This group is geared for the operation of aerial devices that include, straight stick aerial ladders, tower ladders, telescoping platforms, articulating platforms, and elevated waterways. Tactical considerations based on capabilities & limitations.
Can you tell how much air cfm, water and solution gpm you were using?
The manufacturers seem to want us to use way too much water flow to stay closer to the NFPA volumes recommended for water applications. I've found this to be counter productive with CAFS and realworld foam applications. I believe it's the bubbles that do the work to present the thin films of water that make the bubble structure and the fact that the bubbles nearly explode into positive pressure steam when they come in contact with a lot of heat. Then the excess bubbles release water with deep penetrating surfactants to soak into the water repelant carbon soot to cool the source of the pyrolitic gases. I can't believe I said all that. Have you tried the Aerial CAFS to control SMOKE exposure to downwind public? The foam sticks to the particulate matter and scrubbs the air, there are experiments going on now with CAFS that are capturing the toxic carbon in flu gasses (CO, CO2 etc.) with the ions in the foam. It seems I learn something more about CAFS every day.
Mark Cummins
The manufacturers seem to want us to use way too much water flow to stay closer to the NFPA volumes recommended for water applications. I've found this to be counter productive with CAFS and realworld foam applications. I believe it's the bubbles that do the work to present the thin films of water that make the bubble structure and the fact that the bubbles nearly explode into positive pressure steam when they come in contact with a lot of heat. Then the excess bubbles release water with deep penetrating surfactants to soak into the water repelant carbon soot to cool the source of the pyrolitic gases. I can't believe I said all that. Have you tried the Aerial CAFS to control SMOKE exposure to downwind public? The foam sticks to the particulate matter and scrubbs the air, there are experiments going on now with CAFS that are capturing the toxic carbon in flu gasses (CO, CO2 etc.) with the ions in the foam. It seems I learn something more about CAFS every day.
Aug 18, 2008
Mark Cummins
Jun 25, 2009
Pascal Marchand
Sep 24, 2009