressures, nozzle settings, aginst head pressure, etc. It really helps in any dept. using automatic nozzles and portable educotors.

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Permalink Reply by Todd McKee on August 6, 2008 at 11:23am

Jason - Take a look at the IFSTA manual this will have a great deal of information regardign foam. Furthermore I would like to invite you to the HazMat News and training group Todd MCKee

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Permalink Reply by Kurt Solomon on August 12, 2008 at 12:29pm

Jason,

Could you be more specific on the type of foam training you are interested in?

Stay Safe

Kurt

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Permalink Reply by Jason Hale on August 13, 2008 at 8:21am

There are so many types of foam A, AFFF AR-AFFF and so on what is each used for and percentages for use and best coverage.

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Permalink Reply by Kurt Solomon on August 13, 2008 at 11:33am

Jason,

The first thing I would do is google firefighting foams and go to the manufactures websites. This should give you some base information. In my experience we use class A foam about 100 times more often than class B foam. I also prefer 1% over 3 or 6% concentrates. You can produce more finished foam that way. We often will use class A at .1% for mop up and over haul operations to get better penetration and saturation.

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